PS Professional Liability & Ethics 2

Question 1

A licensed surveyor discovers an encroachment onto a client's property during a boundary survey. What is the surveyor's primary ethical obligation?

Accepted Answer

Report the encroachment to the client in writing

Answer

Surveyors have a professional duty to disclose all material findings to the client, including encroachments discovered during the course of a survey.

Question 2

Which scenario best describes a conflict of interest for a licensed surveyor?

Accepted Answer

Surveying a parcel in which the surveyor has a financial interest without disclosure

Answer

A conflict of interest arises when the surveyor has an undisclosed personal or financial stake in the outcome of their professional work.

Question 3

Under most state licensing laws, a surveyor's professional stamp and signature on a survey plat indicates:

Accepted Answer

The surveyor accepts personal and professional responsibility for the work

Answer

Affixing a seal and signature means the surveyor takes full professional and legal responsibility for the accuracy and compliance of the survey.

Question 4

A client asks a surveyor to alter a recorded plat to relocate a lot line in the client's favor. The surveyor should:

Accepted Answer

Refuse, as altering a recorded document is fraudulent

Answer

Altering a recorded plat without proper legal process constitutes fraud and is a serious violation of professional ethics and law.

Question 5

Which principle from the NSPS Code of Ethics requires surveyors to act in the public interest even when it conflicts with a client's wishes?

Accepted Answer

Primacy of public welfare

Answer

The primacy of public welfare principle holds that protection of public safety and welfare supersedes the interests of individual clients.

(PS) Professional Licensed Surveyor Practice Test