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CST Level 1 Land Surveyor Test

Certification Exam With Correct

Questions And Answers 2024

Parcel Map - Correct Answer-Map that divides a large parcel into four or fewer parcels. Subdivision Map - Correct Answer-Map that divides a large parcel into five or more parcels. Base plan - Correct Answer-Existing conditions plan that is created from the initial full topographic survey of a property. This plan would include existing buildings, walls, waterways, trees, and contours along with the boundary information for the site. Profile View Drawing - Correct Answer-An xy plot, typically used to represent the existing elevation of the project. Cross Sections are usually depicted on this type of drawing Legal description - Correct Answer-Written document that describes in detail the property boundary lines or easements by the lengths, orientations, and areas of those boundaries or easements. Total Station - Correct Answer-electronic distancing measure (EDM), and it can also measure vertical and horizontal angles and record data. It consists of a simple microprocessor, an angle measuring instrument (Theodolite), and a distance measuring instrument (EDM) Should a Total Station ever be carried while mounted on a tripod? - Correct Answer-No, Total Stations and levels should be moved only by a carry case. Theodolite - Correct Answer-Precision instrument used to measure angles in the vertical and horizontal planes. Theodolites are used primarily for surveying applications, and have been modified for unique uses such as meteorology and rocket launching. How often should an EDM/all equipment be calibrated? - Correct Answer-Once a year What is a peg test? - Correct Answer-A common level test using two known points to check levelness and line of sight What instrument most commonly gets effected by temperature? - Correct Answer-100ft Steel tapes

A 100 foot cloth or fiber tape is most likely used for measuring _________. - Correct Answer-Traverse measurements Property corners Slope stake locations <---- Centerline The needle of the surveyor's compass points to: - Correct Answer-Magnetic North What is a "dumpy level?" - Correct Answer-A conventional level with fixed crosshairs and no internal compensator. Laser Level - Correct Answer-a rotating, level laser beam can be detected by a sensor attached to a rod. Commonly used on construction sites Digital level/self-leveling level - Correct Answer-Initially leveled by operator and reads a level rod as a bar code Field note reduction most commonly refers to? - Correct Answer-Adding and subtracting back sights and foresights of a level loop Clinometer - Correct Answer-an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes Planimeter - Correct Answer-a table-top engineering instrument for measuring areas, usually the areas of irregular regions on a map or photograph. Jacob's Staff (Land Surveying) - Correct Answer-a monopod, a single straight rod or staff made of nonferrous material, pointed and metal-clad at the bottom for penetrating the ground. Subtense Bar - Correct Answer-is a tripod-mounted horizontal bar having sighting targets set precisely 2.000 m apart. plumb bob, plummet - Correct Answer-A pointed weight on a string to transfer a level elevation to a point. Also helpful for ensuring straightness of surveying for GPS and Prism poles Plumb bob in slight wind - Correct Answer-Slightly bounce bob on the point Hand Trowel - Correct Answer-The "Most Useful" tool for finding established survey monuments Zenith Circle - Correct Answer-used for celestial observations Eratosthenes (120 BC) - Correct Answer-calculated the circumference of the earth

Easements must outline the following: - Correct Answer-Purpose, who the _______________ is between, the width, the duration, and the location based on a rectangular coordinate system for _________________. GLONASS - Correct Answer-Russian satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service QZSS - Correct Answer-owned by the Government of Japan GNSS stands for? - Correct Answer-Global Navigation Satellite System Galileo Satellite - Correct Answer-Global navigation satellite system that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency, operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme. BeiDou - Correct Answer-The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned and operated by the China National Space Administration. GPS - Correct Answer-The Global Positioning System, originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the US government and operated by the United States Space Force. When did GPS first start getting used? - Correct Answer-1960s Autonomous GPS coordinates - Correct Answer-coordinates obtained independently without additional positional correction data How many national Datums are there? - Correct Answer-There are two national __________, which establish horizontal and vertical coordinates. NAD 83 (which was updated from NAD 27) governs horizontal ___________. NAVD 88 (which was updated from NGVD 29) governs vertical ___________. Which of the following is NOT a historical unit of measurement? - Correct Answer-1. Vara

2. Gunter's chain
3. Bannekar <----
4. Engineer's Chain How many marking pins are in a survey chain? - Correct Answer-11 pins to mark the 66ft How many links in a gunther's chain? - Correct Answer-100 links to mark the 66ft How many chains are in a mile? - Correct Answer-80 chains

What is your average pace at 34 paces for 100ft? - Correct Answer-2.9ft per pace What is a land surveying "Tie"? - Correct Answer-A survey line that connects one point to other surveyed lines In a mining Survey, you are asked to survey a new adit. what is an adit? - Correct Answer-1. a tunnel driven for mine drainage, ventilation, or transportation <----

2. a main haulage road underground
3. an excavation made at the bottom of a shaft
4. the angle at which a bed or stratum is inclined from horizontal What is a land surveying "Call?" - Correct Answer-Any feature, landmark, or measurement called out in a survey. For example, "two white oaks next to the creek." Gore - Correct Answer-A thin triangular piece of land, the boundaries of which are defined by surveys of adjacent properties. Loosely, an overlap or gap between properties. Merestone - Correct Answer-boundary stone Witness Tree - Correct Answer-Generally used in the U.S. public land states, this refers to the trees close to a section corner. The surveyor who blazed them and noted their position relative to the corner in his notebook. Witness trees are used as evidence for the corner location. Name of the North Star commonly used for navigation? - Correct Answer-Polaris As-built survey - Correct Answer-After a project is constructed, precise measurements are used to prove compliance to blueprints. Also shows engineering changes to plan. What is a "TBM?" - Correct Answer-Temporary Benchmark used in construction as a reference point. Most used term for slope grade in construction? - Correct Answer-Percentage of grade Hydrographic surveys must be referenced to which of the following datum/s? - Correct Answer-1. Horizontal only
5. Horizonal and Vertical <----
6. Vertical only
7. Tidal Stadia Surveys - Correct Answer-Modified trigonometric leveling for gathering Topographic data. To assure proper plumb of a prism pole you would use a(n): - Correct Answer-1. Hand Level

2. development of a "memory" <----
3. development of a change in voltage
4. leaking What would be the quickest instrument to use to obtain a ground elevation of a point just down slope from a bench mark? - Correct Answer-1. hand level <----
5. Total station
6. Self-leveling level
7. Dumpy level Why is it important to balance back-sight and fore-sight distances when conducting a differential level circuit? - Correct Answer-1. It simplifies your computations and prevents blunders.
8. Ease in finding turning points
9. Ease of reading the level rod graduations.
10. Helps eliminate errors caused by an instrument that is out of adjustment. <---- Why would you stack more than one prism on a setup? - Correct Answer-1. provide a greater distance between upper and lower stadia readings
11. give the observer a better line of sight
12. provide more reflective area for obtaining the measurement <----
13. improve the phase signal Most total station measure distances based upon: - Correct Answer-1. light waves <----
14. Stadia measurements
15. Distance between upper and lower transit readings
16. sound waves A cross section must extend: - Correct Answer-1. along profile of centerline
17. at PC only
18. at PT only
19. right and left of centerline <---- Cross-section areas are used to calculate: - Correct Answer-Total excavation quantities A slope stake: - Correct Answer-1. gives grade and elevation
20. gives location where cut or fill ends <----
21. lists the invert elevation
22. lists the PC station Which of the following procedures would result in the largest error in a 100-foot standardized steel tape? - Correct Answer-1. Steel tape is 2 feet off line
23. Steel tape on a 5% slope without correcting <----
24. Tape is supported throughout with too much tension
25. Suspended tape is supported at both ends with 10 lbs. of tension.

Cross-section areas are used to calculate: - Correct Answer-1. The cost of the dirt moved

2. Right angle offsets from the centerline
3. The excavation fill total
4. Total excavation quantities <---- The purpose of rocking a level rod on a point during a level circuit is: - Correct Answer-
5. to allow the instrument operator to observe the highest rod reading
6. to reduce error due to refraction
7. so the instrument operator can determine if the rod is on the highest point of the monument
8. to allow the instrument operator to determine when the rod is vertical over the monument <---- Survey notes are usually recorded: - Correct Answer-1. During lunch break
9. At the time of the field work <----
10. Back in the office at the end of the day
11. Before the work is done Which of the following would be the best "TBM"? - Correct Answer-1. middle of the sidewalk
12. top of a fire hydrant
13. edge of asphalt
14. top of anchor bolt <---- The National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) control points are classified in a ranking scheme based on the - Correct Answer-1. order of accuracy <----
15. geographic location
16. the agency that created them
17. the date when they were established What is the primary federal agency responsible for the network of reference control monuments in the United States? - Correct Answer-1. BLM
18. NGA
19. NGS <----
20. USGS What was the NGS previously called? - Correct Answer-United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) What does the NGS stand for? - Correct Answer-National Geodetic Survey What does the GLO stand for? - Correct Answer-General Land Office and hosts the original surveys of public land.

Seven Orders of Importance in WRITTEN INTENTIONS OF PARTIES - Correct Answer-1. CALL FOR A SURVEY LINES RUN (OR ACTUAL SURVEY ON WHICH CONVEYANCE IS BASED)

2. CALL FOR MONUMENTS a. NATURAL b. ARTIFICIAL
3. CALL FOR ADJOINERS
4. DIRECTION & DISTANCE
5. DIRECTION ORDISTANCE
6. AREA
7. COORDINATES Statute of Frauds 1677 - Correct Answer-Legal doctrine requiring contracts in writing. The most common contracts are sale of land What is the only state not to use Statute of Fraud 1677? - Correct Answer-Louisiana What does Louisiana use instead of Frauds document? - Correct Answer-Louisiana Civil Code Article 1839 for written contracts requirement What does the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) not cover? - Correct Answer- Employment agreements Service contracts Insurance Real/land property Patents Copyrights Which of the following is NOT an element of a horizontal curve? - Correct Answer-1. Long chord
8. Length
9. Radius
10. Slope <---- What is the station PI Defined as? - Correct Answer-Point of Intersection of incoming and outgoing tangents of a horizontal Curve You have plotted a road profile. The curve you are looking at is a ________ curve. - Correct Answer-1. Horizontal
11. Reverse
12. Spiral
13. Vertical <---- The manual tool used to draw a small circular curve is a : - Correct Answer-1. Compass <----
14. French Curve
15. Proportional driver
16. Protractor

A rule for placing text in CAD is that all text should be placed so that it can be read from the ________ side. - Correct Answer-1. Center

2. Bottom
3. Bottom and right <----
4. Bottom and left Safety is the responsibility of: - Correct Answer-1. Each individual <----
5. The property owner
6. The equipment supplier
7. The owner of the company The letters OSHA stand for: - Correct Answer-1. Organization of Street and Highway Agencies
8. Occupational Safety and Health Administration <----
9. Organization for Safety in Housing Agency
10. Office of Safety and Health Administration Which of the following is a safe practice around traffic? - Correct Answer-1. Use traffic cones to protect only field equipment.
11. should wear ear plugs and earmuffs
12. should use signs to warn motorists of survey activities on the roadway <----
13. park a vehicle to block traffic While surveying in a metropolitan area a tornado warning is issued, persons in the path of the storm should immediately: - Correct Answer-1. find shelter in a building and shut all windows tightly
14. sit in a parked automobile
15. stand behind a large tree
16. take cover in an interior area on the lowest floor of building <---- Why is it not recommended that survey party members wear soft-soled shoes? - Correct Answer-1. Other survey party members may not like the color of tennis shoes
17. They're easily penetrated by sharp stubs, nails or glass <----
18. Snakes like tennis shoes
19. Tennis shoes get wet Making a path through the woods and brush for surveying is called? - Correct Answer-"Line cutting" & "Brushing a line" The only legally binding documents that show where your property begins and ends - Correct Answer-Professional Land Survey Map Essential elements of a map - Correct Answer-Title, Legend, Grid, Direction, and

Construction Surveys - Correct Answer-Establishing Control with benchmarks. Locating structures, pipelines, etc., from drawings. Route Surveying: - Correct Answer-Transportation routes: highways, railroads, pipelines, transmission lines, canals, etc. designing, locating, staking out, determination of earthwork quantities. Topographic Surveying: - Correct Answer-Locating man-made (culture) and natural features along with relief (three-dimensional quality) of the earth's surface. Define Topography - Correct Answer-A detailed map of the surface features of land. It includes the mountains, hills, creeks, and other bumps and lumps on a particular part of the earth. Hydrographic Surveying: - Correct Answer-Pertaining to oceans, lakes and steams. Shorelines, bottom depths, water flow, changes in levels. City Surveying: - Correct Answer-Layout of lots and streets, water and sewer systems. Mine Surveying: - Correct Answer-Determining the extent of claims, positions and elevations of shafts and tunnels, calculations of volumes removed. Industrial Surveying: - Correct Answer-Locating of large and precise equipment and manufacturing systems. Forestry Surveying: - Correct Answer-Boundaries, logging roads, topography, timber cruising, cutting areas, material removed. Geological Surveying: - Correct Answer-Location and extent of geological formations. Photogrammetric Surveying: - Correct Answer-Use of aerial and terrestrial photographs along with ground control for mapping. Common surveyor task in Photogrammetry - Correct Answer-Set ground control for improved accuracy Mistake or Blunder (Generally across surveying): - Correct Answer-Caused by carelessness or inattention. Can be eliminated by applying checks Direct measurements - Correct Answer-physical measurements by instrumentation, such as a ruler or tape measure. Where an instrument can be used to generate a measurement off a physical feature on the jobsite. Indirect measurements - Correct Answer-Inferences made to acquire the measurements where impossible or impractical to generate a measure using a direct measure device.

GPS use the satellite constellations to generate a measure using many inferences about the location of the rover unit compared to the position of the satellites. Parallax - Correct Answer-The apparent displacement of the position of any point with respect to a reference point or system, caused by a shift in the station of observation. The strange situation of viewing a 2D image with two eyes and getting an incorrect true view. Stereoscope can adjust for differences in perspective. Ex. On a pair of photographs, of the points in space taken from two observation stations, the parallax is measured by distances on the photographs, rather than by angles. Error (Generally across surveying): - Correct Answer-Caused by some unavoidable imperfection. Systemic errors - Correct Answer-Constant errors that have to be accounted for to precisely measure. Ex. Temperature change within the materials of the instruments themselves, the thermal expansion is a constant force that adds _____________ error to the total system. Random Error - Correct Answer-Compensating errors after everything else has been ruled out. The variation in repeated measurements despite the true measure staying constant. Ex. People reading instruments wrongly where they estimate to high or too low. The cumulative effect of an adverse, unstable, and uncomfortable Level setup situation - Correct Answer-Random Error Example Least Squares line regression - Correct Answer-Complex math tool that helps you analyze and adjust the random errors in your survey. (y = mx + b) It computes adjusted coordinate positions using estimated precisions of observations' coordinates to reconcile differences between observations Instrumental (Sources of Error): - Correct Answer-Manufacturer/ Repair/ Kinks Natural (Sources of Error): - Correct Answer-Temperature/ Wind/ Moisture/ Sag/ Magnetic Variation Personal (Sources of Error): - Correct Answer-Setting Pins/ Reading Tape/ Manipulating Equipment (The Senses) Types of Errors in Surveying - Correct Answer-Systematic (Cumulative) and Accidental (Compensating, Random) Collimation error - Correct Answer-Systematic error in horizontal and vertical readings. When the true horizontal line or with the vertical axis perpendicular are misaligned.

Two types of Traverse Surveys - Correct Answer-Open and Closed Define Geodesy - Correct Answer-the Science of accurately measuring and understanding the Earth's geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravity field. Geometric survey - Correct Answer-a survey that involves the measurement and mapping of physical features and boundaries of a piece of land. To measure the Earth Geomatics - Correct Answer-Art of using geographically-referenced data Small-scale maps that commonly show large areas of earth, depicting continents and countries are called: - Correct Answer-a. Aeronautical charts b. Cadastral maps c. Geographical maps <--- d. Nautical charts Geographical maps - Correct Answer-Broadest definition for a map that represents an image of the earth's surface following a specific focus and / or purpose (e.g. topographic, geological). Cadestral Maps - Correct Answer-A map of the boundaries of subdivisions of land, usually with bearings and lengths and the areas of individual tracts, for the purpose of describing and recording ownership. Maps that accurately show the shape of the earth by the use of contour lines are called:

• Correct Answer-a. Photogrammetric maps b. Topographic maps <--- c. Engineering maps d. Geographic maps Photogrammetric Maps - Correct Answer-Map limited to topography, area, contours and location of planimetric features, by using _____________________ methods or similar remote sensing technology, (w/ existing ground control point data optional). Engineering Map - Correct Answer-Details the layout of an engineering project such as a building construction project. Ex.: gas companies provide references on buried lines for construction companies. Maps that accurately show the boundaries of major river basins are called: - Correct Answer-a. Geographical maps b. Nautical charts c. Cadastral maps d. Hydrologic maps <---

Maps detailed to show the layout of a construction project are called: - Correct Answer- a. Geographical maps b. Cadastral maps c. Engineering maps <--- d. Topographic maps The legend of a map indicates that its scale is 1:24,000. What name is usually given to this type of expression of scale? - Correct Answer-a. An engineer's scale b. A graphical scale c. A representative fraction or scale ratio <--- d. A manuscript fraction Engineer's Scale - Correct Answer-A straightedge measuring device divided uniformly into multiples of 10 divisions per inch so drawings can be made with decimal values. Graphical Scale - Correct Answer-a small ruler that can be used to convert distances covered on a map to real-world distances Which of the following scales is closet to 1in = 1 mi? - Correct Answer-a. 1/62,500 <--- (63,360) b. 1/24, c. 1/100, d. 1/25, 1:20000 (ft) map scale. What is 5 1/2" measured represented on the map? - Correct Answer-(5.5/12 )x20000=9166.7ft Verbal Map scale - Correct Answer-States in words the relationship between the distance on the map and the actual distance on Earth's surface. Ex. One inch represents 16 miles. Here it is implied that the one inch is on the map, and that one inch represents 16 miles on the ground. Fraction Scale - Correct Answer-a map scale in which figures representing units (as centimeters, inches, or feet) are expressed in the form of the fraction 1/x (as 1/250,000) or of the ratio 1:x to indicate that one unit on the map represents x units (as 250, centimeters) on the earth's surface. Graphic Scale - Correct Answer-a bar on a map marked off like a ruler with labels outlining the distances the segments represent. What is the representative fraction or scale ratio for 1 cm = 500 m(Meters)? - Correct Answer-a. 1:50,000 <--- (50k) b. 1: c. 1: d. 1:24,

(B) the horizontal distance between adjacent contour lines (C) one-half the vertical spacing of the contour lines specified in the legend of the map (D)the difference in elevation between adjacent contours <--- What is the primary use of interpolation in constructing a topographic map? - Correct Answer-(A) the connection of spot elevations by contour lines (B) the determination of intermediate contour lines between points or lines of known elevation. <--- (C) the designation of index contours (D) drawing hachures Which of the following statements is true of contour lines on a topographic map? - Correct Answer-(A) Under some circumstances, a single contour line may split into two. (B) Under some circumstances, two contour lines may join into one. (C) A contour line cannot end within a map; it must either close on itself or terminate at the neat line of the map. (D) One contour line never crosses another. <--- Contour lines change elevation, true or false? - Correct Answer-False: Every point on a contour line is of the exact same elevation Contour lines can never split into multiple directions, true or false? - Correct Answer- True: Contour lines never split What is "Right-of-Way"? - Correct Answer-In the context of land surveying, a right-of- way is a type of easement that grants individuals or groups the legal right to pass through a property owned by another party. This is often seen in the case of utilities or roadways that pass through private land. What are Steel tapes are also called? - Correct Answer-"Chains" How do you clean steel survey Chains? - Correct Answer-Remove foreign material and apply a light coat of oil When did electronic theodolites first appear? - Correct Answer-1960s What Speed is normally required in construction zones on highways? - Correct Answer- 45 mph What is the worst kind of burn? - Correct Answer-third degree what are two important signs of hypothermia? - Correct Answer-Loss of mental acuity and slurred speech

best pencil hardness to use while taking field notes is? - Correct Answer-3H pencil hardness most important part of tripod to maintained? - Correct Answer-The tripod legs Maximum wattage for external radio station before needing a license? - Correct Answer- 1 watt before needing an FCC license List of Satellite signal types - Correct Answer-L2C L1 C/A L5C Best practice for fieldnotes when an error occurs? - Correct Answer-Line out the bad notes but do not erase. Bilby Tower - Correct Answer-Steel tower used for triangulation used from 1800s- How many Sections are Townships and Ranges subdivided into? - Correct Answer- cells What are the dimensions of a Township & Range? - Correct Answer-6 miles by 6 miles Township/Baseline or Range/Meridian line is the Horizontal line? - Correct Answer- Township How many sections in a township? - Correct Answer-36 sections When was the Federal Land Survey System adopted in the US? - Correct Answer-by the Land Ordinance of 1785, the US was to be systematically surveyed into square townships, 6 mi (9.7 km) on a side, each divided into thirty-six sections of 1 sq mi (2. km2) or 640 acres (260 ha). Arpent - Correct Answer-Unit of length and area used in France, Louisiana, and Canada. As a unit of length, approximately 191.8 feet (180 old French 'pied', or foot). The (square) arpent is a unit of area, approximately .845 acres, or 36,802 square feet. Interior angle of a polygon - Correct Answer-(N-2) x 180 feet to meters - Correct Answer-1 ft = 0.3048 m meters to feet - Correct Answer-1 m = 3.28 ft Hectare - Correct Answer-Metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, or 2. acres, or 107,639 square feet.