ENGINEERING SURVEYING QUIZ

While viewing through a level telescope and moving the eye slightly, a relative movement occurs between the image of the levelling staff and the cross hairs. The instrument is

• correctly focused

• said to have parallax

• free from parallax

• not correctly focused

Theodolite is an instrument used for

• Tightening the capstan-headed nuts of level tube

• Measurement of horizontal angles only

• Measurement of vertical angles only

• Measurement of both horizontal and vertical angles

Hydrographic surveys deal with the mapping of

• Large water bodies

• Heavenly bodies

• Mountaineous region

• Canal system

The main principle of surveying is to work

• from part to the whole

• from whole to the part

• from higher level to the lower level

• from lower level to higher level.

Geodetic surveying is undertaken

• for production of accurate maps of wide areas

• for developing the science of geodesy

• making use of most accurate instruments and methods of observation

• all the above

Surveys which are carried out to depict mountains, rivers, water bodies, wooded areas and other cultural details, are known as

• Cadastral surveys

• City surveys

• Topographical surveys

• Plane surveys

The surface of zero elevation around the earth, which is slightly irregular and curved, is known as

• Mean sea level

• Geoid surface

• Level surface

• Horizontal surface

Surveys which are carried out to provide a national grid of control for preparation of accurate maps of large areas, are known

• Plane surveys

• Geodetic surveys

• Geographical surveys

• Topographical surveys

_______________________ surveying the discipline of land surveying that relates to the laws of land ownership and the definition of property boundaries

• Cadastral

• Geodetic

• Topographic

• GNSS

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

• GNSS

• Plane

• Geodetic

• Topographic