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CE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PROBLEMS CORRECTIONS IN TAPING

SURVEYING
5. Using a 50-m tape that is 0.02 m too long, the measured distance
from A to B is 160.42 m. What is the correct distance from A to B?
PACING (N94 M 25)
a. 160.484 m c. 160.4 m
1. A surveying student had recorded the following after repeated b. 160.356 m d. 160.44 m
pacing:
First distance = 100 m 6. The sides of a square lot having an area of 2.25 hectares were
No. of paces: 142, 145, 143, 146.5 measured using a 100-m tape that was 0.04 m too short. Compute
Second distance = ? the error in the area in sq. m. (M95 M 25)
No. of paces: 893.5, 896, 891.5, 897 a. 18.0036 c. 11.9984
Find the second distance in meters. (N98 M 4) b. 12.0016 d. 17.9964
a. 620 c. 630
b. 650 d. 640 7. The distance from D to E, as measured, is 165.2 m. If the 50 m tape
used is 0.01 m too short, what is the correct distance in meters?
2. A student recorded the following number of paces after walking a (M96 M 19)
distance of 50 m repeatedly as 71.5, 72.0, 70.0, and 69.5. He a. 165.299 c. 165.167
wanted to measure the distance between two points C and D. He b. 165.365 d. 165.233
recorded the following number of paces from C to B or back as
465, 468, 463, and 460. What is the distance from C to D? (N02 M 8. A steel tape is 100 m long at a standard pull of 65 N. Compute the
28) pull correction in mm if during measurement the applied pull is 40
a. 328 m c. 462 m N. The tape has a cross sectional area of 3.18 mm2 and a modulus
b. 378 m d. 421 m of elasticity E = 200 GPa. (N96 M 29)
a. -7 c. -6
b. -4 d. -5
CHAINING
9. The correct distance between points E and F is 213.5 m. If a 100-m
3. A line was measured to have 5 tallies, 6 marking pins, and 63.5 tape that is 0.025 m too long is used to measure EF, what will be
links. How long is the line? (M94 M 38) the measured distance in meters? (N97 M 21)
a. 1205.50 cm c. 5663.50 ft a. 212.765 c. 213.447
b. 1887.50 m d. 119.50 in b. 212.659 d. 213.553

4. A line was measured with a 50-m tape. There were 2 tallies and 3 10. When the temperature was 3 C, the distance from E to F was
pins, and the distance from the last pin and the end of the line was measured using a steel tape that has a standard length at 20 C with
2.25 m. Find the length of the line in meters. (M97 M 20) a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.0000116 / C. If the correct
a. 1152.25 c. 117.25 distance from E to F is 836.5 m, what is the measured distance in
b. 1017.25 d. 517.25 meters? (M98 M 23)
a. 835.675 c. 836.005
b. 836.335 d. 836.665
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11. A line was measured to be 412 m using a 30-m tape, which is of 16. With the transit at point A and line of sight horizontal, the stadia
standard length at a temperature of 20 C. During measurement, intercept at B is 0.6 m. If the stadia interval factor is 99.96 and the
the temperature was 52 C. If the coefficient of thermal expansion stadia constant is 0.3, find the distance AB. (M01 M 18)
of the tape material is 0.0000116 m/m C, calculate the correct a. 54.21 m c. 78.32 m
length of the line. (M99 M 22) b. 43.87 m d. 60.28 m
a. 411.847 m c. 412.153 m
b. 413.215 m d. 409.845 m 17. The length intercepted on the stadia rod is 1.8 m and the line of
sight makes an angle of 4 30’ with the horizontal. Find the
12. Using a 25-m tape, a square lot was measured and found to have an horizontal distance, in meters, from the center of the instrument to
area of 1 hectare. If the total error in area is 4.004 square meter the rod, if the stadia constant is 0.3 m and the stadia interval factor
short, what is the error in each tape length? (N01 M 9) is 100. (M02 M 25)
a. 0.005 m too short c. 0.008 m too long a. 172.43 m c. 187.36 m
b. 0.008 m too short d. 0.005 m too long b. 179.74 m d. 196.87 m

13. A baseline measures 25 km at elevation 520 m. If the average

radius of curvature is 6400 km, compute the sea-level distance. DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING
(M02 M 6)
a. 24996.24 m c. 24997.97 m 18. Using the following notes, what is the elevation of BM 14? (N95 M
b. 24998.63 m d. 24995.24 m 22)
Station BS FS Elev.
BM12 4.64 209.65
DISTANCE BY TACHYMETRY (STADIA METHOD) 1 5.80 5.06
2 2.25 5.02
14. With the transit at point A and the line of sight horizontal, the BM13 6.02 5.85
stadia intercept at B was found to be 1.94 m. If the stadia constant 3 8.96 4.94
is 0.3 and AB = 194.2 m, find the stadia interval factor. (M98 M 4 8.06 3.22
25) 5 9.45 3.71
a. 99.958 c. 99.968 6 12.32 2.02
b. 99.938 d. 99.948 BM14 1.98
a. 255.45 c. 225.05
15. The length intercepted on the stadia rod is 3.6 m and the line of b. 245.02 d. 235.35
sight makes an angle of 3 15’ with the horizontal. Find the
distance, in meters, from the center of the instrument to the rod, if
the stadia constant is 0.3 m and the stadia interval factor is 100.
(N98 M 17)
a. 363.33 c. 357.62
b. 361.28 d. 359.14

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19. The following notes were taken during a differential leveling. LEVELING ADJUSTMENTS
What is the difference in elevation between BM1 and BM2? (M96
M 24) 22. To make a peg adjustment, the following notes were taken:
Station BS FS Elev.
BM 1 7.11 751.05 Wye level at 1 Wye level at 2
1 8.83 1.24 Rod reading at P 0.75 1.906
2 11.72 1.11 Rod reading at Q 2.766 3.798
BM 2 10.21
a. 17.7 c. 15.1 Point 1 is on the line PQ and midway between P and Q.
b. 18.2 d. 16.4 Point 2 is on the same line as P and Q but not between them. Point
2 is 25 m from P and 230 m from Q. With the wye level at point 2,
20. Based on the following leveling notes, find the elevation of Sta 5 what is the rod reading at P for a level sight? (N94 M 26)
in meters. (M97 M 8) a. 1.921 c. 1.98
Station BS FS Elev. b. 1.962 d. 1.954
1 8.26 458.45 m
2 9.98 2.39
3 12.87 2.26 SENSITIVITY OF A BUBBLE
4 8.65 11.36
5 5.32 23. With the use of an engineer’s level, the reading on a rod 80 m away
a. 476.88 c. 478.82 was found to be 2.82 m. The bubble was leveled through 5 spaces
b. 479.26 d. 477.28 on the level tube and the rod reading increased to 2.884 m. What is
the radius of curvature of the level tube if one space on the tube is
21. Determine the difference between the elevations of Sta 6 and Sta 5, 0.6 mm long? (N02 M 24)
in meters, using the following notes: (N97 M 15) a. 3.75 m c. 3.35 m
Station BS FS Elev. b. 4m d. 3.50 m
1 4.90 463.8 m
2 6.06 5.32
3 2.51 5.28 EARTH CURVATURE AND REFRACTION
4 6.28 6.11
5 9.22 4.60 24. Point A is between points B and C. The distances of B and C from
6 3.48 point A are 1000 m and 2000 m, respectively. Measured from point
a. 5.74 c. 5.53 A, the angle of elevation of point B is 18 30’, while that of point C
b. 5.47 d. 5.66 is . The difference in the elevations of B and C is 44.4 m, with C
being lower than B. Considering the effects of curvature and
refraction, the value of is nearest to: (M95 M 26)
a. 7 30’ c. 8 15’
b. 6 45’ d. 5 20’

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25. The top of a tower signal at B 2000 m from A away was sighted b. 322 d. 218
through a transit with recorded vertical angle of 2 30’. The height 29. Lot ABCDEFA is a closed traverse in the form of a regular hexagon
of the mast is 12 m and the HI of the transit above the point where with each side equal to 100 m. The bearing of AB is N25 E. What
it is set is 1.10 m. The elevation of the point under the transit A is is the bearing of CD? (M03 M 26)
133.3 m. Compute the elevation of the base of the signal B. (N96 a. S 35 E c. S 30 E
M 26) b. S 45 E d. S 40 E
a. 225 c. 215
b. 220 d. 210
DECLINATION
26. Point A is between points B and C. The distances of B and C from
point A are 1000 m and 2000 m, respectively. Measured from point
30. If the polar distance of a star is 2 30’, what is its declination?
A, the angle of elevation of point B is 18 30’, while that of point C
(M94 M 26)
is 8 15’. Find the difference in the elevations of B and C. Consider a. 177 30’ c. 92 30’
the effects of curvature and refraction. (N00 M 2)
b. 87 30’ d. 62 30’
a. 44.4 m c. 48.7 m
b. 32.6 m d. 52.1 m
31. A line has a magnetic bearing of S41 30’E when the declination
was 1 30’E. What is the true bearing of the line if a local attraction
AREA BY TRAPEZOIDAL RULE is 3 30’ to the east of the vicinity? (M94 M 39)
a. S 35 30’ E c. S 45 E
27. Find the area of a piece of land with an irregular boundary as b. S 45 E d. S 43 30’ E
follows:
Station Offset Distance (m)
0 + 000 5.59 AREA BY TRIANGULATION
0 + 010 3.38
0 + 020 2.30 32. To determine the area of a triangular lot ABC, a surveyor set-up a
0 + 030 3.96 transit at point P inside the lot and recorded the following bearing
0 + 040 4.80 and distances of each corners of the lot from P.
The stations are on straight-line boundary. Find the area of the land Corner Bearing from P Distance from P
in m2 by Trapezoidal Rule. (M96 M 2) A N 47 32’ W 36.25 m
a. 138.4 c. 118.5 B N 68 52’ E 48.32 m
b. 128.5 d. 148.4
C Due South 65.25 m
Determine the area of the lot in square meter. (N99 M 20)
a. 3256 c. 4253
ANGLES AND DIRECTIONS
b. 3127 d. 2586
28. The forward azimuth of a line is known to be 52 . What is its back
azimuth? (N99 M 26)
a. 148 c. 232

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CLOSED TRAVERSE (MISSING DATA) 36. From the given data of a closed traverse, compute the bearing of
line 3-4. (N96 M 8)
33. A closed traverse has the following data: Line Bearing Distance (m)
Course Bearing Distance (m) 1-2 N 58 E 80
1-2 N 9.27 E 58.70 2-3 Due N 50
2-3 S 88.43 E 27.30 3-4
3-4 4-1 S 36.74 E 89.8
4-5 S 5.30 E 35.00 a. N 60 E c. N 64.3 E
5-1 S 72.07 W 78.96 b. N 55.60 E d. S 80.4 W
What is the length of course 3-4? (N94 M 27)
a. 39.3 m c. 38.65 m 37. A closed traverse has the following data:
b. 37.5 m d. 35.2 m Line Distance (m) Bearing
AB 64.86 N 72 10’ E
34. A closed traverse has the following data: BC 107.72 S 48 13’ E
Course Bearing Distance (m) CD 44.37 S 35 30’ W
1-2 N 9.27 E 58.70 DE 137.84
2-3 S 88.43 E 27.30 EA 12.83
3-4 N 86.78 E 35.20 Find the bearing of line DE. (N97 M 26)
4-5 S 5.30 E 35.00 a. N 57 15’ W c. N 56 55’ W
5-1 b. N 59 44’ W d. N 58 25’ W
What is the bearing of line 5-1? (M95 M 27)
a. S 78.31 W c. S 85.16 W 38. A closed traverse has the following data:
b. S 76.05 W d. S 72.07 W Line Bearing Distance (m)
AB 44.47
35. A closed traverse has the following data: BC 137.84
Course Bearing Distance (m) CD N 1 45’ E 12.83
AB S 15 36’ W 24.22 DE N 72 10’ E 64.86
BC S 69 11’ E 15.92 EA S 48 13’ E 107.72
CD N 57 58’ E Find the bearing of line AB. (M98 M 17)
DA S 80 43’ W a. S 37 18’ W c. S 38 34’ W
Find distance DA in meters? (N95 M 24) b. S 35 30’ W d. S 36 46’ W
a. 77 c. 75
b. 79 d. 73

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39. A closed traverse has the following data: TRANSIT RULE

Line Bearing Distance (m)
AB 60.00 42. A closed traverse has the following data:
BC 72.69 Line Distance Bearing
CD S 17 20’ E 44.83 AB 895 S 70 29’ E
DE S 70 36’ W 56.45 BC 315 S 26 28’ E
EA N 74 30’ W 50.00 CD 875 S 65 33’ W
Find the bearing of line BC. (M00 M 24) DE 410 N 45 31’ W
a. S 45 52’ E c. S 82 23’ E EA 650 N 10 00’ E
b. N 18 11’ E d. N 15 30’ E Determine the correct bearing of line EA using the transit rule.
(M97 M 19)
40. A closed traverse has the following data: a. N 9 44’34” E c. N 9 50’28” E
Line Bearing Distance (m) b. N 9 47’21” E d. N 9 53’1” E
AB N 86.78 E 35.20
BC S 5.30 E 35.00 43. A closed traverse has the following data:
CD S 72.07 W 78.95 Line Distance Bearing
DE N 9.27 E 58.70 AB 895 S 70 29’ E
EA BC 315 S 26 28’ E
Find the length of side EA. (M01 M 28) CD 875 S 65 33’ W
a. 27.3 m c. 54.9 m DE 410 N 45 31’ W
b. 29.7 m d. 31.6 m EA 650 N 10 00’ E
Find the corrected bearing of line CD by transit rule. (N98 M 12)
a. S 65 44’12” W c. S 65 40’18” W
SUBDIVISION OF LOTS
b. S 65 42’33” W d. S 65 48’29” W
41. A closed triangular traverse has the following data:
Line Bearing Distance (m) 44. A closed traverse has the following data:
AB N 60 E 1000 Line Latitude
1-2 +9.15
BC Due South
2-3 -8.41
CA N 60 W
3-4 -24.15
An area of 280,000 square meter is cut-off starting from corner A 4-5 +6.21
to point F on line BC. What is the length of line AF? (N03 M 29) 5-1 +17.10
a. 878.35 m c. 863.14 m Using the transit rule, determine the corrected latitude of line 3-4.
b. 893.25 m d. 914.75 m (N99 M 27)
a. -24.113 c. -24.214

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b. -24.187 d. -24.044 C 63 2
a. 40.35 c. 40.57
b. 40.16 d. 40.77

PROBABLE VALUES
ERROR IN TRANSIT READING
45. The observed interior angles of a triangle and their corresponding
number of observations are as follows: 49. The horizontal axis of a transit was inclined at 4’ with the
Corner Angle No. of observations horizontal due to non-adjustment. The first sight had a vertical
1 39 3 angle of 50 , the next has -30 . Determine the error in the
2 65 4 measured horizontal angle. (M03 M 29)
3 75 2 a. 7’4.6” c. 8’4.6”
Determine the corrected angle at corner 1. (M99 M 29) b. 7’9.2” d. 8’9.2”
a. 38 28’12.2” c. 39 18’27.7”
b. 40 32’14” d. 39 36’32”
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY
46. The observed interior angles of a triangular piece of land ABC are
50. In a hydrographic survey using a current meter with meter constant
as follows: A = 35 14’37”, B = 96 30’09”, and C = 48 15’05”. a = 0.232 and b = 0.022, it is required to determine the velocity of
The most probable value of angle B is nearest to: (M00 M 23) the water at that point if the time of observation was recorded to
a. 96 30’15” c. 96 30’06” last for 50 seconds and the recorded number of revolution is taken
b. 96 30’03” d. 96 30’12” as 10. (M94 M 42)
a. 0.0575 m/s c. 0.0247 m/s
47. The observed interior angles of a triangle and their corresponding b. 0.0346 m/s d. 0.0684 m/s
number of observations are as follows:
Corner Angle No. of observations 51. The area bounded by the waterline of a reservoir and the contours
A 41 5 at an interval of 2 m are as follows: A1 = 10,250 m2, A2 = 8,350 m2,
B 65 6 A3 = 7,750 m 2, A4 = 6,900 m2, and A5 = 5,250 m2. Calculate the
C 75 2 volume of the reservoir by end-area method. (M99 M 24)
Determine the most probable value of angle C. (N01 M 16) a. 54,250 m3 c. 61,500 m3
a. 75 34’21” c. 74 48’56” b. 72,450 m 3
d. 84,550 m3
b. 73 54’32” d. 74 25’23”
52. In a hydrographic survey, a staff gage reading of 8.15 m was
observed at the instant the depth of the sounding was 17.6 m. The
48. The following interior angles of a triangular traverse were zero mark of the staff gage is at elevation 148.2 m. Find the
measured with the same precision. What is the most probable value elevation of the point where the sounding was made. (M01 M 21)
of angle A, in degrees? (M03 M 27) a. 139.25 m c. 136.25 m
Angle Value (degrees) No. of observations b. 138.75 m d. 137.75 m
A 41 5
B 77 6

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