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Traffic-engineering Questions Set 2:

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If the speed of a vehicle is higher, then the stopping distance will be:

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If the ruling gradient is 1 in 20 and there is also a horizontal curve of radius 64 m, then the compensated grade should be

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If aggregate size of 50-40 mm is to be tested for finding out the portion of elongated aggregates using length gauge, the slot length of the gauge should be

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Spot speeds of vehicles observed at a point on a highway are 40, 55, 60, 65 and 80 km/h. The space-mean speed (in km/h) of the observed vehicles is

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The lost time due to starting delay on a traffic signal approach is noted to be 3 sec, the actual green time is 20sec and the amber time is 3sec. How much is the efective green time?

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What is the median speed?

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What is the saturated surface dry condition of an aggregate?

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The safety within a roundabout and the efficiency of a roundabout can be increased, respectively by

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An aircraft approaches the threshold of a runway strip at a speed of 200 km/h. The pilot decelerates the aircraft at a rate of 1.697 m/s and takes 18 sec to exit the runway strip. If the deceleration after exiting the runway is 1 m/s, then the distance (in m) of the gate position from the location of exit on the runway is

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From the floating car method, the following observations were made:

- Average journey time of the test vehicle against the direction of flow: 15 minutes

- Average journey time of the test vehicle with the direction of flow: 21 minutes

- Average number of vehicles in the direction against the flow: 76

- Average number of vehicles overtaking the test vehicle: 39

- Average number of vehicles overtaken by the test vehicle: 25

What is the traffic flow (vehicles/hour)?

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