QUESTIONS

can be held financially accountable for items missing or damaged through negligence. Most consumable items contained in the kit, such as pencils, pencil leads, lumber crayon, and surveyor’s flaggings, are stocked in the battalion supply department for kit replenishment. Additional supplies and equipment are also stocked in the engineering office surveyor’s linker to supplement the kits. QUESTIONS Q1. According to your textbook, the vertical axis is the basis of all adjustments made to the engineer’s level. What is the basis for adjustments to the transit? Q2. You should never attempt to adjust an instrument until the same test, repeated how many times, shows the same amount of error? Q3. What is the purpose of adjusting the line of sight of a level or a transit? Q4. Why is it necessary for the vertical cross hair of a transit to be perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the instrument? Q5. As you have learned when apart, such as a level tube or a cross hair, is out of adjustment, there is a method of compensating for the maladjust- ment. When should you use these compensating methods? 6-10