SUG 101 covers 22 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study
sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked
answers for each one.
Principles and scope of surveying and geo-informatics
Survey accuracy, precision, errors and balancing
Classes and branches of surveying
Economy of accuracy, consistency and data custody
Linear measurement with linen and steel tapes
Chain surveying instruments and field procedures
Chain survey checks, booking, plotting and field problems
Spirit levelling and levelling datums
Benchmarks, collimation adjustment and level reduction
Angular measurement with compass and theodolite
Survey computations, bearings and plotting
Map reading, scales, symbols and Nigerian map series
Relief representation, grids and reference directions
Interpretation of maps, layouts and imageries
Ranging of survey lines
Linear measurement with tape
Chain surveying
Levelling exercises
Profile levelling
Longitudinal and cross-sections
Theodolite angle measurement
Setting out angles with theodolite
A sample from this course
One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.
Principles and scope of surveying and geo-informatics
Surveying is the science of determining the relative positions of points on the Earth’s surface and the measurement of distances, angles, and elevations. Geo‑informatics integrates surveying data with information technology to analyse, store and visualise spatial information.
What you get for SUG 101
Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.