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◉ 3 types of Horizontal angles. Answer: interior, exterior, deflection ◉ zenith angle. Answer: A vertical angle measured from the zenith direction ◉ Easement. Answer: Defined as shared land determined by a legal document, which allows a non-property owner to use the property. ◉ Easements must outline the following:. Answer: Purpose, who the _______________ is between, the width, the duration, and the location based on a rectangular coordinate system for _________________. ◉ GLONASS. Answer: Russian satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service ◉ QZSS. Answer: REGIONAL GPS Satellites owned by the Government of Japan ◉ GNSS stands for?. Answer: Global Navigation Satellite System
◉ Galileo Satellite. 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. Answer: The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned and operated by the China National Space Administration. ◉ GPS. 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?. Answer: 1960s ◉ Autonomous GPS coordinates. Answer: coordinates obtained independently without additional positional correction data ◉ How many national Datums are there?. 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 ___________.
◉ What is a land surveying "Tie"?. 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?. Answer: 1. a tunnel driven for mine drainage, ventilation, or transportation <----
- a main haulage road underground
- an excavation made at the bottom of a shaft
- the angle at which a bed or stratum is inclined from horizontal ◉ What is a land surveying "Call?". Answer: Any feature, landmark, or measurement called out in a survey. For example, "two white oaks next to the creek." ◉ Gore. 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. Answer: boundary stone ◉ Witness Tree. 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?. Answer: Polaris ◉ As-built survey. 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?". Answer: Temporary Benchmark used in construction as a reference point. ◉ Most used term for slope grade in construction?. Answer: Percentage of grade ◉ Hydrographic surveys must be referenced to which of the following datum/s?. Answer: 1. Horizontal only
- Horizonal and Vertical <----
- Vertical only
- Tidal
◉ Stadia cross hairs are used:. Answer: 1. For three-wire leveling <--
- When adjusting the instrument
- for determining instrument error
- when adjusting instrument ◉ What type of Leveling do you not rock the level rod?. Answer: 3 Wire Leveling ◉ Stadia marks. Answer: Two extra marks on a level so multiple measurements can be taken and averaged ◉ How many leveling screws are on a tribrach?. Answer: 1. one
- two
- three <----
- four ◉ A reflectorless total station is most useful for:. Answer: 1. Inaccessible points <----
- angles and distances needed rapidly
- only angles are needed
- only distances are needed
◉ A ground-based laser scanner measurement produces. Answer: 1. a photographic image
- a horizontal coordinate file
- a point cloud <----
- a vertical coordinate file ◉ The reason for totally discharging most nicad batteries before recharging is:. Answer: 1. variability of electrical current
- development of a "memory" <----
- development of a change in voltage
- leaking ◉ What would be the quickest instrument to use to obtain a ground elevation of a point just down slope from a bench mark?. Answer: 1. hand level <----
- Total station
- Self-leveling level
- Dumpy level ◉ Why is it important to balance back-sight and fore-sight distances when conducting a differential level circuit?. Answer: 1. It simplifies your computations and prevents blunders.
- Ease in finding turning points
◉ Cross-section areas are used to calculate:. Answer: Total excavation quantities ◉ A slope stake:. Answer: 1. gives grade and elevation
- gives location where cut or fill ends <----
- lists the invert elevation
- lists the PC station ◉ Which of the following procedures would result in the largest error in a 100-foot standardized steel tape?. Answer: 1. Steel tape is 2 feet off line
- Steel tape on a 5% slope without correcting <----
- Tape is supported throughout with too much tension
- Suspended tape is supported at both ends with 10 lbs. of tension. ◉ Cross-section areas are used to calculate:. Answer: 1. The cost of the dirt moved
- Right angle offsets from the centerline
- The excavation fill total
- Total excavation quantities <----
◉ The purpose of rocking a level rod on a point during a level circuit is:. Answer: 1. to allow the instrument operator to observe the highest rod reading
- to reduce error due to refraction
- so the instrument operator can determine if the rod is on the highest point of the monument
- to allow the instrument operator to determine when the rod is vertical over the monument <---- ◉ Survey notes are usually recorded:. Answer: 1. During lunch break
- At the time of the field work <----
- Back in the office at the end of the day
- Before the work is done ◉ Which of the following would be the best "TBM"?. Answer: 1. middle of the sidewalk
- top of a fire hydrant
- edge of asphalt
- top of anchor bolt <----
◉ What does the FGCC stand for?. Answer: Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee ◉ What does Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee do?. Answer: Set the Accuracy standards for monuments ◉ What does the ALTA/ACSM stand for?. Answer: American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping ◉ What does the NSPS stand for?. Answer: National Society of Professional Surveyors ◉ What does USGS stand for?. Answer: United States Geological Survey ◉ Hierarchy of monumentation. Answer: 1 natural monuments or landmarks; 2 artificial monuments and established lines, marked or surveyed; 3 adjacent boundaries or lines of adjoining tracts; 4 calls for courses and distances; 5 designation of quantity.
◉ survey mark. Answer: Permanent mark or disk with known lat/long and elev. Also: Control point, Survey point but NOT "Bench Mark" ◉ Bench Mark (permanent). Answer: Permanent mark with known elevation above or below datum or surface. ◉ Bench Mark (Temporary). Answer: Non-permanent mark with known coordinates used commonly in construction. Generally tied in with higher class monuments by level looping. ◉ Order of Accuracy. Answer: Federal level of accuracy for horizontal and vertical control surveys ◉ What does the NSRS stand for?. Answer: National Spatial Reference System ◉ Land conveyances order of importance. Answer: Unwritten rights Senior rights Written rights ◉ Order of Importance in CONFLICTING ELEMENTS. Answer: A. RIGHT OF POSSESSION B. SENIOR RIGHT
Service contracts Insurance Real/land property Patents Copyrights ◉ Which of the following is NOT an element of a horizontal curve?. Answer: 1. Long chord
- Length
- Radius
- Slope <---- ◉ What is the station PI Defined as?. 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.. Answer: 1. Horizontal
- Reverse
- Spiral
- Vertical <---- ◉ The manual tool used to draw a small circular curve is a :. Answer:
- Compass <----
- French Curve
- Proportional driver
- Protractor ◉ A rule for placing text in CAD is that all text should be placed so that it can be read from the ________ side.. Answer: 1. Center
- Bottom
- Bottom and right <----
- Bottom and left ◉ Safety is the responsibility of:. Answer: 1. Each individual <----
- The property owner
- The equipment supplier
- The owner of the company ◉ The letters OSHA stand for:. Answer: 1. Organization of Street and Highway Agencies
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration <----
- Organization for Safety in Housing Agency
- Office of Safety and Health Administration
◉ Making a path through the woods and brush for surveying is called?. Answer: "Line cutting" & "Brushing a line" ◉ The only legally binding documents that show where your property begins and ends. Answer: Professional Land Survey Map ◉ Essential elements of a map. Answer: Title, Legend, Grid, Direction, and Scale ◉ What is a DTM?. Answer: Digital Terrain Model, used in CAD ◉ Title Block of a Map details:. Answer: Basic Information of a map ◉ Legends for maps details:. Answer: explains what symbols that are used on that particular map represent. ◉ "Grid" for a map determines:. Answer: Geographical grids, Latitude and longitude marks are used to precisely locate specific places on said map and can used numbering and lettering to denote cells.
◉ "Direction" for a map determines:. Answer: A symbol or legend mark of "North" to show the necessary cardinal ________________ or orientation of the map. ◉ "Scale" for a map determines:. Answer: Shows the relation between a certain distance on the map and the actual distance in real life ◉ WGS. Answer: (World Geodetic System) ◉ A GIS Parcel Map defines ownership of a property yes or no?. Answer: No, ◉ Plane Surveying. Answer: Over small areas, neglecting the effect of the earth's curvature. ◉ Geodetic Surveying. Answer: Over large areas, where the effect of the Earth's curvature must be used. ◉ Explain the difference between geodetic and plane surveys.. Answer: Geodetic surveys take into account the real curvature of the earth with ellipsoidal estimates to get the best average to use for calculations and references.
