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ELEMENTARY SURVEYING EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: National Geodetic Survey

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control surveys to establish a network of reference monuments throughout the US

Question 2: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

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foremost professional surveying organization in US

Question 3: Ground Surveys

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uses measurements made with ground based equiptment

Question 4: Construction Surveys

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provide line, grade, control elevations, horizontal positions, dimensions and configurations for construction operations

Question 5: Subdivision Surveys

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establish monuments and delineate new parcels of ownerships

Question 6: Plane Surveying

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not appropriate for surveys covering extensive areas

Question 7: Geodetic Surveying

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earth centered, 3 dimensional earth fixed Cartesian coordinate system

Question 8: US Geological Survey

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mapping our nations and surveying its resources; nations mapping division produces topographic maps

Question 9: Retracement Surveys

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recover previously established boundary lines

Question 10: BLM

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Bureau of Land Management

Question 11: Solar Surveys

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map property boundaries, solar access easements, position obstructions and collectors to sun angles

Question 12: Geodetic Surveying

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computations based on ellipsoid

Question 13: Ellipsoid

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curved surface approximating the size and shape of the earth

Question 14: Surveying

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also known as Geomatics; the science, art, and technology of determining the relative positions of points above, on, or beneath the Earths surface, or of establishing such points

Question 15: LIS

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Land Information Systems

Question 16: Topographic Surveys

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determine locations of natural and artificial features and elevations used in map making

Question 17: Bureau of Land Management

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general land office responsible for managing the public lands; mostly western states and alaska

Question 18: Mine Surveys

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performed above and below ground to guide tunneling and other operations associated with mining

Question 19: GIS/LIS

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computer based systems enable storing, integrating, manipulating, analyzing and displaying virtually any type of spatially related information about our environments

Question 20: GIS

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Geographic Information Systems

Question 21: Continuously Operating Reference Station

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can be downloaded from NGS website for use in GPS survey

Question 22: Aerial

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accomplished by using photogrammetry or remote sensing

Question 23: ACSM

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American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Question 24: Hydrographic Surveys

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define shorelines and depths of lakes, streams, oceans, reservoirs and other bodies of water

Question 25: Optical Tooling

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(industrial surveying) method of making extremely accurate measurements for manufacturing processes where small tolerances are required

Question 26: NGS

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National Geodetic Survey

Question 27: CORS

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Continuously Operating Reference Station

Question 28: Alignment Surveys

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made to plan, design and construct highways, railroads, pipelines and other linear projects