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1. What global positioning system survey method does not require its data to be postprocessed?

Static.

Rover kinematic.

Psuedo-kinematic.

Real-time kinematic.

2. What global positioning system survey method is most useful for staking out construction, setting project control, and mapping topography?

Static.

Kinematic.

Real-time kinematic.

Pseudo-kinematic.

3. How many base stations do post-processed Differential Global Positioning Systems require?

Zero

One

Two

Three

4. Using the laws of multiplication, what is the identity element in the equation 9 • 1 = 9?

1 = 1

0 • 1

1

0

5. Which statement is true of surveying field notes?

They are never erased.

They are recorded in black ink if they are to be reproduced.

If they come from military personnel, they cannot be used as legal evidence.

They can be kept on scraps of paper and later transcribed to a permanent copy.

6. What is the term used for measuring a 100-foot horizontal distance in a series of measurements that total 100 feet?

Short tape.

Partial tape.

Cutting tape.

Breaking tape.

7. After taking each measurement with a total station, for a topographic survey, what must you do to collect and store the data?

Enter initial data.

Press the record button.

Zero the horizontal circle.

Enter station point number and station identification code.

8. One advantage office sketching of a topographic map has over field sketching the map is

Triangulation can be done graphically.

Details can be sketched in proper position.

You do not have to carry around a lot of equipment.

It reduces the possibility of missing important details.

9. Since a traverse determines relative horizontal positions, the starting point of a traverse must be

A known position.

An unknown position.

A forward station.

An adjacent station.

10. When removing a grouping symbol, preceded by a plus sign from an algebraic sum, what must you do to each term?

Make each term negative.

Make each term positive.

Nothing; each term sign stays the same.

Change each positive term to a negative, and each negative term to a positive.

11. For angular measurements, measure horizontal angles at the

Rear station.

Forward station.

Occupied station.

Adjacent station.

12. What type of triangle has two of its sides equal in length?

Right

Scalene

Isosceles

Equilateral

13. In a right angle, what type of angle is greater than 90^o, but less than 180^o?

Acute

Reflex

Obtuse

Straight

14. Convert 45 minutes to a decimal degree.

.25°

.45°

.75°

4.5°

15. When carrying or transporting the auto level, it is critical to

Hold in an upright position.

Hold in a horizontal position.

Sling it over your shoulder when it is attached to the tripod.

Use two people to support both ends when it is attached to the tripod.

16. When reading a leveling rod, what color are the whole footmarks?

Red

Black

White

Orange

17. The control of survey networks for the United States are known as the

North American Datum of 1987 (NAD 87) for horizontal control points, and the NAVD 88 for vertical control points.

NAD 83 for horizontal control points, and the North American Vertical Datum of 1989 (NAVD 89) for vertical control points.

NAD 83 for vertical control points, and the NAVD 88 for horizontal control points.

18. What type of error measures the difference between the measured and the true value of a quantity?

Residual

Resultant

Accidental

Systematic

19. Batter boards are used on a building site layout to

Outline the area to be excavated.

Identify the amount of cut and fill.

Mark the shape and size of the structure.

Mark the outline and grade of the structure.

20. How many feet long are most 100-foot steel tapes?

99

100

101

102

21. When plotting on a topographic map, what letter do contour lines form when crossing streams?

V

U

M

W

22. In determining pace value, how many times should you walk the distance to get a good average?

Five

Four

Three

Two

23. What part of the total station provides a line-of-sight that is directed downward, collinear with the vertical axis of the instrument?

Telescope.

Vertical circle.

Optical plummet.

Dual-axis compensator.

24. When is the vertical scale on a profile plot exaggerated?

On flat terrain.

On rough terrain.

With cuts and fills.

With no elevation change.

25. Which of the following shows the factors of 3x² – 6x ?

(2) (x2 – 3x)

(3x2) (x – 2)

(x) (3x – 2x)

(3x) (x – 2)

26. What is the length of side a when b is equal to 6.5, and c is equal to 12.0?

10.09

11.25

42.25

101.75

27. What does the auto level use to achieve automatic compensation?

Dual axis compensator.

Optical pendulum.

Magnetic axis.

Telescopic magnet.

28. How many times, does the prefix "milli" refer to subdividing the basic unit in the metric system?

10

100

1,000

10,000

29. Point A has a rod reading of 8.12 feet. Point B has a rod reading of 1.33 feet. What is the difference in elevation, and which point is at the higher elevation?

6.79, A

6.79, B

9.45, A

9.45, B

30. What type of turning point would you use in sandy soil?

Turning pin.

Turning plate.

Railroad spike.

Wooden stake.

31. The degree of accuracy for a horizontal measurement is determined from the

Measured value and its probable error.

Assumed value and its probable error.

Horizontal value and its assumed error.

Horizontal angular value and its assumed error.

32. How many feet of paved, compacted overrun should you provide at each end of a runway?

500

1000

1500

2000

33. How many basic types of global positioning system antennas are there?

Three

Four

Five

Seven

34. Survey grade global positioning system surveys are capable of providing horizontal accuracy to within one

Meter

Decimeter

Centimeter

Millimeter

35. How many data dictionaries can you use in the field to collect features and attributes?

One

Five

Ten

As many as you need

36. What type of file does the Differential Correction utility, in Trimble Pathfinder Office, create for post-processed global positioning system positions?

Ddf

Cor

Ssf

Shp

37. In the Trimble Business Center© utility menu, what is the first step to downloading electronic data?

Select Export.

Select Import.

Select Project.

Select Download.

38. How many significant figures are in the exponential notation expression 3.200 x 10^-5?

Two

Four

Five

Eight

39. Which member of the taping party carries the tape forward to ensure that the tape is free of loops that could lead to kinks and breakage?

Recorder.

Rear tape person.

Head tape person.

Instrument person.

40. How many feet wide, minimum, should you consider when planning for a two-way road?

11.5

19.5

23

31

41. What is the minimum number of personnel required for an aircraft mishap survey team?

One

Two

Four

Five

42. What is the maximum measurement distance when shooting a non-reflective target?

500 meters

1000 meters

1200 meters

1500 meters

43. What is the minimum number of people necessary to accomplish the 3–4–5 Triangle survey method?

One

Two

Three

Four

44. Which type of leveling rod has reverse readings on one side to facilitate downward readings?

Frisco

Florida

Chicago

Philadelphia

45. If sides a, b, and c of an oblique triangle are known, which of the following functions would you use to solve for angle B?

Law of Sines.

Law of Cosines.

Law of Tangents.

Pythagorean theorem.

46. Which three parts of a horizontal curve must be known before you can compute the complete curve?

Point of intersection (PI), intersecting angle (I), and degree of curvature (D)

PI, I, and central angle (∆)

Point of curvature (PC), length of curve (L), and radius ®

PC, L, and tangent distance (T)

47. What is the sum of the exterior angles of a five-sided polygon?

270°

540°

900°

1260°

48. After the initial data has been entered for a topographic survey, most data collectors will prompt the operator for

Curvature and refraction settings.

Station and measurement entries.

A choice of face 1 and face 2 positions.

Automatic point number incrimination.

49. What makes up the space segment of the Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System?

12–24 satellites in 6 orbital planes.

12–27 satellites in 12-hour orbits.

24–27 satellites in 12-hour orbits.

24–27 satellites in 6 orbital planes.

50. Survey grade global positioning system receivers measure the difference in carrier cycles. The carrier phase measurement is taken when the carrier frequency tracking measures the phase difference between the Doppler

Stabilized satellite and receiver frequencies.

Shifted satellite and Y-code frequencies.

Shifted satellite and receiver frequencies.

Stabilized satellite and P-code frequencies.

51. How many zeros are significant in the number 70.0700?

One

Two

Three

Four

52. How many shots, when using the laser range finder, does the instrument prompt you to take in order to get the height measurement of an object?

One

Two

Three

Four

53. What is the reciprocal of

+

?

6/5

3/6+2/6

5/1

6/1

54. Which of the following is not a type of error affecting angle observations?

Observer.

Instrument.

Environment.

Manufacturer.

55. This type of error is caused by direct sunlight.

Differential temperature.

Horizontal refraction.

Heat reflection.

Light ray refraction.

56. What is the third step of completing the 3–4–5 Triangle survey method?

Measure out 3′ on one side of the corner.

Measure distance between the two sides.

Place a 1′ x 4′ stake at each corner with strings.

Measure out 4′ on the second leg of the corner.

57. What tool is used to decipher field data properly?

Computer-aided drafting and design.

Field book.

Feature code library.

Data collector.

58. For a comfortable stance, how many feet apart should the rod person's feet be spaced?

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

59. What would you use to quickly plot ditches and cut or fill slopes on a cross-section?

Triangles.

Templates.

A straight edge.

An architect’s scale.

60. What type of surveys use trigonometric leveling?

Lower order on even terrain.

Lower order on uneven terrain.

Higher order on even terrain.

Higher order on uneven terrain.

61. Why is it advantageous to set a curve by "backing in" the stake from the point of tangency?

Fewer chord corrections are required.

The degree of accuracy is greatly decreased.

There are fewer differences in chord and arc length.

Errors are in the center of the survey where they are less noticeable.

62. What type traverse is used if the distance between points on different ends of a lake, are determined by running a traverse around the shore, and the final point is made from the initial point?

Closed connection traverse.

Closed loop traverse.

Random traverse.

Open loop traverse.

63. A guard stake for a hub is marked 11±33.28. How far forward is the next taping station, and how would you mark the stake?

33.28’, 12 ± 00

33.28’, 12 ± 33.28

66.72’, 12 ± 00

66.72’, 12 ± 66.72

64. In surveying, what is the difference in the values of two directions observed from the same point?

Angle.

Stadia.

Traverse.

Direction.

65. During a real-time kinematic survey, what determines the length of time required to lock in

Satellite

Receiver

Base station

Survey controller

66. On the skyplot screen, in the TerraSync software program, the white boxes represent satellites the receiver

Is receiving to compute current location.

Is using to compute location.

Is not using because signals are too weak.

Has already lost.

67. What type of data is transferred from a data collector to a desktop personal computer?

Raw.

New.

Proposed.

Corrected

68. What coordinate geometry command is used to compute the distance and direction between two known points?

Intersection computation.

Forward computation.

Inverse computation.

Coordinate transformation.

69. A tape is standardized at 99.98 feet. You measure between two established points, and thetape reads 100 feet. What would you do to apply the correction to the measurement?

Add

Subtract

Divide

Multiply

70. All of the following allow you to compensate for instrument errors, when turning horizontal angles, except

Doubling an angle.

Repeating measurements seven times.

Measuring an angle in both faces.

Using repeated measurements.

71. Solve the following right triangle for unknown angle.GIVEN:a 303.40'c 501.21'FIND: A

37 ° 15’ 11”

37 ° 25’ 30”

52 ° 44’ 49”

60 ° 53’ 35”

72. What are the two indirect leveling methods?

Barometric and reciprocal.

Barometric and differential.

Trigonometric and barometric.

Trigonometric and differential.

73. For third order leveling, what method is usually used to adjust turning point elevations?

Probability of error.

Straight line adjusting.

Weighted observations.

Theory of least squares.

74. What category of leveling uses trigonometry?

Spirit

Direct

Indirect

Differential

75. Why are summit curves lengthened by 25 percent over sag curves?

To lengthen sight distances.

To counteract centrifugal force.

To lessen the tangent distances on either side

To reduce the amount of cut or fill necessary.

76. The directions of traverse lines that will be used as a road centerline are

Determined before the survey.

Established as the traverse progresses.

Controlled by the position of existing stations.

Adjusted as necessary to reduce the amount of clearing.

77. Which ratio is not a stadia interval ratio?

1:100

1:200

1:300

1:333

78. What is one of the most important steps, in a topographic survey, for setting up the data collector for your total station?

Checking the weather.

Setting up the tripod.

Making a sketch.

Entering the initial data.

79. When are alignment markers marked by flags and rods during a construction layout survey?

For site layout.

For final grading.

In hasty alignment.

To indicate culverts.

80. Which type of construction stake indicates the point where the grading operation intersects the existing grade?

Hub

Slope

Grade

Centerline

81. When staking out sewer lines, curb inlets are usually taped out in reference to the

Sewer plan.

Street plan.

Plumbing plan.

Base layout plan.

82. The azimuth of line AB is 47^o, ˂ABC is 87^o turned left from A to C. What is the azimuth of line CB?

87°

140°

227°

320°

83. Use the formula below to find how many feet is in the actual distance between the points. The distance between two points was measured at 60.00 feet and the tape, supported only at the ends, weighs 2 pounds with 20 pounds per 100 feet of tension applied: C=

59.96

59.97

59.98

59.99

84. In a passing area the absolute minimum sight distance is

200 feet

250 feet

300 feet

350 feet

85. The descriptor code "EP" is used in data collectors to identify the topographic feature called

End point.

Entry point.

Edge of path.

Edge of pavement.

86. What are the two types of survey methods normally used?

Geodetic and Topographic.

Geodetic and Plane.

Geodetic and Triangulation.

Plane and Topographic.

87. In a pseudo-range, how many satellite positions are required to obtain an autonomous position measurement?

Four

Three

Two

One

88. How are items at an aircraft mishap site identified?

Mark the items or the area where it was located.

Don’t worry about them.

Mark them and survey later.

Mark them or the area so that it can be surveyed later.

89. Which task does the traverse party perform during a preliminary survey?

Profiles the area.

Establishes benchmarks.

Establishes points of intersection.

Determines the elevation of selected points.

90. Convert 12 square feet to its equivalent in square meters (m)?

1.11 m^2

10.03 m^2

14.35 m^2

129.17 m^2

91. A leveling survey starts at benchmark (BM) 17, and progresses through turning point (TP) #1, to BM 18. The following information applies:Elevation of BM 17: 975.42'.Back sight on BM 17: 7.13'.Fore sight on TP #1: 3.77'.Back sight on TP #1: 12.22'.Fore sight on BM 18: 4.66'.What is the elevation of benchmark (BM) 18?

964.50’

969.44’

981.40’

986.34’

92. How many points, using a total station for a topographic survey, are possible for you to shoot in a day?

300 to 600

1000 to 1200

100 to 300

700 to 1000

93. After selecting the zero-set button for a topographic survey, what must you accomplish next?

Enter the height of prism/reflector.

Press measure button.

Enter back sight code.

Enter initial data.

94. Which task does the level party perform during a preliminary survey?

Profiles the area.

Numbers stations.

Establishes points of intersection.

Sets and references control points.

95. What type of horizontal curve provides a transition from a tangent to a curve?

Spiral.

Simple.

Reverse.

Compound.

96. Using coordinate geometry software, the ability to rotate and scale points to fit existing control allows you to then

Reduce the measured distances to the reference vertical datum.

Transform the job onto the State Plane Coordinate System.

Calculate ground distances when staking out a job.

Export coordinate table to an American Standard Code for Information Exchange file.

97. An integral part of the field data acquisition phase is the

Data collection.

Feature coding.

Identification of points.

Descriptor code library.

98. Within how many meters of accuracy, minimally, is required for a mapping grade survey?

Seven

Five

Three

One

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