WorksheetsTRAFFIC ENGINEERING 03/06/2025
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 E's of traffic engineering?
a)
Engineering
b)
Education
c)
Economics
d)
Enforcement
2.
Which of the following is a psychological factor affecting road user characteristics?
a)
Vision
b)
Hearing
c)
Aggressiveness
d)
Fatigue
3.
What is the unit of traffic volume?
a)
km/hr
b)
vehicles/hr
c)
PCU/km
d)
vehicles/day
4.
PCU stands for:
a)
Passenger Car Unit
b)
Passenger Cargo Unit
c)
Public Car Unit
d)
Private Car Utility
5.
Which device is most efficient for measuring spot speed?
a)
Enoscope
b)
Radar meter
c)
Photographic device
d)
Stopwatch
6.
Which chart shows the variation of traffic volume over hours and seasons?
a)
Trend Chart
b)
Flow Volume Diagram
c)
Variation Chart
d)
Histogram
7.
Assertion (A): 30th Highest Hourly Volume is used for Design Hourly Traffic Volume (DHTV).
Reason (R): It excludes extreme peak volumes not representative of regular traffic.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b)
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c)
A is true but R is false
d)
A is false but R is true
8.
Which of the following is used to determine origin and destination data?
a)
Floating car method
b)
Radar meter
c)
Desire lines
d)
Stopwatch method
9.
Which method is not used for speed and delay study?
a)
Floating car method
b)
License plate method
c)
Interview method
d)
Stop line survey
10.
Parking turnover is defined as:
a)
Number of vehicles per parking bay
b)
Parking load / parking duration
c)
Vehicles per parking bay over time
d)
Vehicles x time parked
11.
Which parameter is used to evaluate road user cost in traffic engineering?
a)
Speed
b)
Delay
c)
PCU
d)
Flow
12.
Which of the following helps in determining the most suitable route for traffic?
a)
Spot speed study
b)
Speed and delay study
c)
O-D study
d)
Parking study
13.
Which of the following indicates vehicle performance?
a)
Stopping sight distance
b)
Speed
c)
Acceleration and deceleration
d)
Headway
14.
Which of the following is NOT a traffic volume study method?
a)
Manual count
b)
Photographic method
c)
Radar gun
d)
Mechanical counter
15.
What is meant by headway in traffic flow?
a)
Number of vehicles per unit time
b)
Distance between two limits of study area
c)
Time between successive vehicles
d)
Speed of a vehicle
16.
Which instrument is used in the moving car method?
a)
Stopwatch
b)
Speedometer
c)
Odometer
d)
All of the above
17.
What does saturation flow mean?
a)
Max traffic under ideal conditions
b)
Min traffic volume
c)
Traffic flow at peak hours
d)
Zero volume condition
18.
What is the PCU value of a truck as per IRC recommendations?
a)
2.5
b)
2.0
c)
3.0
d)
1.5
19.
Which traffic parameter is used to compute road capacity?
a)
Speed
b)
Volume
c)
Density
d)
All of the above
20.
What is the key objective of a parking study?
a)
Assess travel speed
b)
Reduce collisions
c)
Analyze demand and usage pattern of parking spaces
d)
Design road width
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