Exam 24: Civil Drafting Problems

What is the bearing of a line that has an azimuth of 2378?

What is a PI?

What is the number of the section in the lower left-hand corner of a township?

Define setbacks.

Why are construction lines helpful in site plan layout?

Define profile.

Is there only one meridian used for land surveys in the United States? Explain.

In a grid survey, what is used to label the vertical lines?

What is the transit station?

List five elements of information that should be determined before starting a site plan drawing.

What are the four common abbreviations used when plot- ting a vertical curve? Describe them.

Describe isogonic lines. What importance do they have in surveying?

What is the similarity between a connecting traverse and a loop traverse?

Describe a great circle.

Describes the difference between a bearing and a true azimuth. Give specific examples of each.

Why is the horizontal scale of the profile the same as the map scale?

What is meant b

Information used to prepare a site plan can come from one or more of several available sources. List four possible sources.

Define angle of repose.

Given a known elevation at a known distance from a transit, describe how you would find an unknown elevation using foresight and backsight. Give an example with your own arbitrary figures.