Highway Engineering Online Test - Paper 2

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1. Intensity of traffic classified as light is

a) 100 t/m width/day

b) 120 t/m width/day

c) 160 t/m width/day

d) all of the above

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2. In highway construction, rolling starts from

a) edges towards the center with an overlap of minimum 30 cm

b) center towards the edges

c) from one edge to another edge

d) from the edge to the center

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3. If the average center-to-center spacing of vehicles is 25 meters, then the basic capacity of a traffic lane at a speed of 50 kmph is

a) 500 vehicles per day

b) 1000 vehicles per day

c) 2000 vehicles per day

d) 2500 vehicles per day

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4. A traffic junction so designed that all traffic streams are divided and unobstructed to pass over and under each other is:

a) fly over structure

b) flashed junction

c) kerbed junction

d) none of the above

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5. Intensity of traffic for bituminous carpet roads is

a) 160-200 t/m width/day

b) 200-300 t/m width/day

c) 300-500 t/m width/day

d) 500-1500 t/m width/day

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6. A junction so designed that traffic streams are divided to enable them to pass over or under each other is called

a) subway

b) loop-road

c) flyover

d) bypass road

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7. The desirable property of road stone is

a) hardness to resist rubbing

b) toughness to resist fracture under impact

c) good binding

d) all of the above

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8. If the cross slope of a country is 10% to 25%, the terrain is classified as

a) plain

b) rolling

c) mountains

d) steep

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9. The absolute minimum radius of curve for safe operation for a speed of 100 kmph is

a) 100 m

b) 200 m

c) 300 m

d) 400 m

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10. The color of lights used for visibility during fog is

a) white

b) red

c) yellow

d) green

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11. The traffic conflicts that may occur in a rotary intersection are

a) merging and diverging

b) crossing and merging

c) crossing and diverging

d) crossing, merging, and diverging

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12. Routine maintenance is normally done by the use of

a) labour contract

b) material contract

c) item rate contract

d) all of the above

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13. The width of roads that can be lighted by mounting street lights on one side of the road is

a) 10 m

b) 20 m

c) 25 m

d) 30 m

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14. The background color of the informatory signboard is:

a) red

b) white

c) yellow

d) both (b) and (c)

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15. The inventor of road making as a building science was:

a) Transnet

b) Macadam

c) Telford

d) Sully

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16. The height of the parapet wall provided above the beam level is

a) 25 cm

b) 50 cm

c) 75 cm

d) 100 cm

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17. The removal of material from the surface of the road by grinding or rubbing action is called

a) descaling

b) abrasion

c) grinding

d) none of the above

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18. Which vehicle has the lowest equivalent pcu

a) car

b) light truck

c) hand cart

d) bullock cart

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19. Which one is not concerned with the cross-section of the road?

a) camber

b) thickness

c) width

d) gradient

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20. The portion of the road for high-speed vehicles is known as

a) motorway

b) expressway

c) both (a) and (b) above

d) carriageway

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21. Raising of the outer edge of a road with respect to the inner edge is known as

a) super elevation

b) cant

c) banking

d) all of the above

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22. At a horizontal curve, the super elevation is provided to counteract the effect of

a) centrifugal force

b) centripetal force

c) horizontal force

d) weight of the vehicle

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23. Floating gradients are provided

a) at summit curves

b) along maximum gradients

c) at valley curves

d) along minimum gradients

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24. While negotiating a curve

a) wheels of both axles tread the same path

b) front wheels follow a less radius than rear wheels

c) rear wheels follow a less radius than front wheels

d) none of the above

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25. A portion of the traffic way that is used by pedestrians only is called

a) footpath

b) sidewalk

c) footway

d) all of the above

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26. The minimum thickness of the base course should be

a) 10 cm

b) 15 cm

c) 20 cm

d) 30 cm

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27. The maximum number of vehicles that can be expected to pass through a roadway in one hour is called

a) traffic density

b) traffic capacity

c) traffic volume

d) all of the above

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28. Design of flexible pavements involves,

a) wheel loads

b) type and intensity of traffic

c) climate of the region

d) sub-grade conditions

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29. The width of the vehicle influences

a) width of lanes

b) passing sight distance

c) width of shoulders

d) all of the above

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30. Generally, a cement concrete road is discouraged because

a) its initial cost is high

b) it causes glare due to reflected sunlight

c) it requires a long time for curing

d) it becomes noisy under iron-wheeled traffic

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