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This section includes 14 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. |
What is the disadvantage of Pneumatic tubes? |
A. | They are costly |
B. | They require skill |
C. | They count the number of axles |
D. | They are not portable |
Answer» D. They are not portable | |
2. |
Pneumatic tubes are used for ______ |
A. | Traffic counting |
B. | Surveying |
C. | Parking counts |
D. | Delay time |
Answer» B. Surveying | |
3. |
Radar meters must have a license from ________ |
A. | Indian Traffic Commission |
B. | Federal Communication Commission |
C. | Federal Traffic Commission |
D. | Indian Communication Commission |
Answer» C. Federal Traffic Commission | |
4. |
What principle does radar meters use? |
A. | Doppler principle |
B. | Van-Hoff principle |
C. | Hooke’s law |
D. | Tyndall effect |
Answer» B. Van-Hoff principle | |
5. |
What is the error reported when using a stopwatch for manual study? |
A. | Time error |
B. | Parallax |
C. | Reading error |
D. | Cumulative error |
Answer» C. Reading error | |
6. |
Which of the following is the prime disadvantage of fixed signal? |
A. | Data is available for a short period of time |
B. | It is not portable |
C. | Requires skills to use |
D. | Costly |
Answer» B. It is not portable | |
7. |
Which of the following study is not conducted manually? |
A. | Traffic counts |
B. | Intersection delay |
C. | Operation of the traffic signal |
D. | Travel time data |
Answer» D. Travel time data | |
8. |
The Fully automated study makes use of portable devices and sensors. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
9. |
Pneumatic road tube device is a type of _______ |
A. | Manual data collection method |
B. | Semi-automated data collection method |
C. | Fully-automated data collection method |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Fully-automated data collection method | |
10. |
Goods movement and transit study is a type of traffic study. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
11. |
Aerial photography and surveying are required in which type of traffic study? |
A. | Inventories |
B. | Administrative studies |
C. | Dynamic studies |
D. | Detailed study |
Answer» C. Dynamic studies | |
12. |
Spot speed studies are conducted to ______ |
A. | estimate distribution of speeds of vehicles in traffic at a particular location |
B. | estimate distribution of traffic density at a particular location |
C. | survey various locations based on speed |
D. | survey various locations based on traffic density |
Answer» B. estimate distribution of traffic density at a particular location | |
13. |
Which of the following traffic study requires the collection of data under operational conditions? |
A. | Dynamic studies |
B. | Administrative studies |
C. | Inventories |
D. | Economic studies |
Answer» B. Administrative studies | |
14. |
Which of the following is not a category of Traffic Studies? |
A. | Inventories |
B. | Administrative studies |
C. | Dynamic studies |
D. | Economic studies |
Answer» E. | |