STUDENT NUMBER: …………………………………………….
TEST 1, SEMESTER ONE, 2017
1 April 2017
MODULE CODE: MODULE NAME:
ENSV2SE Surveying (Engineering)
INTERNAL EXAMINER: J. C. Landman
INSTRUCTIONS:
Use of calculators is permitted.
Indicate your student number at the top of each page.
Complete all the questions on this handout. Do rough work on the blank pages
facing the questions.
Work in pencil will not be marked.
TIME: 2 Hours (10:30 to 12:30)
Number of pages: 6
Full Marks: 70
TEST 1 PAGE 1
STUDENT NUMBER: …………………………………………….
QUESTION 1
Reduce the following levelling field book by the Collimation method.
POINT BS IS FS COLL LINE RL AL FL
P81X 1,543 84,313
S1 3,001
S2 4,191 1,212
S3 3,197 2,426
BRIDGE +2,000*
S4 1,525
S5 0,555 4,237
WW15 4,330 81,586
* Indicates inverted staff
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QUESTION 2
Reduce and check the following levelling field book by the Rise-and-Fall method.
POINT BS IS FS RISE FALL RL AL FL
S2aux 4,221 221,188
A 1,836
B 0,424
C 4,615
D 2,616 0,329
E 3,918
F 2,421
G 2,777
S13d 3,552 224,137
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TEST 1 PAGE 2
STUDENT NUMBER: …………………………………………….
QUESTION 3
Discuss the South African Coordinate System by inserting the missing text below. Show all
the elements of this coordinate system by using suitable sketches
The South African coordinate system is based on the "_________________
PROJECTION". This system consists of belts running ___________ and
__________, two degrees of longitude wide, with the _____________ meridian
being the odd meridian.
In the South African coordinate system the Y coordinate is measured positive to
the________ of the origin and negative to the ________. The X coordinate value
increases from zero at the __________________in a southern direction.
In survey work angles are always measured in a _________ direction.
SKETCHES:
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TEST 1 PAGE 3
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QUESTION 4.
Complete the traverse direction sheet below. [14]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
@ Start
Δ Groenberg 162.18.58 +19 162.19.17
Δ Aloes Res 315.06.00 +14 315.06.14
Δ Sugar Cane 62.03.56 +15 62.04.11
NR 2 89.33.53 34.09 -01 89.34.08
+48
+16
@ NR 2
Start 269.33.55 34.09 +14
NR 3 132.28.55 29.09 -01 132.29.08
@ NR 3
NR 2 312.28.53 29.09 +16
NR 4 86.09.28 44 -02 86.09.42
@ NR 4
NR 3 266.09.30 44 +14
End 86.24.45 24.59 -02 86.24.57
@ End
NR 4 266.24.38 24.56
Δ Richmond 327.18.31 +18 327.18.49
Δ Sugar Cane 4.26.45 +15 4.27.00
Δ Groenberg 195.55.29 +21 195.55.50
+54
+18
TEST 1 PAGE 4
STUDENT NUMBER: …………………………………………….
QUESTION 5
Reduce the measured distances below so that they can be used in a traverse calculation.
Slope correction: C = - s(1-cosα)
Met correction: +38ppm
Zero (prism constant) error: +0,034m
MSL: C = -SH/R
Scale enlargement: C = SY²/2R²
Assume the radius of the earth to be 6367km
The mean Y coordinate value of area: -70 000,00m
The mean height of the survey: 1200m
Measured Vert Slope Scale Met Reduced
MSL Corr Zero Corr
Distance Angle Corr Corr Corr Distance
2 122,66m +2°15'
3 075,42m -2°30'
1 896,43m +1°45'
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QUESTION 6
Complete the following table, by ticking in the appropriate block.
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE
Engineering Surveying has to do with the mapping of
buildings on a farm
Hydrographic Surveying has to do with the measurement
of dam wall construction
Cadastral Surveying has to do with the surveying of
buildings for sectional title registration
Mine Surveying has to do with the setting out of tunnels
for roads
Plane surveying has to do with measuring the
dimensions of aeroplanes at an airport
When an area to be surveyed is so small that the effect
of the curvature of the earth may be neglected, such a
survey is called a Geodetic Survey
The most commonly used DATUM in levelling is the
High-Water Mark
TEST 1 PAGE 5
STUDENT NUMBER: …………………………………………….
STATEMENT TRUE FALSE
A direction on the South African Coordinate system is
measured clockwise from north
Magnetic North is always used when doing survey
calculations on the SA survey system
Presenting the earth on a flat map will introduce errors
The Mercator projection preserves size on a map
Equal backsights and foresights are not always essential
in all types of levelling
Accurate levelling is not possible in very strong wind
The line of sight and line of collimation are different
things
A circular hand bubble is essential to hold the levelling
staff vertical
The first reading when starting a line of levels is always a
backsight
A levelling instrument was set up midway between two
staffs, A and B. The readings taken were 1,185 and
1,729 on A and B respectively. The level was then
moved and set up near staff A. The reading on staff A
was then 1, 397. For zero collimation error, the reading
on staff B should be 1,941
A level line is a line which is perpendicular to the
direction of gravity
A Horizontal Line is a straight line, and is tangential to
the level line
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