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**Tap on AVAILABLE IN BUNDLE / PACKAGE DEAL to unlock free bonus exams and everything you need.** # TEXAS SPECIFIC SURVEYING EXAM (TSSE) — EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS, LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR – JUST RELEASED Prepare for the **Texas Specific Surveying Exam (TSSE)** with a comprehensive educational resource designed to reinforce your knowledge of Texas land surveying laws, boundary principles, historical land records, and state-specific surveying practices. The TSSE is administered by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (TBPELS) and supplements the national Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) examination by assessing topics unique to professional land surveying in Texas. Candidates pursuing Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS) registration must satisfy the applicable requirements and pass the required examinations. [Official TBPELS examination information]( Review Texas surveying statutes and administrative rules, including the Texas Occupations Code provisions governing land surveying, professional responsibilities, registration requirements, and the standards that guide lawful surveying practice. The material also addresses relevant state statutes, property law, boundary evidence, legal descriptions, easements, rights-of-way, and the interpretation of deeds and other instruments affecting land ownership. Understanding how statutory requirements interact with surveying evidence is essential for making defensible professional judgments. Explore the **history and disposition of Texas public lands**, including Spanish and Mexican land grants, the development of Texas land-title systems, original surveys, land districts, county surveyors, and the role of the Texas General Land Office. Study the legal and historical context of land grants, vacancies, conflicting descriptions, and other boundary issues that may arise when examining original survey records and determining the location of property lines. The resource also reviews riparian and littoral boundaries, navigable and non-navigable waterways, river movement, coastal boundaries, and property rights associated with land adjoining water. Additional topics include boundary retracement, the evaluation of original survey evidence, conflicting calls in legal descriptions, senior and junior rights, monuments, adjoining-property disputes, and the application of relevant Texas case law. These subjects are reflected in the official TSSE study guide and suggested references. [TSSE Study Guide and Blueprint]( This study resource features **exam-style multiple-choice questions, proposed correct answers, and detailed rationales** to help explain the legal and technical principles behind each response. Scenario-based questions encourage candidates to analyze deeds, interpret boundary evidence, apply relevant statutes, evaluate historical records, and distinguish between general surveying principles and Texas-specific legal requirements. Use the material for structured revision alongside the current TBPELS examination blueprint, Texas statutes and rules, recommended surveying references, and relevant court decisions. The official study guide describes an examination covering multiple domains, including statutes and rules, the disposition of the public domain, and riparian and littoral boundaries and rights. Candidates should consult the latest official blueprint because examination specifications and regulatory requirements may change. [Official TSSE suggested study references]( This is an independently prepared educational study resource and is not an official TBPELS publication. The questions and explanations are intended to support learning and examination preparation; they are not represented as actual, confidential, or guaranteed questions from the licensing examination. Always verify legal interpretations and current requirements against authoritative Texas sources.

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Texas Specific Surveying Exam (TSSE)

TSSE Exam Coverage – 10 Most Tested
Areas
1. Texas Surveying Statutes & Board Rules – Occupations Code
Chapter 1071, TAC Title 22 Chapters 137 & 138, licensure
requirements, seal/signature requirements, continuing education,
and disciplinary provisions.

2. Texas Land Grant History & Spanish/Mexican Units – Headright
grants, pre-emption grants, vara measurement, league/labor
conversions, porciones, and the significance of the San Antonio
Meridian.

,3. Boundary Evidence & Hierarchy of Calls – Natural monuments
over artificial monuments over courses/bearings over distances
over area, Stafford v. King doctrine, parol evidence, and
retracement principles.

4. Texas Navigable Waterways & Riparian Boundaries – Navigability
in fact vs. navigability in law, Small Bill (Civil Practice & Remedies
Code §16.025), accretion vs. avulsion, mean high tide line, and
surveys fronting navigable streams.

5. Texas Coordinate System (State Plane) – Lambert Conformal
Conic projection, NAD83 datum, Texas zones (North, North
Central, Central, South Central, South), scale factors, and
coordinate conversions.

6. Subdivision Regulation & Platting Authority – Local Government
Code Chapter 212 (municipal/ETJ), Chapter 232 (county

, unincorporated areas), Chapter 245 (vested rights), and plat
approval requirements.

7. Property Descriptions & Deed Interpretation – Metes and bounds
construction, calls conflicts, senior vs. junior rights, vacancy
determination, adverse possession periods, and recording
statutes.

8. Texas Professional Ethics & Standards of Practice – Conflict of
interest, competence, client confidentiality, notification
requirements, and professional conduct under Board rules.

9. Measurement Technology & Error Analysis – Total stations,
GPS/GNSS accuracy standards, systematic vs. random errors,
traverse closure, least squares adjustment, and blunder detection.

10. Texas Water Law & Public Land Surveys – Natural Resources
Code Chapter 21, surveys on navigable streams (one-half square

, rule), survey lines crossing navigable streams, and ownership of
riverbeds.



Texas Specific Surveying Exam (TSSE)

TSSE Exam Questions (1–200)
1. Which Texas state agency administers the Texas Specific
Surveying Examination and has statutory authority to regulate the
practice of professional land surveying under the Professional
Land Surveying Practices Act?
A. Texas General Land Office
B. National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying

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