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Evaluation Examination – SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (SET A)

SITUATION: Harry and Hermione wanted to measure the length PROPERTY

of the field where quidditch is played. The used a 50-m tape YEAR FATAL INJURED
DAMAGE
which were suspended in air and supported by brooms at ends 1976 2 24 31
and third- points. They measured a distance of 1387.47 m 1977 72
with a tape weighing 6 N at an applied pull of 21 N. What they
1978 50 496
didn’t realize is that Professor Snape applied a spell on the
1979 250 648
brooms that caused the tape to slope by 3%.
1980 7936
1. Determine the total correction due to the weight of the tape.
a. 0.5228 m c. 0.1701 m
b. 0.6270 m d. 1.1498 m 12. Determine the severity ratio of the traffic data.
2. Determine the true length of the field. a. 0.297 c. 0.169
a. 1386.85 m c. 1386.32 m b. 0.275 d. 0.432
b. 1386.95 m d. 1387.26 m 13. Compute for the accident rate per million entering vehicles
3. The area where a separated intersection roadway is resulting to fatalities if the ADT for five years is 36,000 and the
contiguous to the through traffic roadway. road has a length of 5 miles.
a. Street c. Freeway a. 23 c. 24
b. Terminal d. Grade separation b. 5 d. 4

4. Any sign, signal, working, or installation placed or erected 14. An arterial highway for carrying traffic partially or entirely
under public authority for the purpose of regulating, warning, or around an urban area of portion thereof and is also called
guiding traffic. circumferential highway.
a. Delineator c. Traffic Control Device a. Circumferential road c. Belt Highway
b. Traffic Demand Signals d. Traffic Actuated Signals b. At-Grade Intersection d. Diamond Highway

SITUATION: The magnetic bearing of a line found in the 15. A subtense bar is mounted at a certain distance from the
Chamber of Secrets is known to be N 32° E in the year 1975. instrument and the angle subtended by the bar is 0°06’. Compute
The magnetic declination of the place at that time was 2°30’W the horizontal distance from the instrument station to the location
that time and is said to be changing at the rate of 2’E every of the subtense bar.
quarter. a. 2291.83 m c. 1145.92 m
5. N
a. Determine
29°30’ E the magnetic bearing of
c. the lineEin 1990.
N 34° b. 1415.92 m d. 572.93 m
b. N 30°E d. S 34° W 16. The distance between two points is 360 m. If the line is to be
laid out by 100 m tape which is 0.02 m too long. Determine the
6. The vertical angle which the magnetic needle makes with the
correct length to be laid out.
horizontal due to uneven magnetic attraction from the poles.
a. 359.93 m c. 360.07 m
a. Magnetic Declination c. Magnetic Poles
b. 352.80 m d. 367.20 m
b. Magnetic Dip d. Declination angle
17. The DMD of line BC is equal to 426.20. The departure of the
SITUATION: Two tangent intersecting at V which is inaccessible previous line AB is 117.56. Determine the departure of line BC.
has an angle of intersection of 300. Two points A and B are laid a. 191.08 c. 74.15
out on the tangent through P.C. and P.T. The engineer would like b. 286.48 d. 143.24
to construct a highway curve which shall be tangent to the two
tangent lines as well as line AB, if the radius of the curve is 100m 18. Two parallel tangents have directions of due east and are
and the length of AB is 26.38m. 200 m apart are connected by a reversed curve having an equal
7. Which of the following is the possible stationing of the point of radius of 800 m. The P.C. of the curve is on the upper tangent
tangency, if the stationing of P.C is 100+000. while the
a. 100+110.33 c. 100+120.36 P.T. is at the lower tangent. If the horizontal distance parallel to
b. 100+150.23 d. 100+017.59 the tangent from the P.C. to P.T. is 800 m, compute the distance
of 100
a. the intermediate
m tangent betweenc.the curves.
200 m
8. Determine the deflection angle of point of tangency with b. 150 m d. 250 m
respect to tangent line through P.C. 19. The maximum number of Vehicles that pass a point on a
a. 2.960 c. 5.830 highway during a period of 60 consecutive minutes.
b. 14.40 d. 5.040 a. Maximum Volume c. Jam Volume
SITUATION: After observing arrivals and departures at a highway b. Peak Hour Volume d. Saturation Flow rate
toll booth over a 60-minute time period, an observer notes that the
20. A baseline measures 25 km at elevation 520 m. If the
arrival and departure rates (or service rates) are deterministic, but
average radius of curvature is 6400 km, compute the sea-level
instead of being uniform, they change over time according to a
a. 24997.97 m
distance. c. 24998.63 m
known function. The arrival rate is given by the function λ(t) = 2.2
b. 24995.24 m d. 24997.03 m
+ 0.17t − 0.0032t2, and the departure rate is given by μ(t) = 1.2 +
0.07t, where t is in minutes after the beginning of the observation 21. An auxiliary lane primarily for the parking of vehicles.
period and λ(t) and μ(t) are in vehicles per minute. Assuming a. Queue Lane c. Parking Lane
D/D/1 queuing, b. Waiting Lane d. Toll Lane
9. Determine the total vehicle delay in veh-min.
22. Point A is between points B and C. The distances of B and C
a. 1925.80 c. 2431.64
from point A are 1000 m and 2000 m, respectively. Measured from
b. 756.78 d. 1685.90
10. Determine the longest queue length. point A, the angle of elevation of point B is 1830’, while that of
a. 36.53 veh c. 15.63 veh point C is 815’. Find the difference in the elevations of B and C.
b. 29.41 veh d. 51.58 veh Consider the effects of curvature and refraction.
a. 44.94 m c. 44.81 m
11. The ability of the roadway to accommodate traffic volume. b. 44.27 m d. 44.41 m
a. Traffic Flow c. Traffic Volume
b. Flared Flow d. Traffic Capacity 23. A curved line in a level surface all points of which are normal
to the direction of gravity and equidistant from the center of
SITUATION: The following 5-year traffic data was recorded in the earth.
a. Level Surface c. Vertical Line
year 1976 and due to its age, some of the data were erased. It is b. Line of Sight d. Level Line
also known that the data follows a certain pattern corresponding
to the year it was taken.
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24. A parabolic curve AB 400 m long connects two tangent SITUATION: A parcel of land is defined as follows:
grades of +6.5% and -3%. If the elevation of the summit is
CORNER NORTHINGS EASTINGS
123.256 m, what is the elevation of a point 20 m from point A?
1 9835 9765
a. 121.361 m c. 115.614 m
2 9700 9840
b. 114.361 m d. 121.914 m
3 9640 9572
25. The horizontal axis of a transit was inclined at 4’ with the 4 9735 9483
horizontal due to non-adjustment. The first sight had a vertical
angle of 50, the next has -30. Determine the error in the 34. What is the length of side 1-2, in meters.
measured horizontal angle. a. 162.60 c. 172.30
a. 2’ 27.46” c. 10’ 50.5” b. 154.40 d. 182.10
b. 1’ 36.25” d. 7’ 4.58” 35. A rod is 60 m away from the instrument and the rod reading
is
26. To determine the area of a triangular lot ABC, a surveyor set- 2.24 m. The bubble on the level tube was leveled through 5
up a transit at point P inside the lot and recorded the following spaces and the rod reading was 2.27 m. Determine the
bearing and distances of each corners of the lot from P. a. 16.67’’ of the level tube.
sensitivity c. 16.25’’
b. 18.20’’ d. 20.63’’
Corner Bearing from P Distance from P
36. A distance was measured along a straight line from A to B
A N 4732’ W 36.25 m to C with a tape supposedly 100 m long. Distance AB
B N 6852’ E 48.32 m measured horizontally is found to be 516.27 m and BC on a
C Due South 65.25 m slope 317.86 m. If the true distance AC (horizontally) is 833.62 m
Determine the area of the lot in square meter. and the difference in elevation between B and C is 23.25 m,
a. 3127.305 m2 c. 3611.768 m2 what is the erroneous length of the tape?
b. 3467.981 m2 d. 3798.210 m2 a. 100.12 m c. 99.88 m
b. 100.04 m d. 99.96 m
SITUATION: The distance from PC to PI of the compound curve
is 50m and the distance from PT to PI is 40m, the length of the 37. The observed interior angles of land ABCD are as follows:
long chord of the compound curve is 75m, if the length of the Corner Angle No. of measurements
common tangent parallel to long chord is 60m. A 85 4
27. Determine the Radius of the first curve. B 102 3
a. 38.25 m c. 37.93 m C 72 2
b. 23.35 m d. 45.25 m D 98 3
28. Determine the Radius of the second curve.
a. 23.20 m c. 15.32 m What is the most probable value of Angle B?
b. 18.85 m d. 24.32 m a. 101.825° b. 102.705°
c. 115.935° d. 120.675°
29. A closed traverse has the following data:
38. Elevation of triangulation station A is 250m while that of B
LINE DISTANCE BEARING
is 1715m. In between stations A and B is a mountain C with
AB 895 S 7029’ E elevation 650m. The height of transit placed at A is 1.2m. The
BC 315 S 2628’ E Distance AC is 10km and BC is 20km. A tower is to be
CD 875 S 6533’ W constructed at B such that the line of sight will just pass through
the top of the 105-m high tower at mountain C. What is the
DE 410 N 4531’ W required height of tower B in meters?
EA 650 N 1000’ E a. 88.1 c. 63.8
b. 75.5 d. 52.3
Find the corrected bearing of line CD by transit
rule.
a. S 6517’52” W c. S 6548’29” W 39. The average spacing of vehicles in a single highway is 50m
b. S 6562’11” W d. S 6526’45” W center to center. The volume of traffic is 600 vehicles per hour.
Determine the average speed of the cars using this lane in kph.
30. In a hydrographic survey, a staff gage reading of 8.15 m was a. 50 b. 30
observed at the instant the depth of the sounding was 17.6 m. c. 80 d. 40
The zero mark of the staff gage is at elevation 148.2 m. Find
the elevation of the point where the sounding was made. 40. The traffic intensity of a certain freeway is 0.833. The arrival
a. 139.25 m c. 136.25 m rate of vehicles at a certain intersection (stop sign) is 200
b. 138.75 m d. 137.75 m vehicles per hour. Compute the service rate in vehicles/hr.
a. 280 b. 240
31. From the PC, the deflection angles of two intermediate points c. 360 d. 320
A and B of a simple curve are 315’ and 815’, respectively. The
chord distance between A and B is 40 m long. Find the length of SITUATION: The stationing of PI of the simple is curve is
the curve from the PC to B, in meters. 100+000 and the stationing of PC. Of the curve is 99+800.
a. 74.3 c. 70.5 Point B is selected along the curve such that the distance of
b. 66.1 d. 62.4 this point to PI is 150m, angle of intersection is 500
41. Determine the deflection angle of point B, with respect to
32. A compound curve has the following properties:
tangent line through P.C.
I1 = 32, I2 = 24 a. 3.110 c. 3.3490
Length of long chord from PC to PCC, L1 = 235.98 b. 5.3220 d. 2.550
m 42. Determine the distance of P.T. from line through P.C.
Length of long chord from PCC to PT, L2 = 178.23 a. 160.52 m c. 153.20m
a.
m 402.15 m c. 476.45 m b. 131.20m d. 96.31
b. 376.54 m d. 234.76 m
Find the length of chord from PC to PT.
43. The Radius of the first curve of the compound curve is 300m
33. A vertical parabolic sag curve has tangent grades of -1.2%
and the radius of the second curve is 100m, because of big
and
difference of radius, a transition is provided, before entering the
+0.6%. If the grade changes uniformly at 0.18% per 20 m, find
second curve, if the design speed is 60km/hr, and the desirable
a.
the200 m of the curve.
length c. 300 m
rate of change of normal acceleration is 0.60m/s3, determine the
b. 150 m d. 250 m
length of transition.
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a. 51.48 m c. 32.32 m
b. 45.23 m d. 24.32 m

SITUATION: The grade of line through PC is -4% and the grade

of line through PT is +3%, the stationing of PC is 10+100, and
the stationing of lowest point is 10+160.
44. Determine the stationing of P.T.
a. 10+255 c. 10+250.
b. 10+205 d. 10+125

45. Determine the stationing of the intersection of

a. 10+151.5
grades. c. 10+150.5
b. 10+152.5 d. 10+142.3

46. Determine the elevation of lowest point, if the elevation of the

intersection of grades is 20m.
a. 25.5 m c. 24.32 m
b. 20.9 m d. 32.25 m

SITUATION: A vein has a dip of 24° W. The bearing if a drift is N

60° W. Having a grade of 2% with the plane of the vein,
47. Compute the horizontal angle between the strike and the
vertical projection of the drift.
a. 2.57° c. 3.54°
b. 1.67° d. 2.12°
48. Compute the bearing of the vertical plane containing the
a. S 57.43° E
dip. c. S 32.57° E
b. S 57.43° W d. S 32.57° W

49. Imaginary lines passing through places having zero

declination.
a. Isoclinic Lines c. Isogonic Lines
b. Agonic Lines d. Trigonic Lines

50. It is the ratio of the average arrival rate to the average

departure rate in queueing theory.
a. Trip Modal c. Traffic Intensity
b. Queue time d. Traffic Queue Factor