LSIT Mathematics for Surveying 2

Question 1

What is a curve calculation in route surveying?

Accepted Answer

Determining elements of horizontal and vertical curves for road and railway design

Answer

Calculating curvature of the earth

Answer

Measuring curved walls

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Bending survey instruments

Question 2

What is a vertical curve?

Accepted Answer

A parabolic curve connecting two grades on a roadway profile

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A curve visible from above

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A circular road curve

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A survey error

Question 3

What is bearing-bearing intersection?

Accepted Answer

Finding a point location from bearings observed from two known points

Answer

Meeting of two roads

Answer

Two compass readings averaged

Answer

A type of benchmark

Question 4

What is a coordinate transformation?

Accepted Answer

Converting positions between different coordinate systems

Answer

Moving physical markers

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Changing map colors

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Updating software

Question 5

What is the radius of curvature in route surveying?

Accepted Answer

The radius of the circle that defines a horizontal curve

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The earths radius

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The lens curvature of survey instruments

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The curvature of contour lines

Question 6

What is an inverse calculation in surveying?

Accepted Answer

Computing bearing and distance between two known coordinate points

Answer

Reversing a survey

Answer

Undoing a measurement

Answer

Calculating the opposite of a result