Deck 7: The Site

Question 1

Site comparison analyses are part of the responsibility of the client.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Proposed contour lines are always shown as broken lines.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Tree roots must be protected from the destruction caused by cutting and suffocation from filling.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

One of the ways to compile the factors needed for a site analysis is to use a checklist.

Question 5

The site is the single most important determinant of what the landscape can and cannot do.

Question 6

The site analysis checklist becomes an itemized account of the property characteristics.

Question 7

The more features and characteristics there are on the checklist, the less helpful the data is in producing a landscape design that will fit the site.

Question 8

The ease or difficulty of the development of a site depends on whether the land is level or rolling, rocky or sandy, forest or open.

Question 9

Steep slopes are identified by widely spaced contour lines.

Question 10

What term describes a piece of land that has potential for development?

A) site
B) property
C) real estate
D) estate

Question 11

The rise and fall of the land describes what feature of a property?

A) value
B) soil type
C) profile
D) terrain

Question 12

Most human activity requires that the land have what characteristic?

A) sandy soil
B) being nearly flat
C) good drainage
D) smooth contours

Question 13

Land that is what percent or less is perceived by users as flat?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 5
D) 20

Question 14

What grading practice describes the removal of earth from a slope?

A) filling
B) stripping
C) sloping
D) cutting

Question 15

The form of the land is changed by what mechanical process?

A) cutting
B) filling
C) grading
D) smoothing

Question 16

What grading practice describes the addition of earth to a slope?

A) building up
B) filling
C) compacting
D) none of these answers is correct

Question 17

What measurement compares the horizontal length measured from the map's scale to the vertical rise or fall determined by contour lines and contour intervals?

A) slope
B) contour
C) drainage capacity
D) soil type

Question 18

The record of an area's terrain is given what term?

A) slope
B) grade
C) contour
D) topography

Question 19

At what percent of slope may land require grading to make it more usable?

A) 4
B) 10
C) 8
D) 6

Question 20

The vertical distance between contour lines is called the _________________________.

Question 21

The broken lines on the map are _________________________.

Question 22

The more closely contour lines are spaced on a topographic map, the ____________________ is the slope being represented.

Question 23

Site features that show evidence of human presence and impact are classified as ____________________.

Question 24

An area of a site that has a protected or exposed area, where plant growth may be affected is termed a ____________________.

Question 25

Legal restrictions on certain uses of the land are known as ____________________ regulations.

Question 26

Strips of private land that are legally usable for public purposes are termed ____________________.

Question 27

Runoff water flows downhill ____________________ to the contour lines on a topographic map of the site.

Question 28

Inventoried features from the site analysis are represented graphically on the ____________________.

Question 29

The vertical change in elevation divided by the horizontal distance reveals the ____________________ of slope.