LSIT Legal and Ethical Issues 2

Question 1

A licensed surveyor discovers that a neighboring surveyor's recent boundary survey contains a significant mathematical error. What is the ethical obligation under NSPS and most state codes?

Accepted Answer

Report the error to the client and, if necessary, the state licensing board

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Ignore it to avoid professional conflict

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Correct the error privately without notifying anyone

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Contact the other surveyor's client directly and offer to redo the work

Question 2

Under the Statute of Frauds, which of the following documents MUST be in writing to be legally enforceable in a real property conveyance?

Accepted Answer

A deed transferring fee simple title

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An oral agreement to sell land made between family members

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A verbal license to cross a neighbor's property

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A handshake agreement for a short-term lease under one year

Question 3

A surveyor is asked to stake a property line that he knows will encroach on a public easement. The client insists the work proceed. What should the surveyor do?

Accepted Answer

Refuse to perform work that violates applicable laws or regulations

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Proceed because the client's instruction overrides professional judgment

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Complete the survey but omit the easement from the plat

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Stake the line and let the client deal with any legal consequences

Question 4

What legal doctrine holds that a long-term, open, notorious, hostile, and continuous use of another's land for a specific purpose can create a legal right to continue that use?

Accepted Answer

Prescriptive easement

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Adverse possession

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Easement by necessity

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Easement by implication

Question 5

In most U.S. states, a surveyor's signed and sealed plat constitutes which type of professional output?

Accepted Answer

A legal document that can be recorded in public land records

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An informal advisory opinion with no legal standing

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A preliminary sketch subject to client modification

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A confidential report protected by attorney-client privilege

Question 6

A surveyor accepts a project but later realizes the scope exceeds his current competence in a specialized area. What is the ethically correct course of action?

Accepted Answer

Withdraw from the project or associate with a competent specialist

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Complete the work anyway to avoid disappointing the client

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Subcontract the entire project without the client's knowledge

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Request that the client lower the project standards

Question 7

Which type of property description is considered the weakest and most prone to causing boundary disputes?

Accepted Answer

Strip or acreage description with no monuments or bearings

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Metes and bounds description

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Lot and block (recorded plat) description

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Government rectangular survey description