Florida Real Estate Exam 100% Accurate
What is the way to determine the identity of a property? - ANSWER A legal Description
What does a legal description identify? - ANSWER a property's location,
measurements, and
all necessary location information to identify a plot of land
What is a legal description used for? - ANSWER as 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? - ANSWER Metes and bounds
Rectangular Government survey
Lot and Block number on a plat map
What are Metes and Bounds? - ANSWER is 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? - ANSWER distance
What does the term Bounds refer to? - ANSWER a direction
What is the starting point of a surveyor called? - ANSWER point of beginning (POB)
How many degrees are used in a measurement of metes and bounds? - ANSWER 360
Where does the survey end? - ANSWER at the place it started- the Point of Beginning
or POB
What are Monuments? - ANSWER they are fixed objects that are used to establish this
point of beginning
, An example of a Monument would be a(n): - ANSWER Old Dutch Mill,
the Stone Fence,
the stately old pine
Are monuments considered reliable? - ANSWER No they are considered the least
reliable part of the measurement since monuments sometimes disappear over time.
Principal Meridians run: - ANSWER North and South
Base lines run: - ANSWER East and West
How many sets of principal meridians are there in the United States? - ANSWER 36
To correct for the curvature of the earth, guide meridians are drawn every ____ miles
east and west of the principal meridians and offset the principal meridian by ____ feet
m/l - ANSWER 24
50
Correction lines running east and west are located every ____ miles north and south
more or less of the base line - ANSWER 24
Each 24x24 square created by these guide meridians and correction lines is called a
what? - ANSWER Check
Florida's measurement begins where? - ANSWER Tallahassee
Where does the Tallahassee Principal Meridian run? - ANSWER North and South
Where does the Tallahassee baseline run? - ANSWER East and West
What are range lines? - ANSWER lines drawn north and south; east and west
Where is Range 1E? - ANSWER on the east of the Tallahassee Principal Meridian
Where is R1W? - ANSWER the West side of the Principal Meridian
How do township lines run? - ANSWER east and west linearly
(a horizontal line)
A Township is formed by the forming of a? - ANSWER N/S E/W tier
A township is how many square miles? - ANSWER 36
What is the way to determine the identity of a property? - ANSWER A legal Description
What does a legal description identify? - ANSWER a property's location,
measurements, and
all necessary location information to identify a plot of land
What is a legal description used for? - ANSWER as 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? - ANSWER Metes and bounds
Rectangular Government survey
Lot and Block number on a plat map
What are Metes and Bounds? - ANSWER is 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? - ANSWER distance
What does the term Bounds refer to? - ANSWER a direction
What is the starting point of a surveyor called? - ANSWER point of beginning (POB)
How many degrees are used in a measurement of metes and bounds? - ANSWER 360
Where does the survey end? - ANSWER at the place it started- the Point of Beginning
or POB
What are Monuments? - ANSWER they are fixed objects that are used to establish this
point of beginning
, An example of a Monument would be a(n): - ANSWER Old Dutch Mill,
the Stone Fence,
the stately old pine
Are monuments considered reliable? - ANSWER No they are considered the least
reliable part of the measurement since monuments sometimes disappear over time.
Principal Meridians run: - ANSWER North and South
Base lines run: - ANSWER East and West
How many sets of principal meridians are there in the United States? - ANSWER 36
To correct for the curvature of the earth, guide meridians are drawn every ____ miles
east and west of the principal meridians and offset the principal meridian by ____ feet
m/l - ANSWER 24
50
Correction lines running east and west are located every ____ miles north and south
more or less of the base line - ANSWER 24
Each 24x24 square created by these guide meridians and correction lines is called a
what? - ANSWER Check
Florida's measurement begins where? - ANSWER Tallahassee
Where does the Tallahassee Principal Meridian run? - ANSWER North and South
Where does the Tallahassee baseline run? - ANSWER East and West
What are range lines? - ANSWER lines drawn north and south; east and west
Where is Range 1E? - ANSWER on the east of the Tallahassee Principal Meridian
Where is R1W? - ANSWER the West side of the Principal Meridian
How do township lines run? - ANSWER east and west linearly
(a horizontal line)
A Township is formed by the forming of a? - ANSWER N/S E/W tier
A township is how many square miles? - ANSWER 36
