PROBLEM SET 1

Name:_________________________________ Score:______ 7. A line measures 6,846.34 m at elevation 993.9 m. The

average radius of curvature in the area is 6,400 km. compute
Student #:____________ Year&Section:________ Date:______ the sea level distance.

A. 6,845. 28 m C. 6,845.44 m
B. 6,845.34 m D. 6,845.54 m

8. Determine the equivalent sea level length of a line with a

Answer the Following questions. Illustrate the problem and length of 10,756 meters on the surface of the earth from
show your solution. Box your final answer. point 1 (350 m above MSL) to point 2 (600 m above MSL).

A. 10,756.80 m C. 10,755.20 m
B. 10,756.20 m D. 10,755.80 m

1. To get the probable error of the mean of a set of 9. The elevation above mean sea level of the two endpoints
measurements, the probable err or of the same set must of a baseline for a triangulation system as determined by
be multiplied by differential leveling are 3,615.45 m and 3,615.22 m,
respectively. Determine the mean sea level length of the
A. 1/݊ C. 1/(݊ − 1) line if its actual measured horizontal length is 4,125.25
m. Assume that the radius of the earth at the vicinity of
B. 1/√𝑛 D. 1/√݊ – 1
the base line is 6,367.349 m.

A. 4,123.51 m C. 4,128.19 m
2. The sum of the squared residuals o f five (5) B. 4,123.19 m D. 4,128.51 m
measurements of line AB is 0.0322. What is the probable
error of line AB?
10. A two-base barometric leveling was conducted using three
altimeters. The elevations of Base A and Base B are 100 feet
A. ±0.037 C. ±0.017 and 200 feet above MSL, respectively. The altimeter
readings on the base stations and on another field station, C,
B. ±0.032 D. ±0.027 located in between the bases, are: A = 750 feet, B = 855 feet,
and C = 790 feet. What is the elevation of station C?
3. According to DMC 2010-23, which of the following is the A. 162 feet above MSL C. 238 feet above MSL
MINIMUM ALLOWABLE probable error value for
B. 138 feet above MSL D. 62 feet above MSL
electronic total station measurements?
A. ±(5mm + 2ppm) C. ±(10mm + 2ppm)
B. ±(5mm + 5ppm) D. ±(10mm + 5ppm) 11. NAMRIA stands for National __________ and Resource
Information __________.

A. Mapping; Administration
4. A 600-meter line is measured with an electronic t ot al B. Mapping; Authority
station. If the vendor’s accuracy specification of the C. Maps; Administration
instrument is ± (5mm + 5ppm), calculate the precision of D. Maps; Authority
the measured distance to the nearest thousands.
A. 1/75,000 C. 1/85,000
B. 1/80,000 D. 1/90,000
Situation 1. A geodetic leveling team physically recovered three (3)
NAMRIA benchmarks for a first order leveling densification project.
5. A 100-m line is measured with an electronic total station. The published elevations are as follows: BM4 = 21.688m, BM5 =
24.034m and BM6 = 29.404m. The team conducted differential
If the vendor’s accuracy specification of the instrument is
leveling (see field notes below) to determine which of the
± (2.5mm + 2 ppm), calculate the precision of t h e
benchmarks might be used as reference stations for the project.
measured distance to the nearest thousands.

A. 1/36,000 C. 1/35,000
Field Notes
B. 1/37,000 D. 1/38,000 Station BS (m) FS (m)
1.621
BM4 1.455
6. From point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the 1.289
top tower is 30º. If the tower is 100m high, then the distance 1.783 1.594
of point P from the foot of the tower is TP1 1.540 1.428
1.299 1.264
A. 57.74 m C. 173.21 m 1.346 1.566
B. B. 115.47 m D. 200.00 m TP2 1.200 1.290
1.054 1.014
1.717 1.426
TP3 1.584 1.290
1.451 1.154
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2.426 1.386 Situation 3. Differential leveling between two benchmarks BM12

TP4 2.138 1.253 and BM13 were carried out across four (4) different routes. The route
1.850 1.120 lengths and respective differences in elevation as determined in the
2.122 0.566 field for each route are indicated below.
BM5 2.000 0.300
1.878 0.034 Route Length (km) Difference in elevation (m)
TP5 2.219 0.955 1 8 0.858
2.081 0.832 2 6 0.637
1.943 0.709 3 7 0.953
TP6 2.016 0.688 4 5 1.002
1.888 0.546
1.760 0.404 18. If Route 1 is assigned a weight value of 1 in the weighted
TP7 2.623 1.016 value method, what is the summation of the weights of the
2.451 0.870 four routes?
2.279 0.724
TP8 1.118 0.724 A. 5.066 C. 5.076
0.993 0.552 B. 5.086 D. 5.096
0.868 0.380
TP9 1.590 2.160 19. Using the weighted value method, what is the most probable
1.384 2.021 elevation between BM12 and BM13?
1.178 1.882
BM6 0.822 A. 0.867 C. 0.857
0.604 B. 0.877 D. 0.887
0.386
20. If BM12 has an elevation of 27.048m, and it is higher than
BM13, what is the most probable elevation of BM13?
12. Between BM4 and BM6, what is the allowable error of
closure? A. 26.161 C. 26.171
B. 26.181 D. 26.191
A. 4.5 C. 6.5
B. 2.5 D. 3.5

13. Between BM4 and BM5, what is the magnitude of the

difference in published difference in elevation and the field-
based difference in elevation in mm? - oOo -
A. 8 C. 12 Nothing Follows
B. 14 D. 10

14. Which set of benchmarks have been recovered within first-

order geodetic leveling accuracy?

A. BM4 and BM5 C. BM4, BM5, and BM6

B. BM4 and BM6 D. BM5 and BM6

Situation 2. A geodetic survey baseline was measured six (6) times,

as follows: 3,912.123m; 3,912.524m; 3,912.444m; 3,912.389m;
3,912.706m; and 3,912.809m.

15. Determine the probable error of the mean measurement of

the baseline.

A. ±0.047 C. ±0.067
B. ±0.057 D. ±0.077

16. Determine the standard deviation of the baseline.

A. ±0.213 C. ±0.233
B. ±0.223 D. ±0.243

17. What is the precision of the measurement, to the nearest

thousand?

A. 1/39,000 C. 1/59,000
B. 1/49,000 D. 1/69,000