What signifies that a survey is certified and represents a guarantee of accuracy?
Spot survey
Survey legend
Surveyor’s stamp
Title insurance policy
What’s a datum?
An iron pin or other permanent marker used in metes and bounds descriptions
A point indicating a location is at sea level
A point, surface, or line used as a reference for measuring elevations
The center of a township
What does a land surveyor produce?
A determination of value of a property
A report detailing defects of a property
A survey that includes a legal description and a survey sketch
Property boundaries
What is a sketch that shows the location, size, and shape of any improvements on a property being surveyed?
Building plan
Legal description
Plat reference map
Spot survey
Datums and benchmarks are used for ______.
Calculating area
Determining land acquisition costs
Measuring distance
Measuring elevations
Which of these is usually a brass marker that is used to mark a datum?
Base line
Benchmark
Monument
Principal meridian
What’s the permanent marker used primarily for marking datums when measuring elevation?
Benchmark
Monument
Point of beginning
Sea level
What’s the point from which elevation is measured?
Base line
Datum
Monument
Principal meridian
What is the starting point for any land surveyor who has been asked to perform a survey?
A review of existing historical records
Satellite photos
The point of beginning
Visiting the site
For what are datums and benchmarks used?
Calculating area
Determining land acquisition costs
Measuring distance
Measuring elevations
Jenna’s closing agent has asked her to get a spot survey of the property she’s purchasing. What will this accomplish for Jenna and the closing agent?
It decides the location of the point of beginning.
It’s provides a sketch based upon driving by the property.
Which of the following are possible effects of an incorrect legal description?
Clearer title for the property owners
Fewer legal issues for real estate licensees
No effect
Unintentional encroachment, title and legal issues
A ______ is a point, surface, or line used as a reference for measuring elevation.
Base line
Datum
Monument
Principal meridian
What describes the different symbols that are used in a survey sketch?
Legal description
Spot survey
Survey legend
Surveyor’s stamp
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A property is 30 square yards. How many square feet is this?
270 square feet
27 square feet
300 square feet
Nine square feet
How many acres are in a square mile?
1,760
43,560
5,280
640
How many feet are in one yard?
10
Nine
Six
Three
Margie needs to know the square footage for the first floor of the condo her client is interested in buying. The kitchen is 10 feet by 15 feet, the living/dining combo is 20 feet by 25 feet, and the office and bedroom are each 10 feet by 10 feet. What’s the total square footage?
2,200 square feet
3,000 square feet
750 square feet
850 square feet
Gabi owns one parcel measuring one square mile and another parcel measuring one mile by a half mile. She combined the parcels and sold them for $2.5 million. What price per acre did she receive for the land?
$1,953.13
$2,604.17
$3,125.00
$3,906.25
If a farm that’s for sale measures one and three-quarter square miles, how many acres is it?
1,050
1,120
1,280
875
How many feet are in a mile?
2,400
320
5,280
6,044
How many acres are in a quarter section in a rectangular survey?
160
450
640
One
A lot measuring three-fourths of an acre is for sale. How many square feet is this?
10,890
14,520
32,670
43,560
The cost of a parcel of land is 50 cents per square foot. Candace wants to purchase one acre. How much will this cost?
$21,780
$43,560
$500
$5,000
An area of 640 acres is equal to ______.
One hectare
One kilometer
One square mile
One township
Alana and Michael want to build a 5,000-square-foot ranch home on two acres of land they just bought. Once the house is built, how many acres of land will remain unbuilt?
0.88 acres
0.89 acres
1.86 acres
1.89 acres
One mile contains ______ feet.
2,400
3,620
4,800
5,280
How many square feet are in an acre?
10,000 square feet
43,560 square feet
53,640 square feet
640 square feet
A four-bedroom, four-bath, 4,875-square-foot house was listed at $445,000. Andreas, the seller, accepted an offer that was 95% of the listing price. What price per square foot did he get for the house?
$45.64
$82.15
$86.72
$93.00
Your client, a builder, is considering buying three adjacent lots. They each have the same depth: 275 feet. Lot A is 35,750 s.f., Lot B 53,900 s.f., and Lot C is 33,000 s.f. If your client buys all three lots, what total street frontage will he have?
446 feet
462 feet
464 feet
466 feet
How long is a mile?
1,000 feet
1,000 yards
43,560 feet
5,280 feet
How large is one square yard?
10 square feet
Nine square feet
Six square feet
Three square feet
A property is 21,780 square feet. How many acres is this?
Half an acre
One acre
Three acres
Two acres
Clint is interested in making an offer on a house with hardwood floors that will need to be replaced. The hallway is 18 feet by 6 feet. The kitchen is 20 feet by 30 feet. The living room is 25 feet by 45 feet. There are two bedrooms, which measure 12 feet by 16 feet each, plus a master bedroom that is 14 feet by 20 feet. If the cost of the flooring is $5.48 per square foot, and the cost of installation is $1.49 per square foot, how much can Clint plan to spend to replace the floors?
$13,683.56
$16,065.85
$16,309.80
$17,404.09
How much would a lot that is 400 feet wide by 500 feet long cost at $900 per acre?
$2,200
$3,060
$4,132
$4,500
An 800-square-foot rectangular building sells for $75,000. What’s the cost per square foot?
$187.50
$46.88
$60.50
$93.75
Your client Frank is interested in selling a 54,450-square-foot lot. A comparable property in the vicinity sold for $3,500 per acre. What would be a reasonable list price for Frank’s property?
$3,500
$4,375
$4,955
$5,250
A lot measuring 108,900 square feet is for sale. How many acres is this?
Five
One
Three
Two-and-a-half
A buyer purchased five acres of land for $75,000. What was the cost per acre?
$15,000
$25,000
$375,000
$5,000
A seller received $800,000 for a 5.5 acre rectangular parcel alongside a road frontage. The property is 400 feet deep. What was the price per front foot of the property?
$1,335.67
$2,000
$363.64
$598.95
A property is 330 feet long by 100 feet wide. How many square feet is the property?
10,300
30,000
3,300
33,000
How do you determine the cost of purchasing land?
Divide the cost per unit by the land area
Divide the land area by the cost per unit
Multiply the land area by $100 per acre
Multiply the land area by the cost per unit
A parcel of land measures one half mile by 3,000 feet. If price per acre is $4,200, what’s the list price for this parcel? Round to 10ths of an acre for your calculation.
$1,527,273
$752,066
$756,000
$763,560