SECTION TEN: LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

1. What is the principal purpose underlying legal descriptions of real property?

a. To create a consistent, unchanging standard for locating the property.
b. To eliminate all possible boundary disputes.
c. To comply with federal laws.
d. To eliminate cumbersome metes and bounds descriptions.

2. Which of the following is a distinctive feature of metes and bounds descriptions?

a. They use meridians and base lines.
b. They identify an enclosed area, beginning and ending at the same point.
c. They use lot and block numbers.as the street address.
d. They incorporate elevation into the descriptions.

3. A certain legal description contains the phrase “…southeasterly along Happ Road to the stone landmark…” What kind of description is this?

a. Plat survey plat of survey is
b. Government grid
c. Metes and bounds
d. Rectangular survey

4. The abbreviation POB stands for

a. perimeter of boundaries.
b. point of beginning.
c. point of bounds.
d. plat of boundary.

5. What are the approximate dimensions of a township in the rectangular survey system?

a. Thirty-six miles on a side
b. Twenty-five square miles.
c. Depends on the state.
d. Six miles by six miles

6. The area running north and south between meridians is a

a. range.
b. township.
c. strip.
d. tier.

7. The area running east and west between base lines is a

a. range.
b. tier.
c. parameter.
d. parallel.

8. How many sections are there in a township?

a. One
b. Six
c. Twelve
d. Thirty-six

9. A section contains how many acres?

a. 640
b. 320
c. 160
d. 40

10. How many acres are there in the S 1/2 of the NW ¼ of Section 3?

a. 20 acres
b. 40 acres
c. 80 acres
d. 160 acres

11. If a parcel does not have a lot and block number and is too irregular to be described as a fraction of a section, the legal description

a. is the street address.
b. will include a metes and bounds description.
c. will use an estimate of the sectional fraction.
d. will create a special reference number.

12. The legal description of a parcel in a subdivision that has been recorded with lot and block numbers on a plat of survey is

a. the lot and block number, with section, township and meridian references.
b. the standard rectangular survey description.
c. the subdivision plat map.
d. the lot and block number.

13. A datum is a reference point used for legal descriptions of

a. agricultural and ranch properties.
b. properties that straddle state boundaries.
c. properties located above or below the earth's surface.
d. irregularly-shaped properties.

14. What is the purpose of correction lines in surveys?

a. To fix errors that naturally occur during any survey
b. To allow true meridians to converge to one common point
c. To maintain a rectangle survey pattern on the earth’s curvature
d. To restore east-west section lines to their original spacing

15. An assessment roll includes

a. special features on the property.
b. the property’s value.
c. sales data.
d. the property’s site address.

16. Which of the following statements is false?

a. When preparing for a survey, the surveyor must comply with the state reporting formats.
b. Surveyors must comply with Florida minimum standards for surveys.
c. Surveys are used in creating maps for tax purposes.
d. Surveyors rely strictly on records and plats filed with the county recorder’s office.

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