Georgia (GA) Professional Land Surveyor License Practice
Exam – 200 Multiple-Choice Questions with Answers &
Explanations | NCEES PS & Georgia State-Specific Laws
and Rules Test Prep
Description
Prepare for the Georgia Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license exams with this comprehensive
200-question practice test presented as one continuous exam for intensive study. Built around Georgia
Code §43-15-13, current Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors rules (GAC 180-4),
and Board licensure guidance, this practice set targets both the national NCEES Principles and Practice of
Surveying (PS) exam and the Georgia state-specific laws and rules exam.rules
Question coverage includes boundary and cadastral surveying, topographic and construction layout,
GPS/GNSS and geodetic concepts, easements and rights-of-way, Georgia property and land surveying
statutes, Board rules on education and experience (including the required 18 semester hours of surveying
coursework), professional responsibility and ethics, standards of practice, monumentation, plats and legal
descriptions, and common field/office calculations and coordinate geometry.rules.
Q1–Q20: Georgia licensure structure, education, and experience
Q1
The Georgia Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board is
responsible for:
A. Local building permits
B. Licensing and regulating professional engineers and land
surveyors*
,C. Tax assessments
D. Zoning variances
Explanation: The Board oversees licensure and regulation of
engineers and land surveyors in Georgia.
Q2
To be eligible for licensure as a professional land surveyor in Georgia, an
applicant must meet requirements in:
A. Georgia Code Title 12
B. Georgia Code Title 43, Chapter 15*
C. Georgia Code Title 9
D. Georgia Code Title 51
Explanation: Land surveyor licensing requirements are found
in O.C.G.A. Title 43, Chapter 15.
Q3
O.C.G.A. §43-15-13 primarily addresses:
A. Fire codes
B. Licensing requirements for professional land surveyors*
,C. Traffic engineering
D. Environmental permits
Explanation: §43-15-13 sets out minimum requirements for PLS
licensure.
Q4
As of the 2025 licensure update, all applicants for PLS licensure must have
at least:
A. 12 semester hours of surveying coursework
B. 18 semester hours of acceptable land surveying coursework*
C. 24 semester hours of engineering coursework
D. No formal education
Explanation: The Board reiterates that 18 semester hours of
surveying coursework are required by law.
Q5
Those 18 semester hours must be:
A. Any technical courses
B. Land surveying subjects at an accredited college or
, university acceptable to the Board*
C. Business courses
D. Apprenticeship courses only
Explanation: Rule 180-4-.01 requires 18 hours of land surveying
coursework from acceptable institutions.
Q6
Prerequisite courses required before surveying classes:
A. Count toward the 18 hours
B. Do not count toward the required 18 semester hours of
surveying coursework*
C. Count double toward experience
D. Replace experience
Explanation: The Board clarifies that prerequisites do not
apply toward the 18 hours total.
Q7
Under the 2025 law update, a high school diploma applicant must have:
Exam – 200 Multiple-Choice Questions with Answers &
Explanations | NCEES PS & Georgia State-Specific Laws
and Rules Test Prep
Description
Prepare for the Georgia Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license exams with this comprehensive
200-question practice test presented as one continuous exam for intensive study. Built around Georgia
Code §43-15-13, current Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors rules (GAC 180-4),
and Board licensure guidance, this practice set targets both the national NCEES Principles and Practice of
Surveying (PS) exam and the Georgia state-specific laws and rules exam.rules
Question coverage includes boundary and cadastral surveying, topographic and construction layout,
GPS/GNSS and geodetic concepts, easements and rights-of-way, Georgia property and land surveying
statutes, Board rules on education and experience (including the required 18 semester hours of surveying
coursework), professional responsibility and ethics, standards of practice, monumentation, plats and legal
descriptions, and common field/office calculations and coordinate geometry.rules.
Q1–Q20: Georgia licensure structure, education, and experience
Q1
The Georgia Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board is
responsible for:
A. Local building permits
B. Licensing and regulating professional engineers and land
surveyors*
,C. Tax assessments
D. Zoning variances
Explanation: The Board oversees licensure and regulation of
engineers and land surveyors in Georgia.
Q2
To be eligible for licensure as a professional land surveyor in Georgia, an
applicant must meet requirements in:
A. Georgia Code Title 12
B. Georgia Code Title 43, Chapter 15*
C. Georgia Code Title 9
D. Georgia Code Title 51
Explanation: Land surveyor licensing requirements are found
in O.C.G.A. Title 43, Chapter 15.
Q3
O.C.G.A. §43-15-13 primarily addresses:
A. Fire codes
B. Licensing requirements for professional land surveyors*
,C. Traffic engineering
D. Environmental permits
Explanation: §43-15-13 sets out minimum requirements for PLS
licensure.
Q4
As of the 2025 licensure update, all applicants for PLS licensure must have
at least:
A. 12 semester hours of surveying coursework
B. 18 semester hours of acceptable land surveying coursework*
C. 24 semester hours of engineering coursework
D. No formal education
Explanation: The Board reiterates that 18 semester hours of
surveying coursework are required by law.
Q5
Those 18 semester hours must be:
A. Any technical courses
B. Land surveying subjects at an accredited college or
, university acceptable to the Board*
C. Business courses
D. Apprenticeship courses only
Explanation: Rule 180-4-.01 requires 18 hours of land surveying
coursework from acceptable institutions.
Q6
Prerequisite courses required before surveying classes:
A. Count toward the 18 hours
B. Do not count toward the required 18 semester hours of
surveying coursework*
C. Count double toward experience
D. Replace experience
Explanation: The Board clarifies that prerequisites do not
apply toward the 18 hours total.
Q7
Under the 2025 law update, a high school diploma applicant must have:
