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18-Geom-A1 Surveying: May 2019

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  1. Question 1 Instrument Tests — EDM Zero Error, Total-Station Collimation and the Two-Peg Test
  2. Question 2 Relative Vertical Tolerance → Point Standard Deviation and Canadian Levelling Order
  3. Question 3 Slope Distance to Horizontal Distance
  4. Question 4 Differential-Levelling Notes, Misclosure and Compass-Rule Adjustment
  5. Question 5 Error of Misclosure of a Closed-Loop Traverse
  6. Question 6 Location of Station C by Intersection
  7. Question 7 UTM Zone of a Control Point
  8. Question 8 Route Cross-Section and Its Relation to the Profile
  9. Question 9 Transferring Horizontal Alignment from Surface to Underground

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National Exams — 04-Geom-A1 Surveying, May 2019. Closed-book; approved Casio or Sharp calculator permitted. Format: nine (9) questions of varied value totalling 100 marks constitute a complete paper; all nine are solved below. Elevations are referenced to the Canadian vertical frame (CGVD2013) and azimuths to NAD83(CSRS) unless the printed question states otherwise.

Reference texts: Wolf & Ghilani, Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics (15th ed., Pearson); Ghilani, Adjustment Computations: Spatial Data Analysis (6th ed., Wiley); Kavanagh & Slattery, Surveying with Construction Applications (8th ed.); Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee, Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks (1984).