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Question 1

What is the primary purpose of land surveying?

Answer 1

To produce accurate maps/plans or sections/profiles by plotting measured horizontal distances/coordinates or angles/directions and distances as well as elevations of features/objects

Question 2

What is involved in the accurate setting out of civil engineering project drawings?

Answer 2

To control construction processes from start to finish and ensure finished projects match design drawings

Question 3

What types of quantities are computed in engineering projects?

Answer 3

Distances between points, areas, and volumes of earthworks and materials

Question 4

List the branches of land surveying.

Answer 4

• Cadastral surveying
• Engineering surveying
• Topographic surveying
• Hydrographic surveying
• Geodetic surveying

Question 5

How can land surveying be classified based on the type of instruments used?

Answer 5

• Chain surveying
• Compass surveying
• Theodolite surveying
• Levelling
• GPS surveys

Question 6

What does cadastral surveying focus on?

Answer 6

The surveying and demarcation of land boundaries with emphasis on horizontal positions of land parcels

Question 7

In cadastral surveying, what measurements are taken by the Land Surveyor?

Answer 7

Directions of all the sides of the parcel of land and lengths of the sides

Question 8

What modern technology is often used in cadastral surveying to determine horizontal positions?

Answer 8

GPS

Question 9

What must be shown on the cadastral plan after processing the data?

Answer 9

All directions/bearing and lengths of the sides

Question 10

What additional features should the cadastral plan display?

Answer 10

Adjacent plots of land and any leading road to the site