Free Kansas State Specific Land Surveying Examination — Part I Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the Kansas State Specific Land Surveying Examination — Part I practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1A Kansas surveyor is retained for a boundary survey under a contract that prescribes requirements stricter than the statewide minimum standards. Which requirements govern the work?

   1. A. The stricter contractual requirements in addition to the statewide minimums
   2. B. Only the statewide minimums because private contracts cannot add requirements
   3. C. Only the county filing requirements, regardless of the contract
   4. D. The mortgagee-title-inspection requirements instead of boundary-survey standards

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The Scope states, "Additional requirements or higher standards may be prescribed by contractual agreement, statute, administrative rule, or ordinance." The surveyor must therefore comply with the higher contractual requirements as well as the baseline standards.

   Reference: Kansas Minimum Standards — § 66-12-1

2. 2After Kansas issues a professional surveyor's license, how soon must the licensee obtain a board-approved seal?

   1. A. Within 10 days
   2. B. Within 30 days
   3. C. Within 60 days
   4. D. Before the next biennial renewal

   Answer: B

   Explanation: K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) provides, "Each licensee, within 30 days of a license being issued, shall obtain a seal of the design approved by the board."

   Reference: Draft Regulation — § 66-6-1(a)

3. 3A legal description uses Kansas plane coordinates. What identification must the description include?

   1. A. The system name, zone, and applicable datum and coordinate epoch
   2. B. The system name, zone, and meridian-convergence angle
   3. C. The system name, units, and combined scale factor
   4. D. The zone, county, and project benchmark

   Answer: A

   Explanation: K.S.A. 58-20a02 requires that the system be named, "the zone used shall be specified in the description, and if applicable, the geodetic datum and the epoch of the coordinates in decimal years."

   Reference: 58-20a02 — paragraph requiring system name, zone, datum, and coordinate epoch

4. 4A Kansas navigable stream suddenly establishes a new channel by flood or avulsion. What must the secretary of state procure for the new channel when K.S.A. 24-454 does not control?

   1. A. A temporary flowage easement
   2. B. A survey license
   3. C. Fee title in the State of Kansas
   4. D. A county road dedication

   Answer: C

   Explanation: K.S.A. 82a-201 directs that the secretary of state "shall procure the fee title in the state of Kansas to such new channel, by purchase or by condemnation proceedings."

   Reference: 82a-201 — § 82a-201

5. 5A Kansas professional surveyor is hired only to monument the limits of a recorded utility easement. Under the minimum standards, how is that service classified?

   1. A. Mortgagee title inspection
   2. B. Boundary survey
   3. C. Topographic survey
   4. D. Construction layout

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The definition provides, "Monumenting the boundaries of easements and other interests in real property is a Boundary Survey." The limited easement assignment is therefore still a boundary survey.

   Reference: Kansas Minimum Standards — § 66-12-1

6. 6What diameter must the outer circle of a Kansas professional seal have?

   1. A. 1 1/16 inches
   2. B. 1 1/4 inches
   3. C. 1 5/8 inches
   4. D. 2 inches

   Answer: C

   Explanation: K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) states, "The outer circle shall be 1 5/8 inches in diameter."

   Reference: Draft Regulation — § 66-6-1(a)

7. 7A single tract crosses from one Kansas coordinate zone into the adjacent zone. How must its boundary points be referenced in one description?

   1. A. Split the points evenly between both zones
   2. B. Refer all boundary points exclusively to one specified zone
   3. C. Use geographic coordinates only
   4. D. Use the north zone for northings and south zone for eastings

   Answer: B

   Explanation: K.S.A. 58-20a05 provides that "the position of all points on its boundaries shall be referred exclusively to only one of the multiple zones" and that zone must be specified.

   Reference: 58-20a05 — single statutory paragraph, Tracts in more than one zone

8. 8When Kansas negotiates to acquire a new navigable-stream channel created by avulsion, what limits the amount paid?

   1. A. The county's appraised agricultural value
   2. B. The original patent price
   3. C. The cost of one boundary survey
   4. D. The net amount realized from sale of the corresponding abandoned channel

   Answer: D

   Explanation: K.S.A. 82a-202 provides, "No sum shall be paid for the new channel in excess of the net amount realized from the sale of the corresponding abandoned channel."

   Reference: 82a-202 — § 82a-202

9. 9A plat creates new lots and is acknowledged by the owner, but it has not yet been accepted by a city or county governing body. Which feature is still required for it to meet the Kansas definition of a subdivision plat?

   1. A. Certification by a title insurer
   2. B. Approval by every adjoining owner
   3. C. Acceptance by a city or county governing body
   4. D. A mortgagee title inspection

   Answer: C

   Explanation: A subdivision plat is defined as one "which requires acceptance by a city or county governing body." Owner acknowledgment alone does not complete that defining condition.

   Reference: Kansas Minimum Standards — § 66-12-1

10. 10Which information belongs in the inner circle of a Kansas professional surveyor's seal?

    1. A. Only the licensee's name
    2. B. The firm name and county
    3. C. The issue date and expiration date
    4. D. Licensed, Kansas, and the license-certificate number

    Answer: D

    Explanation: K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) requires "the number of the license certificate in the center" and places LICENSED at the top and KANSAS at the bottom of the inner circle.

    Reference: Draft Regulation — § 66-6-1(a)