Deck 3: Surveys and Land Descriptions 1

Question 1

Each section of a township square contains 640 acres.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A boundary survey that locates physical improvements on the land is called an as-built survey.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A township square is divided into 24 sections.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A metes and bounds description must close.

Question 5

Generally, a surveyor will indicate if the property surveyed is located in an earthquake zone.

Question 6

A platted description describes a piece of land by reference to a recorded survey or plat.

Question 7

Base lines run north and south.

Question 8

Range lines are lines that run east and west at 6-mile intervals parallel with base lines.

Question 9

Generally speaking, a land lot and district designation would be used in a government rectangular survey description.

Question 10

"Begin at a point on Elm Street" is a correct designation as a point of beginning.

Question 11

Principal meridians are always identified as a certain meridian a number of degrees north of the equator.

Question 12

Township lines are lines that run east and west at 6-mile intervals parallel with base lines.

Question 13

Township lines are lines that run at 6-mile intervals north and south parallel with meridians.

Question 14

Most surveys should indicate which direction is south on the survey by including a south arrow.

Question 15

Principal meridians run east and west.

Question 16

Generally, a surveyor will indicate if the property surveyed is located in a flood hazard area.

Question 17

A township square is 20 miles square.

Question 18

Each section of a township square contains 1,000 acres.

Question 19

Generally speaking, a land lot and district designation would not be found in a government rectangular survey system.

Question 20

A township square is 36 miles square.

Question 21

The real property evidence considered by a surveyor typically consists of physical field evidence, written record evidence, and field measurements.

Question 22

One of the key objectives when reviewing a survey is to determine if the survey description of the property matches the description contained in the deed to the property.

Question 23

The SE 1 / 4 of the NE 1 / 4 of a section would be an area of land equal to:

A) 160 acres
B) 80 acres
C) 20 acres
D) 40 acres

Question 24

The radius and chord of a curve will always be the same length.

Question 25

The rectangular survey system is based on sets of two intersecting hypothetical lines: principal meridians and base lines.

Question 26

The NW 1 / 4 of the SE 1 / 4 of the SE 1 / 4 of a section would be an area of land equal to:

A) 80 acres
B) 40 acres
C) 10 acres
D) 20 acres

Question 27

Horizontal lines that run east and west and are used in a government rectangular survey system are known as:

A) principal meridians
B) township lines
C) range lines
D) base lines

Question 28

Land on either side of a principal meridian is divided into 6-mile strips by north and south lines called:

A) range lines
B) base lines
C) township lines
D) guide meridians

Question 29

The S 1 / 2 of the SW 1 / 4 of the NE 1 / 4 of a section would be an area of land equal to:

A) 20 acres
B) 10 acres
C) 40 acres
D) 80 acres

Question 30

Sections within a township are numbered consecutively beginning in the:

A) southeast corner of the township
B) northeast corner of the township
C) northwest corner of the township
D) southwest corner of the township

Question 31

Platted description describes a parcel of land measuring each boundary by a certain course and distance.

Question 32

Which of the following would be an appropriate monument for purposes of locating a point of beginning on a survey? A) street intersection
B) intersection of street with railroad
C) intersection of street with stream
D) intersection of land lot lines
E) all of the above
F) none of the above

Question 33

A section of a township contains:

A) 200 acres
B) 460 acres
C) 640 acres
D) 250 acres

Question 34

Vertical lines that run north and south and are used in the government rectangular survey system are known as:

A) base lines
B) range lines
C) principal meridians
D) township lines

Question 35

The rectangular survey system is based on sets of two intersecting hypothetical lines: principal meridians and township lines.

Question 36

A township square is subdivided into:

A) 24 sections
B) 10 sections
C) 36 sections
D) none of the above