Deck 8: Written Communication

Question 1

What happens to the description for the 42-acre parcel T39N, R23W, Sec. 4, NW ¼ SE ¼ when a comma is inserted after NW ¼?

A)Area described is decreased.
B)Area described is increased.
C)Answers A and B
D)No resultant change to parcel description

Answer 1

Area described is increased.

Question 2

Which of the following sentences provides a reader with a logical transition?

A)Every effort was made to find the source of the error, however, no conclusive evidence was found.
B)We searched high and low to find why the error occurred in the data that we collected and recorded in the field book notes that were done well.
C)The field notes were reviewed repeatedly to find the source of the error that was not found by those who were looking at the details.
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Every effort was made to find the source of the error, however, no conclusive evidence was found.

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of "jargon"?

A)Win-win scenario
B)Thinking outside the box
C)Shotgun approach
D)All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following sentences contains a redundant word or phrase?

A)The best parts of her previous proposals were included in this presentation.
B)He could always be relied upon to show up for work on time.
C)We are now using GPS surveying technology combined together with GIS mapping.
D)All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following problems best describes what is wrong with the given sentence?
Few surveyors who are practicing in the industry recognize their responsibility to the public for providing well written and clear documents for the sake of future generations who will be using the information to determine important things such as land ownership, property boundaries, as well as many other things.

A)Too many prepositional phrases
B)Too brief
C)Too much jargon
D)All of the above

Question 6

The use of which of the following phrases will result in the most effective version of the given sentence?
The watershed group's board announced their anonymous approval of the new contract during the quarterly membership meeting.

A)their anonymous approval
B)its anonymous approval
C)their unanimous approval
D)its unanimous approval

Question 7

Which of the following sentences provides an example of the correct usage of a semicolon?

A)The surveys performed included the following; topographic, bathymetric, and structural.
B)Every employee should have access to the park; furthermore, access to the park should be free.
C)The new system will encourage the public to conduct research online; thus streamlining the approval process.
D)All of the above

Question 8

When providing a reference in a bibliography for a USGS topographic map, what information should be included?

A)author, sheet title, and date
B)author, sheet title, number, edition, and scale
C)author, sheet title, series title, place of publication, publisher, and date
D)author, sheet title, number, edition, scale, series title, place of publication, publisher, and date

Question 9

Which of the following formulas is used to determine true intent?

A)True intent = intent of the surveyor + intent of the grantor
B)True intent = intent of the grantor + the intent of the grantee
C)True intent = intent of the grantor + intent of the Court
D)True intent = intent of the grantee + intent of the Court

Question 10

Which of the following common errors is typical of the given sentences?
Each of these patterns coordinate with the others.
There is two main reasons to conduct that poll.
The survey chief or a field crew member check the setting every day.

A)Sentence fragment
B)Wrong tense or verb form
C)Lack of subject-verb agreement
D)Fused sentence

Question 11

Which of the following sentences includes a comma splice?

A)We detested the assignment, the supervisor gave it to us as a punishment.
B)With the correct equipment, the field crew could measure the extent of the problem.
C)Coyotes eat mostly small rodents, birds, and the occasional Pomeranian.
D)None of the above.