The main cause of accidents in urban areas is

A) Improper planning***
B) Extra wide roads
C) Additional thickness of pavement
D) Traffic congestion

Scientific planning of transportation system and mass transit

facilities in cities should be based on

A) Spot speed data

B) Origin and destination data***
C) Traffic volume data
D) Accident data

What is the first stage of four-stage travel demand modeling?

A) Trip distribution
B) Trip generation***
C) Modal split
D) Traffic assignment

What is the third step in the four stage transportation planning

model

A) Trip distribution
B) Mode choice***
C) Route assignment
D) Trip generation

The classic 4 steps model of transport planning integrated with land

use has all but one of the following phases.?

A) Activity system***
B) Trip generation & trip distribution
C) Modal split
D) Traffic assignment

This is a method of trip assignment takes into account congestion

on the transportation system. It is the process of determining a
pattern of traffic flow for a known set of interzonal movements so
that the relationship between journey time and flow on every link in
the network should be in accordance with that specified for the link:

A) Diversion curves
B) All-or-nothing assignment
 C) Capacity restraint***
D) None of the above

This is one of the methods of trip generation modeling, which is

concerned with finding the best functional relationship is usually
assumed to be linear:

A) Analysis of variance
B) Multiple regression***
C) Category analysis
D) Situational analysis

The "spiral unto death" refers to the decline in what kind of

transportation?

A) Canals
B) Horses
C) Public buses***
D) Bicycles
E) Subways

Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) is needed for condominium projects

with a lot size of?

A) 30 Hectares and above***

B) 20 Hectares and above
C) 10 Hectares and above
D) None of the above

Which of the following are the various ways for controlling traffic

I. Prohibiting the parking of cars on the road side

II. Installing control devices such as signs and marking at
appropriate places
III. Making one-way traffic
IV. Imposing speed restrictions where ever applicable

A) I and II
B) I and III
C) II, III and IV***
D) I, II and IV

For Urban transportation planning, the survey method of Roadside

Interview is used to carryout which of the following studies

A) Origin and Destination***

 B) Classified Traffic Counts
C) Safety Studies
D) Parking Demand Characteristics

'Fixed Delay' in a highway is due to

A) Pedestrian crossing the road

B) Parked vehicles
C) Traffic signals***
D) Road repairs

As a part of Traffic Control devices, which of these are a part of

pavement markings?

I. Centre line marking

II. Cross-walk lines
III. Stop lines
IV. Turn marking

A) I and II
B) I,II and III
C) I,II and IV
D) I,II,III and IV***

Which of the following are the various ways for controlling traffic

I. Prohibiting the parking of cars on the road side

II. Installing control devices such as signs and marking at
appropriate places
III. Making one-way traffic
IV. Imposing speed restrictions where ever applicable

A) I and II
B) I and III
C) II,III and IV***
D) I,II and IV

Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a Diamond

Interchange?

A) There are only left turns and no right turns***

B) There are only right turns and no left turns
C) The vehicle leaving the main road have to run through a small radius
D) The vehicle approaching the interchange has to significantly reduce its
speed as compared to the design speed
Inductive loop detectors are used to

A) Identify failure in rigid Pavement

B) Measure Running speed of the vehicle
C) Count the number of vehicles***
D) Collect fare in toll plaza

Intelligent Transportation System is

A) An application of technologies to provide traveller information to

B) increase safety and efficiency in the transportation***
C) A method to reduce number of road users
D) An approach for effective utilization of available transport facility
E) A method to increase number of road users.

Roads provided to give access to properties along an important

highway
with controlled access as expressway/freeway are called as

A) Driveways
B) Access roads
C) Parking lanes
D) Frontage roads***

Enoscope is used to find

A) Average speed
B) Spot speed***
C) Space-mean speed
D) Time-mean speed

The Origin-Destination Survey is conducted in order to:

A) Determine amount of by-passable traffic that enters a city

B) Develop trip generation and trip distribution models***
C) To assess mode distribution
D) Determine amount of traffic that leaves the city

For analysing the cause of accidents at a particular road and

identifying relation between speed and accidents following data is
most essential:

A) Spot Speed***
B) Journey Speed
C) Trip Generation
D) Average Annual Daily Traffic
'Desire Lines' are associated with

A) Origin-Destination analysis in Transportation***

B) Cut and fill analysis in Landscape Planning
C) Income analysis in Financial Planning
D) Demand and Supply analysis in Economic Planning

The data that is useful for developing trip generation models is

A) Travel survey data

B) Land-use inventory data***
C) Network data
D) None of these

Safety criteria of transportation is viewed under

A) Political role of transportation

B) Environmental role of transportation***
C) Social role of transportation
D) None of these

The study of the transportation system that meets the travel need
of several people by sharing a vehicle is

A) Mass transportation***
B) Intelligent transport system
C) Passenger transport
D) None of the above

Link travel time function relates travel time and

A) Link volume***
B) Link cost
C) Level of service
D) None of the above

Which of the following is not a negative impact of transportation?

A) Safety
B) Aesthetics
C) Mobility***
D) Pollution

The branch of engineering that deals with improvement of traffic

performance, traffic studies and traffic network is called
 A) Highway engineering
B) Railway engineering
C) Traffic engineering***
D) Traffic management

The basic objective of traffic engineering is to achieve

A) Efficient, free and rapid flow of traffic with least priority given to
accidents
B) Efficient, free and rapid flow of traffic with fewer accidents***
C) Efficient and rapid flow of traffic
D) Rapid flow of traffic

The study of traffic engineering is divided into major categories,

they are:

I. Traffic characteristics,
II. Traffic studies and analysis,
III. Planning and analysis,
IV. Geometric design,
V. Traffic operation,
VI. Road safety and administration.

A) I, II, III, IV & V

B) I, II, IV, V & VI
C) II, III, IV, V & VI
D) I, II,III,IV,V & VI***

Which of the following roads are congested during peak hours?

A) Rural roads
B) Urban roads***
C) Highways
D) Express ways

The traffic survey is conducted during

A) Harvest season
B) Harvest and lean season***
C) Rainy season
D) Summer season

Design of road intersections is a part of

A) Highway engineering***
 B) Railway engineering
C) Traffic engineering
D) Harbour engineering

The most important objective of traffic engineering is

A) To consider pedestrians as obstruction

B) To reduce the accidents***
C) To increase the traffic
D) To provide a high speed road without any other priority

The traffic will increase if the

A) Price of fuel decreases

B) Price of vehicles decreases***
C) Price of fuel decreases
D) Price of vehicles increases

The traffic population is estimated by

A) Arithmetic method
B) Geometric method***
C) Incremental increase method
D) Harmonic method

Land use, transportation and road network plans are

A) Inter linked***
B) Intra linked
C) Not linked
D) Depends on the network

In transportation planning, the collection of data is undertaken

through different types of surveys. The manual counting and
classifying, by type of vehicle and direction of travel, all passing
each station during specified periods, supplemented by automatic
traffic recorded counts extending over a longer periods is called

A) Travel time surveys

B) Roadside survey***
C) Network inventories
D) Zoning

Intersections that separate lanes of traffic by use of islands

A) Channelization***
 B) Rotaries
C) Clover leafs
D) Diamonds

Transportation Systems Management (TSM) includes all of the

following EXCEPT?

A) Carpooling and vanpooling incentives

B) Major new transportation facilities*
C) Improved transit service
D) Staggered work schedules

Which of the following demonstrates the useful function of a

computerized traffic model?

A) Test the impact on traffic of different land use scenarios.

B) Analyze the effectiveness of various physical improvements.

C) Determine the impact of future zoning amendments.

D) All of the above.***

The actual number of vehicles passing through a specific road

section or intersection.

A) Traffic flow
B) Traffic Volume***
C) Traffic capacity
D) Traffic Ratio

In transportation planning, the collection of data is undertaken

through di fferent types of surveys. The manual counting and
classifying, by type of vehicle and di rection of travel, all passing
each station during speci fied periods, supplemented by automatic
traffic recorder counts extending over longer periods is called:

A) Travel time surveys

B) Roadside survey***
C) Networking inventors
D) Zoning