Chapter 23 Quiz

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Chapter 23 Quiz

Land Description

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A permanent reference mark or point established for use in measuring differences in elevation. 23-455

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Tax Map

Benchmark

Front Foot

Acre

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The person most apt to use a benchmark in his profession would be a:

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(A) lawyer.

(B) carpenter.

(D) surveyor.

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The process by which a piece of land is measured and its area ascertained, and the paper containing a statement of the course, distance and quantity of land, is called:

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(A) title search.

(B) title insurance.

(D) abstract.

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Where must you find the most complete legal description?

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(A) Listing agreement.

(B) Closing statement.

(D) Lease.

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In connection with a metes and bounds description, official markers on the property used to determine elevations are called:

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(A) monuments.

(B) benchmarks.

(D) meters.

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A description, recognized by law, that will definitely locate and identify the property. 23-455

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Legal Description

Plat Map

Lot and Block Number

Metes and Bounds

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The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area ascertained. 23-455

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Acre

Survey

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A method of describing real estate that references a tract of land by lot and block numbers on a recorded map; AKA "plat". 23-457

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Point of Beginning (P.O.B.)

Metes and Bounds

Benchmark

Lot and Block Number

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Which of the following legal descriptions is NOT used in New Jersey?

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(A) Street address.

(B) Monuments.

(D) Tax identification.

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The boundary lines of land, with their terminal points and angles, are called:

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(A) benchmarks.

(B) geodetic survey points.

(D) longitude and latitude.

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Which of the following terms would NOT be found in a metes and bounds description?

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(A) Point of beginning.

(B) Minutes.

(D) Quadrangle.

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Which of the following can be natural to the environment?

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(A) Benchmarks.

(B) Metes of survey.

(D) Monuments.

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New Jersey’s system of land descriptions includes, but is not limited to:

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(A) rectangular survey.

(B) government survey.

(D) geodetic survey.

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A measure of land equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. 23-463

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Acre

Survey

Benchmark

Chain

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A plan or map of a certain piece or pieces of land. 7-216

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Tax Map

Plat Map

Benchmark

Legal Description

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A method of describing or locating real property; metes are measures of length and bounds are boundaries; a description starting with a well-marked point of beginning and following the boundaries of the land until it returns once more to the point of beginning. 23-455

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Tax Map

Lot and Block Number

Benchmark

Metes and Bounds

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What type of land description is being used in a deed that reads, “All that tract of land beginning at the Southeast comer of Cortlandt St. and William St. and proceeding South 0 degrees for 150 feet, then East 0 degrees for 80 feet, then North 0 degrees for 150 feet, then West 0 degrees for 80 feet to the point of beginning”?

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(A) Monuments.

(B) Boundaries.

(D) Metes and bounds.

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Property measurement by the front foot on its street line or waterfront line, with each front foot extending the depth of the lot. 23-463

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Benchmark

Front Foot

Lot and Block Number

Metes and Bounds

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A square mile contains 640 acres. Therefore a square 1 /2 mile contains:

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(A) 160 acres.

(B) 320 acres.

(D) 120 acres.

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A map showing the location of a parcel of real property located within the boundaries of the jurisdiction which is accompanied by other relevant information such as lot sizes and dimensions, and lot identification. 23-462

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Metes and Bounds

Chain

Benchmark

Tax Map

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Which of the following systems of land descriptions gives a starting point and the direction and the length of lines to be run?

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(A) Monuments.

(B) Recorded plats.

(D) Metes and bounds.

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In order for a buyer to be certain that the property being purchased has no encroachments, the buyer should obtain:

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(A) purchaser’s policy of title insurance.

(B) survey.

(D) warranty deed.

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Legal descriptions in New Jersey include:

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(A) a metes and bounds description.

(B) monuments.

(D) all of the above.

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A measurement of distance. Engineer's chain is a series of 100 wire links, each of which is one foot in length. A surveyor's chain is a series of wire links, each of which is 7.92 inches long. The surveyor's chain has a total length equal to four rods or 66 feet. Ten square chains of land is one acre. 23-463

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Benchmark

Acre

Tax Map

Chain

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A known identifiable point at which a metes and bounds description starts and ends. AKA "point of origin". 23-455

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Point of Beginning (P.O.B.)

Benchmark

Front Foot

Lot and Block Number

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