Solution of Traffic Engineering Assignment #01

Question No.1
a) Transportation (Transport) is ...
o The movements of Cars from one location to another
o The movements of People from one location to another
o The movements of Goods from one location to another
o The movements of Trains from one location to another
o I do not know
b) Traffic Engineering deals with the planning, design and operations of roads, streets and highways, their
networks, terminals and relationships with other modes of transportation for the safe, rapid, comfortable,
convenient, economical and environmentally compatible . . . *
o movement of Cars
o movement of people only
o movement of goods only
o movement of people and goods
o I do not know
c) What are the main factors a traffic engineer should consider in traffic engineering projects? *
o Safety
o Mobility
o Environment
o Nothing
o I do not know
d) Traffic Mobility is ... *
o the ability to access or reach a desired service or activity
o to be a smartphone (i.e. Mobile)
o doing nothing
o the potential for movement and the ability to get from one place to another using one or more
modes of transport to meet daily needs
o I do not know
e) Traffic Safety ... *
o reducing travelers lost time at intersections.
o refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously
injured
o increase the number of crashes at different roads
o doing nothing
o I do not know
f) What a traffic engineer want to achieve when conducting a traffic Safety analysis? *
 o increase crashes
o increase accidents
o decrease crashes
o eliminate crashes
o reduce crashes and increase collisions
o I do not know
g) What a traffic engineer want to achieve when conducting a traffic Mobility analysis? *
o eliminate road crashes
o decrease road crashes
o decrease traffic delays
o eliminate traffic delays
o increase traffic speed
o increase travel time
h) What a traffic engineer want to achieve when conducting a traffic Environmental analysis? *
o increase greenhouse gases
o reduce fuel consmpution
o change traffic speed
o reduce traffic noise
o reduce traffic emissions
o add water to the roads

Question No.2
a) How a traffic engineer measures safety at a certain site? *
o traffic speed
o number of crashes
o number of accidents
o Manual transmission
o number of traffic conflicts
o number of collisions
b) According to crash severity, crashes can be ... *
o injury crashes
o Property-damage-only (PDO) crashes
o head-on crashes
o rear-end crashes
o crossing crashes
o fatal crashes
c) Vehicle-to-vehicle crashes can be ... *
o rear-end crashes
o injury crashes
o head-on crashes
o lane-change crashes
 o fatal crashes
o crossing crashes
d) crash types can be ... *
o fixed object-to-fixed object crashes
o vehicle-to-pedestrian crashes
o vehicle-to-fixed object crashes
o pedestrian-to-pedestrian crashes
o vehicle-to-anminal crashes
o vehicle-to-vehicle crashes
e) Based on observational safety approach, to study safety at a certain site (e.g., intersection), how many
years do you need to get a good idea on the site safety?
o 1 year is enough
o I do not know
o 3 to 5 years
o 3 months are enough
o 1 week is enough
o 10 years
f) Based on your answer to "e", Is waiting for that TIME Ethical in your point of view? *
o yes
o I do not know
o no
o not sure
o should be
o may be
g) What are other traffic safety analysis methods that can be used other than the observational method? *
o surrogate safety measures technique
o Traffic conflict technique
o column design method
o pavement analysis and design
o underground parking analysis
o I do not know
h) Why traffic conflict method is not acceptable by observational crash method supporters? *
o Traffic conflict people are bad people
o I do not know
o Traffic conflicts are not linked to crashes
o Traffic conflict method does not show the change in crashes
o Traffic conflict method uses guns which are not usually available
o Traffic conflict method needs more cement
i) A fatal crash means *
o the person involved in the crash is just injured and is ok after some time
 o the vehicles involved in the crash are severely damaged
o the vehicles involved in the crash have just some property damages only
o the person involved in the crash is been killed
o I do not know
o the person involved in the crash is severly injured

Question No.3
a) Software that can be used in transportation planning include .... *
o PTV Visum
o Cube
o EMME
o Trafficware Synchro
o PTV Vissim
o NEXTA
o Transcad
b) Software that can be used in signal timing optimization include .... *
o NEXTA
o PTV Visum
o EMME
o PTV Vissim
o Cube
o Transcad
o Trafficware Synchro
c) software that can be used in micro-simulating vehicles, for traffic analysis, include .... *
o PTV Vissim
o Trafficware Synchro
o SUMO
o Transcad
o NEXTA
o PTV Visum
o EMME

Question No.4
a) TTC stands for .... *
o time to collect
o time to collision
o traffic time control
o time to celebrate
o time to cat
o travel time control
o time to crash
b) TRB stands for .... *
 o transportation research board
o transportation required bids
o traffic research board
o time research board
o transportation redesign board
c) AASHTO stands for ....
o American Association of Standards, Highway and Traffic Officials
o American Association of State Highway and Traffic Officials
o American Association of State Highway and Transportation Office
o American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
o American Association of Standards, Highway and Transportation Officials
d) ITE stands for ....
o Institute of Transportation Engineers
o Institute of Traffic Engines
o Institute of Transportation Engines
o Institute of Traffic Engineers
o Institute of Transportation Edits
e) FHWA stands for "Federal Highway Administration". *
o False
o True
f) HCM stands for "Highway Car Manual". *
o True
o False
g) SUMO stands for "Simulation of Urban Mobility". *
o False
o True
h) The most used reference in road geometric design is .... (hint: Green book) *
o A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets
o Highway Capacity Manual
o Geometric Design of Roads Handbook
o Principles of Highway engineering and traffic analysis

Question No.5
a) The Perception Reaction (PR) is the total time from perceiving an object to making a reaction. *
o False
o True
b) The Perception Reaction (PR) is the braking time. *
o True
 o False
c) The Perception Reaction (PR) value for intersection signal design is... *
o 3.0 sec
o 2.0 sec
o 2.50 sec
o 1.50 sec
o 1.0 sec
d) The Perception Reaction (PR) value for geometric design is... *
o 3.0 sec
o 2.0 sec
o 2.50 sec
o 1.50 sec
o 1.0 sec
e) The Perception Reaction (PR) value for geometric design is higher than for traffic signal design
because *
o I do not know
o geometric design is more important
o signal design is more important
o drivers already expect problems at highways
o drivers already expect problems at intersections
f) If a driver has a PR time of two seconds (in average) in normal conditions, what do you expect his PR
time value (compared to PR value in normal conditions) would be if he did not sleep for two days or get
drunk?
o I do not know
o Will not change
o less than 2.0 seconds
o higher than 2.0 seconds
o equals to 2.0 seconds
g) Drivers with Higher Perception Reaction (PR) time value are better than those with lower PRT values.
o False
o True
h) What are the main components for traffic system? *
o vehicle
o road
o I do not know
o decision makers
o users
i) The main road classes include *
o roundabouts
o Collector streets
o Freeways
o local streets
o arterial streets/highways