NCEES PS AFTERNOON TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following statements most accurately describes an Undefined
Easement?
- ANSWER "A 25' easement on the Smith property for a power line by Florida
Power & Light that will expire on Jan 1, 2025"
A PLSS corner is determined to be ______ when the corner cannot be located
and no accessible accessories are in the vicinity in which to re-establish it with
azimuth marks, bearing trees, etc.
- ANSWER Lost
A subdivider divides five lots. The lots are 100' by 400' and are created by a
survey plat that is also recorded with the county recorder's office. Twenty years
elapse and some of the original monuments are destroyed. Each of the five lots
became legally existing when:
- ANSWER The county recorder accepts the plat
A -2.50% grade intersects a +2.50% grade at station 4+200 and elevation
293.585 m, 300-m curve, stakeout at 30-m intervals. What is the lowest point on
the vertical curve? - ANSWER 295.460 @ station 4+200
A customer is a stern Mormon and wishes his business complex never to be
utilized to sell any cigarettes or alcohol. He requests you what he should do to
make the sales never allowed to take place. You inform him:
- ANSWER Create a restrictive covenant
, How many satellites need to be "fixed" to a receiver to obtain a two-
dimensional fix with a GNSS unit? - ANSWER
Which device would NOT be useful to employ in finding a brass cap buried
under 3 feet of grass and dirt? - ANSWER
GPS coordinates are computed in units of: - ANSWER
Relative time
Examples of a Real Property Covenant are -
ANSWER "I, John Smith, Promise Never to Build a Home on This Land Above
1018 feet MSL" & "We, Water's Edge HOA, Hereby Restrict the Use of Homes
in This Community to Single-Family Residence Not to Exceed 3,000 sqft in
size"
A vertical curve is based on which of the following basic shapes? -
ANSER Parabola
The ______ accuracy of a control point is a number, in centimeters,
representing the uncertainty, at 95% confidence level, in the coordinates of said
control point relative to the other directly connected, adjacent control points.
- ANSWER Local
What is the maximum permissible Relative Positional Precision for an
ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey?
- ANSWER 2cm + 50 PPM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following statements most accurately describes an Undefined
Easement?
- ANSWER "A 25' easement on the Smith property for a power line by Florida
Power & Light that will expire on Jan 1, 2025"
A PLSS corner is determined to be ______ when the corner cannot be located
and no accessible accessories are in the vicinity in which to re-establish it with
azimuth marks, bearing trees, etc.
- ANSWER Lost
A subdivider divides five lots. The lots are 100' by 400' and are created by a
survey plat that is also recorded with the county recorder's office. Twenty years
elapse and some of the original monuments are destroyed. Each of the five lots
became legally existing when:
- ANSWER The county recorder accepts the plat
A -2.50% grade intersects a +2.50% grade at station 4+200 and elevation
293.585 m, 300-m curve, stakeout at 30-m intervals. What is the lowest point on
the vertical curve? - ANSWER 295.460 @ station 4+200
A customer is a stern Mormon and wishes his business complex never to be
utilized to sell any cigarettes or alcohol. He requests you what he should do to
make the sales never allowed to take place. You inform him:
- ANSWER Create a restrictive covenant
, How many satellites need to be "fixed" to a receiver to obtain a two-
dimensional fix with a GNSS unit? - ANSWER
Which device would NOT be useful to employ in finding a brass cap buried
under 3 feet of grass and dirt? - ANSWER
GPS coordinates are computed in units of: - ANSWER
Relative time
Examples of a Real Property Covenant are -
ANSWER "I, John Smith, Promise Never to Build a Home on This Land Above
1018 feet MSL" & "We, Water's Edge HOA, Hereby Restrict the Use of Homes
in This Community to Single-Family Residence Not to Exceed 3,000 sqft in
size"
A vertical curve is based on which of the following basic shapes? -
ANSER Parabola
The ______ accuracy of a control point is a number, in centimeters,
representing the uncertainty, at 95% confidence level, in the coordinates of said
control point relative to the other directly connected, adjacent control points.
- ANSWER Local
What is the maximum permissible Relative Positional Precision for an
ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey?
- ANSWER 2cm + 50 PPM
