IAAO COURSE 101 WORKBOOK-
CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
Cadastral maps - Correct Answer ✔✔ Are also known as assessment maps, appraisal
maps, ownership maps and tax maps
Cadastral maps show - Correct Answer ✔✔ Boundaries of parcels, size and location of
parcels relative to other properties, major physical features such as roads streams
railroads, etc...
Map scale - Correct Answer ✔✔ The relationship of linear distance on the map to linear
distance on the ground
CAD mapping system - Correct Answer ✔✔ Computer assisted drafting
GIS mapping system - Correct Answer ✔✔ Geographic information system
CAD mapping system use - Correct Answer ✔✔ Used to produce maps CAD data
elements include all graphics needed to draw a map, lines, line strings, text in symbols,
and can greatly reduce the time for milk production over traditional hand drawn
cartographic processes
GIS mapping system use - Correct Answer ✔✔ The technology stores land information
in a computer database, comprises geography (lines) and attributes(info about the
lines); different kinds of information are often stored in different layers and can be used
as an appraisal tool by linking to CAMA
Two types of cadastral maintenance - Correct Answer ✔✔ Systematic maintenance and
general maintenance
General map maintenance - Correct Answer ✔✔ Results from changes to the maps and
records from information other than deeds, wills and plats. For example, street name
changes, mailing address changes, new highway construction, corporate limit lines and
physical feature changes
Systematic map maintenance - Correct Answer ✔✔ The routine processing of changes
to boundary lines and ownership records as a result of real property transfers
Parcel identification systems - Correct Answer ✔✔ Provide a method for referencing
land parcels or data associated with parcels using a number code instead of a complete
legal description
, Six desirable characteristics for a personal identification system - Correct Answer ✔✔
Uniqueness, permanence, simplicity, ease of maintenance, flexibility and reference to
geographic location
Metes and bounds legal description systems - Correct Answer ✔✔ (oldest method)
originally parcels of land were described by using natural features as the most
significant information, bearings are used to determine the direction of each individual
boundary line starting and stopping at the point of beginning
Public land survey system - Correct Answer ✔✔ (Directed by the Continental Congress
in 1785) (township and sections) land surveyed in subdivided according to a system that
incorporates spherical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the primary lines and
rectangular Coordinates for the secondary lines
A township is comprised of - Correct Answer ✔✔ 36, one-mile-Square sections;
sections are numbered consecutively, beginning with one in the north east corner and
ending with 36 south east corner
Baselines run - Correct Answer ✔✔ East and west
Principal meridian lines run - Correct Answer ✔✔ North and south
The area of a section - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1 mile Square
Number of acres in a square mile - Correct Answer ✔✔ 640 acres
Platted subdivision method - Correct Answer ✔✔ A means of describing property by
numbered lots
The shape of a parcel of land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Similar to a three dimensional
pyrmid, with its apex at the center of the earth, extending upward through the suface
into space
The five attributes of land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Permanent and durable, unique in both
location and composition, a finite supply, functional and stationary
Unimproved land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Raw land, in its natural state prior to grading,
construction and/or subdividing
Improved land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Land that is developed to the extent that it is ready
for its intended use and referred to as a site, includes both improvements to land and
improvements on land(on-site,off-site)
Map scale for areas with parcels that are several hundred to thousands of acres -
Correct Answer ✔✔ 1" = 1,000'
CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
Cadastral maps - Correct Answer ✔✔ Are also known as assessment maps, appraisal
maps, ownership maps and tax maps
Cadastral maps show - Correct Answer ✔✔ Boundaries of parcels, size and location of
parcels relative to other properties, major physical features such as roads streams
railroads, etc...
Map scale - Correct Answer ✔✔ The relationship of linear distance on the map to linear
distance on the ground
CAD mapping system - Correct Answer ✔✔ Computer assisted drafting
GIS mapping system - Correct Answer ✔✔ Geographic information system
CAD mapping system use - Correct Answer ✔✔ Used to produce maps CAD data
elements include all graphics needed to draw a map, lines, line strings, text in symbols,
and can greatly reduce the time for milk production over traditional hand drawn
cartographic processes
GIS mapping system use - Correct Answer ✔✔ The technology stores land information
in a computer database, comprises geography (lines) and attributes(info about the
lines); different kinds of information are often stored in different layers and can be used
as an appraisal tool by linking to CAMA
Two types of cadastral maintenance - Correct Answer ✔✔ Systematic maintenance and
general maintenance
General map maintenance - Correct Answer ✔✔ Results from changes to the maps and
records from information other than deeds, wills and plats. For example, street name
changes, mailing address changes, new highway construction, corporate limit lines and
physical feature changes
Systematic map maintenance - Correct Answer ✔✔ The routine processing of changes
to boundary lines and ownership records as a result of real property transfers
Parcel identification systems - Correct Answer ✔✔ Provide a method for referencing
land parcels or data associated with parcels using a number code instead of a complete
legal description
, Six desirable characteristics for a personal identification system - Correct Answer ✔✔
Uniqueness, permanence, simplicity, ease of maintenance, flexibility and reference to
geographic location
Metes and bounds legal description systems - Correct Answer ✔✔ (oldest method)
originally parcels of land were described by using natural features as the most
significant information, bearings are used to determine the direction of each individual
boundary line starting and stopping at the point of beginning
Public land survey system - Correct Answer ✔✔ (Directed by the Continental Congress
in 1785) (township and sections) land surveyed in subdivided according to a system that
incorporates spherical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the primary lines and
rectangular Coordinates for the secondary lines
A township is comprised of - Correct Answer ✔✔ 36, one-mile-Square sections;
sections are numbered consecutively, beginning with one in the north east corner and
ending with 36 south east corner
Baselines run - Correct Answer ✔✔ East and west
Principal meridian lines run - Correct Answer ✔✔ North and south
The area of a section - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1 mile Square
Number of acres in a square mile - Correct Answer ✔✔ 640 acres
Platted subdivision method - Correct Answer ✔✔ A means of describing property by
numbered lots
The shape of a parcel of land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Similar to a three dimensional
pyrmid, with its apex at the center of the earth, extending upward through the suface
into space
The five attributes of land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Permanent and durable, unique in both
location and composition, a finite supply, functional and stationary
Unimproved land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Raw land, in its natural state prior to grading,
construction and/or subdividing
Improved land - Correct Answer ✔✔ Land that is developed to the extent that it is ready
for its intended use and referred to as a site, includes both improvements to land and
improvements on land(on-site,off-site)
Map scale for areas with parcels that are several hundred to thousands of acres -
Correct Answer ✔✔ 1" = 1,000'
