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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
MODULE NAME
Surveying
Friday
DATE
MODULE CODE
CIVE 1005Y(1)
14 May 2010
TIME
NO. OF
QUESTIONS SET
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer any 5 questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
DURATION
NO. OF
QUESTIONS TO BE
ATTEMPTED
3 Hours
5
Briefly explain how an automatic level can be checked for the presence of any
collimation error.
[5 marks]
(b)
The following levels were taken with a metric staff on a series of pegs at 100
m intervals along the line of a proposed trench:
BS
2.10
IS
FS
2.94
Remarks
TBM1 (128.75m)
Peg A
Peg B
Peg C
Peg D
Peg E
3.81
TBM2(124.07m)
2.85
1.80
3.51
1.58
2.24
1.68
2.27
3.06
=
=
=
=
=
51 37 40
192 08 55
101 51 55
87 29 35
106 53 35
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Inst.
Stn.
Staff
Stn.
BM
A
B
Horz.
Circle
Reading
---28 12 15
93 51 55
Vertical
Angle
Staff readings
2 15 10
3 36 00
-2 42 30
Top
Mid
Bottom
2.310
2.466
2.552
1.887
1.600
1.455
1.464
0.732
0.388
Question 4
Reciprocal vertical angles were observed between two stations A and B as follows:
Mean observed angle
Height of instrument at
Height of signal at
Reduced level of A
Distance AB
A to B
B to A
A
B
A
B
= -1 02
= -2 59
= 1.35 m
= 1.33 m
= 3.10 m
= 4.50 m
= 175.4 m
= 11 600 m
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Observed Length(m)
39.2310
120.7160
61.2560
159.9350
221.2180
Weight
3
2
2
1
1
Find, by the method of least squares, the most probable length of AB, BC and CD to
the nearest tenth of a millimeter.
[20 marks]
Question 6
(a)
Explain clearly what is meant by (i) accuracy, (ii) precision and (iii) standard
error of a set of observations.
[6 marks]
(b)
(c)
Question 7
(a)
(b)
(c)
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