LADOTD Construction Leveling Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
The art and science of measuring & locating lines & angles on the Earth's surface
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surveying
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The area of surveying that measures differences in elevation - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-leveling
A classification of surveying in which calculations are made on the assumption
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that the Earth is a flat horizontal surface - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-plane
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What type of surveys are construction surveys classified as? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Plane Surveys |
Leveling is the determination and the establishment of what? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Elevations
What permanently marks the point in the network established by the National
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Geodetic Survey and other agencies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Monuments
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What is the principal datum used in Louisiana? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mean
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Sea Level (MSL)
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, Any level surface or line taken as a surface or line of reference from which to
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measure elevations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Datum
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Where can the datum used by the department be found? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The title sheet of a plan set | | | | | |
The universal datum used in leveling and considered to be zero unit in elevation -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mean Sea Level (MSL)
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A line of constant elevation that follows the curvature of the earth - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Level Line |
The horizontal line viewed through the telescope of a survey instrument -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Line of Sight | | |
The elevation established based on the vertical distance between the line of sight
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& an established elevation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-height of instrument
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A permanent object, natural or artificial, bearing a marked point whose elevation
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about or below an adopted datum is known or assumed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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bench mark |
A point on which an elevation is established so that the level instrument can be
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picked up and moved forward - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-turning point
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With Correct Answers
The art and science of measuring & locating lines & angles on the Earth's surface
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surveying
| | |
The area of surveying that measures differences in elevation - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-leveling
A classification of surveying in which calculations are made on the assumption
| | | | | | | | | | | |
that the Earth is a flat horizontal surface - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-plane
| | | | | | | | | |
What type of surveys are construction surveys classified as? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Plane Surveys |
Leveling is the determination and the establishment of what? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Elevations
What permanently marks the point in the network established by the National
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Geodetic Survey and other agencies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Monuments
| | | | | | |
What is the principal datum used in Louisiana? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mean
| | | | | | | | | | |
Sea Level (MSL)
| |
, Any level surface or line taken as a surface or line of reference from which to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
measure elevations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Datum
| | | |
Where can the datum used by the department be found? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The title sheet of a plan set | | | | | |
The universal datum used in leveling and considered to be zero unit in elevation -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Mean Sea Level (MSL)
| | | |
A line of constant elevation that follows the curvature of the earth - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Level Line |
The horizontal line viewed through the telescope of a survey instrument -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Line of Sight | | |
The elevation established based on the vertical distance between the line of sight
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
& an established elevation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-height of instrument
| | | | | | | |
A permanent object, natural or artificial, bearing a marked point whose elevation
| | | | | | | | | | | |
about or below an adopted datum is known or assumed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
bench mark |
A point on which an elevation is established so that the level instrument can be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
picked up and moved forward - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-turning point
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