Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh GX_____

National University of Ireland, Galway

Semester I Examinations, 2010/2011

Exam Code(s) 1BE, 1BV, 2BE

Exam(s) 1st Civil Engineering, 1st Environmental Engineering

2nd Civil Engineering
1st Project and Construction Management

Module Code(s) CE102, CE118

Module(s) Surveying

Paper No. 1
Repeat Paper Special Paper

External Examiner(s) Professor P. Waldron

Internal Examiner(s) Professor P. E. O’Donoghue
Dr. M. J. Brennan

Instructions: Answer all questions.

The allocation of marks is noted after the question number.

Duration 2hrs
No. of Answer books 1

Requirements:
Handout
MCQ
Statistical Tables
Graph Paper
Log Graph Paper
Other Material

No. of Pages 2
Department(s) Civil Engineering

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 OLLSCOIL na hÉIREANN, GAILLIMH
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY

SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATIONS, 2010/11

FIRST CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

SECOND CIVIL ENGINEERING
FIRST PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

SURVEYING

Professor P. Waldron;
Professor P. E. O’Donoghue;
Dr. M. J. Brennan.

Time allowed: 2 hours. Calculators are required. Answer all questions.

The allocation of marks is noted after the question number

1. Arial photographs of a 300 km2 (30 km x 10 km) highway corridor are required at a scale of
1:10000 using a camera with a focal length of 150 mm. The photographs are 230 mm square. The
flight strips will be 30 km long. A longitudinal overlap of 60% and a lateral overlap of 25% are
required. The operating speed of the aircraft is 200 km/h. Find

(a) (5%) the flying height of the aircraft;

(a) (5%) the interval between the exposures;
(b) (5%) the number of flight lines that are required;
(c) (5%) the number of photographs in a strip; and
(d) (5%) the total number of photographs that are required.

2. (10%) The following readings were taken on a line of levels:

Backsight Intermediate Foresight Rise Fall Reduced Peg

Sight Level
1.951 10.10 A
1.842 0.245 B
1.654 0.342 C
0.468 1.571 D
0.254 1.494 E
1.222 F
2.517 G

Reduce the levels using the rise and fall method and carry out the usual arithmetic check
calculations.

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3. The measured lengths and included angles of a four-sided traverse are shown below. The whole
circle bearing (WCB) of the line AB is 136° 56´ 00″. (Σ included angles = 360º. Σ Sides = 541.690)

NORTH D

150.11 129.82

89°14'20''

136°56'00'' 84°00'00''
C
A 90°02'20''

96°43'20''
149.56
112.20

(a) (10%) Working to three decimal places, determine the easting and northing of each line.
(b) (5%) Calculate the closing error.
(c) (5%) Establish whether the accuracy of the closing error is first order < 1/25000, second order <
1/10000 or third order < 1/5000.
(d) (10%) Distribute the closing error and tabulate the corrected eastings and northings using
Bowditch’s method:
length of side AB length of side AB
!E AB = dE " !NAB = dN "
perimeter of the traverse perimeter of the traverse
(e) (10%) Letting the co-ordinates of the origin at A be (0,0), compute the co-ordinates (mE, mN)
of each of the other stations (B, C, D).
(f) (15%) Compute the area inside the quadrilateral in hectares, given:
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Area = ! Ni (Ei +1 " Ei "1) where Ei and N i are the co-ordinates of station i.
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4. (10%) Produce annotated sketches showing how the plate bubble of a theodolite is adjusted
to set the vertical axis of the instrument truly vertical.