Surveying Online Test - Paper 3 » Winning Questions

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1. If the sights are vertical

a) the eye vane and object vane will be in the same line

b) the eye vane, object vane, and string will be parallel and in the same line

c) there will be no local attraction

d) none of the above

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2. Contours are used to determine

a) intervisibility of points on a contour map

b) area of the drainage basin and capacity of the reservoir

c) quantities of earth work

d) all of the above

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3. In a prismatic compass,

a) the magnetic needle moves with the box

b) the magnetic needle and graduated circle do not move with the box

c) the line of sight does not move with the box

d) the graduated circle is fixed to the box, and the magnetic needle always remains in the N-S direction

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4. The contour lines merge or cross one another on the map in the case of

a) cave

b) overhang ground surfaces

c) both (a) and (b) of above

d) vertical surfaces

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5. Magnetic declination

a) remains the same at different places

b) varies from place to place

c) does not vary with temperature

d) none of the above

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6. The difference between a level line and a horizontal line is that

a) the level line is normal to the plumb line, while the horizontal line is not necessarily

b) the level line is curved, but the horizontal line is a straight line

c) both (a) and (b) of the above

d) none of the above

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7. Find the RL of the collimation line. If the RL of BM is 100 m & BS staff reading is 5.35 m

a) 105.35m

b) 94.65m

c) 100m

d) 5.35m

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8. The scale used to measure and to set out the angles is

a) diagonal scale

b) comparative scale

c) vernier scale

d) scale of chords

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9. Height of the instrument is equal to:

a) reduced level of the benchmark + foresight

b) reduced level of the benchmark + backsight

c) reduced level of the benchmark + intermediate sight

d) backsight + foresight

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10. The Philadelphia rod is a type of

a) solid staff

b) folding staff

c) telescopic staff

d) none of the above

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11. True meridians

a) are parallel to each other

b) converge at a point called pole

c) converge near the equator

d) none of the above

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12. For the route survey of a contour map, the method used is

a) square method

b) cross-profile method

c) quantities of earthwork

d) all of the above

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13. The maximum permissible difference allowed while taking down the fore bearing and back bearing of a line is

a) 15'

b) 15"

c) no such limit

d) 1°

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14. In a survey, it was recorded that Σrise = 0, then

a) the ground is sloping

b) it is continuously rising

c) it is continuously falling

d) the survey had many inverts

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15. The number of horizontal cross wires in a stadia diaphragm is

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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16. The chain length which is not the standard metric chain length is

a) 10m

b) 20m

c) 25m

d) 30m

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17. 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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18. A building is an obstacle to

a) chaining but not ranging

b) ranging but not chaining

c) both chaining and ranging

d) none of the above

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19. Theodolite traverse is plotted more accurately by

a) consecutive ordinate of each section

b) independent coordinates of each section

c) inclined angle & scaling off each traverse leg

d) the tangent method of plotting

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20. The sensitivity of the bubble tube can be increased by

a) decreasing the radius of curvature of the tube

b) decreasing the length of the bubble

c) increasing the diameter of the tube

d) increasing the viscosity of the fluid

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21. *The two-peg method is used to check the parallelism between the

a) line of collimation and the axis of the bubble tube

b) line of collimation and the axis of the telescope

c) axis of the bubble tube and the vertical axis

d) all of the above

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22. The types of errors that are of a cumulative nature and can be corrected are known as

a) permissible error

b) residual error

c) expected error

d) systematic error

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23. Orientation is the operation of keeping the table at successive stations such that:

a) the position of the table at the station is parallel to the position it occupied at the previous station

b) the position of the station plotted on the sheet is exactly above the corresponding station on the ground

c) the table is brought into a horizontal plane

d) none of the above

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24. The angular and linear measurement of the part of the traverse can be checked by

a) astronomical error

b) cut off lines

c) well-defined objects

d) all of the above

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25. A series of straight, parallel, and widely spaced contours on a map represent a

a) valley

b) ridge

c) curved surface

d) inclined plane surface

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26. 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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27. In the case of a telescopic alidade, the adjustment done is

a) the line of collimation should be perpendicular to the axis of the telescope

b) the horizontal axis should be parallel to the alidade rule

c) the bubble line of the telescope level should be parallel to the plane of collimation

d) all of the above

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28. 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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29. The function of the leveling head is

a) to attach the theodolite to the tripod

b) to provide a bearing for the outer hollow spindle

c) to provide a means of leveling the instrument

d) all of the above

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30. Find the length of curve if the radius of the curve is 50 m, and the angle of deflection is 60°

a) 52m

b) 104m

c) 34m

d) none of the above

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31. A contour map of the area is essential before proceeding with the construction of

a) a building

b) a swimming pool

c) a dam

d) a bridge

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32. The image of the objectives formed should lie

a) at the eyepiece

b) in the plane of cross hairs

c) at the center of the eyepiece

d) at the optical center of the eyepiece.

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33. The angular error of closure or summation error should not exceed (Where N is the number of stations or sides.)

a) 15√N

b) 153√N

c) √N

d) 3√N

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34. A scale representing either three units or only one unit and its fractions up to the second place of the decimal point is

a) diagonal scale

b) comparative scale

c) simple vernier

d) shrunk scale

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35. The orientation of the table is done by

a) magnetic needle

b) back sighting

c) both (a) and (b) of above

d) none of the above

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36. If the image formed by the objective of the telescope is not in the plane of crosshairs, it is called

a) indistinct focusing

b) parallax

c) aberration

d) none of the above

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37. The angle that can be set by a French cross-staff is

a) 45°

b) 90°

c) 45° or 90°

d) none of the above

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38. If the bearing of AB is N 30° W and the bearing of BC is N 40° E, then find the angle < ABC

a) 10°

b) 70°

c) 110°

d) 170°

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39. Sensitivity of a level tube is expressed by

a) the length of the level tube

b) the radius of the level tube

c) the length of the bubble of the level tube

d) all of the above

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40. The shape of the vertical curve generally used is

a) circular

b) parabolic

c) spiral

d) elliptical

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41. The sensitivity of the bubble tube expressed in terms of the angular value of one division of the bubble is given by

a) S/D radians

b) D/S radians

c) S/D seconds

d) none of the above

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42. The maximum number of omitted measurements that can be calculated from latitudes and departures of a closed traverse is

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four

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43. Different grades are joined together by a

a) transition curve

b) vertical curve

c) compound curve

d) reverse curve

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44. Contour interval, within the limits of a map

a) may be kept constant

b) may not be kept constant

c) must be kept constant

d) may vary according to the configuration

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45. Butt rods are used for measuring

a) baseline

b) tie line

c) offset distance

d) vertical distance

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46. A field is measured with a 1.0 percent too-long chain is found to be 10,000 acres. The corrected area of the field will be

a) 90891 acres

b) 10201 acres

c) 10401 acres

d) none of the above

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47. Azimuth and altitude of a star

a) are constant

b) vary due to diurnal motion

c) azimuth is constant but altitude is not constant

d) none of the above

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48. An anallatic lens is a.... used to remove an additive constant in a tacheometer.

a) convex lens

b) concave lens

c) compound concave and convex lens

d) plain lens

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49. Find the R.F. of 1cm = 5m

a) 1/5

b) 1/50

c) 1/500

d) 1/5000

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50. Size of a theodolite is specified by

a) the diameter of the lower plate

b) the diameter of the upper plate

c) the length of the telescope

d) the diameter of the vertical circle

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