GEODESY

GNSS satellite signals ___

penetrates metal, buildings or
trees and are susceptible to
signal _____ errors where passing
thru leaves, glass, plastic and
other materials.
◦ Cannot, filtering
◦ Can, delay
◦ Cannot, delay
◦ Can, filtering
GPS receiver directly
generates 3-D coordinates in
____ coordinate frame such as
____.
◦ Geocentric, WGS84
◦ Geodetic, WGS84
◦ Geocentric, PRS92
◦ Geodetic, PRS921
If h=+60.95 meters and the
geiod undulation, w, is equal to
+35.38 meters, calculate the
orthometric height, H, in
meters, of point.
◦ 25.57
◦ 27.42
◦ 27.24
◦ 26.42
Generally, _______ GPS survey
methods are employed when
baseline length are greater
than ________ miles.
◦ Kinematic, 12
◦ Static, 22
◦ Static, 12
◦ Kinematic, 22
A geodetic level ____ consist of
lines of sprit levelling
connected together to form a
system of ___ extending over
an area
◦ Net, loops
◦ Frame, triangle
◦ Net, triangle
◦ Frame, loops
In transforming geodetic and grid
azimuth, the geodetic direction
projected into a plane is actually a ____
line, rather than a straight line, thus,
the need for the ____ correction.
◦ Spiral, arc to chord
◦ Curved, chord to arc
◦ Curved, arc to chord
◦ Spiral, chord to arc
___ is the science which
treats of the determination
of size and figure of the
earth.
◦Astronomy
◦Geodesy
◦Geology
◦Geomorphology
The curvature
correction in cm/km is
___.
◦7.6
◦7.2
◦7.9
◦7.5
A___ error will always
have the same magnitude
and ___ algebraic sign
under the same condition.
◦Systematic, different
◦Random, different
◦Random, he same
◦Systematic, the same
The earth’s gravity is
measured with a ___, while
absolute position on the
earth’s surface are measured
with a ___.
◦ Seismometer, total station
◦ Seismometer, GNSS receiver
◦ Gravimeter, GNSS receiver
◦ Gravimeter, total station
Satellite ___ refers to the
position of the GNSS .......
relative to ___ form the
view of the receiver.
◦Constellation, each other
◦Constellation, the earth
◦Geometry, the earth
◦Geometry, each other
___ is the arc between
the celestial body and the
____.
◦Declination, north pole
◦Altitude, south pole
◦Declination, celestial
equator
◦Altitude, north pole
The equipotential surface
to which, at every point,
the plumb-line is ___ is
called ____.
◦Parallel, geoid
◦Perpendicular, ellipsoid
◦Parallel ellipsoid
◦Perpendicular, geiod
In the classical spherical
coordinates called geometric
coordinates, consisting of longitude,
geocentric latitude, and distance (r)
from the center of an ellipsoid, the
x-coordinate is equal to the product
of distance (r) and ______.
◦ Sin phi sin longitude
◦ Cos phi sin longitude
◦ Cos phi cos longitude
◦ Sin phi cos longitude
Station Balanacan of PRS92 is located
on ____ island while its azimuth mark is
located on ____ island.
◦ Romblon, Masbate
◦ Marinduque, Baltazar
◦ Romblon, Baltazar
◦ Marinduque, Masbate
Each GPS satellite periodically
transmit a broadcast ___ describing its
____ position through the near future ,
uploaded on the control segment.
◦ Almanac, predicted
◦ Almanac, actual
◦ Ephemeris, predicted
◦ Ephemeris, actual
The reference datum of elevation
obtained by GNSS receiver is _____,
while that obtained by conventional
geodetic levelling is _____.
◦ Geoid, ellipsoid
◦ Ellipsoid, mean ground elevation
◦ Ellipsoid, geoid
◦ Geoid, mean ground elevation
The radius of curvature of the
ellipsoid varies with the
latitude being longest at the
_____ and the shortest at the
____.
◦ Equator, pole
◦ Pole, meridian
◦ Equator, meridian
◦ Pole, equator
Ingeodetic astronomy, the
complementary angle of
____ is the hour angle
system is ______ distance.
◦Declination, altitude
◦Altitude, declination
◦Declination, polar
◦Declination, zenith
The combined effect of earth
curvatures and atmospheric
refraction in meters, is expressed
as _____ D^2 where D is the
distance from a point of tangency
at the observer’s position in
______.
◦ 0.0675, miles
◦ 0.0675, kilometers
◦ 0.0765, miles
◦ 0.0765, kilometers
The theoretical sum of the spherical
triangulations exceeds 180 degree
by an amount equal to the ____ of
the triangle divided by the product
of the square of the mean radius of
the earth and the _____ of one
second.
◦ Perimeter, cosine
◦ Perimeter, sine
◦ Area, cosine
◦ Area, sine
CARTOGRAPHY
_______ lens distortion in an aerial
camera is due to _______ centering
of the lens component and other
manufacturing defects in a
compound lens
 radial, impeferct
 radial, perfect
 decentering, perfect
 decentering, imperfect
the camera lens _______ enlarges
or contracts, changing the ______ of
the lens opening and thus
regulates the amount of light that
is allowed to pass through the lens

Diaphragm, diameter
 Shutter, cover
 Diaphragm, cover
 Shutter, diameter
All ______ lights rays from the
terrain are brought to the
focus in the _____ plane of all
aerial camera

Refracted, focal
 Incident, Fiducial
 Refracted, Fiducial
 Incident, Focal
A sextant is a _______
reflecting objects for
measuring angles, primarily
altitudes of celestial bodies
and ______ points during
hydrographic surveys.

Double, four
 Single, three
 Single, four
The scale at any point on a
truly vertical aerial photograph
is the ratio of the camera focal
length to the ______ of the
flying height and the _______ of
the point.

Product, coordinates
 Difference, elevation
 Product, Elevation
______ optics in photogrammetry
treats light as _____ lines
traveling from a point source
through a transmitting meridian.

Physical, straight
 Geometric, Straight
 Geometric, Curved
 Physical, Curved
If a survey boat travels at a
speed of 10 knots and measures
soundings at intervals of 10
seconds, what is the interval of
soundings in the water, in
meters?

49.40
 52.40
 51.40
A ______ is hydrographic survey
vessel consisting of two parallel
hulls of equal size, geometry-
stabilized due to its wide beam
and with a _____

Catamaran, shallow
 Motor Launch, deep
 Catamaran, deep
 Motor Launch, Shallow
Process of moving the aerial
camera film slight during
exposure, in the direction of and
rate of just equal to ____
movement is called ________-
motion compensation.

Aircraft, forward
 Image, Backward
 Image, Forward
Object reflects all the visible
energy that strikes it, will
appear to the human eye as
_____.

Black
 Green
 White
 Red
____ controls the length at
the time that ____ is pass the
lens

shutter, air
 shutter, light
 diaphragm, light
 diaphragm, air
Our two eyes have overlapping
visual fields use stereoscopic
______ to gain _____ perception in
observing through stereoscope

Eyeglasses, depth
Parallax, depth
Parallax, breadth
Eyeglasses, Breadth
The amount of relief
displacement is ______
proportional to ______ distance
between the image point and the
principal.

Inversely, tangential
Directly, radial
Inversely, Radial
Directly, Tangential
A _____ beam echo sounder
in hydrographic survey has a
______ useful for seabed
mapping.

Single, wide
 Multi, narrow
 Single, very wide
 Multi, wide
_______ latitudes are used in
the computation of equal _____
map projection

Polyconic, distance
 Authalic, area
 Polyconic, area
 Authalic, distance
Equal-area projections, area
between _____ parallels at
______ are exactly equal to the
corresponding

Alternate, latitude
 Successive, Longitude
 Successive, Latitude
 Alternate, Longitude
______ aerial cameras lenses
cause blurring and _____ the
sharpness of the image

distortion, degrade
 aberrations, enhance
 distortion, enhance
 Aberrations, degrade
if the aerial camera lens
shutter time is halved and
aperture area is doubled, total
exposure _______

Halved
 Doubled
 Quadrupled
 Remains unchanged
In a _____ projection, the
geographic meridians and
parallels projected onto a
cylinder is ______ to (or intersect)
…..

Cylindrical, cotangent
 Cylindrical, tangent
 Gnomonic, cotangent
 Gnomonic, tangent
The _____ tidal range occurs
when the gravitational forces of
sun and moon are _____ phase,
reinforcing each other in the
same direction or are exactly in
the opposite phase

Lowest, in
 Highest, in
 Lowest out of
In an _________, lines radiating
from a _____ corresponding
lines on a sphere

Azimuthal, vanishing
 Equal-area, central
 Azimuthal, Central
 Equal-area, Vanishing
LAW
How many hectares can a
private corporation or
association lease alienable and
disposable (A&D) lands of the
public domain?
◦ a.24
◦ b.1000
◦ c.12
◦ d. 1500
Can the government disposed
of any property of public
domain?
◦ Yes, because the government
is the owner.
◦ No, because it is outside the
commerce of man.
◦ No, but the government can
always exercise its police
power.
The bottom cross section of a
geodetic control monument of
a third order of accuracy is
____ cm.
 
◦ 35x 35
◦ 30 x 30
◦ 40 x45
◦ 25 x 25
As per PD 705, lands that are
designated for the protection of
game animals, birds and fishes,
it is off limits to hunting and
fishing are called _________.
◦ National park/ grazing areas
◦ Grazing lands/marine park
◦ Seashore park/marine park
◦ Game refuge/ bird sanctuary
One of the conditions before a survey
authority/order is issued:
◦ The land is within the A&D areas
◦ It is not within any on-going Cadastral
survey project
◦ It is free from claims and conflict case

 II & III
 I & III
 I , II, III
 I & II
The minimum period given to a
license under the timber license
agreement, renewable for the
same period is _________ years.
 
◦ 30
◦ 50
◦ 20
◦ 25
The CENRO concerned, shall
process the public land
application under the RA
10023 for a non-extendible
period of ______ days, from the
date of filing of an application.
◦ a.160
◦ b.130
◦ c.90
◦ d.120
The vertical accuracy for
primary control project is
_______mm times the square
root of the distance.
◦ a.15
◦ b.10
◦ c.12
◦ d.20
Any person found extracting and
disposing minerals without
mining agreement license, shall
upon conviction be fined or
imprisoned from six months to
______ years.
◦a. 3
◦b. 6
◦c. 12
◦d.10
 
If you are a victim of a forcible
entry, what will you do to protect
your interests.
◦ Use force and intimidation to
recover your property.
◦ Call the attention of the concerned
MARO.
◦ Refer the matter to the LRA
administrator.
◦ File and complain for ejectment
immediately.
Can an owner of a piece of land
claims that he is also the owner of
the aerial and space exactly
corresponding to the size of his
property on the surface of the earth?
◦ No, it is against aerial navigation
◦ Yes, but it is limited to the size of a
150 storey building.
◦ No, he is not the owner.
◦ Yes, subject to restrictions.
What is the main reason why
our planet is hotter, which
causes another weather
disaster, drought and flood?
◦Too much water pollution
◦Carbon pollution
◦Un-controlled temperature
◦Noise pollution
Which agency of the
government can bring action in
court in order to revert a
private land back to the
government?
◦ LMB
◦ PARO
◦ LRA
◦ Office of the Solicitor General
Any Filipino citizen can acquire
A&D lands of the public
domain through lease,
provided it is not more than
_____has.
◦ 1000
◦ 500
◦ 12
◦ 24
Why are alluvial deposits given
to the owners of lands adjoining
the banks of rivers?
◦ The owner is still considered
landless.
◦ Because the adjoining owner is
a tenant.
◦ To make every square inch of
the land productive.
◦ To offset his loss for possible
Can family members of the
transferor repurchase the land
under RA 6657?
◦ No, because it is prohibited to
transfer lands acquired under
RA6657.
◦ No, it is against the law and
therefore there is nothing to
repurchase.
◦ Yes, within two years.
◦ Yes, within three years.
Can we acquire public domain
through prescription?
◦ a. Yes, if we are in actual
occupation and cultivation
◦ b. No, bec. There is no land
application filed.
◦ c. Yes, if we are in open and
continuous possession
◦ d. No, it cannot be acquired
through prescription
The standard accuracy of
traverse closure for lot survey
in a cadastral survey is in
accordance with the ____
control.
◦ a. Primary
◦ b. First order
◦ c. Tertiary
◦ d. Secondary
What kind of watershed area the
needs immediate protection and
rehabilitation is support to
existing and future hydrostatic
powers irrigation and domestic
water needs.
◦ Virgin Forest
◦ Agro forestry
◦ Private reforestation project
◦ Critical watershed
under the comprehensive
agrarian reform law (CARL), the
retention limit of the land owner
is not more than ______ has.
….... _____ has. For each child.
 Seven: three
 Five: three
 ten: five
 twelve: five
Who issues the survey order in
the execution of a cadastral
survey?
◦ Under secretary for field
operations of the DENR
◦ Director of the LMB
◦ RTD for lands now, assistant
director for technical services
◦ regional executive director,
now DENR Regional Director
CARTOGRAPHY
 An aerial camera has a 230 mm
square format. If the focal 3.3
inches, determine the angular
field of view of the lens, in
degrees.
◦ a. 125
◦ b. 121
◦ c. 124
◦ d. 123
In nautical charting, thee distance and
depth criteria that define the limits of
the extended continental shelf of a
country is located ______ nautical miles
seaward from the ________ -meter
isobath in an official nautical chart.
◦ a. 200;2500
◦ b. 100;2000
◦ c. 100;2500
◦ d. 200;2000
 In the survey number Msi-06-
000836, the symbol “Msi”
refers to a miscellaneous _____
application by ______.
◦ a. Lease, a corporation
◦ b. Sales, an individual
◦ c. Lease, an individual
◦ d. Sales, a corporation
An aerial camera f-stop
number equals ______ when
the aperture ______equals
the lens focal length.
◦a. One, radius
◦b. Two, radius
◦c. Two, diameter
◦d. One, diameter
When there are more than _________
lots on isolated survey plans, lot
descriptions thereof shall be
prepared on forms authorized by the
_________.
◦ a. 50, Land Management Bureau
◦ b. 100, Land Management Bureau
◦ c. 50, Land Registration Authority
◦ d. 100, Land Registration Authority
The ________ regulates the f-
stops of the camera by
varying the size of the ________
to control the amount of light
passing through the lens.
◦a. Shutter, aperture
◦b. Shutter, filter
◦c. Diaphragm, filter
◦d. Diaphragm, aperture
In the PPCS-Philippine
Transverse Mercator Grid,
Tawi-Tawi Province is
located in Zone ______.
◦a. II
◦b. I
◦c. IV
◦d. III
Hill _______ represents relief
on a map neglecting shadows
cast b high ground if light
were shining from the north-
______.
◦a. Shading, east
◦b. Lighting, east
◦c. Shading, west
◦d. Lighting, west
In the survey number Psd-03-
000141(Amd), the number
“000141” refers to ______.
◦ a . Lot area in hectares
◦ b. Serial/control number of
the survey
◦ c. Region where the lot is
located
◦ d. The type off survey
conducted.
For isolated surveys where lots
have areas of _______ hectares or
more, the approximate boundary
and nature of cultivated areas and
brief description of the terrain shall
be indicated on the survey plans in
black ink with light ______ lines.
◦ a. one, dash
◦ b. two, dotted
◦ c. two, dash
◦ d. one, dotted
The tie line of an approved cadastral
survey be plotted on the cadastral
map using _______.
◦ a. Assumed coordinate system
◦ b. Universal Transverse Mercator grid
◦ c. PPCCS-PRS92 Transverse Mercator grid
◦ d. WGS84 Geodetic coordinate system
LAW
Can DAR / PARC take immediate
cognizance of any agrarian dispute or
contrives under CARP?
◦ a. No, it should first pass through
PARC.
◦ b. Yes, DAR can immediately take
action in order to facilitate section
thereof.
◦ c. No, it should first pass through the
PARC who shall endorse the same to
the PARC.
◦ d. Yes, DARAB can take immediate
The allowable area for mining
exploration by an individual in
any one province is twenty (20)
meridional blocks or equal
equivalent to _____________
hectares.
a. 1,500
b. 1,620
 c. 2,620
 d. 500
Is tax declaration and payment of
taxes thereon a proof of
ownership?
◦ a. Yes, because there are no other
applicants.
◦ b. No, you are not paying taxes
religiously.
◦ c. Yes, because you believe you are
the owner of the land.
◦ d. No, it is not a conclusive proof of
ownership.
Is an alluvial deposit on land
formed by accretion automatically
belongs to the littoral owner?
◦ a. Yes, the adjoining owner becomes
the owner.
◦ b. Yes, because it can be acquired
through possession.
◦ c. No, because it is a part of the
public domain.
◦ d. No, because the land is not yet
surveyed by a G.E.
The decision of the reconstituting officer or the
Register of Deeds under RA 6732 is subject to
the final review and or decision of the LRA
Administrator, he may ____________ the said
decision.

◦ I. Reverse
◦ II. Modify
◦ III. Affirm

a. II & III

b. I, II & III
c. I&II
d. I &III