IAAO COURSE 600 MAPPING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ inventory
Answer: Will show the majority of the roads between each town on
the highway map
◉ Identification
Answer: The function of identifying all important items of data
found on the map
◉ Three primary methods of describing lad used in the US are:
Answer: Meets & Bounds, Public Land Survey, Platted Subdivision
◉ Location
Answer: Can be either relative (relationship between objects) or
absolute (a mathematical reference such as the state plane
coordinate)
◉ Functions of a Map
, Answer: Location, Identification, Inventory
◉ Private Records
Answer: Local surveyors, abstractions, and utility companies would
be contacted and attempts made to secure any useful information
they have
◉ Government Records
Answer: Government agencies would be contacted for highway right
of way maps, annexation maps, zoning maps, public land boundary
maps, and other special maps
◉ Public Records
Answer: In addition to deeds subdivision plays and copies of
recorded surveys would be used
◉ What is a map?
Answer: A Map is defined as a representation of the whole or a part
of an area
◉ X axis indicates which direction
Answer: East
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ inventory
Answer: Will show the majority of the roads between each town on
the highway map
◉ Identification
Answer: The function of identifying all important items of data
found on the map
◉ Three primary methods of describing lad used in the US are:
Answer: Meets & Bounds, Public Land Survey, Platted Subdivision
◉ Location
Answer: Can be either relative (relationship between objects) or
absolute (a mathematical reference such as the state plane
coordinate)
◉ Functions of a Map
, Answer: Location, Identification, Inventory
◉ Private Records
Answer: Local surveyors, abstractions, and utility companies would
be contacted and attempts made to secure any useful information
they have
◉ Government Records
Answer: Government agencies would be contacted for highway right
of way maps, annexation maps, zoning maps, public land boundary
maps, and other special maps
◉ Public Records
Answer: In addition to deeds subdivision plays and copies of
recorded surveys would be used
◉ What is a map?
Answer: A Map is defined as a representation of the whole or a part
of an area
◉ X axis indicates which direction
Answer: East
