Unit 5/Class 5

Question 1

A surveyor who is using degrees, minutes and seconds to find the distance of a residential lot is using which type of survey method?

Answer 1

Metes and bounds survey

Question 2

A metes and bounds property description must contain

Answer 2

a beginning and end point

Question 3

One of the primary purposes of a metes and bounds survey is to….

Answer 3

enclose the area of the land being surveyed

Question 4

A quadrant can be best described as….

Answer 4

one-fourth of a circle

Question 5

A legal description is one that identifies a…

Answer 5

parcel of land

Question 6

What kinds of documents must contain a legal description?

Answer 6

mortgage
deed
title policies
condominium documents

Question 7

What are the four types of survey methods used to describe property?

Answer 7

Metes and Bounds
Government Survey
Lot and Block
Monument

Question 8

Metes and Bounds is a boundary survey that identifies property by its shape and boundary dimensions using _________ and ___________, and by using _________ to mark terminal points and angels.

Answer 8

distance and direction

monuments

Question 9

Metes and Bounds survey - the starting point on a lot is called the ______________

Answer 9

point of beginning

Question 10

Metes and Bounds Survey - a property description must “close” which means ___________

Answer 10

means that it must return to the point of beginning

Question 11

Metes and bounds Note: the actual measured distance between monuments prevails in a survey, superceeds the written legal description

Question 12

Terminology used in metes and bounds:
Degrees, minutes and seconds are used in a metes and bounds survey. A degree is a geometric measurement. There are ____ degrees in a circle, ______ degrees in a straight line and ______ in a right angle.
Seconds and minutes are used to determine ________

Answer 12

360
180
90

The distance between degrees

Question 13

Also called the geodetic or rectangular survey, the government survey is based on sets of ________

Answer 13

imaginary lines

Question 14

Government Surveys:
______________ are lines that run north and south
___________ run east to west

Answer 14

Principal Meridian

Base Lines

Question 15

When is the government survey most useful

Answer 15

In surveying large parcels of land. It is not good for small tracts of land

Question 16

Government Surveys

The largest area of land is called a _________ and measures __x___ miles

Answer 16

check

24 x 24 miles

Question 17

within a 24x24 check, you have _______ that run __x___ miles

Answer 17

townships

6 x 6 miles

Question 18

A section is ___x___mile within a township

Answer 18

1 x 1 miles

Question 19

There are ______ sections in one township and ____ townships in one check.

Answer 19

36 sections

16 townships

Question 20

One section is one square mile and contains how many acres

Answer 20

640

Question 21

Lot and Block
A lot is…
A block is…

Answer 21

one tract of land

a group of contiguous lots

Question 22

A lot and block survey is used for the _________ of land, identifies property how?

Answer 22

subdivision of land

identified by a lot and block number on a plat

Question 23

What is used to record the subdivision of land?

Answer 23

A plat map

Question 24

A plat map for a lot and block survey will show what type of information

Answer 24

lots and blocks
easements
lot sizes
width of streets
floodplain areas
names of adjoining property owners

Question 25

what does a geodetic survey measure?

Answer 25

The size and shape of the earth

Question 26

What are monuments used for in a metes and bounds survey

Answer 26

monuments are fixed objects or markets identifying the POB and corners or places where the boundary line changes directions

Question 27

Rows of townships are called _______ and columns of townships are called ________

Answer 27

tiers

ranges

Question 28

A township is divided into 36 sections of one square mile (____ acres) each and run from right to left, then left to right, starting at section 1 at the northeast corner of the township and ending at section 36 at the southeast corner of the township

Answer 28

640 acres

Question 29

A lot and block method is also called a….

Answer 29

recorded plat method

Question 30

Survey preparation includes both a _______ and a ________

Answer 30

legal description

survey sketch

Question 31

________ feet = 1 miles

Answer 31

5,280 feet in 1 mile

Question 32

_______ square feet in 1 acre

approximately ____ x _____ feet

Answer 32

43,560 square feet in 1 acre

209 x 209

Question 33

_____ acres in 1 square mile

Answer 33

640 acres

Question 34

By law, which section has been set aside for school purposes

Answer 34

16