Chapter 4 - Legal Descriptions

Question 1

How many linear feet of fence are needed along 1.5 miles of roadway?

Answer 1

7,920

Question 2

A metes-and-bounds legal description …

Answer 2

must commence and finish at the same identifiable point

Question 3

How many lots, each measuring 72.5 feet wide by 100 feet deep, could be made from a two-acre parcel of land?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

A lot with a depth of 80 feet and an area of 4,800 square feet was sold for $350 per front foot. What was the total sale price?

Answer 4

-$21,000

Question 5

A recorded subdivision plat is used in the …

Answer 5

lot and block system

Question 6

A land survey would BEST be described as a

Answer 6

a legal description of the land

Question 7

The method of describing land by degrees, feet, and monuments is known as the …

Answer 7

metes-and-bounds system

Question 8

Which of the following is the BEST way to ensure that there are no encroachments and to verify the boundaries of a parcel of land?
-Write a legal description
-Get a spot survey
-Find the monuments
-Verify the benchmarks

Answer 8

Get a spot survey

Question 9

The owner has a large parcel of land surveyed into lots and streets and files a subdivision plat. Each lot can be legally described using which of the following
-Street Address
-Government Survey
-Compass Directional Method
-Lots and Blocks Method

Answer 9

Lots and Blocks Method