Fundamentals of Surveying Flashcards

To create a military map that displays the connections between various rooms of a house via rail and road. A map like this also illustrates the several critical locations crucial to a backyard's security. (Very accurate or not)

Answer: FALSE

The statement is FALSE because military maps focus on broad strategic terrain and large-scale features, not the internal room-to-room layout of a single house or backyard security details. That level of fine interior detail is not the purpose or typical scale of military mapping.

To investigate the infrastructure's availability and site circumstances.

Answer: reconnaissance survey

A reconnaissance survey is the initial survey done to assess a site's feasibility, general conditions, and the availability of infrastructure before detailed work begins. A preliminary survey gathers more specific measured data later, while route and plane table surveys are particular techniques rather than this first feasibility check.

The practice of measuring the distances between items on Earth's surface and beneath it, creating a map at any appropriate scale, and using that information to determine the relative positions of those objects.

Answer: surveying

Surveying is the overarching practice of measuring distances between points on and beneath the Earth's surface, mapping them at a suitable scale, and determining their relative positions. Mapping is only the graphical output of this process, while elevation and leveling deal narrowly with height measurement, not the full discipline.

Creating a cadastral map that displays the borders of homes, farms, and other assets. (Alternative/True)

Answer: TRUE

TRUE. A cadastral map's specific purpose is to document property boundaries and land ownership, showing the borders of homes, farms, and other assets. This is exactly what the statement describes, so it is correct.

To gather enough information to create an area map or plan that will be used for design and planning.

Answer: preliminary survey

A preliminary survey gathers the detailed data needed to produce an area map or plan for the design and planning phase. A reconnaissance survey is only the rough initial assessment that comes before it, a layout survey sets out an already-designed project on the ground, and a topographic survey focuses specifically on terrain relief rather than general design data.

Is a surveying method where the size and shape of the earth are taken into account. Large expanses and long lines are ideal for this kind of survey, which is used to pinpoint the exact placement of fundamental points required to set up control for subsequent surveys.

Answer: geodetic surveying

Geodetic surveying accounts for the true size and shape (curvature) of the Earth, making it ideal for large areas and long lines and for fixing precise control points for later work. Plane surveying ignores curvature, while route and topographic surveys are project-specific types that rely on control established by geodetic methods.

Creating a ______________ to depict the relative locations of the things on Earth's surface is the goal of surveying.

Answer: plan or map

The fundamental goal of surveying is to produce a plan or map that depicts the relative locations of features on the Earth's surface. The other options name specific survey types or activities, not the graphical end product that surveying is meant to create.

Is a type of surveying where the region being surveyed is seen as a plane. The phrase is used to describe survey operations where the areas or distances are so small that the earth's curvature may be ignored without producing appreciable mistake.

Answer: plane surveying

Plane surveying treats the survey region as a flat plane because the areas and distances are small enough that the Earth's curvature can be ignored without significant error. Geodetic surveying is its opposite (it accounts for curvature), leveling only measures height differences, and 'planet observations' is not a real surveying term.

To create an archeological map that shows the locations of historical artifacts. (Very accurate or not)

Answer: TRUE

TRUE. Surveying is an accurate and widely used method for documenting the precise locations of historical artifacts on an archaeological site. Because it records exact relative positions, the statement is correct.

Surveying is categorized according to whether it is done to gather information needed for engineering project planning, design, and implementation.

Answer: engineering survey

An engineering survey is the category of surveying carried out to collect data for the planning, design, and execution of engineering or construction projects. Route, soil, and topographic surveys are narrower types focused on a specific corridor, ground conditions, or terrain rather than the project as a whole.

This means that main survey lines and stations, also known as controlling stations, initially enclose the whole region.

Answer: first principle

The first principle of surveying is to 'work from the whole to the part,' meaning main survey lines and controlling stations first enclose the entire region before finer detail is added. The second principle concerns fixing points by at least two independent measurements, while route survey and control surveying are survey types, not principles.