Unit 5: Land Description

$294,030

A piece of land is for sale for $2.25 per square foot. The land is three acres. What was the total selling price for the land? A) $6,750 B) $294,030 C) $98,010 D) $130,680

an Improvement Location Certificate (ILC)

A survey that provides only the location of the structures and improvements as related to property boundaries is A) an Intermediate Location Survey (ILS). B) an Improvement Area Certificate (IAC). C) an Improvement Location Certificate (ILC). D) an Intermediate Area Survey (IAS).

80

The N½ of the SW¼ of a section contains how many acres? A) 60 B) 20 C) 80 D) 40

Section 36

Bottom right corner of a township. What is the section #?

the Cadastral Data Content Standard

To integrate information found in publicly available land records, the Federal Geographic Data Committee has created A) the Computer-Assisted Design Program. B) the Uniform Geographic Information Program. C) the National Integrated Land System. D) the Cadastral Data Content Standard.

Monuments

What are the turning points in the metes-and-bounds method of property description? A) Sections B) Acres C) Divisions D) Monuments

legal description

What is a detailed way of describing a parcel of land? A) Legal description B) Inspection C) None of these D) Appraisal

5,280 feet and 43,560 square feet

What is the length of a mile and number of square feet in an acre? A) 5,280 feet and 43,560 square feet B) 220 yards and 5,280 square feet C) 7,500 feet and 50,000 square feet D) 6,400 feet and 22,000 square feet

36

What is the number of the sections in any township? A) 16 B) 12 C) 36 D) 100

four miles

What is the shortest distance between Section 1 and Section 36 in the same township? A) Four miles B) Three miles C) Six miles D) Five miles

Survey

Which is the process by which boundaries are measured by calculating the dimensions and area to determine the exact location of a piece of land? A) Square foot analysis B) Metes and bounds C) Survey D) Appraisal

baseline, principal meridians, and townships

Which of the following are NOT basic components of a metes-and-bounds description? A) Tangible and intangible monuments B) Base lines, principal meridians, and townships C) Degrees, minutes, and seconds D) Points of beginning

Street address

Which of the following is NOT a valid way to define a legal description? A) Metes and bounds B) Street address C) Lot and block D) Survey

Section 7

The section directly below section 6.

Section 6

Which township section number is directly north of Section 7? A) Section 6 B) Section 1 C) Section 5 D) Section 8

$12,000

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? A) $6,000 B) $3,000 C) $12,000 D) $24,000

$6,000

A buyer purchases 4.5 acres of land for $78,400. An adjoining owner wants to purchase a strip of this land measuring 150 feet by 100 feet. What should this strip cost the adjoining owner if it is sold for the same price per square foot originally paid? A) $6,000 B) $9,400 C) $7,800 D) $3,000

16.5

A chain is 66 feet long or four rods; a rod is A) 16.5 feet. B) 26.5 feet. C) 66 feet. D) 6.6 feet.

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

A legal description must contain a reference to which of the following? A) Lot numbers and sections B) Sales price C) The principal meridian and the base line of the survey system area in which the property lies D) A record of survey and the principal meridian

Metes and bounds

A legal description stating "start at the street sign at the corner of Ash and 11th, go 100' south to the tree, then 50' west ..." is MOST likely what type of legal description? A) Urban B) Lot and block C) Metes and bounds D) Government survey

beginning

A metes-and-bounds property description must always conclude at the point of A) balance. B) conclusion. C) beginning. D) ending.

2.94

A parcel of land is 400 feet by 640 feet. The parcel is cut in half diagonally by a stream. How many acres are in each half of the parcel? A) 2.75 B) 5.88 C) 5.51 D) 2.94

$102,801.60

A parcel of land is two acres. It sells for $1.18 per square foot. What is the total selling price for the parcel? A) $23,600.00 B) $51,400.80 C) $87,120.00 D) $102,801.60

81

A property contains 10 acres. How many lots of not less than 50 feet by 100 feet can be subdivided from the property if 26,000 square feet were dedicated for roads? A) 81 B) 80 C) 83 D) 82

at the point of beginning

A property description using the metes-and-bounds method must always end where? A) At the point of conclusion B) At the point of ending C) At the point of balance D) At the point of beginning.

six miles square and contains 36 square miles

A township is a rectangle that is A) six miles square and contains 36 square miles B) based on the lot and block system C) eight miles square and contains 64 square miles D) 640 acres

recorded plat method

Another name for the lot-and-block method of describing a parcel of land is A) the metes-and-bounds method. B) the recorded plat method. C) the Torrens system. D) the government survey system.

a principal meridian

As a legal description, "the northwest ¼ of the southwest ¼ of Section 6, Township 4 North, Range 7 West" is defective because it contains no reference to A) a principal meridian. B) boundary lines. C) lot numbers. D) a record of survey.

Drawing of the section.

Draw the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/2 and SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4.

the mean is sea level at New York Harbor

For the purpose of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the term datum is defined as A) the official data used by each local city. B) the mean sea level at New York Harbor. C) the mean elevation at the geographical center of the continental United States. D) the mean sea level in San Francisco Bay.

43,560 sq ft.

How big is an acre? A) 43,560 sq. ft. B) 4,356 sq. ft. C) 43,560 sq. yd. D) 4,356 sq. yd.

280 acres

How many acres are contained in a parcel described as follows: The NE ¼ of the NW ¼, and the S ½ of the NW ¼, and the NE ¼, of Section 10? A) 640 acres B) 280 acres C) 140 acres D) 380 acres

$180,000

If a farm described as "the NW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 3 West of the 6th. P.M." sold for $4,500 an acre, what was the total sales price? A) $90,000 B) $45,000 C) $135,000 D) $180,000

a recorded subdivision map

In a legal description, the terms lot and block relate to A) the government survey system. B) a recorded subdivision map. C) correction lines and datum plane. D) a metes-and-bounds description.

16

In any township, what is the number of the section designated as the school section? A) 36 B) 16 C) 1 D) 25

Metes and Bounds

In describing real estate, the method that may use a property's physical features to determine boundaries and measurements is A) lot and block. B) government survey. C) metes and bounds. D) rectangular survey.

a datum

In determining the height of a structure or establishing the grade of a street, a surveyor uses A) a benchmark. B) a datum. C) a data point. D) a data line.

halves and quarters

In the rectangular survey system, a section is further divided into A) halves and quarters. B) tenths and sixteenths. C) eighths and sixteenths. D) quarters and eighths.

one principal meridian

In the rectangular survey system, every parcel of land is described by reference to A) one or more principal meridians. B) the closest principal meridian. C) the base line closest to the parcel described. D) one principal meridian.

Metes and bounds

Monuments are the turning points in which method of property description? A) Metes and bounds B) Lot and block C) Government survey D) Rectangular survey

a legal description

Real estate is bought and sold on the basis of A) plat size only. B) plat and parcel. C) a street address. D) a legal description.

called air rights

Rights to the property above the earth's surface are A) called intangible property rights. B) incapable of being "owned." C) called non-land rights. D) called air rights.

$588,060

Six acres of prime undeveloped property are sold for $2.25 per square foot. How much did the buyer pay? A) $466,560 B) $612,360 C) $733,860 D) $588,060

They are measured below the datum rather than above it.

Subsurface rights can be legally described just as air rights, but with what difference? A) They are measured as air lots. B) They are measured above the datum rather than below it. C) They are measured as benchmarks. D) They are measured below the datum rather than above it.

townships

The basic units of the rectangular survey system are A) the base lines. B) the townships. C) the principal meridians. D) the ranges.

the townships

The basic units of the rectangular survey system are A) the townships. B) the principal meridians. C) the base lines. D) the ranges.

a subdivision plat

The lot-and-block system starts with the preparation of A) an air lot. B) a subdivision plat. C) a range map. D) a survey.

the metes-and-bounds method

The oldest method of land description in the United States is A) the metes-and-bounds method. B) the lot and block method. C) the Torrens system. D) the rectangular survey method.

All of these

The rectangular survey system includes which of the following? A) Meridians B) All of these C) Base lines D) Townships

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

When surveying land, a surveyor refers to the principal meridian that is A) within the rectangular survey system area in which the land being surveyed is located. B) furthest from the land being surveyed. C) not more than 40 townships or 15 ranges distant from the land being surveyed. D) in the same state as the land being surveyed.