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SPRING '03 (75 minutes)
Essarn Radwan Exam Date is Februarv 11,2003
Students are allowed to .use one single sheet (8.5~11inches) as a cheat sheet and they
may use both sides. No other material is admitted except a regular pocket
calculator. FEEDS students that are taking this test off-campus should follow the
same rules, and may take this test no later than 5:00 pm, Friday February 14.
Problem #1 (50 Points) 9
Select the phrase that correctly completes the following statements.
1. When designing a crest vertical curve for desirable stopping sight distance, if the
assumed value of the driver's eye height is reduced, the length of the curve will:
a. Vehicle speed
b. The coefficient of friction between the vehicle tires and the roadway
c. None of the above
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l the above
3. If the space mean speed of a traffic sample is 50 mph, and the traffic stream density is
48 vpm, the flow rate is:
a. 48 vph
b. 800 vph
,p' 2400 vph
d. None of the above
4. From the information in part 3 above, the average vehicle headway is:
a. 2.5 sec.
b. 5.0 sec.
c . 1 sec.
&sec.
5. The speed at which 15% of the drivers travel at speeds higher than this speed is called:
a. m e 15th percentile
e minimum speed
85th percentile
d. The median speed
6 . If 8,000 vehicles pass a point during a 4-hour period, the average daily traffic is:
a. 48,000 vpd
b. 32,000 vpd
7. Theoretically speaking, for a pretimed traffic signal, when the cycle length increases
the intersection overall capacity will:
Acreme
b. Remain the same
c. Decrease
d. Insufficient data given to answer
a. Bernoulli Distribution
b. Radwan Distribution
egative Exponential Distribution
Distribution
of speed
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of sign shapes
d. None of the above.
a. The ratio of the peak hour traffic volume to four times the highest 5-minute
14. The field of peripheral vision for most drivers extends around the centerline of the eye
at a range of:
a. 3 to 5 degrees
b. 10 to 12degrees
/ 120 to 180 degrees
d. None of the above
17. The capacity of a one lane of through traffic without parking at a signalized
intersection is around:
1,600 pcph
,000 pcph
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t skewness of a statistical distribution
None of the above
21. For freeway operation, the peak of the speed-flow and density-flow relationships that
typically describe its operation (usually parabolic) is:
y he jam density
The maximum possible flow (capacity)
d. None of the above
22. The moving vehicle method is applied to record the following data:
a. Traffic volumes
b. Travel times
Speed
All of the above
c. 3.5 seconds
d. None of the above
24. The recommended deceleration rate to determine the amber period (clearance
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duration) at a signalized intersection is: ,ofl\et\ \ vc
25. The k Factor (Proportion of daily traffic occurring during the eak hour expressed as a
decimal) for an urban area is: \ p a q -\d"f C@ U L b@
yk 0.12-0.15
d. None of the above
Problem #2 (20 Points) 13
A two-mile section of a rural, two-lane, two-way highway has a posted speed of 45 mph.
The Traffic Engineer in-charge of this highway is interested in studying the speed
characteristics of vehicles using this section of highway. A spot speed study was
conducted at a location where traffic flow was thought to be characteristics of the entire
two-mile section. The Traffic Engineer started tabulating the statistics of this study,
however, he stopped short of completing the whole process. The following is the
frequency table.
1. Median Speed
( 2. 8sthpercentile speed
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3. Mode ,:wh
4. IOMPHPace ,e\
Problem #3 (20 Points) f
A traffic engineer is attempting to learn whether there are speed differences associated
with different days of the week for the same spot location. One set of data obtained for a
typical week indicates that a sample of 21 speeds obtained on a Wednesday had a mean
value of 32.0 MPH k d a variance of 26.9. A second sample of 27 speeds taken Friday,
indicated a mean value of 36.7 MPH and a variance of 29.1. If it is assumed that the
speeds are sampled fiom normal populations with the s k e variance, are the populations
equal at the 5 percent level of significance?' ,
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b. The average number of vehicles that do not clear the intersection during the green
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3. Four major variables that influence the safe stopping sight distance ~1
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7. Two important federal or state programs that influence traffic safety
Problem #2 (20 points)
Explain Why
2. One lane capacity on a two lane rural road is much smaller than one lane capacity on a
freeway
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3. The 30th highest hourly volume has been suggested as the design hourly volume for
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4. Space mean speed and density are negatively correlated
5. The 10 mph pace has been used in speed studies as a reliable safety measure on
6. Although statistics showed that the number of deaths on US highways has increased
steadily over the last 50 years, the deaths rate per 100,000,000 vehicles-miles decreased.
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7. Ramp metering is used on freeways
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Problem #3 (20 Points)
Select the phrase that correctly completes the following statements.
1. If the space mean speed of a traffic sample is 40 mph, and the flow rate is 2,000 vph,
the traffic stream density is:
@SO vpm
b. 800vpm A
c. 500 vpm
d. None of the above
2. From the information in part 1 above, the average vehicle headway is:
a. 2.5 sec.
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d. 0.50 sec.
3. The speed at which 15% of the drivers travel at speeds higher than this speed is called:
a. The 15 th percentile
b. The minimum speed
Q ~ h 85e th percentile C
d. The median speed
4. If 8,000 vehicles pass a point during a 4-hour period, what is the average daily traffic:
a. 48,000 vpd
b. 32,000 vpd
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(5 2n:z;nt data ,en to answer
5. Theoretically speaking, for a pretimed traffic signal, when the cycle length increases
the intersection overall capacity will:
Qincrease A
b. remain the same
c. decrease
d. Insufficient data given to answer
a. Bernoulli Distribution
b. Radwan Distribution
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c. Negative Exponential Distribution
@normal Distribution
7. The field of peripheral vision for most people extends around the center of the eye at a
range of:
a. 3 to 5 degrees.
b. 10 to 12 degrees.
Q120 to 180 degrees.
d. None of the above.
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8. The Speed at which half of all the vehicles travel faster than this speed and the other
half travel slower is called:
> 9. The sensation that gets affected most for a drunk driver is:
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stimulus.
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10. Saturation flow rate at signalized intersections is the maximum flow rate achieved
when:
/ a. Signal is green for few seconds and queue exists.
Signal is red and queue exists.
Signal is green for a long period and queue exists.
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Signal is green for a long period and no queue exists.
Problem #4 (20 Points)
A large rock became visible to a driver on a horizontal curve at a distance of 300 feet.
Assuming a perception-reaction time of 2.0 seconds, an initial speed of 50 mph, a
coefficient of hction equal to 0.50, and a level roadway, calculate the speed at impact.
Given that the curve radius is 350 feet, and the curve was not superelevated, what is the
coefficient of side hction the vehicle encountered at the initial speed? Is that high?
Problem #5 (10 Points)
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A line of vehicles at a signalized intersection begins to move with the initiation of the
green signal. If the time to clear the first five cars was recorded to be 11.0 seconds, and
the time needed to clear the first nine cars was recorded to be 18.6 seconds, determine:
Extra Information:
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SSD = 1.47Vot+ v2130(f+or - g)
v, = Sum(v)ln
v, = L I Sum(t)
R=5730/D
T, = n S h + 1
Where: