WorksheetsSite layout and surveying
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 6mins
All of the following site layout tasks may be done by Carpenter except the layout of
Primary control points
Footings and foundation’s
Embedded items
Property lines or boundaries
The term cutting a foot means
Shortening a a measurement to compensate for tape expansion
Pacing of a distance
Starting the measurement at the one foot line on the tape
Removing 12 inches from the tape to use for fine measurements
A dashed or broken contour line shown on a plot plan normally represents
The finished grade to be achieved after construction
An indexing contour
The existing grade
A contour that is parallel to the direction of the slope
Herbs are normally used to mark all of the following control points except
Secondary control points
Primary control points
Working control points
Building layout points
All of the following entries below are recommended practices for making information on steaks except
Mark the main information opposite direction of use
Use capital letters
Avoid the use of abbreviations when possible
Right from top to bottom
All of the following objects are commonly used as a reference for a control point except
The corner of a building
A power pole
A rock
A fire hydrant
When using a calibrated 75 foot tape, you measure a distance of 375. Expressed in terms of tape lengths, this distance is __________ tape links
3.75
5.00
7.50
375.00
The main difference between a builders level and a transit is that a builders level__________
Does not have a leveling vail
Cannot be used to measure vertical angles
Does not have a graduated horizontal circle scale
Has a Vernier scale
The actual distance between two existing points is 400 feet if you use a 100 foot normal tape calibrated to be 99.95 feet long to measure the distance between the two points the distance you will measure is
399.20
399.80
400.00
400.20
