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Missouri Specific Examination
- Provider
- Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, Professional Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers
- Format
- Two-part open-book written examination. Part I has multiple-choice questions and a boundary-description writing exercise; Part II has multiple-choice questions and mathematical problems. Each part must be passed.
- Time limit
- Part I: 1 hour 15 minutes; Part II: 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Passing score
- At least 70% on the applicable examination under RSMo § 327.331. Both parts must be passed.
Examination outline
Part I — General
- Missouri Standards for Property Boundary Surveys; from a plat, write a boundary description — 40.5% of Part I; boundary-description exercise about one-fourth of Standards points, about 9% of the total exam
- Statutes and Rules of the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects, and Missouri Statutes applicable to surveying — 33.5% of Part I
- Missouri State Plane Coordinate System — 13.7% of Part I
- Missouri Riparian Boundaries — 12.3% of Part I
Part II — US Public Land Survey System (USPLSS)
- Original GLO procedures, the GLO System as applied to Missouri, GLO Section protraction — 32.7% of Part II
- Numerical calculator problems applied to USPLSS for MO; the application of Chapter 60 RSMo — 35.6% of Part II
- Resurveys on the US Public Land Survey System as applied in Missouri — 31.7% of Part II
Examination sources
- Revised February 6, 2023; Board-published examination scope
Opening paragraph: examination identity and licensure boundary
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Content table, Part I response format, first line
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Content table, Part I response format, second line
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Content table, Part II response format, first line
- Revised Statutes of Missouri, current section editions effective through August 28, 2026
RSMo § 327.331, passage beginning 3. Any applicant
- Revised February 6, 2023; Board-published examination scope
Retaking individual failed parts
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Examination administration and application approval
Related license preparation
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