NC Exam Prep CH 3

What is the principal purpose underlying legal descriptions of real property?

• To create a consistent, unchanging standard for locating the property.

• To eliminate all possible boundary disputes.

• To comply with federal laws.

• To eliminate cumbersome metes and bounds descriptions.

Which of the following is a distinctive feature of metes and bounds descriptions?

• They uses meridians and base lines.

• They identify an enclosed area, beginning and ending a the same point.

• They use lot and block numbers as the street adress.

• They incorporate elevation into the descriptions.

A certain legal description contains the phrase "...southeasterly along Happ Road to the stone landmark..." What kind of description is this?

• Plat survey plat of survey is

• Government Grid

• Metes and bounds

• Rectangular survey

The abbreviation POB stands for

• Perimeter of boundaries.

• Point of beginning.

• Point of bounds.

• Plat of boundary.

The area running north and south between meridians is a

• range.

• township.

• strip.

• tier.

The area running east and west between base lines is a

• range.

• tier.

• parameter.

• parallel.

How many sections are there in a township?

• One

• Six

• Twelve

• Thirty-six

A section contains how many acres?

• 640

• 320

• 160

• 40

How many acres are there in the S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 3?

• 20 acres

• 40 acres

• 80 acres

• 160 acres

If a parcel does not have a lot and block number and is too irregular to be described as a fraction of a section, the legal description

• is the street address

• will include a metes and bounds description

• will use an estimate of the sectional fraction

• will create a special reference number