1What is anything which is or may be the object of appropriation?
Property
2What is the taking of something that belongs to or is associated with somebody else, especially without permission?
Appropriation
3According to its nature, what are the two classifications of property?
Immovable or real, and movable or personal
4According to its ownership, what are the two classifications of property?
Public dominion and private ownership
5What type of property is land or any estate in land and generally includes whatever is built or growing upon the land?
Real property
6What type of property is all property other than real property and generally refers to property that is movable?
Personal property
7What type of ownership consists of properties intended for public use such as roads, streets, canals, rivers, ports, and bridges constructed by the State?
Public Dominion
8What type of ownership consists of all properties belonging to private persons, either individually or collectively?
Private Ownership
9What is the independent right of exclusive enjoyment and control of a thing for the purpose of deriving therefrom all advantages required by the reasonable needs of the owner and the promotion of the general welfare, subject to restrictions imposed by law and the rights of others?
Ownership
10What is the holding of a thing or the enjoyment of a right, either by material occupation or by subjecting the thing or right to the action of our will?
Possession
11What type of survey deals with laying out or measuring the lengths and direction of lines forming the boundaries of real property or landed property?
Land Survey
12What is one purpose of property surveys involving the necessary data for writing the legal description and finding the area of a designated tract of land?
To secure the necessary data for writing legal description and for finding the area of a designated tract of land
13What is one purpose of property surveys involving the restoration of boundaries of a tract that has already been surveyed and defined?
To reestablish the boundaries of a tract which has been previously surveyed and defined
14What is one purpose of property surveys involving dividing a tract into two or smaller units or sub lots?
To subdivide a tract into two or smaller units or sub lots
15What does having a property surveyed tell a potential purchaser about?
The property they are potentially going to purchase and any stipulations that come with it
16What can a property survey catch before purchasing land?
Potential problems
17What costly mistake is given as an example of a problem that a property survey can help prevent?
Building a home on someone else's land
18What is the first major action phase in the land survey general procedure?
The location
19What does the location phase of the land survey general procedure involve?
Study, and when necessary, interpretation of all available legal documents as proof of ownership
20What documents are given as examples of proof of ownership during the location phase?
Certificate of title, deeds, conveyances, extra-judicial settlement, contracts, maps, wills, or other documents that contain a description of the boundaries
21Where is the principal repository for most of the legal instruments used during the location phase usually found?
The files in the nearest CENRO office, DENR Regional Office – Land Management Bureau, Register of Deeds, or Land Registration Authority
22What is the second major action phase in the land survey general procedure?
The determination
23What does the determination phase involve after studying all documents and related evidence?
Determination of what the true actual property description may be presumed to be and determination of what physical evidence of the boundary location exists in the field
24What is meant by physical evidence in land surveying?
For the most part, monuments
25What is any identifiable object that occupies a permanent location in the field and serves as a reference point or marker for a boundary?
Monument
26What type of monument may be a rock, a tree, or the edge of a stream?
Natural monument
27What type of monument may be a pipe or a concrete monument?
Artificial monument
28What type of marker should not be used as a monument because it decays easily?
Perishable marker
29What is an example of a perishable marker that should not be used for monuments?
A wooden marker that decays easily
30What is the third major action phase in the land survey general procedure?
The survey proper
31What does the survey proper involve?
Conducting a survey of the existing physical evidence of the boundaries
32What is the typical method used for the survey proper when surveying the boundaries?
Running a close traverse of the lot and taking sideshoots to lot corners
33After running a close traverse of the lot and taking sideshoots to lot corners, what is done next?
Run a close loop traverse to existing reference point/s near to the lot
34What is the fourth major action phase in the land survey general procedure?
The establishment of the boundary
35What does the establishment of the boundary involve?
Decisions as to the best evidence and the setting of corners and marking of points that should have been marked in previous surveys but were not or whose markers have since disappeared
36What is the fifth major action phase in the land survey general procedure?
The preparation of the property description
37What does the preparation of the property description involve?
Preparation of survey outputs such as maps, plans, and sketches
38What information do the maps, plans, and sketches contain regarding the property boundary?
The bearings and distances of the metes and bounds of the boundary
39What is the sixth major action phase in the land survey general procedure?
The survey approval
40Where shall survey outputs be submitted for approval?
DENR LMS or LRA Manila
41What is the complete compilation of documents together with muniments of title, lot data computations, survey plans, and other proof of ownership called?
Survey returns
42What documents are included with survey returns?
Muniments of title, lot data computations, survey plans, and other proof of ownership
43What are approved survey returns used for?
Title technical description
44What should be investigated in the learning task concerning a family, neighbor's, or relative's property?
All available documents that will show the property's description
45What aspects of the property's description are specifically mentioned in the learning task?
Location, area, and ownership
46How many documents does Assessment 1 require as references for determining the property's description?
At least three documents
47What does Assessment 2 ask about each document used as a reference for determining the property's description?
What information can be found in each document related to the property's description
48What does Assessment 3 ask concerning each document used as a reference?
How each document was acquired