MCQ in Surveying Part 6 | Civil Board Exam

This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 6 of the Series in Surveying Engineering as one of the Construction Surveying and Layout topic as well as Quantity Surveying topic. In Preparation for the Civil Board Exam make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here taken from various sources including but not limited to past Board Examination Questions in Surveying, Civil Engineering Books, Journals and other Civil Engineering References.

PRC Board of Civil Engineering Examination Syllabi

The applicant shall acquire a general average of 70% with no grades lower than 50% in any given subject of the examination as follows:

Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles of Transportation and Highway Engineering, Construction Management and Methods – 35%

1. Calculus

• Differential Equations
• Integral Calculus

2. Differential Equations

• First Order Differential Equation
• Higher Order Differential Equations

3. Engineering Data Analysis

4. Numerical Methods

5. Physics for Engineers

6. Engineering Economy

• Present Economy Study
• Time-Value Relations
• Selection Among Alternatives: Present, Annual, and Future Worth; Internal and External Rate of Return Method

7. Construction Surveying and Layout

8. Materials for Construction

9. Quantity Surveying

10. Construction Occupational Safety and Health

11. Transportation Engineering

• Highway Engineering
  • Highway and Urban Transportation Planning and Economics
  • Driver, Vehicle, Traffic and Road Characteristics
  • Highway Design
  • Traffic Engineering and Highway Operations
  • Road and Pavement Design
• Airport Engineering
• Ports and Harbors
• Bridges

12. Construction Management Principles and Methods

• Engineering Relations and Ethics
• Contracts & Specifications
• Construction Project Organization
• Planning and Scheduling (PERT/CPM)
• Construction Estimates
• Construction Methods & Operations
• Construction Equipment Operations and Maintenance

Hydraulics and Principles of Geotechnical Engineering – 30%

1. Fluid Mechanics

• Properties of Fluids
• Hydrostatics
• Fluid Flow Concepts and Basic Equations
• Viscous Flow and Fluid Resistance
• Ideal Fluid Flow
• Steady Flow in Closed Conduits
• Steady Flow in Open Channels

2. Buoyancy and Flotation

3. Relative Equilibrium of Liquids

4. Hydrodynamics

5. Soil Mechanics and Foundation

• Soil Properties and Classification
• Fluid Flow through Soil Mass
• Soil Strength and Tests
• Stresses in Soil Mass
• Bearing Capacity
• Compaction
• Consolidation and Settlement
• Soil Improvement
• Lateral Earth Pressures
• Slope Stability

6. Water Supply Soil Properties

Principles of Structural Analysis and Design- 35%

1. Engineering Mechanics

• Statics of Rigid Bodies
• Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
• Kinematics of Rigid Bodies
• Strength of Materials

2. Reinforced Concrete Beams and Columns

• Steal Beams, Columns, Footings and Connections
• Prestressed Concrete Beams

3. Construction Materials Testing

4. Application of the Governing Codes of Practice

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part 6 of the Series

⇐ MCQ in Surveying Part 5 | Civil Board Exam

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

251. An arbitrary surface with reference to which the elevation of points are measured and compared, is called

A.         datum surface

B.         level surface

C.         horizontal surface

D.         vertical surface

252. A line normal to the plumb line at all points is known as

A.         horizontal line

B.         vertical line

C.         level line

D.         line of collimation

253. A vertical line at any point is a line normal to the level surface at the point.

A.         Yes

B.         No

254. The vertical distance above or below the datum is called

A.         reduced level of the point

B.         elevation of the point

C.         height of the instrument

D.         either (a) or (b)

255. The height of instrument is the height of the center of the telescope above the ground where the level is set up.

A.         True

B.         False

256. A back sight indicates the

A.         shifting

B.         setting up

C.         height

D.        none of these

257. The point on which the instrument is set up, is called station point

A.         True

B.         False

258. A fixed point of reference of known elevation is called

A.         change point

B.         station point

C.         bench mark

D.         datum

259. An imaginary line tangential to the longitudinal curve of the bubble tube at its middle point is called

A.         axis of telescope

B.         axis of level tube

C.         level line

D.         line of collimation

260. A staff reading taken on a bench mark or a point of known elevation is called

A.         fore sight reading

B.         back sight reading

C.         intermediate sight

D.         any one of these

261. It is required to find the difference in elevation between two points A and B. During levelling, it is found that the staff reading at B is more than the staff reading at A. It indicates that the point A is

A.         higher than

B.         lower than

262. Collimation method is used in

A.         profile levelling

B.         differential levelling

C.         check levelling

D.         both (a) and (b)

263. Rise and fall method is used in.

A.         profile levelling

B.         differential levelling

C.         check levelling

D.         none of these

264. The method of levelling in which the heights of mountains are found by observing the temperature at which water boils is known as

A.         barometric levelling

B.         reciprocal levelling

C.         longitudinal levelling

D.         hypsometry

265. Which of the following statement is correct?

A.         In levelling, the effect of curvature is to decrease the staff reading.

B.         The effect of refraction in levelling is to increase the staff reading.

C.         The combined effect of curvature and refraction in levelling is to increase the staff reading.

D.         all of the above

266. In levelling, the effect of refraction varies with the atmospheric conditions

A.         Yes

B.         No

267. When the effect of curvature is taken into account in levelling, the true staff reading is obtained by

A.         adding

B.         subtracting

268. In levelling, the effect of refraction may be taken as

A.         one-half

B.         one-third

C.         one-fifth

D.         one-seventh

269. When the effect of refraction is taken into account in levelling, the true staff reading is obtained by subtracting the correction for refraction from the observed staff reading.

A.         Right

B.         Wrong

270. In levelling, the correction for curvature (in meters) is equal, where D = Distance from the level to the staff reading in kilometers.

A.         0.00785 D2

B.         0.0785 D2

C.         0.0112 D2

D.         0.0673 D2

271. The axis of bubble tube must be perpendicular to the vertical axis.

A.         Right

B.         Wrong

272. The line of collimation must be parallel to the horizontal axis.

A.         Yes

B.         No

273. The axis of telescope level must be

A.         parallel

B.         perpendicular

274. In the surveying telescopes, cross hairs are fitted in

A.         center of the telescope

B.         optical center of the eye piece

C.         front of the eye piece

D.         front of the objective

275. In the surveying telescope, diaphragm is held

A.         inside the eye piece

B.         inside the objective

C.         nearer to the eye piece

D.         nearer to the objective

276. The image formed by the objective in the plane of cross hairs is

A.         real and straight

B.         real and inverted

C.         virtual and straight

D.         virtual and inverted

277. An imaginary line tangential to the longitudinal curve of the level at the center of the tube is called

A.         horizontal axis

B.         vertical axis

C.         axis of the level tube

D.         line of collimation

278. An axis about which the telescope can be rotated in a horizontal plane, is called

A.         horizontal axis

B.         vertical axis

C.         axis of the level tube

D.         line of collimation

279. The real image of an object formed by the objective must lie at the center of telescope.

A.         Agree

B.         Disagree

280. When the image formed by the objective is not situated in the plane of crosshairs,

A.         the cross-hairs should be adjusted

B.         the eye-piece should be focused

C.         the objective should be focused

D.         the parallex should be removed

281. Which of the following statement is wrong?

A.         A series of closed contour lines on the map indicates a depression if the higher values are inside

B.         A series of closed contour lines on a plane indicates a hill if the higher values are outside.

C.         The uniformly spaced contour lines indicates a plane surface.

D.         all of the above

282. Contour lines cross ridge or valley lines at

A.         30°

B.         45°

C.         60°

D.         90°

283. The points on a contour gradient will have the same elevation.

A.         True

B.         False

284. The reduced level of a point on the ground is called

A.         spot level

B.         spot height

C.         either (a) or (b)

D.         none of these

285. In route surveys, the most suitable method of contouring is

A.         by squares

B.         by radial lines

C.         by cross-sections

D.         by tacheometer

286. The tacheometric method of contouring is particularly suitable

A.         when a contoured map of hill is required

B.         when the area is not very extensive

C.         in surveys of roads or railways

D.         all of these

287. The spacing of cross-sections in a hilly country is usually

A.         5 m

B.         10 m

C.         15 m

D.         20 m

288. In indirect method of contouring, the best method of interpolation of contours is

A.         by graphical method

B.         by estimation

C.         by arithmetical calculation

D.         all of these

289. The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously, is called

A.         compass surveying

B.         levelling

C.         plane tabling

D.         chain surveying

290. In plane tabling, the instrument used to measure horizontal and vertical distances directly, is known as

A.         plane alidade

B.         telescopic alidade

C.         tacheometer

D.         clinometer

291. A compound curve consists of two arcs of equal radii bending in the same direction.

A.         Right

B.         Wrong

292. When the centers of the arcs lie on the opposite sides of the common tangent at the junction of the two curves, it is known as a

A.         simple curve

B.         vertical curve

C.         compound curve

D.         reverse curve

293. A simple circular curve is designated by the

A.         radius of the curve

B.         curvature of the curve

C.         angle subtended at the center by a chord of any length

D.         angle subtended at the center by a chord of particular length

294. The degree of the curve is the angle subtended by a chord of

A.         15 m

B.         20 m

C.         25 m

D.         30 m

295. When R is the radius of the curve (in meters), D is the degree of curve (in degrees) and length of the chord is 30 m, then the relation between R and D is

A.         R = 1520/D

B.         R = 1720/D

C.         R = 4500/D

D.         R = 5400 / D

296. The angle between the back tangent and forward tangent of a curve is known as

A.         deflection angle

B.         central angle

C.         angle of intersection

D.         none of these

297. The angle by which the forward tangent deflects from the back tangent of a curve is called

A.         deflection angle

B.         central angle

C.         angle of intersection

D.         none of these

298. A deflection angle is

A.         less than 90°

B.         more than 90° but less than 180°

C.         equal to the difference between the angle of intersection and 180°

D.         equal to the difference between the angle of intersection and 360°

299. The length of peg interval for flat curves is

A.         15 m

B.         20 m

C.         25 m

D.         30 m

300. When the length of a chord is less than the peg interval, it is known as

A.         small chord

B.         short chord

C.         sub-chord

D.         normal chord