$7\mathrm{.}7.$ Some total station settings can be entered once and then are seldom changed, while other settings must be changed each time the instrument is set up$.$ Prepare two lists of instrument settings, one for each instance.

$7\mathrm{.}8.$ After a total station has been set up over a control station, describe what actions and entries must then be completed before you can begin a topographic survey. $7\mathrm{.}9.$ On a busy construction site, most control stations are blocked from a proposed area of layout. Describe how to create a convenient free station control point using resection techniques.

$7\mathrm{.}10.$ Describe a technique for identifying survey sightings on a curb line so that a series of curb$-$line shots are joined graphically when they are transferred to the computer $($or data collector graphics$).7\mathrm{.}11.$ Describe a total station technique for laying out precoordinated construction points.