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3. Three trials of the measured angle between
two points x and y were observed and the
following data were recorded.
TRIALS MEASURED ANGLE TIME
1 40°31’ 9:00:00
2 40°34’ 9:02:00
3 40°36’ 9:04:00
a. What is the most probable error?
b. What is standard deviation?
c. What is standard error?
4. A line measures 6846.34 m at
elevation 993.9 m. The average radius of
curvature in the area is 6400 km.
Compute the sea level distance.
5. The geodetic length of a line on the
earth’s surface is found to be 5280 m
and its grid distance is equal to 5279.67
m. Compute the scale factor used.
28. A symmetrical vertical summit curve
has tangents of +4% and -2%. The
allowable rate of change is 0.3% per
meter station.
a.) Compute the length of the curve.
b.) Compute the distance of the highest
point of the curve from the P.C.
29.A 5% grade intersects a -3.4% grade at station
1+990 of elevation 42.30 m. Design a vertical
summit parabolic curve connecting the two tangent
grades to conform with the following safe stopping
sight distance.
*Design velocity= 60 kph
*Height of driver’s eye from the pavement=1.37 m
*Height of an object from the pavement=100 mm
*PRT=3/4 secs
*Coefficient of friction=0.15
a.) Determine the sight distance.
b.) Determine the length of curve .
30. The design speed of a vertical sag
curve is equal to 100 kph. The tangent
grades of the curve are -2% and +3%
respectively.
a.) Compute the length of the curve in
meters.
b.) Compute the sight distance in meters.
C.) Compute the length of minimum
visibility in meters.
33.A crest vertical curve has length per
change in grade of 120.1993 m. Determine
the radius of the curve?
37. The clearance to an obstruction is 40
m and the desirable sight distance when
rounding a horizontal curve is
600 m. Determine the minimum radius of
horizontal curve if the length of the
curve is 550 m long.
39. Based on the record of road accidents, find the
number of fatal accidents in 1996, if the severity
ratio for a period of 5 years was 0.24863.
Year Property Damage Injury Fatal
1992 205 56 2
1993 178 48 3
1994 152 41 3
1995 190 60 5
1996 236 88 x

Find the value of x.

40. Two sets of students are collecting traffic
data at two sections A and B of a highway 200 m
apart. Observation at A shows that 5 vehicles
passes that section at intervals of 8.18 sec., 9.09
sec., 10.23 sec., 11.68 sec., and 13.64 sec.
respectively. If the speed of the vehicles were 80,
72, 64, 56 and 48 kph respectively.
a.) Compute the density of traffic.
b.) Compute the time mean speed.
c.) Compute the space mean speed.
41. A stop sign is installed at the corner of EDSA
and Ortigas Avenue where vehicles during rush
hour arrive at an average rate of 300 per hour.
If the traffic intensity is 0.80.
a.) Compute the average waiting time in
seconds.
b.) What is the average delay time per vehicle
at this instant.
c.) Compute the total delay time in seconds.
42. The table shows a 15-minute volume counts
during the peak hour on an approach
intersection. Determine the peak hour factor.

15-minute period Beginning Volume of Traffic

4:00 100
4:15 110
4:30 115
4:45 100
5:00 110
5:15 100
5:30 100
5:45 100
43. The brakes were fully applied when
the car speed was 40 kph. The skid mark
on a level pavement was 8.5 m long.
Determine the efficiency of the cars
brakes if the average skid resistance is
0.85.
44. The driver applied the brakes on a
car that is running at a speed of 38 mph.
In how many seconds will the car stop if
the average skid resistance is 0.70.
47. A rigid pavement is to be used to
carry a wheel load of 53.5 kN, design the
thickness of the pavement at the edge.
The allowable tensile stress of concrete is
1.38 MPa. Sufficient dowels are used
across the joints.
48. A sheet asphalt mixture is made using the
following percentages by weight of the total
mix.
Materials Sp.gr. Percent by Weight
Sand 2.60 78
Filler 2.70 14
Asphalt Cement 1.02 8

a.) Compute the absolute sp.Gr. Of the

compacted specimen.
b.) If the test specimen weighs 1130 g in air and
was found to weigh 635 g when suspended in
water, compute the bulk sp.gr. Of the specimen.
C.) Compute the porosity of the specimen.
49. A turnout has frog number of 9 with a
length of heel spread equal to 336.11
mm.
a.) Compute the length of heel.
b.) If thelength of the toe equal to 1820
mm, compute the total length of the
turnout.
c.) Compute the angle subtended by the
heel spread.
50. A typical weighing scale have been
used which as follows:
Fatality= 12
Personal Injury = 3
Property damage only =1
If one fatal crash, 3 personal injuries and
5 property damage crashes occurred
during a year at a particular site, find its
severity number.
51. A transit is set up at B and a
backsight at A. By double reversal two
points C and D at a distance equal to 0.18
m, were established. If BC = 250 m and
BD= 250 m , how much is the angular
error of the line of sight from true
postion?
52. The average spacing of vehicles in a
single lane highway is 50 m center to
center. If the volume of traffic is 600
vehicles per hour, what would be the
average speed of the cars using this
particular lane.
53. The instrument is set at point A
where H.I. = 428.6 m. The F.S reading on
the rod at point B is 3.18 m. If the
correction for curvature and for
refraction are 0.042 and 0.008
respectively, what is the elevation of
point B.
54. Over the course of an 8-hour day, 96
vehicles enter a local electronics store’s
parking lot. The parking lot has 5 spaces
and the average customer stays in the
grocery store for 15 minutes. Calculate
the probability that an incoming car will
be rejected.
55. Given the data a closed traverse:
LINES LAT DEP DMD 2A
AB 44.656 30.731 30.731 1372.32
BC Y 75.451 X 2158.02
CD -58.328 --- 148.621 -8668.77
DA -2.09 -42.439 --- Z

Find x, y and z:
57. The corrected field distance on the
surface of the earth was found to be
3296.43 m. If the elevation factor is
0.9999642 and a scale factor of 0.9999424,
compute the grid distance.
58. A pavement with a maximum CBR
value of 6% for the subgrade soil
supporting this load. The tire pressure is
equal to 4 kg per sq.cm. Use U.S Corps of
Engineer’s Formula if the wheel load is
30 kN, design the thickness.
59. A vertical sag curve have tangent
grades of -1.8% and 3.2%. If the minimum
radius of the sag curve is 1500 m long.
Determine, design speed, length of the
curve and the length of the sight distance
60. What is the ratio of atmospheric
refraction and the total effects of the
earth’s curvature and atmospheric
refraction.