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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

SCHOOL OF SURVEYING AND GEOSPATIAL ENGINEERING

GMAT1110 SURVEYING & GIS

PRACTICE EXAM


Time allowed: 2 hours

Total number of questions: x
(note usually 4 but I have 5 example questions here)

Questions are not of equal value.
(The maximum mark (and part mark) of each question is listed at the end of the question.)


Answer all questions. Total marks 80



State the units of all numbers unless numbers are unitless.

Candidates may bring UNSW approved calculators, drawing instruments or
rules.

The following aids will be provided:

Examination book

Print your student number and name, and sign on the top right hand corner.

Answers must be written in ink. Except where they are expressly required,
pencils may only be used for drawing, sketching or graphical work.


SEE OVER

QUESTION 1

(a) The three (3) segments of the Global Positioning System are:

(i) space;
(ii) control; and
(iii) user.

Briefly describe each of the three (3) segments and how they interact together to provide position
for users.

(b) What is the difference between absolute and relative positioning? What do surveyors use for
highest precision surveying?

(c) How many satellites are required for a 3D position determination? Why?

(12 + 4 + 4 = 20 Marks)

QUESTION 2

You are required to set out the position of the foundations of a building to be located parallel to and
offset 2.00m from the west side boundary of your subject parcel of land. Council requires that the
front, north west corner of the structure should be at least 5.00 m from the front boundary which has a
bearing of 88. The internal angle of the NW corner of the block is 92 and the block is 30 metres deep
and 13m wide with right angles at the SW and SE corners. The building is rectangular in shape being
15m along the west side and 10 m along the north. You have an optical theodolite, tripod, and steel
tape in the field.

a) How do you ensure where the location of the cadastral boundary is?

b) Given that the cadastral boundary has been clearly identified, describe how you would setout
the building corners to ensure centimetre accuracy. Include diagrams to aid your answer.

c) What checks could you make to ensure that the building was correctly setout?

d) Describe the steps that you would then take to safeguard your setout work.


(4 + 8 + 4 + 4 = 20 Marks)


A cadastral discussion will be conducted during the revision session to illustrate more about cadastral
surveying.




QUESTION 3

(a) The RL of a proposed dam wall is 190.000. From a contour plan of the area the following
information is obtained:

RL
Area (m
2
)
150 1050
160 3185
170 11835
180 45715
190 158200


If the contour interval is 10 metres, what volume of water (in cubic metres) will the dam hold
when full?

(ANS: 1 403 600 m
3
, 1 261 733 m
3
(prismoidal))

(b) Compute the adjusted bearings of all lines in the closed link traverse below.

Bearing XP = 321 33 18
Bearing YQ = 88 16 17


P

A


Y


X

Q
B

Point Observed Angle

X
121 48' 17"
A
144 32' 53"
B
138 29' 44"
Y
169 02' 25"


(5 + 10 = 15 Marks)

(ANS: XA- 83 21 39, AB - 118 48 50, BY- 77 18 38, YQ - 88 16 17)



QUESTION 4

Upon arriving at the property development site you are working on, you find the surveyor has been
struck by lightning and lies dead on the ground! Luckily the field notes are undamaged. You pry the
field book out of the surveyors rigid hand and note that enough survey work has been completed for
you to takeover the calculations. (Good thing you did Craigs GMAT1110 course you think to
yourself). The field notes are given below:


Diagram not to scale. Diagram is a 2D plan representation. Not 3D!!

Using the field notes, compute the bearing and distance of all the property lines (dashed). Note that the
bearing of line AB is given.

Hints:
Compute the bearings of BC and CD.
Assuming any arbitrary coordinates for A such as (E100.000, N200.000), compute the
coordinates of B, C & D.
Compute coordinates of P, R & S from B, C & D respectively and then compute the bearings and
distances of the property lines.

Compute the area of the property APRS in m
2
using the zig zag method?

(20 + 5 = 25 marks)

`(ANS: AP - 356 26 20, 29.688, PR - 260 01 32, 22.585, RS -184 52 27, 22.891,
SA - 96 22 49, 26.195, Area = 632 m
2
)

QUESTION 5

(a) Describe the test for collimation error in an automatic level. How can you minimise this error in
the field?

(b) What is the Australian levelling datum based upon? What is it called?

(c) Why is a backsight or foresight more reliable than an intermediate sight? How could you make
an intermediate sight more reliable?

(d) i) Reduce the following level run using the rise and fall method.
ii) What is the misclose of this level run?
iii) Calculate RLs of each point.


BS IS FS Chainage (m) Remarks

1.981

BM A (RL 127.865)
1.324

p
*3.090 124.5 Overhead pipe
3.593 r
3.803 4.038 s
2.510 t
*2.943 162.7 Overhead pipe
4.096 v
3.291 BM B (RL 126.317)



*denotes inverted staff readings

(e) Level pegs for the following points on a building project are to be set out:

Car park 99.500
Factory floor 100.755
Paving - office entrance 99.300
Office floor 99.855

A BS of 1.752 is taken to a TBM (RL = 100.000). What staff readings are required to set the
pegs at the given levels?

(f) From the calculations from part (d) above calculate the gradient of the overhead pipe. Express
your answer as a ratio.

(3 + 2 + 2 + 7 + 4 + 2 = 20 Marks)

(ANS: d) Misclose 0.003m, RL OH Pipe ch 124.5 132.936, RL OH Pipe ch 162.7 132.554,
e) car park 2.252, Factory floor 0.997, Paving office entrance 2.452, Office floor 1.897,
f) Grade = 1:100)

FORMULAE

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2
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