1. 1. Which is the most important objective of traffic engineering?
a) To provide a high-speed road without any other priority b) To increase the traffic
c) To reduce the accidents d) To consider pedestrians as obstruction View Answer Answer: c
Explanation: The most important objective is to reduce accidents with considerable speed and the pedestrian
should be considered as an element not obstruction.
2.What is traffic engineering?
a) Traffic engineering optimizes the performance and efficiency of the movement of people, goods, and
transportation
b) Traffic engineering mainly deals with improving traffic performance, traffic studies, and traffic networks
c) The main goal of traffic engineering is to reduce high-speed collisions
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer Answer: d
Explanation: The branch of engineering that deals with the improvement of traffic performance, traffic studies and
traffic network are called as traffic engineering, it also includes geometric design and other specifications. The main
goal of traffic engineering is to reduce high-speed collisions.
3.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
2. 4. Which is the first stage in traffic engineering studies?
a) Spot speed studies b) Traffic volume studies c) Origin and destination studies d) Speed and delay studies
5.Which of the following BEST defines TRAFFIC ENGINEERING?
A. Traffic engineering is a branch of civil engineering that uses engineering techniques to achieve the safe and efficient
movement of people and goods on roadways
B. Traffic engineering deals with ALL the functional part of transportation system, including the infrastructures provided.
C. Traffic Engineering is a field of study related to materials of road construction and methods of construction of roads.
D. Traffic Engineering deals with human behaviors related to the environment on a transportation system.
The first objective of traffic
It is a subdiscipline of Transportation Engineering
• The basic objective of traffic engineering is to achieve efficient, free and rapid flow of traffic with fewer accidents and
pedestrians are also given importance.
• Explanation: The first objective of the traffic volume studies is to decide priority for improvement of roads like relaying of
roads, widening of roads and other works
• The main objectives of traffic engineering are to improve the quality of service (QoS), reduce congestion and latency,
increase throughput and availability, and minimize costs and resource consumption
6. Which of the following is NOT an importance of Transportation?
A. Comfort and Convenience B. Creation of employment C. Personal Income D. Ease and Speed
3.
4. 1.Travel demand is ___________________ demand.
(a)Fundamental (b)Derived (c)Valuable (d)Short term Answer: Option (b)
2.Travel demands are made up of a number of different trip that have specific ________________ characteristics.
(a)Spatial (b)Temporal (c)Economic (d)Both A & B Answer: Option (d)
3.One-way movement from origin to destination is known as ___________________.
(a)Trip (b)Round trip (c)Transportation (d)None of the above Answer: Option (a)
4.Home end of any home based trip is known as _______________________.
(a)Generation (b)Attraction (c)Origin (d)Destination Answer: Option (a)
5.Non-home end of any home based trip is known as ________________.
(a)Generation (b)Attraction (c)Origin (d)Destination Answer: Option (b)
6.Trip starting end of any non-home based trip _______________.
(a)Generation (b)Attraction (c)Origin (d)Destination Answer: Option (c)
7.Trip terminating end of any non home based trip is known as ______________.
(a)Generation (b)Attraction (c)Origin (d)Destination Answer: Option (d)
8.Trip generation refers to the trips generated by ___________________.
(a)Residential zones (b)Commercial zones (c)Industrial zones (d)Educational zones Answer: Option
(a)
9.Trips generated by activities at the non-home end of trips is known as ___________________.
(a)Trip generation (b)Trip attraction (c)Trip production (d)Trip distribution Answer: Option
(b)
10.Home based trips represent approximately_________________ of the total trips.
(a)90% (b50% (c)20% (d)60% Answer: Option (a)
5. 11.The analysis of transportation data and building models to describe the mathematical relationship that can discerned in the
trip making behaviour is known as ___________________ .
(a)Trip generation (b)Trip distribution (c)Modal split (d)Route assignment Answer: Option (a)
12.Which of the following is not the factor affecting trip generation?
(a)Income (b)Car ownership (c)Family size (d)Built-up area of house Answer: Option (d)
13.Frequently used regression model for trip generation is the ___________________ multiple regression model.
(a)Linear (b)Polynomial (c)Exponential (d)Logarithmic Answer: Option (a)
16.Which of the following is not the method for trip generation analysis? (a)Regression analysis method
(b)Diversion curve method (c)Category analysis method (d)Expansion factor method Answer: Option (b)
17.________________ is the dependent variable in regression analysis for Trip Generation.
(a)Households (b)Car ownership (c)Income (d)Number of trips Answer: Option (d)
18.0.65, 0.56, 0.67, 0.76 are the R-Square values of four trip generation models X, Y, Z and W respectively. Which model is best?
(a)Y (b)Z (c)W (d)X Answer: Option (c)
19.Maximum how many trip generation models can be developed when there are two independent variables and one
dependent variable? (a)1 (b)3 (c)4 (d)2 Answer: Option (b)
20.Regression Analysis is true only when ___________________ .
(a)Each variable is truly independent (b)Variables are continuous in nature
(c)The constants will remain constant in the equations for the future (d)All of the above Answer: Option (d)
6. 15. Modal split refers to the trips made by ___________________ as opposed to ____________________.
(a) Private transport , Public transport (b) Public transport , Para transport (c) Private transport , Para transport (d) None of the
above
Answer: Option (a)
16. Which of the following do not affect modal split?
(a) Characteristics of the trip (b)Zonal characteristics (c)Network characteristics (d)None of the above
Answer: Option (d)
17. Which of the following is the first step of classical travel demand model?
(a) Trip distribution (b) Modal split (c) Trip generation (d) Route assignment Answer: Option (c)
18. In Trip end modal split analysis modal split is carried out _____________________.
(a)At trip generation stage (b)After trip generation but before trip distribution (c)After trip distribution (d)Both A & B are
possible
Answer: Option (d)
19. Person trips per day by car is 1008 and the average car occupancy is 2.8. Determine the number of cars.
(a)63 (b)36 (c)360 (d)630 Answer: Option (c
20. Which one of the following is synthetic method for trip distribution analysis?
(a)Detroit method (b)Fratar method (c)Furness method (d) Tanner model Answer: Option (d
30. _____________________________ is the process of separating person trips by the mode of travel.
(a)Trip generation (b)Trip distribution (c)Modal split (d)Route Assignment Answer: Option (c)
7. 27. Which of the following methods considers travel attributes for trip distribution analysis?
(a) Uniform growth factor method (b) Average growth factor method (c) Detroit growth factor method (d) None of the
above Answer: Option (d)
28. In gravity model the value of socio-economic factor for areas having population less than 1,00,000 is assumed as _______.
(a) 1.0 (b) 2.0 (c) 3.0 (d) None of the above Answer: Option (a)
35. The category analysis for trip generation considers ____________________ as the fundamental analysis unit.
(a) Land-use (b) Household (c) Accessibility (d) None of the above Answer: Option (b)
36.The technique to predict the number of trips that will be made between a pair of zones for a particular trip purpose is
known as ____________________.
(a) Trip generation (b) Modal split (c) Route assignment (d) Trip distribution Answer: Option (d)
37. Utilities of two transport modes are 1.0 each. Estimate the probability of one of the modes.
(a) 0.45 (b) 0.55 (c) 0.50 (d) 0.60 Answer: Option (c)
38. Person trips per day by car is 1008 and the average car occupancy is 2.8. Determine the number of cars.
(a) 63 (b) 36 (c) 360 (d) 630
Answer: Option (c)
39. The modal split share CAR:BUS:METRO for a city is 35:20:45. The number of trips made by CAR, BUS & METRO out of total
2500 trips made from origin to destination are __________ , __________ & __________ respectively.
(a) 500, 875, 1125 (b) 875, 500, 1125 (c) 1125, 875, 500 (d) 500, 1125, 875 Answer: Option (b)
40. The estimation of what proportion of total forecasted trips between two zones, shall use the available alternative routes is
known as ______________.
(a) Trip generation (b) Modal split (c) Route assignment (d) Trip distribution
8. 51.The better is the linear relationship between the variables when R is ________________.
(a)Closer to 1 (b)Closer to 0 (c)Closer to -1 (d)None of the above Answer: Option (a)
52.The gravity model states that the trips produced in zone i will be distributed to each other zone j according to relative
_____________________ & _____________________ of each zone.
(a)Mobility & Accessibility (b)Attractiveness & Mobility (c)Attractiveness & Accessibility (d)None of the above
54.Identify the correct sequence of a typical four step travel demand forecasting process from the following.
(a)Route Assignment-> Trip Generation -> Modal Split -> Trip Distribution
(b)Trip Generation -> Trip Distribution -> Modal Split -> Route Assignment
(c)Trip Distribution -> Route Assignment-> Trip Generation -> Modal Split
(d)Modal Split -> Route Assignment-> Trip Generation -> Trip Distribution Answer: Option (b)
55.Trips having one end at the home of person making the trip are known as ________________.
(a)Interzonal trips (b)Home based trips (c)Intrazonal trips (d)Internal trips Answer: Option (b)
56.Trips having neither end at the home of the person making the trip are known as ____________.
(a)Through trips (b)Non-home based trips (c)External trips (d)Intrazonal trips Answer: Option (b)
57.Which of the following methods use constant growth factor for predicting future trip distribution?
(a)Detroit method (b)Gravity model (c)Uniform growth factor method (d)Average growth factor method
58.In all growth factor methods the future trips are determined by ______________________ present trips with appropriate
growth factor. (a)Dividing (b)Multiplying (c)Adding (d)None of the above Answer: Option (b)
59.According to ___________________________ the total trips for each zone are distributed to the interzonal movements, as a
first approximation according to the relative attractiveness of each movement.
(a)Uniform growth factor (b)Frater growth factor (c)Furness growth factor (d)Detroit growth factor Answer: Option (b
