RNR 2039 practice exam questions &
answers 2024/2025
1. What is the similarity and difference between public domain and public land? - ANSWERSBoth are the
lands that belong to the US government. The former is those lands acquired by the US before 1868, the
latter all lands owned by the US but more specifically, those acquired after 1868.
1. Where does most of the public domain lie? What is the most important issue for that part of the
country? - ANSWERSWest of the 100th meridian. Water.
1. Name two major public domain acquisitions. From whom did the U.S. acquire these lands? -
ANSWERSFlorida Purchase from Spain and Louisiana Purchase from France
1. Explain the meaning of taking under the eminent domain and taking under the Endangered Species
Act. - ANSWERSTaking in the eminent domain means taking away the land from a private landowner for
public use. Taking under the Endangered Species Act means the act of killing, hurting, harassing of the
endangered species or the act to do so to the habitat that support the species.
1. What was the first public need for the reservation of public domain? Provide a specific example. -
ANSWERSNational defense. Federal government not to sell public domain containing live oak and red
cedar for ship building.
1. Name four of the major motivations for disposing the public domain? - ANSWERSPay off war debts,
Enticement for military service, higher education, and westward expansion.
1. In this country we have had two land survey systems. What are these two systems? Why did we
replace the old system with the new system? - ANSWERSMetes and Bounds and the rectangular system.
The rectangular system provides an accurate and reliable way to pinpoint the location of a specific piece
of property.
1. How has the public domain been used to support public schools and higher education? -
ANSWERS16th section for public schools and land grants for the land grant universities.
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