Oregon Specific Four-Hour Land Surveying Examination — Information & Free Practice
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Oregon Specific Four-Hour Land Surveying Examination
- Provider
- Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
- Format
- Written examination with essay responses
- Time limit
- 4 hours
- Passing score
- 70 points out of 100 points
Examination outline
- Item 1. The U.S. Public Land Survey system including Donation Land Claims. (20%)
- Item 2. Statutes and Rules Specific to Oregon. (20%)
- Item 3. Property description writing and interpretation. (20%)
- Item 4. Unwritten transfers of land by unwritten agreement, adverse relationships, and acts of nature and prescription, and County Roads (20%)
- Item 5. Horizontal and Vertical Datum’s, Geodesy, Map Projections, Oregon Coordinates Systems, and general knowledge of GPS techniques used in land surveying. (20%)
Examination sources
- Oregon Specific 4-Hour Land Surveying Examination Syllabus
Page 2, complete five-item syllabus and official weights
- Oregon Specific 4-Hour Land Surveying Examination Syllabus
Page 1, Oregon-specific scope and four general topics
- Oregon Specific 4-Hour Land Surveying Examination Syllabus
Page 2, major and minor emphasis and named statutes and rules
- Oregon Specific 4-Hour Land Surveying Examination Syllabus
Page 1 footer, adoption and effective month
- Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 820, Division 10 — Licensing
OAR 820-010-2010(5), cutoff score
- Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 820, Division 10 — Licensing
OAR 820-010-2010(8), essay scoring and rescoring
- Oregon Specific 4-Hour Land Surveying Examination Syllabus
Page 2, five items and scored questions
- Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 820, Division 10 — Licensing
OAR 820-010-2010(1)(a), regular examination registration
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.