Traffic Engineering and Management (3160615) MCQs

MCQs of Basic Traffic Flow Parameter and Traffic Surveys

Showing 51 to 60 out of 64 Questions
3 4 5 6 7
51.

If the total seven day traffic volume observed during the week is 3500 and the traffic volume for Tuesday is 600, the monthly expansion factor for Tuesday would be _______.

(a)

0.83
(b)

1.0
(c)

1.20
(d)

1.15
Answer:

Option (c)

52.

Methods of speed & delay studies are:

1. Floating car method 2. Radar gun method 3. Elevated observer method 4. WIM scales

(a)

1 & 3
(b)

2 & 4
(c)

1 & 2
(d)

3 & 4
Answer:

Option (a)

53.

The geometric design of highways is carried out in India based on speed corresponding to _________________.

(a)

30th percentile cumulative frequency
(b)

50th percentile cumulative frequency
(c)

85th percentile cumulative frequency
(d)

98th percentile cumulative frequency
Answer:

Option (d)

54.

Speed regulation and control of traffic flow along a street is imposed based on which study?

(a)

Traffic volume studies
(b)

Spot speed studies
(c)

Speed and delay studies
(d)

Saturation flow studies
Answer:

Option (b)

55.

Desire lines are drawn on the basis of ____________.

(a)

Origin & Destination study
(b)

Traffic volume study
(c)

Speed study
(d)

Parking study
Answer:

Option (a)

56.

In desire line diagram __________________________.

(a)

The thickness of the line represents the number of trips in one direction only
(b)

The thickness of the line represents the number of trips in both direction 
(c)

Both the thickness and the length of the line represents the number of trips in one direction only
(d)

Both the thickness and the length of the line represents the number of trips in both direction 
Answer:

Option (b)

57.

Which of the following traffic survey schemes is most relevant for deciding the location of major routes in a city?

(a)

Traffic volume survey
(b)

Origin & Destination survey
(c)

Speed survey
(d)

Speed & Delay survey
Answer:

Option (b)

58.

During a speed & delay study, it was recorded that the average journey time taken to travel along a test stretch of 3 km was 10 minutes and the average stoppage delay observed was 2 minutes. The running speed would be _____________.

(a)

6.5 m/s
(b)

5 m/s
(c)

25 km/hr
(d)

22.5 km/hr
Answer:

Option (d)

59.

The moving observer method is a technique adopted for the measurement of _____________.

(a)

Traffic flow of the stream
(b)

Capacity of the stream
(c)

Origin & destination of traffic
(d)

Spot speed of vehicles
Answer:

Option (a)

60.

_______________ is used to determine annual growth rate of traffic.

(a)

Continuous count
(b)

Counts for full week
(c)

Counts for full day
(d)

Counts for full hour
Answer:

Option (a)

Showing 51 to 60 out of 64 Questions
3 4 5 6 7