IAAO 600 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What component of a map provides an explanation of the symbols
used to represent the data being mapped? - ANSWER ✓ Legend
2. What type of map shows boundaries and ownership of land? -
ANSWER ✓ Cadastral
3. a ________ is defined as a representation of the whole or a part of
an area. - ANSWER ✓ Map
4. What is created from aerial photography and used as the
foundation for the parcel mapping program? - ANSWER ✓ Base
Map
5. What are the three functions of a map? - ANSWER ✓ Location,
Identification & Inventory
6. During the initial mapping program what was used as a guide in
determining when all parcels were mapped? - ANSWER ✓ Tax
Roll
7. _________ is the relationship of linear distance on the map sheet
to linear distance on the ground. - ANSWER ✓ Map Scale
, 8. Name any two types of records used to construct maps during the
initial parcel mapping program. - ANSWER ✓ Public, Private
Assessment or Government
9. map components - ANSWER ✓ Map Title, Publication Data,
Legend, Explanatory Notes
10. inventory - ANSWER ✓ Will show the majority of the roads
between each town on the highway map
11. Identification - ANSWER ✓ The function of identifying all
important items of data found on the map
12. Three primary methods of describing lad used in the US are:
- ANSWER ✓ Meets & Bounds, Public Land Survey, Platted
Subdivision
13. Location - ANSWER ✓ Can be either relative (relationship
between objects) or absolute (a mathematical reference such as the
state plane coordinate)
14. Functions of a Map - ANSWER ✓ Location, Identification,
Inventory
15. Private Records - ANSWER ✓ Local surveyors, abstractions,
and utility companies would be contacted and attempts made to
secure any useful information they have
16. Government Records - ANSWER ✓ Government agencies
would be contacted for highway right of way maps, annexation
maps, zoning maps, public land boundary maps, and other special
maps
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What component of a map provides an explanation of the symbols
used to represent the data being mapped? - ANSWER ✓ Legend
2. What type of map shows boundaries and ownership of land? -
ANSWER ✓ Cadastral
3. a ________ is defined as a representation of the whole or a part of
an area. - ANSWER ✓ Map
4. What is created from aerial photography and used as the
foundation for the parcel mapping program? - ANSWER ✓ Base
Map
5. What are the three functions of a map? - ANSWER ✓ Location,
Identification & Inventory
6. During the initial mapping program what was used as a guide in
determining when all parcels were mapped? - ANSWER ✓ Tax
Roll
7. _________ is the relationship of linear distance on the map sheet
to linear distance on the ground. - ANSWER ✓ Map Scale
, 8. Name any two types of records used to construct maps during the
initial parcel mapping program. - ANSWER ✓ Public, Private
Assessment or Government
9. map components - ANSWER ✓ Map Title, Publication Data,
Legend, Explanatory Notes
10. inventory - ANSWER ✓ Will show the majority of the roads
between each town on the highway map
11. Identification - ANSWER ✓ The function of identifying all
important items of data found on the map
12. Three primary methods of describing lad used in the US are:
- ANSWER ✓ Meets & Bounds, Public Land Survey, Platted
Subdivision
13. Location - ANSWER ✓ Can be either relative (relationship
between objects) or absolute (a mathematical reference such as the
state plane coordinate)
14. Functions of a Map - ANSWER ✓ Location, Identification,
Inventory
15. Private Records - ANSWER ✓ Local surveyors, abstractions,
and utility companies would be contacted and attempts made to
secure any useful information they have
16. Government Records - ANSWER ✓ Government agencies
would be contacted for highway right of way maps, annexation
maps, zoning maps, public land boundary maps, and other special
maps
