Unit Exam No.

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HIGHER SURVEYING “Set A”

CONTROL SURVEYS LESSON NUMBERS 20 THRU 27

1. Control surveying is referred to as the determination of the precise position of a number of

stations which are distributed over a large area. Control surveys are usually divided into
a) primary and secondary controls
b) triangulation and trilateration controls
c) high precision and low precision controls
d) horizontal and vertical controls
e) main and auxiliary controls
2. The establishment of a network of reference bench marks is the main objective of
a) primary control surveys d) high precision control surveys
b) vertical control surveys e) horizontal control surveys
c) auxiliary control surveys
3. A method of extending horizontal control for topographic and similar surveys which require
observations of triangular figures whose angles are measured and whose sides are determined
by trigonometric computations is termed
a) triangulation d) networking
b) trilateration e) topographic mapping
c) traversing
4. Trilateration consists of a series joined or overlapping triangles where
a) angles are measured and the sides are computed
b) all sides and angles are measured
c) only the angles are measured
d) all the angles and sides are measured
e) sides are measure and angles are computed
5. Station adjustment is sometimes referred to as local adjustments. Its objective is to make the
sum of the angles about each
a) base line equal to 360°
b) triangulation station equal to 180°
c) check base equal to (n-2) 180°
d) triangulation station equal to 360°
e) figure of the triangulation system equal to 180°
6. A type of triangulation system which is composed of a group of triangles having within it a
station which is at a vertex common to all the triangles is called a chain of
a) quadrilaterals d) pentagons
b) multiple triangles e) hexagons 1
c) polygons
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7. In any triangulation system the computation of sides will involve only two or three angles of
each triangle. In the length computations, the angles used are referred to as
a) opposite angles d) direction angles
b) alternate angles e) distance angles
c) length angles
8. Given in the accompanying sketch is a quadrilateral with an interior station and one diagonal.
The known side is AB.

Diagonal D
C

A B
Known Side Interior Station

If all stations were occupied and all lines observed in both directions, the value of the strength of
figure factor D is

a) 16 d) 12
b) 14 e) 15
c) 10

9. In item no. 8, the number of conditions to be satisfied in the figure is

a) 5 d) 8
b) 4 e) 7
c) 6

Solution:

D = 16 C = (n’ – s’ + 1) + (n – 2s + 3)

n’ = 9 C = (9 – 5 + 1) + [9 – 2(5) + 3]

s’ = 5 C=7

n=9

s=5

10. In item no. 8, the value of the strength of figure factor F is

a) 0.56 d) 0.67
b) 0.64 e) 0.65
c) 0.60 2
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 Solution:
D–C 16 – 7
F= = = 0.56
D 16