SURVEYING (LECTURE)

Learning Task No.4

GENERAL INSTRUCTION
This is a test of your ability to think out solution to quantitative problems about Topographic and Stadia
Surveying with Leveling. Analyze and solve each problem completely. Remember to show all necessary and
detailed solutions in your paper and enclosed your final answer in a box. Round off the final answer to two
decimal places, unless otherwise specified.
PROBLEM No. 4.1 (15 pts.)
Complete the following set of profile level notes and
show the customary arithmetic check. If the distance
leveled is 1 km, for what order of accuracy do the results Station BS HI IS FS Elevation

qualify if the elevation of BM 21 is known to be 191.40? BM 20 8.27 177.77

TP 1 9.21 2.60
0 + 00 11.3
0 + 50 9.6
0 + 61.48 8.71
1 + 00 6.1
TP 2 7.33 4.66
1 + 50 5.8
2 + 00 4.97
BM 21 3.88

PROBLEM No. 4.2 (15 pts.)

Two hills A and C have elevations of 600 m and 800 m, respectively. In between A and C is another hill B
which has an elevation of 705 m and is located at 12 km from A and 10 km from C. If C is not visible from
A, what height of tower must be constructed at C so that it could be visible from A with the line of sight having
a clearance of 2 m above hill B.

PROBLEM No. 4.3 (10 pts.)

Work out the vertical exaggeration of a cross – section if the vertical scale is 1 cm represents 50 meters, and
the scale of the map is 1: 250,000.

WARNING: Academic dishonesty or any form of cheating is a major offense.

Found guilty has a sanction of either suspension, exclusion, or expulsion from the school.
SURVEYING (LECTURE)
Learning Task No.4

GENERAL INSTRUCTION
This is a test of your ability to think out solution to quantitative problems about Topographic and Stadia
Surveying with Leveling. Analyze and solve each problem completely. Remember to show all necessary and
detailed solutions in your paper and enclosed your final answer in a box. Round off the final answer to two
decimal places, unless otherwise specified.
PROBLEM No. 4.4 (30 pts.)
Base your answers to questions 1 through 5 on the topographic map below. Points A, B, X, and Y are
reference points on the map.

①. What contour interval was used on 250

this map? (3 pts)
②. What is a possible elevation of point
A? (3 pts) B
③. If 1 cm of this map equals to 1 km X
on the ground, what would be its 5 00

0
equivalent RF? (7 pts)

50
r ee k
④. Calculate the approximate gradient
along the straight dashed line

tC
between points X and Y. (7 pts)

F li n
⑤. Use a separate piece of paper to Y
draw a smooth, curved profile of the
land surface from point A to point B
by plotting the elevation of each
contour line that crosses AB. (10 pts)

500

500
N
A

0 1 3 4 5 km

PROBLEM No. 4.5 (30 pts.)

A survey party proceeded to do their stadia survey work as follows. The transit was set up at A and with the
line of sight horizontal, took rod readings at points B and C which is 300 m and 80 m, respectively. With rod
at B, the stadia interval was recorded to be 3.001 m and with the rod at C, the stadia interval was recorded
to be 0.800 m. The distance from the instrument to the principal focus was recorded to be 0.30 m. Then they
went to survey other points with some of the data recorded as follows with the transit at point D, two points
E and F were sighted.

POSITION OF ROD STADIA INTERVAL (in meters) VERTICAL ANGLE

Rod at E 2.25 + 4° 30’
Rod at F 3.56 – 3° 30’

①. Compute the stadia interval factor. (10 pts)

②. Compute the horizontal distance DE. (10 pts)
③. Compute the difference in elevation between E and F assuming that the elevation of D = 350.42 m
above sea level. (10 pts)
WARNING: Academic dishonesty or any form of cheating is a major offense.
Found guilty has a sanction of either suspension, exclusion, or expulsion from the school.