RG 2005 Flash Cards for ASBOG EXAM (1-40) Questions & Answers Updated 2026

RG 2005 Flash Cards for
ASBOG EXAM (1-40)
Questions & Answers
Updated 2026
WhatBisBtheBapparentBdipBofBaBbed?B-
BAnswerApparentBdipBofBaBbedBorBplaneBisBtheBinclinationBofBthatBbedBorBplaneBinBa
BdirectionBnotBperpendicularBtoBstrike.



WhatBisBaBfoldBlineBandBhowBisBitBused?B-
BAnswerTheBfoldBlineBisBaBhingeBlineBalongBwhichBaBverticalBcrossBsectionBmayBbeBco
nstructedBandBthenBflattenedBoutBtoBaBhorizontalBorBmapBview.BItBisBusedBtoBrepresen
tBtheBsubsurfaceBalongBanyBgivenBlineBinBaBmapBview.BItBneedBnotBbeBperpendicularBt
oBstrike.



WhatBisBtheBangleBandBsideBrelationshipsBforBtheBsinBequation?B-
BAnswersinBalphaBequalsBtheBoppositeBsideBdividedBbyBtheBhypotenuse.



WhatBisBtheBangleBandBsideBrelationshipsBforBtheBtangentBequation?B-
BAnswerTanBalphaBequalsBoppositeBsideBdividedBbyBadjacentBside.



WhatBisBtheBgeneralBformBofBtheBthicknessBequationBandBwhyBwouldn'tByouBwantBtoB
useBit?B-
BAnswerGraphicallyBdeterminingBthicknessBisBquickerBandBsimplerBbecauseByouBhaveBto
BdrawBaBcrossectionBtoBdefineBtheBvariablesBinBtheBequation.



IfByouBhaveBaBflatBsurfaceBandBanBoutcropBwidthBthatBisBnotBperpendicularBtoBstrike,B
whatBequationBwouldByouBuseBtoBcalculateBtheBthicknessBofBtheBunit?B-
BAnswerthicknessBequalsBtheBtraverseBdistanceBacrossBtheBoutcropBtimesBtheBsinBofBth
eBangleBbetweenBstrikeBandBapparentBdipBdirectionBtimesBtheBsinBofBtheBdip.

, WhatBisBtheBgeneralBequationBforBcalculatingBtheBapparentBdipBofBaBbedBandBwhenBc
an'tBthisBequationBbeBused?BWhatBotherBmethodsBcanBbeBusedBasBanBalternative?B-
BAnswerTangentBofBapparentBdipBequalsBtheBtangentBofBtheBdipBmultipliedBbyBtheBsin
BofBtheBangleBbetweenBstrikeBandBapparentBdipBdirection.

ThisBequationBcan'tBbeBusedBforBsolvingBtrueBstrikeBandBdipBfromBtwoBapparentBdips.B
inBorderBtoBsolveBaBproblemBinvolvingBtwoBapparentBdipsByouBmustBeitherBsolveBgrap
hicallyBorBusingBtheBstereoBnet.BTheBstereoBnetBsolutionBisBmuchBsimplerBandBlessBtim
eBconsuming.



WhatBdefinesBanBIndexBFossil?B-
BAnswerAnBindexBfossilBidentifiesBandBdatesBtheBstrataBinBwhichBitBisBfound.BItBcombi
nesBaBwideBgeographicBrangeBwithBaBnarrowBstratigraphicBoccurrence.



WhatBisBtheBnetBslipBandBwhereBisBitBmeasured?B-
BAnswerNetBslipBisBtheBdistanceBbetweenBtwoBformerlyBadjacentBpointsBonBeitherBside
BofBaBfault,BmeasuredBonBtheBfaultBsurface,BinBtheBplaneBofBtheBfault.



WhatBisBanBunconformity?B-
BAnswerAnBunconformityBisBaBgapBinBtheBgeologicBrecord;BanBinterruptionBinBtheBdep
ositionalBsequenceBthatBimpliesBupliftBandBerosionBhaveBremovedBpartBofBtheBgeologic
alBrecordBorBnonBdepositionBhasBoccurred.



WhatBisBtheBRuleBofBVs?B-
BAnswerTheBoutcropBofBaBformationBasBitBcrossesBaBvalleyBformsBaBVBshape,BasBviewe
dBonBaBmap.BTheBVBpointsBinBtheBdirectionBthatBtheBformationBunderliesBtheBvalley.



WhatBisBaBtypeBlocality?B-
BAnswerABtypeBlocalityBisBtheBplaceBwhereBaBgeologicBfeature,BsuchBasBaBfossilBspecie
sBorBgeologicBformationBorBmember,BwasBfirstBrecognizedBandBdescribed.BItBcontainsBt
heBtypeBsection.



DefineBtypeBsection.B-
BAnswerTypeBsectionBisBtheBoriginallyBdescribedBstratigraphicBunitBtoBwhichBotherBpart
sBofBtheBunitBinBotherBlocationsBmayBbeBcompared.BItBisBpreferableBtoBdescribeBtheBl