Florida Real Estate Exam 10-(Legal
Descriptions) Questions with Accurate
Answers
What is the way to determine the identity of a property? - ANSWERSA legal Description
What does a legal description identify? - ANSWERSa property's location,
measurements, and
all necessary location information to identify a plot of land
What is a legal description used for? - ANSWERSas a form of identification,
is used on legal papers like contracts,
deeds and
title insurance policies for a particular property
What are the 3 methods for creating a legal description? - ANSWERSMetes and
bounds
Rectangular Government survey
Lot and Block number on a plat map
What are Metes and Bounds? - ANSWERSis the oldest of all the measuring systems
used in the United States.
It relies on monuments and point of beginning.
It includes compass readings in degrees, minutes and seconds.
Surveyors use specific equipment to measure the direction and angles.
What does the term Metes refer to? - ANSWERSdistance
What does the term Bounds refer to? - ANSWERSa direction
What is the starting point of a surveyor called? - ANSWERSpoint of beginning (POB)
How many degrees are used in a measurement of metes and bounds? - ANSWERS360
, Where does the survey end? - ANSWERSat the place it started- the Point of Beginning
or POB
What are Monuments? - ANSWERSthey are fixed objects that are used to establish this
point of beginning
An example of a Monument would be a(n): - ANSWERSOld Dutch Mill,
the Stone Fence,
the stately old pine
Are monuments considered reliable? - ANSWERSNo they are considered the least
reliable part of the measurement since monuments sometimes disappear over time.
What are compass directions used for? - ANSWERSto describe the direction of
boundary lines using a circle (360 degrees)
What would be an example of a metes and bounds system? - ANSWERSBeginning at
the old red barn, proceeding in a northwesterly direction for 200 feet at a reading of
85°until reaching the stately old pine; thence in a northeasterly direction for 500 ft at
210° to the middle of the old stone fence; thence in a southeasterly direction 300' at a
reading of 240° until reaching the old Dutch mill; thence in a southwestern direction 200
' at 360° until reaching the Point of Beginning. (POB)
What is the word thence used for? - ANSWERSto indicate a change in direction
What are the numbers in degrees based on a 360 degree cirlce? - ANSWERSCompass
Headings
What States use the metes and bounds system? - ANSWERSthe original thirteen
colonies, plus Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia,
and parts of Ohio
What system does most of the country use to determine where a property is located? -
ANSWERSthe U.S. Rectangular Government Survey or a
combination of both metes and bounds and U.S. Rectangular Government Survey
How is the U.S. Rectangular Government Survey arranged? - ANSWERSin a series of
grids with lines going north and south and other lines going east and west
Principal Meridians run: - ANSWERSNorth and South
Base lines run: - ANSWERSEast and West
Descriptions) Questions with Accurate
Answers
What is the way to determine the identity of a property? - ANSWERSA legal Description
What does a legal description identify? - ANSWERSa property's location,
measurements, and
all necessary location information to identify a plot of land
What is a legal description used for? - ANSWERSas a form of identification,
is used on legal papers like contracts,
deeds and
title insurance policies for a particular property
What are the 3 methods for creating a legal description? - ANSWERSMetes and
bounds
Rectangular Government survey
Lot and Block number on a plat map
What are Metes and Bounds? - ANSWERSis the oldest of all the measuring systems
used in the United States.
It relies on monuments and point of beginning.
It includes compass readings in degrees, minutes and seconds.
Surveyors use specific equipment to measure the direction and angles.
What does the term Metes refer to? - ANSWERSdistance
What does the term Bounds refer to? - ANSWERSa direction
What is the starting point of a surveyor called? - ANSWERSpoint of beginning (POB)
How many degrees are used in a measurement of metes and bounds? - ANSWERS360
, Where does the survey end? - ANSWERSat the place it started- the Point of Beginning
or POB
What are Monuments? - ANSWERSthey are fixed objects that are used to establish this
point of beginning
An example of a Monument would be a(n): - ANSWERSOld Dutch Mill,
the Stone Fence,
the stately old pine
Are monuments considered reliable? - ANSWERSNo they are considered the least
reliable part of the measurement since monuments sometimes disappear over time.
What are compass directions used for? - ANSWERSto describe the direction of
boundary lines using a circle (360 degrees)
What would be an example of a metes and bounds system? - ANSWERSBeginning at
the old red barn, proceeding in a northwesterly direction for 200 feet at a reading of
85°until reaching the stately old pine; thence in a northeasterly direction for 500 ft at
210° to the middle of the old stone fence; thence in a southeasterly direction 300' at a
reading of 240° until reaching the old Dutch mill; thence in a southwestern direction 200
' at 360° until reaching the Point of Beginning. (POB)
What is the word thence used for? - ANSWERSto indicate a change in direction
What are the numbers in degrees based on a 360 degree cirlce? - ANSWERSCompass
Headings
What States use the metes and bounds system? - ANSWERSthe original thirteen
colonies, plus Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia,
and parts of Ohio
What system does most of the country use to determine where a property is located? -
ANSWERSthe U.S. Rectangular Government Survey or a
combination of both metes and bounds and U.S. Rectangular Government Survey
How is the U.S. Rectangular Government Survey arranged? - ANSWERSin a series of
grids with lines going north and south and other lines going east and west
Principal Meridians run: - ANSWERSNorth and South
Base lines run: - ANSWERSEast and West
