FS PRACTICE EXAM Flashcards
- In GPS survey procedures, which of the following is the most important measurement?
A. Barometric Pressure
B. Relative humidity
C. Antenna Height
D. Distance from nearest control point.
C. Antennea Height
Solution: The height of the antenna is a critical measurement as the solution to the position requires the true position of the antenna relative to the center of the earth.
- The specs for a survey require that the boundaries of a subdivision be referenced to the state plane coordinate system (SPCS) and that directions of the boundary lines be referenced to grid north. You can obtain a list of control monuments and coordinates from the:
A. National Society of Professional Surveyors
B. National Bureau of Standards
C. National Geodetic Survey
D. Bureau of Land Management
C. National Geodetic Survey
- In a dependent resurvey in the PLSS, corners are either existent, obliterated, or lost. An obliterated corner is one whose location can be determined by:
A. Double Proportion
B. Single Proportion
C. Reliable Testimony
D. Secondary Methods
C. Reliable Testimony
Reliable Testimony is the only way to determine an obliterated corner. All others are methods to determine the location of a lost corner.
- Which document is typically used to rate structures located in or near a flood plain for the purpose of flood insurance:
A. Elevation Form
B. Wetlands Evaluation
C. Floodproofing Certificate
D. Elevation Certificate
D. Elevation Certificate
- In differential leveling over long distances, what effects must be taken into consideration?
Select all that apply.
A. Focal length of the instrument
B. Curvature of the earth
C. Latitude of the observations
D. Atmospheric refraction
E. Latitude of observer
B & D
Curvature of the earth & Atmospheric Refraction
Solution: The curvature of the earth and atmospheric refraction affect the path of light over distance.
- The most effective way to link the proposed infrastructure of a development to the existing adjacent infrastructure is determined by a:
A. Boundary survey
B. Topographic survey
C. Control survey
D. Construction layout survey
B. Topographic Survey
Solution: Topographical surveys are essential for showing natural terrain features as well as man-made features such as roads, sanitary and storm drain systems.
- A binary public file format used to interchange three-dimensional light detection and ranging data is called:
A. ASCI
B. LAS
C. USGS DEM
D. TIFF
B. LAS
Solution: ASCI files are not binary, USGU DEM is a file format developed by the USGS for storing raster-based digital elevation models. TIFFs are tagged as imagery files.
- List the following title elements in order of importance from most important to least important.
Area
Called-for-monument
Senior rights
Right of possession
Distance
- Right of Posession
- Senior Rights
- Called-for-Monuments
- Distance
- Area
- Place the parts of most metes and bounds legal descriptions in order of appearance.
Qualifying clauses
Augmenting clauses
Caption or heading
Body
- Caption of Heading
- Body
- Qualifying Clauses
- Augmenting Clauses
- The standard determination of the principal tidal datums (e.g., mean high water, mean low water, mean higher water) is determined in the United States based on the average observations of a period of (blank) years.
19 Years
Solution: The determination of the principal tidal datums is determined in the US based on the average observations of a 19-year period.
A corner whose position can be identified by verifying the evidence of the monument, or its accessories, by reference to the description that is contained in the field notes, or where the point can be located by an acceptable supplemental survey record, some physical evidence or testimony.
Existent Corner
A corner (will/will not) be regarded as lost if its position can be recovered through the testimony of one or more witnesses who have dependable knowledge of the original location.
Will Not
A corner At whose point there are no remaining traces of the monument, or its accessories, but whose location has been perpetuated, or the point for which may be recovered beyond reasonable doubt, by the acts and testimony of the interested landowners, competent surveyors, or other qualified local authorities, or witnesses, or by some acceptable record evidence.
Obliterated Corner
A point of a survey whose position can not be determined beyond reasonable doubt, either from traces of the original marks or from acceptable evidence or testimony that bears upon the original position, and whose location can be restored only by reference to one or more interdependent corners.
Lost Corner
- A warranty deed is an example of:
A. Possession insurance
B. A Torren Title
C. A Title Guarantee
D. An agreement between owners to fix a disputed boundary line.
C. A Title Guarantee
- A road easement will be extinguished if which one of the following occurs?
A. The dervient tenement is sold to another.
B. The dominant and servient tenement is under one ownership.
C. The easement is not actively in use.
D. A fence is constructed across the easement.
B. The dominant and servient tenement is under one ownership.
Solution: Merger of title between the dominant and servient tenement causes the easement to merge into fee ownership.
- When performing project research, it is necessary to review the historical recorded dates of all deeds for the subject property and adjoining properties to determine.
A. Order of conveyance
B. Transcription errors
C. The parties intent
D. The basis of declination
A. Order of conveyance
Solution: All others are important to researching the title, but the creation and recording dates will determine senior rights and whether conveyance was sequential or simultaneous.
- In a Lambert projection, all the lines that are equal distances apart are:
A. Straight lines
B. Standard parallels
C. Central meridians
D. Meridians
B. Standard parallels
Soltution: All meridians converge to a central point. Straight lines may be at different bearnings.
- When elevations are produced for a survey project using GNSS, the limiting factor is a:
A. Clear line of sight
B. Precise ellipsoidal model
C. Precise geoid model
D. Precise gravimetric model
C. Precise geoid model
- Geodetic heights obtained with satellite surveys are:
A. Presented in egocentric coordinates
B. Presented in state plane coordinates
C. Measured with respect to a geoid
D. Measured with respect to the ellipsoid.
D. Measured with respect to the ellipsoid.
- What is the maximum number of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) that OPUS Static can use when processing a submitted GPS observations file?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
B. 3
Solution: OPUS Static can use a maximum of three CORS when processing a submitted GPS file.
- The term projected as it relates to the state plane coordinate system means that the:
A. The survey is inaccurate and needs to be corrected.
B. Survey points from found monuments need to undergo a unit conversion
C. Handwritten coordinates are entered into computer software.
D. Earth’s curvature needs to be taken into account for survey calculations.
D. Earth’s curvature needs to be taken into account for survey calculations.
- Distance measurements made with modern equipment may not agree with historical measurements due to the type of equipment that was used and systematic errors in the original measurements. Which of the following allows surveyors to relate original record distances to measurements made during a resurvey, to assist with a resurvey, or to find the original monuments?
A. Elevation factor
B. Grid factor
C. Scale factor
D. Zone constant
C. Scale factor
Solution: A historical scale factor can be determined by measuring between to found original monuments that appear to have not been disturbed. Diving the original distance by the measured distance and the result is a scale factor for the survey.
- When using the compass/transit rule process to complete a traverse adjustment, you must follow the steps in a certain sequence. List the steps in the order in which they would occur in the process.
A. Calculate the lengths and azimuth if the Travers lines after adjustment.
B. Adjust the latitudes and departures for misclosure.
C. Calculate departures and latitudes
D. Computer the rectangular coordinates of the traverse stations.
E. Determine the azimuth of the traverse sides.
F. Adjust the angles to fixed geometric conditions.
Step 1: Adjust the angles to fixed geometric conditions
Step 2: Determine the azimuth to the traverse sides.
Step 3: Calculate departures and latitudes
Step 4: Adjust the latitudes and departures for misclosure.
Step 5: Computer the rectangular coordinates of the teaverse stations
Step 6: Calculate the lengths and azimuths of the traverse lines after adjustment.
- In least squares adjustments, error ellipses depict a two-dimensional representation of uncertainties of the:
A. Adjusted coordinates
B. Adjusted angles
C. Measurements
D. Unadjustedcoordinates
A. Adjusted coordinates
- The fire/hazard diamond below indicates a presence of which of the following.
(Vial pouring burning an iron bar and hand)
A. Acute toxicity
B. Corrosives
C. Oxidizers
D. Self-reactives
B. Corrosives
- A confined space includes which of the following?
(Select all that apply)
A. Is large enough for an employee to enter filly and perform assigned work.
B. Is designed for continuous occupancy by the employee.
C. Has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit.
D. Contains recognized serious safety or health hazards.
E. Has concrete floors.
A, C, and D
- The consideration portion of a valid contract includes which of the following?
A. Ability to sign for an entity
B. Legal subject name
C. Names of the parties
D. Value
D. Value
Solution:
Parts of a contract:
- Offer and acceptance (C)
- Competent persons (A)
- Consideration (D)
- Legal subject matter (B)
- Proper form
- The first and foremost responsibility of a professional surveyor is to the:
A. Client
B. Employer
C. Public welfare
D. Surveying association
C. Public welfare
Solution: Licenses shall be cognizant that their first and foremost responsibility is to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public when performing services for clients and employers.
- If you suspect someone has hyprthermia, you should:
A. Give cool beverages
B. Move person to a cool place
C. Gently warm the person’s core
D. Plunge the person into a hot bath.
C. Gently warm the person’s core.
- Which of the following is true of a partnership?
A. It can sell stocks or shares.
B. It exists independently of the person who owns or manges it.
C. It is the most common type of business.
D. It is a business owned by two or more people working for a profit.
D. It is a business owned by two or more people working for a profit.
