TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

MAY 2021 REVIEW

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING from the center of the curve if the curve has an impact factor of
0.25.
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
a. 18.25 kN c. 11.25 kN
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO b. 22.50 kN d. 16.88 kN
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.
15. An old curve is to be improved to accommodate a design speed
MULTIPLE CHOICE of 100 kph. If the superelevation is 0.08 and the coefficient of
friction is 0.10, what is the required degree of the curve?
 Traffic a. 2.62° c. 2.25°
b. 2.86° d. 2.43°
Situation 1: From the following data of a freeway surveillance,
there are 5 vehicles travelling distances “S” when 16. Determine the superelevation of a curved road of 385 m radius
observed on the two photographs taken every 2 designed for a maximum speed of 90 kph if the coefficient of
seconds apart. friction is 0.10?
a. 0.033 c. 0.055
Vehicles “S”(meters) b. 0.044 d. 0.066
1 24.4
 Sight Distance
2 18.8
3 24.7
4 26.9 17. Find the length of skid mark if the average skid resistance is 0.15
5 22.6 and the velocity of the car when the brakes were applied was 40
kph.
1. Determine the space mean speed. a. 41.95 m c. 38.05 m
a. 39.64 kph c. 42.26 kph b. 40.37 m d. 36.22 m
b. 41.65 kph d. 55.58 kph
18. Find the total distance that a car had travelled from the time the
2. Determine the flow of traffic. driver saw the hazard when he was travelling at 75 kph.
a. 8,000 veh/hr c. 8,500 veh/hr Perception-reaction time is 2 seconds and the average skid
resistance is 0.60 kph. Assume that the car has an efficiency of
b. 9,500 veh/hr d. 9,000 veh/hr
80%.
a. 89.63 m c. 83.45 m
3. Determine the density of traffic. b. 78.54 m d. 87.75 m
a. 216.08 veh/km c. 161.93 veh/km
b. 227.04 veh/km d. 212.95 veh/km 19. A descending grade of -2% meets an ascending grade of +3% in
a vertical sag parabolic curve. Compute the length of the curve if
Situation 2: The peak hour factor (PHF) during rush hour along the sight distance is 178 m.
a. 212.64 m c. 190.32 m
EDSA is 0.90. The highest 5-minute volume is 250
b. 183.11 m d. 163.90 m
vehicles and the space mean speed is 90 kph.
4. Determine the flow of traffic.
20. A vertical summit curve connects the grades 2.20% and 1.80%.
a. 3,600 veh/hr c. 4,500 veh/hr
If the stopping sight distance is 100 m, find the length of the curve.
b. 2,700 veh/hr d. 3,200 veh/hr
a. 95.12 m c. 94.25 m
b. 94.56 m d. 95.89 m
5. Determine the traffic density.
a. 20 veh/km c. 25 veh/km
Situation 4: The length of a sag parabolic curve is 130 m with a
b. 45 veh/km d. 30 veh/km
design speed of 100 kph. The back tangent has a
slope of -2.50%.
6. Determine the spacing of vehicles.
a. 33.33 m c. 40.00 m
21. Determine the slope of the forward tangent.
b. 50.0 m d. 22.22 m
a. 6.32% c. 3.65%
b. 5.14% d. 2.64%
 Accident Rates
22. Determine the distance of the lowest point of the curve from the
7. Determine the average daily traffic entering the intersection if the PC.
accident rate is 5,000 per MEV if the total accidents occurred a. 29.52 m c. 47.58 m
during a ten-year period is 3,000. b. 63.29 m d. 75.41 m
a. 278 c. 370
b. 365 d. 165 23. Determine the length of the sight distance.
a. 115.38 m c. 175.42 m
Situation 3: The table below shows reported accidents for a 10- b. 138.25 m d. 150.23 m
mile highway section of the Diosdado Macapagal
boulevard.  Pavement
Year Average Property Injury Fatal
Daily Traffic Damage Accidents Accidents
Situation 5: A rigid pavement is to be constructed to carry a wheel
2000 20,500 165 40 5
load of 50 kN. The allowable tensile stress of concrete
2001 22,000 150 45 5 is 1.40 MPa.
2002 23,500 170 50 10
2003 24,000 170 45 16 24. Find the thickness of the pavement if the effect of dowels is
2004 25,500 160 60 19 neglected.
a. 188.98 mm c. 327.33 mm
8. Compute the severity ratio. b. 231.46 mm d. 163.66 mm
a. 0.322 c. 0.450
b. 0.123 d. 0.266 25. If dowels are used across the joints, find the thickness of the
pavement when the wheel load is placed at the edge of the
9. Compute the accident rate for injury accidents in HMVM. pavement.
a. 63.31 c. 88.95 a. 188.98 mm c. 327.33 mm
b. 56.92 d. 57.89 b. 231.46 mm d. 163.66 mm

10. Compute the accident rate in HMVM. 26. If dowels are used across the joints, find the thickness of the
a. 263.30 c. 888.96 pavement when the wheel load is placed at the center of the
pavement.
b. 356.82 d. 557.89
a. 188.98 mm c. 327.33 mm
b. 231.46 mm d. 163.66 mm
 Banking of Curves
27. Determine the expansion pressure that a 600-mm pavement can
12. Determine the impact factor for a highway curve having a radius sustain if the average pavement density is 2.50 kg/mm3.
of 600 m and a maximum speed of 100 kph. a. 1,800 kg/mm2 c. 1,700 kg/mm2
a. 0.13 c. 0.37 b. 1,500 kg/mm2 d. 1,600 kg/mm2
b. 0.26 d. 0.42
28. The stiffness factor of a pavement and the subgrade is 0.45. The
13. Determine the maximum velocity that a car could run around a modulus of elasticity of the subgrade is 120 kg/cm2. Determine the
5° curve if the impact factor is 0.14. Neglect friction between the modulus of elasticity of the pavement.
tires and the pavement. a. 1,317 kg/cm2 c. 1,536 kg/cm2
a. 82.77 kph c. 63.87 kph b. 1,265 kg/cm2 d. 1,428 kg/cm2
b. 78.35 kph d. 72.04 kph

14. A car having a gross weight of 45 kN is moving at a certain design

speed along a highway curve. Neglecting friction between the tires
and the pavement, find the force that will tend to pull the car away

ENGR. KARREN MAY A. SIMPLINA