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ACTIVITY 1 - BASIC SURVEYING

Total questions: 5

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) ?

a)

Electronic Music Dance

b)

Electromagnetic energy to determine the length of a line

c)

Energy Distance Measurement

d)

Electronic Distance Move

2.

What does an Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) use to determine the length of a line?

a)

Mechanical Vibration

b)

Sound Waves

c)

Electronic energy

d)

Electric current

3.

What determines the nature of the "reflector" used in EDM?

a)

Length of the line

b)

Type of electromagnetic wave (EM)

c)

Size of the instrument

d)

Weather condition

4.

In EDM, what happens to the electromagnetic energy after it reaches the reflector?

a)

It is absorbed completely

b)

It disappears

c)

It is returned to the originating instrument

d)

It is changed into heat

5.

Why must temperature and barometric pressure be recorded during measurement?

a)

To reduce human fatigue

b)

To change the instrument battery

c)

To find the prism height

d)

To allow atmospheric correction later