Explore topic-wise MCQs in Traffic Engineering.

This section includes 8 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Traffic Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

The selection of test to be a test-vehicle based or not depends upon which of the following criteria?

A. Available personnel and equipment
B. Driver s choice
C. Type of road
D. Location of test
Answer» B. Driver s choice
2.

In which test vehicle technique the test vehicle has to make a round trip on a test section?

A. Floating-car technique
B. Average-speed technique
C. Moving-vehicle technique
D. License plate technique
Answer» D. License plate technique
3.

The driver has to drive the test car above the average speed of the traffic in an average-speed technique.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
4.

Which of the following is not an application of travel time and delay study?

A. Collection of rating data
B. Problem location identification
C. Economic analysis
D. Determining relation between mean speed and flow
Answer» E.
5.

How is average delay time calculated in License plate method?

A. Average delay time = (Sum of all delay time) / (Number of matched license plates)
B. Average delay time = (Sum of all delay time) x (Number of matched license plates)
C. Average delay time = (Sum of all delay time) + (Number of matched license plates)
D. Average delay time = (Sum of all delay time) (Number of matched license plates)
Answer» B. Average delay time = (Sum of all delay time) x (Number of matched license plates)
6.

Which of the following travel time and delay studies doesn t require a test vehicle?

A. Floating car technique
B. Average speed technique
C. Moving vehicle technique
D. License plate observations
Answer» E.
7.

Why are the control delay caused?

A. Control devices
B. Speedometer
C. Traffic
D. deceleration to and acceleration from a stop to stopped time delay
Answer» B. Speedometer
8.

What is meant by time-in-queue delay?

A. Time between a vehicle joining the end of the queue at a signalized intersection and the time it crosses the intersection
B. Delay during which the vehicles is at rest
C. Delay caused due to resistance of other traffic
D. Time between a vehicle joining the end of the queue at an unsignalized intersection and the time it crosses that intersection
Answer» B. Delay during which the vehicles is at rest