Traffic Engineering Questions and Answers – Capacity of Weaving Sections

This set of Traffic Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Capacity of Weaving Sections”.

1. Vehicles which doesn’t change lanes in the weaving section causes inconvenience in traffic stream?
a) True
b) False
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: “Vehicles which doesn’t change lanes in the weaving section causes inconvenience in traffic stream” is an incorrect statement. The correct statement is, “Vehicles which change lanes in the weaving section causes inconvenience in traffic stream”. Hence weaving sections become the bottleneck of the road system.

2. What is weaving capacity?
a) The maximum number of vehicles per hour that can cross a weaving section in a period of time
b) The minimum number of vehicles per hour that can cross a weaving section in a period of time
c) The maximum number of vehicles per day that can cross a weaving section in a period of time
d) The minimum number of vehicles per day that can cross a weaving section in a period of time
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Weaving capacity is the maximum number of vehicles per hour that can cross a weaving section in a period of time. It is also defined as the no. of lane change operations within the given weaving section.

3. Weaving capacity is affected by which prime factor given below?
a) Length of weaving section
b) Driver characteristics
c) Traffic police
d) Traffic control devices
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Weaving capacity is affected by the length of the weaving section. In Type A configurations (in Highway Capacity Manual, 2000) there appears to be a great sensitivity to length and Type B and C sections show little difference in the capacity of the section.
advertisement
advertisement

4. Higher capacity value occurs when free-flow speeds are ______
a) Higher
b) Low
c) 30 kmph
d) 60 kmph
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: According to Highway Capacity Manual (2000), Higher capacity value occurs when free-flow speeds are higher. Weaving capacity is affected by the length and width of the weaving section.

Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – Traffic Engineering.

To practice all areas of Traffic Engineering, here is complete set of 1000+ Multiple Choice Questions and Answers.

If you find a mistake in question / option / answer, kindly take a screenshot and email to [email protected]

advertisement
advertisement
Subscribe to our Newsletters (Subject-wise). Participate in the Sanfoundry Certification contest to get free Certificate of Merit. Join our social networks below and stay updated with latest contests, videos, internships and jobs!

Youtube | Telegram | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest
Manish Bhojasia - Founder & CTO at Sanfoundry
Manish Bhojasia, a technology veteran with 20+ years @ Cisco & Wipro, is Founder and CTO at Sanfoundry. He lives in Bangalore, and focuses on development of Linux Kernel, SAN Technologies, Advanced C, Data Structures & Alogrithms. Stay connected with him at LinkedIn.

Subscribe to his free Masterclasses at Youtube & discussions at Telegram SanfoundryClasses.