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COSC 301 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
(Charting America's Course)
President Thomas Jefferson vision to ensure the safe passage of
people and goods was realized with the establishment of the
nation's first scientific agency, which Agency holds that title?
(a) United States Geological Society
(b) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(c) The Survey of the Coast
(d) National Geodetic Survey ......ANSWER........(c) The Survey of
the Coast
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler's first baseline survey charting
method spanned a total distance of?
(a) 8.73 miles
(b) 1800 miles
(c) 7.4 miles
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(d) 45 miles ......ANSWER........(a) 8.73 miles
Alexander Dallas Bache improved the accuracy of Longitude
values, the distance east or west on the globe, by measuring
differences in the position of stars with which technology?
......ANSWER........Telegraph
The nation's first national reference system baseline is located
along the _____________________________, with coastal
endpoints at Cape May, New Jersey and Point Arena
California? ......ANSWER........39th Parallel
The National Spatial Reference System spans all 50 states and
provides the nation with a network of highly accurate control
points that defines Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation?
......ANSWER........True
The Global Positioning System origins were realized from the
launch of the Explorer rocket in which year?
(a) 1870
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(b) 1958
(c) 1914
(d) 1845 ......ANSWER........(b) 1958
Multi-beam Sonars are used to create three-dimensional maps
through a series of ___________________ signals, or "pings"
that measure the surface of a waterway?
......ANSWER........Acoustic
Natural Disaster surveying provides essential information to
restore safety, restoration, and detailed analysis for immediate
and future mapping models? ......ANSWER........True
The single purpose of a surveyor's pursuit of precision serves
which purpose?
(a) Determine areas for recreational activities
(b) Build stronger surveying equipment
(c) To make Navigation Safer
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(d) Create interesting maps ......ANSWER........(c) To make
Navigation Safer
The National Spatial Reference System survey network contains
more than _____________ control points?
......ANSWER........1,500,000
(Point of Beginning)
The Tolerance of Earthwork excavation is typically?
(a) .20
(b) .05
(c) .10
(d) .01 ......ANSWER........(c) .10
Construction Documents provide descriptions, model numbers,
brand names, window locations, contracts, and shop drawings?
......ANSWER........True
COSC 301 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
(Charting America's Course)
President Thomas Jefferson vision to ensure the safe passage of
people and goods was realized with the establishment of the
nation's first scientific agency, which Agency holds that title?
(a) United States Geological Society
(b) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(c) The Survey of the Coast
(d) National Geodetic Survey ......ANSWER........(c) The Survey of
the Coast
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler's first baseline survey charting
method spanned a total distance of?
(a) 8.73 miles
(b) 1800 miles
(c) 7.4 miles
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(d) 45 miles ......ANSWER........(a) 8.73 miles
Alexander Dallas Bache improved the accuracy of Longitude
values, the distance east or west on the globe, by measuring
differences in the position of stars with which technology?
......ANSWER........Telegraph
The nation's first national reference system baseline is located
along the _____________________________, with coastal
endpoints at Cape May, New Jersey and Point Arena
California? ......ANSWER........39th Parallel
The National Spatial Reference System spans all 50 states and
provides the nation with a network of highly accurate control
points that defines Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation?
......ANSWER........True
The Global Positioning System origins were realized from the
launch of the Explorer rocket in which year?
(a) 1870
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(b) 1958
(c) 1914
(d) 1845 ......ANSWER........(b) 1958
Multi-beam Sonars are used to create three-dimensional maps
through a series of ___________________ signals, or "pings"
that measure the surface of a waterway?
......ANSWER........Acoustic
Natural Disaster surveying provides essential information to
restore safety, restoration, and detailed analysis for immediate
and future mapping models? ......ANSWER........True
The single purpose of a surveyor's pursuit of precision serves
which purpose?
(a) Determine areas for recreational activities
(b) Build stronger surveying equipment
(c) To make Navigation Safer
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(d) Create interesting maps ......ANSWER........(c) To make
Navigation Safer
The National Spatial Reference System survey network contains
more than _____________ control points?
......ANSWER........1,500,000
(Point of Beginning)
The Tolerance of Earthwork excavation is typically?
(a) .20
(b) .05
(c) .10
(d) .01 ......ANSWER........(c) .10
Construction Documents provide descriptions, model numbers,
brand names, window locations, contracts, and shop drawings?
......ANSWER........True
