TRANSPO terms (2022)

A platform extending from a shore over water and

supported by piles, used to secure, protect, and provide

access to ships or boats.

• Wharf

• Quay

• Pier

• Breakwater

The difference between the time a vehicle that merges

into a main traffic stream reaches a point on the highway in

the area of merge and the time a vehicle in the main stream

reaches the same point.

• Mean time

• Time lag

• Space headway

• Time gap

Distance traveled by the vehicle after the application of

the brakes until it stop.

• Braking distance

• Reaction distance

• Stopping distance

• Lag distance

Waves formed by moving ship or boats are called:

• swell

• seiche

• breaking waves

• Wakes

Traffic instruction sign should not carry long messages

and where possible no more than ___ lines of messages

should be used.

• 5

• 4

• 6

• 3

The headway in a major stream, which is evaluated by a

vehicle driver in a major stream who wishes to merge into

the major stream.

• lag

• mean headway

• space headway

• gap

Because of the high cost of installation and

maintenance, the warrant use of raised pavement markers

may be considered only in the following conditions:

I. In hilly areas where fog and rain are frequently the

cause of traffic accidents.

II. In winding roads.

III. In accident prone areas.

• I and II only

• I and III only

• I only

• All of the above

Residual of a measured quantity is the

• difference of the observed value from its most probable

  value

• value obtained by adding the most probable value to its

  true value

• remainder of the division of the true value by its most

  probable value

• product of the most probable value and the observed

  value

The structure that protects the harbor from stormy

waves and permits calm in the harbor.

• Wharf

• Jetty

• Dock

• Breakwater

Which of the following standard abbreviation of signs is

not correct?

• HWY for highway

• EX for expressway

• RD for road

• AVE for avenue