Surveying Intro Quiz

Determining the relative positions of points on above or beneath the surface of the earth by means of direct or indirect measurements of distance and direction and elevation is called as _________

• Surveying

• Levelling

• Measuring

• Contouring

Type of surveying in which the mean surface of the earth is considered as a plane and the spheroidal shape is neglected called as.....

• Topographic Surveying

• Hydrographic Surveying

• Geodetic Surveying

• Plane Surveying

Horizontal projection of an area and shows only horizontal distances of the points is __________

• Contour lines

• Levelling

• Surveying

• Plan

In which surveying, shape of earth is taken into consideration?

• Plane surveying

• Geodetic surveying

• Topographic surveying

• Geological surveying

Which among the following is one of the principles of surveying?

• Taking measurements

• Covering entire area

• Determining the elevation differences

• Working from whole to part

The three basic quantities that are measured in surveying are ...

• Heights

• Temperature

• Angles

• Distances

• Pressure

__________________________ surveys are concerned with measurement and mapping of the physical features of the earth.These features are all natural and manmade features.

• G.P.S

• Plane

• Geodetic

• Topographic

Hydrographic surveys deals with the mapping of the

• hills

• large water bodies

• canal systems

• heavenly bodies

Which of the following is not sources of errors?

• Instrumental

• Personal

• Natural

• Artificial

Systematic errors are those errors

• cannot be recognized

• whose character is not understood

• change rapidly

• effect is cumulative