Surveying Online Test - Paper 2

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1. *Due to the curvature of the earth, objects look

a) higher than they really are

b) lower than they really are

c) at their real height

d) all of the above

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2. The imaginary line passing through the intersection of crosshairs and the optical center of the object is known as:

a) line of sight

b) line of collimation

c) line of axis

d) axis of the telescope

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3. The rise and fall method of leveling provides a complete check on

a) back sight

b) fore sight

c) intermediate sight

d) all of the above

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4. Level surface is parallel to

a) horizontal surface

b) vertical surface

c) datum surface

d) none of the above

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5. The shape of the vertical curve generally used is

a) circular

b) parabolic

c) spiral

d) elliptical

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6. A chain is made up of mild steel or galvanized iron wire of diameter

a) 1 mm

b) 3 mm

c) 5 mm

d) 7 mm

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7. The length of an Engineer's chain is

a) 70 ft

b) 80 ft

c) 90 ft

d) 100 ft

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8. The central angle subtended by an arc of 30m of the curve

a) 573/R

b) 1146/R

c) 1718.9/R

d) 3435/R

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9. The levelling head of a transit theodolite consists of

a) parallel plates

b) a tribarch plate

c) leveling screws

d) all of the above

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10. The limiting length of an offset does not depend upon

a) accuracy of the work

b) method of setting out perpendiculars

c) scale of plotting

d) indefinite features to be surveyed

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11. Choose the correct statement:

a) discrepancy in the difference between two measured values of the same quantity

b) residual error is the difference between a measured quantity and the most probable value

c) variance is the square of the standard deviation

d) all of the above

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12. Revolving of the telescope of a theodolite in a horizontal plane is

a) transiting

b) swinging

c) face right

d) face left

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13. If the needle of the compass is sluggish the type of error will be

a) instrumental error

b) personal error

c) natural error

d) none of the above

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14. The types of leveling used for Geodetic survey is

a) fly leveling

b) precise leveling

c) profile leveling

d) none of the above

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15. The projection of a line on a plane perpendicular to the meridian is known as

a) parallax

b) aberration

c) latitude

d) departure

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16. Tacheometry is best suited

a) where chaining is impossible

b) for populous areas

c) in broken grounds

d) for extremely accurate survey

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17. The two-point problem is:

a) a case of resection method where no ray is required to be drawn from the proceeding station to the instrument station

b) locating the position of the plane table by means of two visible well-defined points

c) all of the above

d) none of the above

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18. The position of a point can be fixed more accurately by

a) perpendicular offset

b) optical square

c) prism square

d) oblique offsets

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19. Personal error in leveling occurs due to

a) careless leveling of the instrument

b) bubble not centered

c) staff not held vertical

d) all of the above

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20. *The observed reading on a leveling staff was 3.545 m. If the staff was 0.150m off from the original ground level, what should be the correct reading?

a) 3.695m

b) 3.548m

c) 3.395m

d) all of the above

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21. The upgrade road meets with the downgrade road, then the curve formed at the junction is called

a) valley climb

b) entrant curve

c) summit curve

d) all of the above

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22. If the station A and B are equally affected and in the different direction, then the difference between the forebearing and back bearing of a line AB should be

a) 180°

b) 200°

c) 220°

d) may any of the above

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23. Dumpy level is used when

a) the number of observations to be taken is large from one level position

b) the number of observations to be taken is small from one level position

c) fly leveling is to be done

d) none of the above

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24. The important points selected at the ends of the chain lines to command the boundaries of the survey are known as

a) main stations

b) subsidiary stations

c) tie stations

d) none of the above

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25. The horizontal distances obtained by tacheometry are corrected for

a) slope correction

b) temperature correction

c) refraction and curvature correction

d) tension correction

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26. The height of instrument method is

a) less tedious

b) more rapid

c) includes less calculation

d) all of the above

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27. The included angles of the theodolite traverse are generally measured

a) clockwise from the back station

b) clockwise from the forward station

c) anticlockwise from the forward station

d) anticlockwise from the back station

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28. Distomats is a type of

a) direct distance measuring instrument

b) optical distance measuring instrument

c) electromagnetic distance measuring instrument

d) none of the above

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29. The accuracy required in precise leveling is of the order of (Where K is the total distance of the level line in KM)

a) ± 4√K mm

b) +8√K mm

c) +12√K mm

d) all of the above

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30. During chaining along a straight line, the leader of the survey party has three arrows, and while the follower has five arrows. The distance of the follower from the starting point will be

a) three chains

b) four chains

c) five chains

d) none of the above

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