TVET NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, School Year 2020-
2021
MARKING GUIDE
SECTOR: CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SERVICES
TRADE: ROAD CONSTRUCTION
RCTFE301: CONDUCT FIELD EXCAVATION
RTQF LEVEL V
DURATION: 3HOUR
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATE
This paper is composed by THREE sections
All 16 questions are compulsory in section A (55 marks)
Attend three (3 questions from section B (30 marks)
Attend one (1) question from section C (15 marks
SECTION A: ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS /55Marks
Q1. Name the (3) primary parts of asphalt paver, and Categories in two (2)
forms the asphalt mixing plant. /5marks
Q2. Pavement design is essentially an empirical science, relying on what
actually works in practice. Circle A if it is main factors of pavement design
and B if it is not. /5Marks
A B Quality of sub-grade soils,
A B Demolition waste
A B Amount and type of traffic (heavy or light),
A B Traffic projections,
A B Milling
A B Weather conditions
Q3. Construction equipment can be categorized into 4 main sections based
on purpose and use, They are: /5Marks
A. Excavation equipment
B. Earth Moving equipment (transportation)
C. Compaction Equipment
Match the following equipment with the above sections by writing the
corresponding letter A, B or C in the provided space. Note that one section
may correspond to more than 1 equipment.
1……Dumper
2……Bulldozer
3……Trencher
4…… Back hoe
5…….Wheeled loading shovel
Q4. The following are typical conventional layer of flexible pavement. Rank
them according to their positions from bottom layer to top layer by writing
the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 in the provided space.
/4.5Marks
……. natural sub-grade
……. binder course
……. compacted sub-grade
……. prime coat
……. sub-base course
……. seal coat
……. tack coat
……. base course
……. surface course
Q5. Those are some types of PPE describe roles on each /4.5
marks
a) Helmet
b) Groves
c) Safety shoes
Q6. Enumerate four (4) types of special cement used in road construction
and any one(1) raw materials used in cement production. /5marks
Q7. The following table from road defect assessment team is submitted to
you. As road builder qualified in road maintenance activities. Choose the best
answer (from the fourth column) to complete the empty cells of first and
third column of the table. /5marks
Name of road Defect description Remedies List of answer to
defect measure propose
(Choose only one
for each cell
Migration of Base patching
bitumen to the Bleeding
surface Cracking
Division of Filling depression
pavement to the Fog spray
surface Plucking
Pothole
Horizontal
Sanding
displacement
Shoving
Local hole in the Surface patching
pavement
Local aggregate
loss from the
asphaltic
pavement
Q8. Describe the trimming steps to be followed while trimming the
damaged area the damaged area. /5marks
Q9. Describe by drawing four types of horizontal curve curves that can be
used in road construction. /4marks
Q10. A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places
that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some
form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.
a) What is a pavement? /3marks
b) Give the purposes of pavement /2marks
Q11. List the various geometric elements to be considered in road design
/4marks
Q12.Describe three (3) Flexible pavement techniques
/5marks
Q 13 . Rigid pavement technic include: /3Marks
A.PCC Joint and Crack Sealing
B. Diamond grinding
C. Slab stabilization
Read the following statements and write in gap space A if it is PCC Joint and
Crack Sealing, B if it is Diamond grinding and C if it is Slab stabilization.
…………… A thin top layer can be milled off of an existing pavement to
smooth out relatively small surface distortions prior to rigid overlay.
…………… to fill voids beneath the slab caused by pumping, consolidation or
other means
…………… products are used to fill joints and cracks in order to prevent
entry of water or other non-compressible substances
Q14. List down different forms of asphalt /2marks
Q15.a) Define the term pothole /1marks
b) How can you repair potholes? /2marks
Q16. In road construction, the materials which are used may be virgin
materials or recycled materials.
a) Define clearly the word “recycling” /2Marks
b) Differentiate clearly between virgin materials with recycled materials
/3Marks
SECTION B: THREE QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY /30Marks
Q17. A storm drain flowing full transitions from 0.7 m to 1.0 m diameter
pipe. Determine the average velocity in each section of pipe for a
discharge 0.5 m3/s. /10marks
Q18. The Types of Failures in Flexible Pavements are due to many
factors/causes. State any 10 causes of flexible pavement failure /10 marks
Q19. Complete the following table: 10 marks
S Road Defect description
N defect
1 .................... This is a series of interconnected cracks creating small,
............ irregular shaped pieces of pavement. It is caused by
failure of the surface layer or base due to repeated
traffic loading
2 Longitudin ..........................................................................................
al cracking ..........................................................................................
.....
3 .................... They are bowl-shaped holes similar to depressions.
4 Rutting ..........................................................................................
..........................................................................................
.....
5 ................... It is the loss of material from the pavement surface.
Q20a). Enumerate five reason of compaction
b) List out five equipment required during road reconstruction
Q21. Read carefully the statements on column A and match them with their
corresponding response on Column B in gap space. /10Marks
Column A Column B
…….1. is a part of the road arranged to receive A. Road
movement of vehicles
………2. is a wide way leading from one place to B. Horizontal
another alignment
………3. Is a lateral surface located on either C. Vertical alignment
sides of carriageway, reserved only for
pedestrians
………4. The direction and course of the center D. Shoulder
line of the road in profile
……...5. The direction and course of the center E. Carriageway
line of the road in plan
Q22. The figure below is the profile of road alignment, if Vertical alignment is
considered as flat. Find the following: /10Marks
a. The distance AB and the distance BC
b. Calculate the area X and area Y
c. What is the meaning of point B
d. If the line AC is the road alignment and the line DE shows the line of
natural ground; What are the nature of surface X and Y.
SECTION C: CHOOSE ONE (1) QUESTION/15Marks
Q23. As road construction technician, study the table below of various types
of road signs and fill the table as per traffic codes.
/15Marks
Q24.Potholes may cause substancial damage to vehicles if they are allowed
to develop and they may cause due to different causes.As a technicians in
road construction,Highlight any seven (7) causes of Potholes regardless to
road pavement materials and clarify three(3) steps involved in successful
way of potholes.
Q25.In Rwanda ,road maintenance activities are frequently conducted by
vision umurenge program (VUP)to revover poor people from the poverty. If
you are a supervision of this program at district level
a)Clarify road maintenace activities in term of their operational frequency
b)List for citizens any four (4) function for road maintenance in which they
are going to be employed.
