Fundamentals of Surveying Exam Latest Update
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Accilivity - CORRECT ANSWER: An upward slope of ground.
Accretion - CORRECT ANSWER: The gradual accumulation of land by natural causes
Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER: A statement made under oath in the presence of a
notary public or other authorized person
Avulsion - CORRECT ANSWER: The sudden and perceptible change in a shoreline or
the change in a course of a river or stream
Clear Title, Good Title, Merchantable Title - CORRECT ANSWER: ........means free of
incumbrances. ........ is title free of litigation.
Cloud on title - CORRECT ANSWER: A claim on land that would if valid impair the title
to the land creates a ________ on title. The claim may be any encumbrances such as a
lien judgment text Levy mortgage or conveyance
Color of Title - CORRECT ANSWER: Any Written instrument such as forgery, that
appears to convey title but in fact does not.
Conveyance - CORRECT ANSWER: Blank is a written instrument that transfers
ownership of property
Deed - CORRECT ANSWER: The most important document in the transfer of ownership
of real property. Evidence in writing of transfer of an estate
, Estate in fee simple absolute - CORRECT ANSWER: Blank is the highest type of
Interest. It is an estate limited absolutely to a person and other heirs and assigns
forever without limitation in other words a person who owns a parcel of land in fee can
hold it sell it or divide it without limitations.
Fee tail - CORRECT ANSWER: An estate in which there is a fixed line of heirs to inherit
this state is known as a blank
Grid (Scale Factor) - CORRECT ANSWER: is a measure of the lineal distortion
associated with the projection of ellipsoidal distance on to a plane surface.
Reliction - CORRECT ANSWER: The gradual withdrawal of water that leaves Land
uncovered
Statutes of fraud - CORRECT ANSWER: Blank prohibited any transfer of land or any
transfer of interest in Land by Oral agreement. All convenience is were required to be in
writing a requirement that is very much a part of the present day law.
Title insurance policy - CORRECT ANSWER: Blank policies Asher purchasers of real
estate that they have good title to the land at that they have purchased. These policies
issued by title abstract companies operating under insurance laws of the state. The
policy usually issued subject to certain exceptions IE taxes easements and conferences
oil royalties and so on.
What is Title - CORRECT ANSWER: is the right to own real property and the evidence
of that right.
1 chain is how many links? - CORRECT ANSWER: 100
1 link = ____ inches - CORRECT ANSWER: 7.92 inches
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