Free FS Surveying Principles and Computations Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is Mean Sea Level (MSL)?

Accepted Answer

Average point between high and low tide over time

Answer

Universal Traverse Mercator

Answer

Prime Meridian

Answer

Equator

Question 2

What is a Benchmark (BM)?

Accepted Answer

A point of known elevation

Answer

Back sight

Answer

A point of known E, N only

Answer

Inaccessible point

Question 3

What is the height of collimation (HOC) for a Level?

Accepted Answer

Height of the instrument after setting up

Answer

Back sight

Answer

A point of known elevation

Answer

Reading on staff

Question 4

What is the smallest gradations measurement on a staff in ordinary leveling?

Accepted Answer

0.01m

Answer

1.0m

Answer

0.1m

Answer

0.001m

Question 5

What is the first reading that you take after setting up the level?

Accepted Answer

BS

Answer

FS

Answer

BM

Answer

IS

Question 6

Where is the best place to set up the level?

Accepted Answer

Where it can target most points if not all

Answer

Far away from BS

Answer

Far away from FS

Answer

Near operating heavy machinery

Question 7

What is the correct formula to calculate the reduced level (RL) of last point?

Accepted Answer

HOC-FS

Answer

BS+FS

Answer

IS-FS

Answer

HOC+FS

Question 8

What does a contour line represent?

Accepted Answer

A group of points with the same elevation

Answer

Horizontal distance between two points

Answer

The angle between two lines

Answer

Leveling grid

Question 9

Which reading is the correct reading for the staff illustrated?

Accepted Answer

1.58 m

Answer

1.68 m

Answer

15 m

Answer

16 m

Question 10

Which reading is the correct reading for the staff illustrated?

Accepted Answer

1.50 m

Answer

15 m

Answer

16 m

Answer

1.55 m