Highway Engineering Questions and Answers – Traffic Flow and Roadway Capacity

This set of Highway Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Traffic Flow and Roadway Capacity”.

1. The weaving manoeuvres is a type of __________
a) Merging
b) Diverging
c) Intersection
d) Crossing
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2. Which of the following does not affect traffic flow?
a) Vehicles travelling at speed
b) Length of the vehicle
c) Weather conditions
d) Geometric design
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3. The speed at which the value of time headway is lowest represents the __________
a) Optimum speed
b) Maximum speed
c) Maximum headway
d) Minimum headway
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4. In countries like USA and UAE, which of the regulation is followed?
a) Keep to left
b) Keep to right
c) Keep to middle
d) Follow intersection
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5. When the gap of the vehicle changes to a smaller lane then it is called __________
a) Lane change
b) Forced lane change
c) Simultaneous lane change
d) Voluntary lane change
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6. The vehicles per unit length at any instant of time is called as __________
a) Density
b) Jam density
c) Maximum density
d) Traffic flow
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7. The distance between the two consecutive vehicles is called __________
a) Space headway
b) Time headway
c) Jam density
d) Traffic flow
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8. The maximum jam density occurs at __________
a) Zero speed
b) 15^th percentile speed
c) 30^th percentile speed
d) 98^th percentile speed
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9. If the space headway is 7m, then the jam density in vehicle/km is __________
a) 142
b) 144
c) 145
d) 146
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10. The minimum space headway increases with __________
a) Increase in length of vehicle
b) Increase in width of vehicle
c) Increase in weight of vehicle
d) Increase in width of pavement
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11. Which of the following equation is correct?
a) Q=KV
b) K=qv
c) K=qv²
d) V=kq
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12. The maximum jam density occurs at __________
a) Ki
b) Ki/2
c) Ki/3
d) Ki/4
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13. If the jam density is 145vehicles/km, and velocity is 60kph then the capacity flow is __________
a) 2175
b) 2200
c) 2375
d) 2500
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14. The equivalency factor for the car recommended by IRC is?
a) 0.5
b) 1.0
c) 1.5
d) 2.0
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15. The maximum theoretical capacity is __________
a) 1000V/S
b) 1000S/V
c) 1000S
d) 1000V
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