The primary function of the Bounce and Bypass locate tool is to determine which feature?

• A. General boundaries
• B. Contamination depth
• C. Weather patterns
• D. Communication lines

Answer: (A)

The main idea this tool focuses on is mapping the outer extents of a buried feature. By emitting signals that bounce off the edges and lines of the feature and can be steered around obstacles, it reveals where the feature begins and ends in the horizontal plane. That makes its primary function to determine general boundaries—the plan-view outline of what you’re dealing with.

Contamination depth would require methods that measure how deep the material goes, which this tool isn’t designed for. Weather patterns are meteorological data and unrelated to locating a buried object. Communication lines refer to utilities and would be found with different surveying or utility-locating techniques. So mapping the feature’s boundaries is the best fit for what this tool does.