Chapter 9-legal descrptions

Question 1

How do they measure Metes and bounds

Answer 1

Directions to landmarks. Can be manmade or natural

Question 2

What 3 things are included in a lot and block system?

Answer 2

1. Lot and block bumber
2. Name or number of subdivision
3. Name of the county and state

Question 3

What is a datum

Answer 3

The point or line where leveation is measured. Major cities can have their own but USGS is at New York Sea Harbor

Question 4

Linear Survey:
Uses descriptions to go from one starting point all the way around the property back to the starting point

Question 5

What is a way to recognize a meets and bounds survery?

Answer 5

Has a starting point then comes back to starting point using desprictions

Question 6

What types of lines does the rectangular survey use

Answer 6

Principal median , and base line

Question 7

For a rectangular survery these are the directions they go:
Principal median: North and south
Base line: East and West

Question 8

In rectangular survey: The second principle is located in Indiana-

Question 9

Seller provides surveryer to buyer at closing

Question 10

Created when horizontal and vertical lines intersect forming a 36 square mile area
A: Township
B: Principal meridian
C:Range
D: Section

Answer 10

Township

Question 11

Parcels that measure one square mile, 36 of which comprise a township
A: Township
B: Principal meridian
C:Range
D: Section

Answer 11

Section

Question 12

Lines running north and south that intersect with baselines
A: Township
B: Principal meridian
C:Range
D: Section

Answer 12

B: Principal meridian

Question 13

A strip of land extending six miles wide, running north and south:
A: Township
B: Principal meridian
C:Range
D: Section

Answer 13

C:Range

Question 14

A smaller part of another description identified within a plat-
A. Lot and block
B: Metes and Bounds
C.Rectangular Government]

Answer 14

Lot and Block

Question 15

Starts and finishes at the same point-
A. Lot and block
B: Metes and Bounds
C.Rectangular Government]

Answer 15

[Metes and bounds]

Question 16

Uses principal meridians and baseline in description-
A. Lot and block
B: Metes and Bounds
C.Rectangular Government]

Answer 16

[Rectangular/Government]

Question 17

Monuments are used to identify the description-
A. Lot and block
B: Metes and Bounds
C.Rectangular Government

Answer 17

[Metes and bounds]

Question 18

Uses townships, ranges, and sections, to describe property-
A. Lot and block
B: Metes and Bounds
C.Rectangular Government

Answer 18

[Rectangular/Government]

Question 19

Land in the northwest corner of Illinois is described with reference to which principal meridian?
Select One:

a.fifth

b.third

c.fourth

d.second

Answer 19

fourth

Question 20

In describing real estate, the system that uses feet, degrees, and natural and artificial markers as monuments is:

Select One:

a.government survey

b.rectangular surveys

c.metes and bounds

d.lot and block

Answer 20

c.metes and bounds

Question 21

The legal description “the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 6, Township 4 North, Range 7 West” is defective because there is no reference to:

Select One:

a.lot numbers

b.a record of survey

c.boundary lines

d.a principal meridian

Answer 21

d.a principal meridian

Question 22

The Section due west of Section 18, Township 5 North, Range 8 West, is:

Select One:

a.Section 19, T5N, R8W

b.Section 13, T5N, R9W

c.Section 17, T5N, R8W

d.Section 12, T5N, R7W

Answer 22

b. Section 13, T5N, R9W

Question 23

Fractional section in the rectangular survey system along the northern or western borders of a check that are less than a quarter-section in area are called:

Select One:

a.fractional townships

b.government lots

c. fractional parcels

d.portional sections

Answer 23

b.government lots

Question 24

A buyer purchased a one-acre parcel for $2.15 per square foot.

What is the selling price of the parcel?
Hint: 43,560 sq ft in one acre

Select One:

a.$344

b.$93,654

c.$1,376

d.$46,827

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$93,654

Answer 24

b.$93,654

Question 25

A property contains 10 acres. How many lots of not less than 50 feet by 100 feet can be subdivided from the property if 26,000 square feet are dedicated for roads? Select One: a.81 b.82 c.80 d.83

Answer 25

a. 81

Question 26

In Illinois, legal description of land are usually based on the _______________________________. Select One: a.rectangular survey system b.nearest principal meridian c.Third, Fourth, and Fifth Principal Meridians d.three base lines running through the center of the state

Answer 26

a.rectangular survey system

Question 27

A woman purchased 4.5 acres of land for $78,400. A man who owns adjoining property wants to purchase a strip of the woman’s land measuring 150 feet by 100 feet. What should this strip cost the man of the woman sells it for the same price per square foot that she originally paid for the property? Select One: a.$9,400 b.$6,000 c.$7,800 d.$3,000

Answer 27

6,000

Question 28

When surveying land, a surveyor refers to the principal meridian that is ______________________________. Select One: a.not more than 40 townships or 15 ranges distant from the land being surveyed b.nearest the land being surveyed c.in the same state as the land being surveyed d.within the rectangular survey system area in which the surveyed land is located

Answer 28

within the rectangular survey system area in which the surveyed land is located