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The design element which is the most affected by the volume of traffic.
Time of Travel
Type of Pavement
Mean Speed
Number of Traffic Lanes
It is defined as the maximum safe speed that can be maintained over a specified section of a highway when conditions are so favorable that the design features of the highway govern.
Design Speed
Spot Speed
Instantaneous Speed
Speed Limit
It include cost estimates for various parts of the project and are used to evaluate the acceptability of bids and the financial feasibility of the project.
Specifications
Estimates
Bid Documents
Bill of Quantities
This view has elevation as its vertical axis and horizontal distance, measured perpendicular to the centerline, as its horizontal axis.
Geometric Cross Section
Profile
Longitudinal Section
Elevation View
Any temporary elevated platform used for supporting employees or materials or both in the course of any construction works.
Scaffold
Framing
Bracing
Formworks
It is the maximum number of vehicles, passengers, or the like, which can be accommodated by a given facility or system under given conditions at a given level of service.
Service Volume
Capacity
Flow
Density
It is defined as the fraction of time that vehicles are present at a point in space.
Headways
Time Gaps
Time points
Occupancy
This connects all of a project’s activities that have a minimum of zero slack time. It isthe longest direct path through the network.
Critical Path
Float time (Slack time)
Earliest start time
Latest start time
The speed at which vehicles are presumed to travel through a coordinated signal system is known as:
Signal Coordination
Speed of progression
Offset of the cycle
Band
There are three basic ways of resolving crossing conflicts.
I. Time sharing solutions
II. Space sharing solutions
III. Grade separation solutions
IV. Crossing conflict solutions
I-III only
II only
All of the above
II and III only
Horizontal members of a shoring system placed parallel to the excavation face whose sides bear against the vertical members of the shoring system.
Wales
Headers
Soldier Beam
Sheet
Transportation engineering focus on a set of issues which have been continuing challenges to the transportation engineering profession over the past years. These challenges are:
I. Managing congestion
II. Improving safety
III. Providing equal access
IV. Protecting the environment
V. Incorporating new technology
VI. Securing financial resources
VII. Developing adequate institutional arrangements
I-VI only
I, II, III, V and VII
II, III and VI
All of the above
Headways such that the vehicles are just filled at the maximum load point on the route.
Policy Headway
Capacity Headway
Space Headway
Time Headway
A measure of material’s ability to dissipate or deaden mechanical vibrations is referred toits:
Damping Capacity
Toughness
Malliability
Screeding
The primary consideration in the design of geometric cross sections for highways, runways and taxiways is _______.
Carriageway
Slope
Drainage
Elevation
The basic lane width appropriate for national road is _______.
3.35 m
2.40 m
1.80 m
5.00 m
This refers to drawing, usually accompanied by notes, of various aspects or components of the design.
As-stake Plans
Plans
Structural Plans
Shop Drawings
This applies to curved facilities, such as highways or railways only. It consists of a graph with a roadway or railway cross slope versus horizontal distance.
Alignment Diagram
Surface
Topographic
Super-elevation Diagram
What are the capacity requirement for all scaffoldings?
At least 6 times its own weight
At most 4 times its own weight
At least 4 times its own weight
At most 6 times its own weight
The points at which the cut or fill slopes intersect the existing ground are referred to as _______.
Centerline Points
Catch Points
Side hill Points
Hinge Points
Every construction project shall have a suitable _________________, which must be in accordance with these rules, and other orders and issuances issued by the Department of Labor and Employment.
Basic Occupational Safety and Health
Construction Safety and Health Program
Construction Safety and Health Program
Occupation Health and Safety Program
The maximum time that an activity can be delayed without causing the project to fall behind schedule.
Earliest start time
Critical Path
Latest start time
Float time (Slack time)
The time difference between the beginning and end of through band at any point is known as:
through band
cycle
indication
band width
It is the difference between the actual travel time and a given segment of a transportation system and some ideal travel time for that segment.
Delay
Queue Time
Travel Time
Service Time
Reaction times vary widely. As a result, the usual practice is to use a single, rather conservative value. AASHTO suggests a value of ____ in its Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets.
2.0 sec
1.5 sec
2.5 sec
1.0 sec
It is advisable for a site plan to contain a large-scale map of the overall area and to indicate where the project is located on the site.
Vicinity Map
Location Map
Google Map
Site Plan Map
Construction workers who are working from unguarded surfaced _________ or more above grade, temporary or permanent floor platform, scaffold or where they are exposed to the possibility of falls hazardous to life or limb, must be provided with safety harnesses andlifelines.
4 meters
6 meters
5 meters
3 meters
The amount by which the outer edge of a curve or a railroad is banked above the inner edge to help offset the centripetal force developed as the vehicle goes around a curve.
Grade
Kerb
Superelevation
Slope
The maximum distance that the contractor is expected to transport soil material without receiving additional payment?
Freehaul Distance
Overhaul Distance
Haul Distance
Baseline Distance
The red, yellow, or green light that is displayed to driven in a given movement is called an:
through band
cycle
band width
indication
The time required for one complete sequence of signal indication is called ____.
indication
phase
cycle
frequency
The time spent in decelerating and accelerating the vehicle in opening and closing doors.
Dwell Time
Clearance Time
Influence Time
Bebe Time
It provides the detailed requirements for the materials, equipment and workmanship to be incorporated into the project.
Bid Documents
Bill of Materials
Estimates
Specifications
This drawing has elevation as its vertical axis and horizontal distance as measured along the centerline of the facility as its horizontal axis.
Geographic
Profile
Surface
Topographic
