Question

The flexible pavements consists of _____________

(a) thin wearing surface

(b) thick wearing surface

(c) no wearing surface

(d) wearing surface present at only specific places

The question was posed to me in unit test.

Asked question is from Design of Flexible Pavements in portion Design of Flexible & Rigid Pavement of Geotechnical Engineering II

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) thin wearing surface

For explanation I would say: The flexible pavements consists of thin wearing surface which is built over a base and sub-base course, and they rest on compacted surface. The wearing surface is smooth in order for the vehicles to ride on it.