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  1. 1While classifying an Oregon corner record, which corner qualifies as a public land survey corner under ORS chapter 209?

    1. A. A subdivision lot corner created by a private plat
    2. B. A Donation Land Claim corner established by the General Land Office
    3. C. A construction offset set by a contractor
    4. D. A temporary traverse point set for topographic mapping

    Answer: B

    Explanation: ORS 209.005(6) defines a public land survey corner to include a "Donation Land Claim corner" and other corners established by the General Land Office or its successor. The described DLC corner therefore qualifies.

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 209.005(6)

  2. 2A recorded survey monument is destroyed outside the special road-construction exception. By when must the responsible person cause a PLS to reference and replace it?

    1. A. Within 30 days
    2. B. Within 45 days
    3. C. Within 90 days
    4. D. Within 180 days

    Answer: C

    Explanation: ORS 209.150(1) requires reference and replacement "within 90 days of the removal, disturbance or destruction."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 209.990

  3. 3A doubtful Oregon conveyance description contains definite particulars sufficient to locate the land plus an additional false particular. How is the description construed?

    1. A. The entire conveyance fails
    2. B. The definite particulars control and the false addition does not frustrate the conveyance
    3. C. The false particular controls because it is more specific
    4. D. The description must be replaced by a tax-lot description

    Answer: B

    Explanation: ORS 93.310(1) says the addition of indefinite, unknown, or false particulars "does not frustrate the conveyance" when definite particulars constitute a sufficient description.

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 93.310(1)

  4. 4During public-road reconstruction, a non-PLSS recorded monument will lie inside the new right of way. Which filing is required before construction if the monument will not be replaced?

    1. A. A deed correction filed with the county clerk
    2. B. A map filed with the county surveyor identifying recorded monuments, right of way, centerline, and survey control
    3. C. A corner restoration affidavit filed with BLM
    4. D. A road-vacation petition filed with the county assessor

    Answer: B

    Explanation: ORS 209.155(1)(b) requires a PLS to file a preconstruction map identifying "all existing recorded monuments, the existing right of way and controlling centerline and the survey control used."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 209.005

  5. 5Which mapping system is one of the three systems composing the statutory Oregon Coordinate System?

    1. A. Oregon Coordinate Reference System
    2. B. Washington State Plane Coordinate System of 1983
    3. C. Universal Transverse Mercator System
    4. D. National Grid System

    Answer: A

    Explanation: ORS 93.312(1) includes "the Oregon Coordinate Reference System" among the three component projection mapping systems.

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 93.312

  6. 6An Oregon county surveyor is surveying a legal subdivision of the public lands. Which surveying instruction controls the work?

    1. A. The current United States Manual of Surveying Instructions
    2. B. The edition in force when the county was created
    3. C. The county road design standards
    4. D. The Oregon Coordinate Reference System user guide

    Answer: A

    Explanation: ORS 209.070(4) directs the county surveyor to make "all surveys of legal subdivisions with reference to the current United States Manual of Surveying Instructions."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 209.990

  7. 7Who bears the cost of referencing and replacing an Oregon survey monument that was disturbed?

    1. A. The county surveyor
    2. B. The adjoining landowners equally
    3. C. The person or public agency causing the disturbance
    4. D. The PLS who last filed a survey using the monument

    Answer: C

    Explanation: ORS 209.150(1) assigns the costs to "the person or public agency causing the removal, disturbance or destruction."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 209.990

  8. 8A permanent, visible monument conflicts with a stated line distance in a doubtful Oregon deed description. Which controls?

    1. A. The monument
    2. B. The line distance
    3. C. The computed area
    4. D. The tax assessor's map

    Answer: A

    Explanation: ORS 93.310(2) provides that when boundaries or monuments conflict with measurements, "the boundaries or monuments are paramount."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 93.310(2)

  9. 9A permanent control-point network will delineate a newly defined Oregon road right of way. What is the minimum number of control monuments in that network?

    1. A. Two
    2. B. Three
    3. C. Four
    4. D. Five

    Answer: B

    Explanation: ORS 209.155(2)(b) states that the network "shall consist of at least three control monuments."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 209.005

  10. 10An Oregon land description gives coordinates for a point on a land boundary. Which coordinate framework must it use?

    1. A. The Oregon Coordinate System
    2. B. Any local project grid
    3. C. Only geographic latitude and longitude
    4. D. The county assessor's coordinate grid

    Answer: A

    Explanation: ORS 93.312(2)(a) requires a coordinate-bearing land description to "use the Oregon Coordinate System."

    Reference: Oregon Revised Statutes — ORS 93.312(2)(a)

Topics in this practice bank

These topics describe the available practice for Oregon Specific Four-Hour Land Surveying Examination. Review the examination outline and its sources for scope and allocation details.

  • Item 1. The U.S. Public Land Survey system including Donation Land Claims.
  • Item 2. Statutes and Rules Specific to Oregon.
  • Item 3. Property description writing and interpretation.
  • Item 4. Unwritten transfers of land by unwritten agreement, adverse relationships, and acts of nature and prescription, and County Roads
  • Item 5. Horizontal and Vertical Datum’s, Geodesy, Map Projections, Oregon Coordinates Systems, and general knowledge of GPS techniques used in land surveying.

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