CVEN303 Engineering Measurement
Sections 504, 505, 506, & 507 - Fall 2013
Homework Assignment # 1
Due: Thursday Sept 5 beginning of class
Note: To work this assignment out, students are expected to study the textbook sections specified below
and the corresponding class notes (PowerPoint slides).
Homework Organization (This part is included in HW # 1 only to emphasize the importance of HW
organization)
1. (10 points) Include a cover page that shows: Name, Course Number and Title, Section Number,
Assignment Number, and Due Date.
2. (10 points) Homework is neat and easy to read.
Review of Trigonometry
Read Appendix B (Trigonometric Definitions and Identities) in the textbook and work the following
problems:
3. (15 points) The ground has a slope with a vertical angle of +3º35’42”. You wish to stake out (mark on
the ground) a location for a new manhole that is shown on the project plans (blue print) as 150.00 feet
from existing MH#231. Answer the following:
a) What type of distance is the 150 ft (slope, horizontal, vertical, etc.)?
b) When ordering the pipe that will be placed between the two manholes, what is the required
pipe length?
4. (15 points) We need to measure the height of the church steeple shown in the diagram below. A
horizontal distance has been measured out from the building and the two vertical angles have been
measured as shown below. How high is the church steeple (distance AC in the diagram below)?
C
O
4d 50m 10s
B
15d 32m 40s
Church
Steeple
A
H=horizontal distance
= 452.00 ft
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5. (5 points + 5 points) Convert the following angles to decimal values: 37 32’ 50”; 109 15’ 40”
Surveying Types
6. (10 points) What are the differences between Geodetic Surveying and Plane Surveying?
Location Referencing Systems
7. (10 points) Describe two fundamentally different coordinate systems used for locating an object on the
earth surface.
8. (10 points) Describe two different types of elevation.
9. (5 points) What is a map projection?
10. (5 points) A point on a highway is 565.98 ft from the beginning of that highway. What is the station
of that point?
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