SURVEYOR IN TRAINING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Surveyor in Training Parol Evidence - Answer- any oral or written words outside the four corners of a written contract. May only be used to explain ambiguous parts of the deed. Usually not admissible in court. Warranty Deed - Answer- A deed in which the grantor makes formal assurance as to quality of title. Easement - Answer- The right to use the land of another for a particular purpose. Pole zenith star - Answer- Pzs triangle stands for Metes and Bounds - Answer- A term used in describing the boundary lines of land, setting forth all the boundary lines together with their terminal points and angles. Metes (length or measurements) and Bounds (boundaries) description is often used when a great deal of accuracy is required. Cramer's Rule - Answer- a method that uses determinants to solve a system of linear equations abut - Answer- border upon; adjoin accretion - Answer- growth in size or increase in amount. Usually from deposits from a river. acre - Answer- A measure of land equal to 43,560 square feet. Adjudication - Answer- The pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a cause; also the judgment given Adverse Possession - Answer- when the land of another private person is adversely and exclusively possessed in an open and notorious way affidavit - Answer- a sworn written statement Alluvium - Answer- the sorted material deposited by a stream aliquot - Answer- Contained an exact number of times in another; a part of a measurement that divides the measurement without a remainder. Aliunde - Answer- From another source. Evidence aliunde is evidence from outside or from another source ALTA Survey - Answer- boundary survey prepared to a set of minimum standards that have been jointly prepared and adopted by the (American Land Title Association and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping). Additionally, it shows improvements, easements, rights-of-way, and other elements impacting the ownership of land. It is often prepared for commercial properties, as it will provide the title company with the information required to insure the title to the land and improvements to the high degree that a commercial development may require. arbitrator - Answer- A third party to a negotiation who has the authority to dictate an agreement. atomic clock - Answer- A clock regulated by the resonance frequency of atoms or molecules. Within GPS satellites the elements used include cesium, hydrogen and rubidium. attest - Answer- (v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine Automatic level - Answer- A surveyor's level whose line of sight is automatically maintained in the horizontal plane, once the instrument is roughly leveled. Avulsion - Answer- A river's sudden change in flow alignment out from its previous left and right banks to a new channel, leaving an identifiable upland area between the abandoned channel and the new channel. breaking chain - Answer- Measurements less than a full chain length that are used when chaining a slope. Bureau of Land Management - Answer- A federal bureau within the Department of the Interior which manages and controls certain lands owned by the Unite