Traffic Engineering and Management (3160615) MCQs

MCQs of Basic Traffic Flow Parameter and Traffic Surveys

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11.

____________ is the instantaneous speed of a vehicle.

(a)

Average speed

(b)

Spot speed

(c)

Low speed

(d)

High speed

Answer:

Option (b)

12.

_____________ is an arithmetic mean speed of all instantaneous vehicle speeds at a specified location on a road length over a period of time

(a)

Space mean speed

(b)

Place mean speed

(c)

Duration mean speed

(d)

Time mean speed

Answer:

Option (d)

13.

_____________ is mean speed of all instantaneous vehicle speeds at a specified time on different road section.

(a)

Place mean speed

(b)

Space mean speed

(c)

Journey speed

(d)

Running speed

Answer:

Option (b)

14.

Which of the following speeds takes into account all possible delays in the course of trip?

(a)

Spot speed

(b)

Running speed

(c)

Journey speed

(d)

None of the above

Answer:

Option (c)

15.

________ percentile speed on a cumulative frequency distribution graph is safe operating speed.

(a)

85th

(b)

58th

(c)

98th

(d)

89th

Answer:

Option (a)

16.

15th percentile speed on a cumulative frequency distribution graph is ____________.

(a)

average speed

(b)

maximum speed

(c)

minimum speed

(d)

low speed

Answer:

Option (c)

17.

___________ is the speed that is found to have the highest frequency of occurence.

(a)

Peak speed

(b)

High speed

(c)

Model speed

(d)

Modal speed

Answer:

Option (d)

18.

Enoscopes are used for collecting ____________ data.

(a)

traffic speed

(b)

parking

(c)

accident

(d)

none of the above

Answer:

Option (a)

19.

The time mean speed of three vehicles travelling over a 1-km length in 1.2 minutes, 2.0 minutes and 2.9 minutes, respectively is _______________.

(a)

9.33 m/s

(b)

33.57 km/Hr

(c)

33.57 m/s

(d)

9.33 km/Hr

Answer:

Option (b)

20.

The space mean speed of three vehicles travelling over a 1-km length in 1.2 minutes, 2.0 minutes and 2.9 minutes, respectively is _______________.

(a)

29.7 m/s

(b)

8.25 km/Hr

(c)

29.7 km/Hr

(d)

8.25 m/s

Answer:

Option (c)

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