CE SHOP UNIT EXAM 3 DESCRIBING
REAL ESTATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Sunshine Surveyors Inc. created a lot and block survey for a new residential
development, Happy Acres. The first thing the surveyor did when he surveyed the new
neighborhood was to reference what type of description? - Answer-Metes and Bounds
description
Harmony is looking at the legal description on her purchase contract. It mentions that
the plat of her property is recorded in Map Book 12, page 14, at the county courthouse.
What type of legal description is this? - Answer-Lot and Block
Which of these is usually a brass marker that is used to mark a datum? - Answer-
Benchmark
Which type of legal description is this: "Plat of Block 28, Woodmen Heights Tract,
recorded in Map Book 27, page 68, at the Eldor County Records Office"? - Answer-Lot
and Block
The Simpsons are buying a five-acre tract that has always been part of a larger parcel.
When the owners of the large acreage decided to subdivide it, they needed to have a
legal description created for the five-acre lot. What was used as the starting point for
creating that legal description? - Answer-A survey
Morty, a land surveyor, was called out to survey a property. After doing some research,
he located the legal description for the property in question. Now, if he could just find
the point of beginning located at the iron pin on the southerly line of state route 117, 30
feet east of the oak tree next to Bear Creek. What type of legal description is Morty
working with? - Answer-Metes and Bounds
Which of the following is a key consideration and starting reference for a metes and
bounds description? - Answer-Point of beginning
If the land is described as "Lot 6 of Block 3 of the East Subdivision plat as recorded in
Map Book 18, Page 11 at the Recorder of Deeds," what type of legal description is
being used? - Answer-Lot & Block
Shannon is reading through paperwork related to her upcoming home purchase, and
she comes across the following: "Southwest quarter of Southwest quarter (SW ¼ of SW
¼) and West Half of Southeast quarter of Southwest quarter (W½ SE¼ SW¼) of
Section Eleven (11), Township Four (4) North of Range Eight (8) West." What did
Shannon just find? - Answer-Legal Description
REAL ESTATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Sunshine Surveyors Inc. created a lot and block survey for a new residential
development, Happy Acres. The first thing the surveyor did when he surveyed the new
neighborhood was to reference what type of description? - Answer-Metes and Bounds
description
Harmony is looking at the legal description on her purchase contract. It mentions that
the plat of her property is recorded in Map Book 12, page 14, at the county courthouse.
What type of legal description is this? - Answer-Lot and Block
Which of these is usually a brass marker that is used to mark a datum? - Answer-
Benchmark
Which type of legal description is this: "Plat of Block 28, Woodmen Heights Tract,
recorded in Map Book 27, page 68, at the Eldor County Records Office"? - Answer-Lot
and Block
The Simpsons are buying a five-acre tract that has always been part of a larger parcel.
When the owners of the large acreage decided to subdivide it, they needed to have a
legal description created for the five-acre lot. What was used as the starting point for
creating that legal description? - Answer-A survey
Morty, a land surveyor, was called out to survey a property. After doing some research,
he located the legal description for the property in question. Now, if he could just find
the point of beginning located at the iron pin on the southerly line of state route 117, 30
feet east of the oak tree next to Bear Creek. What type of legal description is Morty
working with? - Answer-Metes and Bounds
Which of the following is a key consideration and starting reference for a metes and
bounds description? - Answer-Point of beginning
If the land is described as "Lot 6 of Block 3 of the East Subdivision plat as recorded in
Map Book 18, Page 11 at the Recorder of Deeds," what type of legal description is
being used? - Answer-Lot & Block
Shannon is reading through paperwork related to her upcoming home purchase, and
she comes across the following: "Southwest quarter of Southwest quarter (SW ¼ of SW
¼) and West Half of Southeast quarter of Southwest quarter (W½ SE¼ SW¼) of
Section Eleven (11), Township Four (4) North of Range Eight (8) West." What did
Shannon just find? - Answer-Legal Description
