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  1. 1A Nevada PLS establishes new boundary points on May 1. By what deadline must the record of survey ordinarily be filed with the county recorder?

    1. A. Within 60 days
    2. B. Within 90 days
    3. C. Within 120 days
    4. D. Within 180 days

    Answer: B

    Explanation: NRS 625.340 requires filing "within 90 days after the establishment of points or lines." The ordinary deadline is therefore 90 days.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 625 - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS — NRS 625.340

  2. 2A cadastral office is subdividing a regular PLSS section from its field notes. How should it construct the basic subdivision lines and handle excess or deficiency?

    1. A. Connect adjacent section corners and spread the excess over every new lot.
    2. B. Project cardinal lines from one corner and move the township exterior.
    3. C. Connect opposite corresponding corners and place excess against the township boundary.
    4. D. Use meander courses as lines and place excess against the nearest shore.

    Answer: C

    Explanation: "connecting by straight lines opposite corresponding corners, incorporating excess or deficiency against the township boundary" describes the regular subdivision plan. Adjacent-corner connections, one-corner projections, and meander courses do not replace that method.

    Reference: BLM Manual of Surveying Instructions 2009 — 2009 Manual §3-102

  3. 3A surveyor other than the one signing a Nevada final plat accepts responsibility for setting its monuments. What filing follows?

    1. A. A certificate of amendment
    2. B. A reversionary map
    3. C. A tentative map
    4. D. A corner record

    Answer: A

    Explanation: NRS 278.371 states: "If a surveyor other than the one signing the final plat accepts responsibility for the setting of monuments, a certificate of amendment must be filed and recorded." The changed responsibility therefore requires that certificate.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 278 - PLANNING AND ZONING — NRS 278.371

  4. 4Within what period after posting a Nevada lode-claim notice must the locator define the claim boundaries with valid legal monuments?

    1. A. 45 days
    2. B. 60 days
    3. C. 75 days
    4. D. 90 days

    Answer: B

    Explanation: NRS 517.030 requires boundary monumentation "within 60 days after posting the notice of location."

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 517 - MINING CLAIMS, MILL SITES AND TUNNEL RIGHTS — NRS 517.030(1)

  5. 5For which Nevada common-interest community are plats not required as part of the declaration?

    1. A. A cooperative
    2. B. A condominium
    3. C. A planned community
    4. D. A condominium hotel

    Answer: A

    Explanation: NRS 116.2109 states that plats "are required for all common-interest communities except cooperatives." A cooperative is therefore the exception.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 116 - COMMON-INTEREST OWNERSHIP (UNIFORM ACT) — NRS 116.2109

  6. 6Who must make maps, surveys, and measurements required under Nevada water law?

    1. A. A State Water Right Surveyor
    2. B. A county surveyor
    3. C. A cadastral surveyor
    4. D. A professional land surveyor without the water-right appointment

    Answer: A

    Explanation: NRS 533.080 provides: "All maps, surveys and measurements of water required pursuant to this chapter must be made by a state water right surveyor." That named surveyor is therefore required.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 533 - ADJUDICATION OF VESTED WATER RIGHTS; APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS — NRS 533.080

  7. 7Where are official maps of Nevada's state boundaries filed?

    1. A. Division of State Lands
    2. B. Office of the Secretary of State
    3. C. The affected county recorder
    4. D. Nevada State Archives

    Answer: A

    Explanation: NRS 234.020 provides: "All maps of state boundaries are filed with the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources." That division is the statutory repository.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 234 - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BOUNDARIES — NRS 234.020

  8. 8What projection and datum define Nevada's sole coordinate system for describing land?

    1. A. Transverse Mercator projection of NAD 83
    2. B. Lambert conformal conic projection of NAD 27
    3. C. Mercator projection of WGS 84
    4. D. Albers equal-area projection of NAVD 88

    Answer: A

    Explanation: NRS 327.005 describes the 1983 system as "a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983." That projection-datum pair defines Nevada's sole coordinate system for describing land.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 327 - NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES — NRS 327.005(1)

  9. 9A new parcel is created inside a Nevada industrial subdivision whose final map was previously filed. Which survey filing discloses the new parcel's boundary limits and configuration?

    1. A. A record of survey
    2. B. A corner record
    3. C. A reversionary map
    4. D. A map of division into large parcels

    Answer: A

    Explanation: NRS 625.340 requires a record of survey to disclose "the boundary limits and configuration of any new parcel" created in that setting.

    Reference: NRS: CHAPTER 625 - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS — NRS 625.340

  10. 10In a fractional PLSS section terminated by a reservation boundary, opposite corresponding quarter-section corners cannot be fixed. Where should subdivision lines run from the monumented corners?

    1. A. Toward the reservation boundary represented on the section's official plat.
    2. B. Toward a calculated opposite quarter-section corner beyond the reservation line.
    3. C. Toward the theoretical midpoint of the unrun exterior section line.
    4. D. Toward a proportional point between adjacent corners on the township exterior.

    Answer: A

    Explanation: "where no opposite corresponding quarter-section corners have been or can be fixed" the subdivision lines run "from the monumented corners ... to the water-course, reservation line, or other external boundary." This section's boundary is the reservation line, not a calculated corner or alternative point.

    Reference: BLM Manual of Surveying Instructions 2009 — 2009 Manual §3-120

Topics in this practice bank

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  • Standards of Practice & Licensing
    • Safeguarding life, health and property, promoting public welfare, and licensure of qualified and competent professional engineers and land surveyors
    • Nevada Board statutes and administrative code
  • Public Lands Survey System
    • Subdivision of standard and fractional sections
    • Surveys against township and range lines
    • Meander corners and closing corners
    • Significance of the Manual of Surveying Instructions being retraced
    • Bureau of Land Management 2009 Manual of Surveying Instructions
    • Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended
  • Subdivision Law
    • Recorded map types and necessary map components
    • Creation, approval and recordation of maps for subdivision and ownership transfers
    • Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 278: Planning and Zoning
  • Mining Law
    • Location and retracement of mining claims
    • Mining-claim records and options for gathering survey data
    • Rights arising from local customs, mining-district rules, the Mining Acts of 1866 and 1872, and other sources
    • Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 517: Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights
    • Nevada Administrative Code Chapter 517: Mining Claims
    • Mining Claim Procedures for Nevada Prospectors and Miners, sixth edition
  • Common Interest Communities
    • Unit ownership, allocated interests and common elements
    • Governing documents and types of common-interest communities in survey and mapping work
    • Surveying and mapping condominium hotels
    • Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 116: Common-Interest Ownership
    • Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 116B: Condominium Hotel Act
  • Water Rights & Water Law
    • Eligibility and processes for water surveying
    • Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 533: Adjudication of Vested Water Rights
  • Nevada State Boundary
    • Overall Nevada state boundary
    • History and monumentation of the Nevada western boundary
    • The Colorful History of the California/Nevada State Boundary, parts 1 and 2
    • Opinion of the Court in the 1980 California v. Nevada Supreme Court case
  • Nevada State Coordinate System
    • Knowledge and understanding of the coordinate system used in Nevada
    • Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 327: Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names

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