Theory and Practice Questions
Theory and Practice Questions
Theory and Practice Questions
68) of the four statements listed about the wye level, the incorrect one is
a) the axis of the level tube should concide with the optical axis, the axis of the objective slide, and the
line of sight.
C) there are more adjustments to be made than for the dumpy level.
69) if the bubble on a level is too far right of center the correct adjustments is
70) the following type of field notes can best be studied under normal conditions to a construct a
contour map of a 35 acre golf course
A) CROSS-SECTION NOTES
C) BM LEVEL NOTES
71) One of the greatest sources of error in a spirit level is due primarily to
A) the level tube having too large a radius of curvature
72) in leveling, which of the following errors is more serious over several set ups?
A) personal errors
c) instruments
73) in ordinary differential leveling, the elevation of any ground point is found by
74. if the bubble leaves the vial center a slight amount between the B.S. and F.S. the
b) a vertical cliff
c) an overhanging cliff
78) after completing differential levellig between BM 5 and BM 6, the total F.S. distances exceeded the
B.S lengths by a large amount. The net correction is
b) having an H.I.
81) if the bubble of an engineer’s level is not exactly centered at the instant of sighting, the error is
A) personal
b) instrumental
c) natural
D) nota
b) a difference of 10 ft. between one plus and one minus sight is unimportant
84) accurate setting of the transit plates at zero is accomplished by means of the
b) upper clamp
d) lower clamp
85) the horizontal circles of a transit is attached to the same plate as tge
a) telescope standards
b)upper tangent screw
C) upper clamp
D) lower clamp
86) the outer spindle of a transit is attached to the same plate as the
A) compass box
b) horizontal circle
a) upper plate
b) lower plate
c) leveling head
d) foot plate
88) the horizontal angle verniers of the engineer’s transit are part of the
a) upper plate
b) lower plate
c) full circle
d) standards
89) the beaman stadia arc is attachment for the transit which
b) is graduated in percent
90) swinging a transit tipod leg circumferentially in the arc of a circle will
a) change the position of the plumb bob considerably
91) when setting a transit over a tack point, by moving the leg of the tripod toward or away from the
plumb bob the instrument man will
92) after accurately setting the plates to zero, orienting of the plates of a transit for a backsight is
accomplished by means of the
c) upper clamp
d) lower clamp
A) set plates at zero before backsighting for each turning of the angle
b) keep plates set at the value of the angle already turned when backsighting for each turning
94) the most important detail to be observed in the procedure for measuring angles by repetition with a
transit to
A) turn the angle the same number of times with the telescope in the direct ad turn the reversed
position
b) turn the angle with the telescope in the direct position and the reversed position as many times as a
required, the precision varying directly with the number of repetitions
c) retain on the plates the value of the angle already turned when backsighting for each successive
turning
d) always point the telescope on the object sighted by a clockwise motion of the upper tangent or slow
motion screw
95) to prolong a straight line by double centering, the point on the true prolongation is set
96) turning angles with the transit telescope first in the normal or direct position and then in the
reversed position corrects the error due to the
97) prolonging a straight line with a transit by double centering or double reversing nullifies the error
caused by
a) the vertical cross hair not being perpendicular to the horizontal axis
b) the line of sight not being parallel to the axis of the telescope bubble.
98) an instrument man working with a transit known to be out of adjustment can, by turning angles with
the telescope in the normal or direct position and then in the reversed position, correct errors cause by
the
c) horizontal axis not being truly horizontal when plates are level
d) horizontal axis not being parallel to the plates
d) vertical angles the line of sight and the telescope bubble are not parallel
A) angles
b) distances
c) elevations
d) barometric pressures
A) horizontal angles
b) vertical angles
c) distances
d) azimuth of lines
d) the horizontal distance equals the rod intercept minus the stadia constant
105) in the equation C= f+c used in stadia surveying, for any particular instrument
a) C Is a fixed value
b) f is a fixed value
c) c is a fixed value
A) a large scale
b) an intermediate scale
c) a natural scale
108) in stadia surveying, the height of instrument of must be known in order to determine the
a) plumb
c) horizontal
a) 1/100 to 1/200
b) 1/200 to 1/500
c) 1/500 to 1/1000
d) 1/1000 to 1/2000
A) route surveys
d)stadia topography
112) if its necessary to climb over a fence in a field while carrying a transit or level the instrument man
should
b) lay the instrument on the ground, then climb over the fence
c) place the instrument on the other side of the fence with the tripod legs well spread, then climb over.
d) remove the head of the instrument and place it on the other side of the fence
113) the safest way to carry an engineer’s transit or level to present accidents under various conditions
encountered in field is to
a) keep the instrument head on the tripod with all clamps loose
b) keep the instrument head on the tripod with all clamps tight
114) when the transit is being carried or handled and in danger or being struck. The clamp screws on
the transit should be
c) completely free
115) the best way to carry a transit through heavy brush in the field is
116) which of the following terms best defines the effect indicated b letter E as show in figure 100
A) reflection
b)refraction
c)parallax
d) curvature
117) which of the following terms best defines the effect indicated by letterB s shown in figure 100
C) refraction
d) parallax
118) which of the following terms best defines the effect indicated by letter A as shown in figure 100
a) parallectic angle
b) halation
C)refractions
d) diffusions
119) which of the following terms best defines the effect indicated by letter C as shown in figure 100
120) which of the following terms best defines the effect indicated by letter D as shown in figure 100
a) 3 significant figures
b) 2 significant figures
c) 6 significant figures
d) 5 significant figures
b) 2 significant figures
c) 6 significant figures
d) 5 significant figures
a) 3 significant figures
b) 2 significant figures
d) 1 significant figures
a) 3 significant figures
b) 2 significant figures
c) 6 significant figures
d) 5 significant figures
a) 3 significant figures
b) 2 significant figures
d) 5 significant figures
a) 1 significant figures
b) 2 significant figures
c) 6 significant figures
d) 5 significant figures
127) which of the following charts should a Geodetic engineer refer to determine approximate magnetic
declination in a particular location
A) an isogradient chart
b) an isohaline chart
c) an isogonic chart
d) an isonephlic chart
128) which of the following variations does not affect the magnetic declination at a place over time?
a) secular variation
b) constant variation
c) annual variation
d) irregular variation
129) the north, south, east, west points of a compass are also known as
a) occidental directions
b) collimation directions
c) cardinal directions
d) oriental directions
130) which of the following quantities may be properly measured in miner’s inches