Unit 5

Question 1

A metes-and-bounds description starts at a designated place on the parcel called the point of beginning.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The legal description of a property is based on information collected through a process called a survey.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Benchmarks are permanent reference points that have been established throughout the United States.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When a survey also shows the location, size, and shape of buildings on the lot, it is called a spot survey.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Some traditional terms of measurement NOT often used today include rods, cubic yards, and

Answer 5

chains.

Question 6

How many acres are contained in the tract described as “beginning at the NW corner of the SW¼, then south along the west line to the SW corner of the section, then east along the south line of the section 2,640 feet, more or less, to the SE corner of the said SW¼, then in a straight line to the POB”?

Answer 6

80 acres

Question 7

A legal description must contain a reference to which of the following?

Answer 7

The principal meridian and the base line of the survey system area in which the property lies

Question 8

A lot-and-block description of a parcel of land must always include

Answer 8

the name or number of the subdivision plat.

Question 9

A plat map

Answer 9

describes the lots and blocks in a subdivision.

Question 10

Beginning at the intersection of the west line of Carney Street and the north line of Wolf Road, running west 140 feet, then north 120 feet, then north 50 degrees east 120 feet, then following the southeasterly curvature of the south line of Jasmine Lane for 100 feet, then south 120 feet to POB. To which lot does this description refer?

Answer 10

Lot 8, Block A

Question 11

A buyer is willing to pay $1,200 per acre for the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 11. How much will the buyer pay for the land?

Answer 11

$12,000

Question 12

When surveying land, a surveyor refers to the principal meridian that is

Answer 12

within the rectangular survey system area in which the land being surveyed is located.

Question 13

A buyer acquired a property with three acres. How many square feet does the property have?

Answer 13

130,680

Question 14

Which of these MOST accurately describes the dimensions of a quarter-section?

Answer 14

½ mile by ½ mile

Question 15

A farm that is a quarter-section is

Answer 15

160 acres.

Question 16

What is the proper description of this shaded area of a section using the rectangular survey system?

Answer 16

N½ of the NE¼ of the SW¼ and the SE¼ of the NW¼

Question 17

Cities with local datums also have designated official local

Answer 17

benchmarks.

Question 18

Which of the following is Section D?

Answer 18

Section 1

Question 19

To integrate information found in publicly available land records, the Federal Geographic Data Committee has created

Answer 19

the Cadastral Data Content Standard.

Question 20

Which of these shaded areas of a section depicts the NE¼ of the SE¼ of the SW¼?

Answer 20

Area 1

Question 21

What are the turning points in the metes-and-bounds method of property description?

Answer 21

Monuments

Question 22

A township is a rectangle that is

Answer 22

six miles square and contains 36 square miles