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Transport Engineering Model Exam

This document contains a model exit exam for graduate students assessing competency in transportation engineering. It consists of 16 multiple choice questions across 7 topics: introduction to transportation systems, transport planning, traffic engineering studies, fundamental principles of traffic flow, traffic control devices and systems, and highway capacity. The exam tests knowledge of key concepts in each area, including transportation modes, elements of transport planning, categories of traffic studies, definitions of traffic flow elements like flow, density, and speed, and characteristics of different levels of service for highways.

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Transport Engineering Model Exam

This document contains a model exit exam for graduate students assessing competency in transportation engineering. It consists of 16 multiple choice questions across 7 topics: introduction to transportation systems, transport planning, traffic engineering studies, fundamental principles of traffic flow, traffic control devices and systems, and highway capacity. The exam tests knowledge of key concepts in each area, including transportation modes, elements of transport planning, categories of traffic studies, definitions of traffic flow elements like flow, density, and speed, and characteristics of different levels of service for highways.

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Model exit-exam for graduate students

Competency area: Introduction to transport systems


1. Which of the following are the concerned area of transportation engineering?
a) Planning and design
b) Construction and maintenance of transport systems
c) Traffic operations and managements
d) All
Answer: d
2. Among the following one is not the modes of transportation.
a) Human and animal powered d) Space (rocket)
b) Air, water, Rail and road e) None
c) Cable and pipe line
Answer: e
3. Among the following one is not the characteristics of transport modes.
a) Delay c) Integration
b) Safety and adequacy d) cost
Answer: a
Competency area: Transport planning
4. One of the following is not the basic Elements of transport planning process
a) Survey and analysis of the existing condition
b) Forecast and analysis of the future condition
c) Evaluation and anticipation of future problem
d) Program adoption and implementation
e) Not continuing study
Answer: e
5. Which of the following are not categorized as transport planning data?
a) Origin-Destination (OD)
b) Traffic flow and public transport user data
c) Pedestrian volume, cyclists and cycle facilities, and spot speed data
d) Travel time, delay, parking use, and environmental impact data (noise and air pollution)
e) none
Answer: e
6. Choose the objective of road management.
a) Optimize the overall performance and minimize transport costs
b) Preserve asset value
c) Provide and maintain accessibility
d) Provide safe and environmentally friendly transport
e) All
Answer: e
7. Which of the following are evaluation tools of transport projects?
a) Net Present value Method c) Internal Rate of Return
b) Benefit Cost Ratio d) All
Answer: d
Competency area: Traffic engineering studies
8. Choose the categories of traffic engineering studies?
a) Inventories c) Dynamic studies
b) Administrative studies d) All
Answer: d
9. Among the following one is not involved within dynamic traffic studies.
a) Speed and traffic volume
b) travel time and delay
c) Existing engineering records, field measurements and/or aerial photography
d) Parking and crashes
Answer: c
Competency area: Fundamental principles of traffic flow
10. One of the following is not categorized as traffic flow element?
a) Flow c) Speed
b) Density d) None
Answer: d
11. Waves from in traffic when there is a sudden reduction or increase in the capacity of a
highway is called:
a) Travel time b) Shock waves
c) Speed d) Density
Answer: b
12. Which of the following sentence is correct?
a) The relationship between speed and density is linear.
b) The equivalent hourly rate at which vehicles pass a point on a highway during a time period
less than 1 hr is known as Flow (q).
c) The number of vehicles traveling over a unit length of highway at an instant in time is called
Density (k).
d) The relationship between flow-density and speed-flow graph are normally represented by
parabolic curve.
e) All
Answer: e
13. Traffic flow theory is the Cooperation between:
a) Vehicle c) Driver
b) Road d) All
Answer: d
Competency area: Traffic - control devices and systems
14. Which of the following sentences are correct about Traffic - control devices and systems?
a) Traffic markings, signs, and traffic signals are important to control traffic.
b) Regulatory signs are mostly circular and have a red border and black symbols or letters on a
white background.
c) Warning traffic signs usually take the shape of an equilateral triangle with a white
background and thick red border.
d) Informative signs are rectangular in shape with the longer direction horizontal.
e) All
Answer: e
Competency area: Highway capacity
15. Among the following sentences one is not correct.
a) The measure of quality (qualitative measure) of flow is called Capacity
b) The measure of quality of flow is called level of service (LOS)
c) The quantitative evaluation of the road section to carry traffic is called capacity.
d) Speed, travel time, traffic interruptions, driver comfort and convenience and operating cost
can influence the level of service (LOS) of a highway
Answer: a
16. Which of the following sentences are correct?
a) LOS (level of service) A: free-flow
b) LOS (level of service) F: forced flow
c) LOS (level of service) E: capacity
d) For the design purpose mostly LOS C and sometimes LOS D are selected and LOS B is
desired for rural highways.
e) All
Answer: e
Prepared by: Ngiste Amare Signature:
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