Building And Structural Surveying N4 — Document

December 2023 — N4 — Building And Structural Surveying

N4 2023 Nated Engineering

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1.1Trilateration

1.2Military surveying

1.3Level line

1.4Systematic errors

1.5Parallax (5 3\ [15]15

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2.1A length of 250 m was measured with a steel tape at an altitude of 1 700 m below sea level. The radius of the earth is 6 575 km. Calculate the horizontal distance (3\

2.2

2.3from horizontal. Calculate the correct horizontal distance between two points. (3\

2.4State FIVE disadvantages of chain measurement (5\ [15]15

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3.1What are ranging rods (2\

3.2FIGURE 2, DIAGRAM SHEET 1 (attached\shows an Abney level Label the part by writing the answer net to the question number (3.2.1

3.2.8\in the ANSWER BOOK. (8\ [10]10

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4.1A trigonometrical beacon is 1,25 km from where you are standing. How far from the beacon would you be on the map if the scale was 1:20 000? Provide the answer in mm. (4\

4.2Draw the South African co ordinate system showing Y and X axis and also where it increases and decreases in all four quadrants.

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5.1Convert the following whole circle bearings (WCB\ to quadrant bearing (QB\

5.1.130

5.1.2140

5.1.3240 (3 2\ (6\

5.2Convert the following quadrant bearing (QB\to whole circle bearings (WCB\

5.2.1N 30

5.2.210

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6.1Prism

6.2Mirror

6.3A dumping device

6.4The graduation ring

6.510

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7.1triangular piece of land has sides of 200 m, 130 m and 100 m. Calculate the area of the land in hectares. (5\

7.2FIGURE 1 below shows a piece of land. The off sets from the survey line to the boundary line is indicated in the sketch. The distance between the off sets is 4,5 m. Calculate the area between the survey line and volume, using the

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8.1Define plane table surveying (2\

8.2State SIX disadvantages of using plane table surveying. (6\

8.3State five important general instructions when working with a plane table. (3\ [10]10

Q9— Section header —

9.1State SIX uses of levelling in surveying. (6\

9.2State FOUR natural causes of errors in levelling. (4\ [10] TOTAL: 100 (80600 4\ Copyright reserved10

3.2.6

Mark Allocation

Total100 marks

Sections15 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100 marks

Paper information

TitleDocument

SubjectBuilding And Structural Surveying

LevelN4

Document typeQuestion paper

Year2023

MonthDecember

Pages7

Downloads5

Examination context

Decade2020s

Years ago3y

SeasonSummer (SH)

Start dayFriday

Exam periodDecember 2023

Days since exam1,044

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