Liceo de Cagayan University

College of Engineering
Fundamentals of Surveying
Take-Home Quiz
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Date:

Instructions: Answer the following questions. Show your solutions in a neat manner and minimize
erasures. Enclose your final answers in A BOX.

1. To determine the area of a triangular lot ABC, a surveyor set-up a transit at point P inside the lot and
recorded the following bearing and distances of each corner of the lot from P.
Corner Bearing from P Distance from P
A N 47°32’ W 36.25 m
B N 68°52’ E 48.32 m
C Due South 65.25 m
Determine the area of the lot in hectares. (10 pts.)

2. The area of a piece of land with an irregular boundary is defined by the following data.
STATION OFFSET DISTANCE (m)
1+000 5.60
1+010 6.40
1+020 7.90
1+030 6.20
1+040 7.50
1+050 9.50
1+060 12.30
1+070 10.80
1+080 2.70

a.) Compute the area using Trapezoidal Rule. (5 pts.)

b.) Compute the area using Simpson’s One-Third Rule. (5 pts.)

3. Given the following data below, determine the area using DPD Method. (15 pts.)
LINE ADJ. LATITUDE ADJ. DEPARTURE DPD DA
AB 552.45 212.63
BC 232.06 396.50
CD -359.70 283.15
DE -209.37 -366.89
EA -215.44 -525.39

4. Given the following data below, determine the area using DMD Method. (15 pts.)
LINE ADJ. LATITUDE ADJ. DEPARTURE DMD DA
AB 552.45 212.63
BC 232.06 396.50
CD -359.70 283.15
DE -209.37 -366.89
EA -215.44 -525.39