Fundamentals of Surveying: Exam Study Manual

Fundamentals of Surveying: Exam Study Manual is a 180 page manual including text, diagrams, and examples/sample problems that break down, simplify, and explain each subject. Topics included are based on the current NCEES Fundaments of Surveying (FS) exam specifications and recommended knowledge.

Organized in both a quick reference format as well as in a manner to allow for a solid understanding of common surveying subjects, the contents include: 

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PUBLIC LANDS SURVEY SYSTEM (PLSS)
• PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM:  A BRIEF HISTORY
• PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM:  PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN LIST
• PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM:  AREAS
• PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM:  LENGTHS
• QUADRANGLES AND TOWNSHIPS:  STANDARD PARALLELS AND GUIDE MERIDIANS;
• THE 4 TOWNSHIPS X 4 TOWNSHIPS/24 SQUARE MILE QUADRANGLES
• ORDER OF TOWNSHIP LINES ESTABLISHMENT
• SECTIONS:  TYPICAL REGULAR TOWNSHIP ARRANGEMENT
• ORDER OF SECTION LINES ESTABLISHMENT
• CLOSING CORNERS
• PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM:  LEGISLATED RULES
• SINGLE AND DOUBLE PROPORTIONING
• MEANDER LINES
• EASEMENTS
• TITLE
• DEEDS
• DESCRIPTIONS
• EVIDENCE
• APPORTIONMENTS:  SIMULTANEOUS CONVEYANCES
• RECORDS RESEARCH
• RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
• RIPARIAN AND LITTORAL RIGHTS
• ORDER OF OPERATIONS:
• QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
• TRIANGLES
• DECIMAL DEGREES AND DEGREES MINUTES SECONDS: CONVERSIONS
• AZIMUTHS AND BEARINGS: CONVERSIONS
• MAGNETIC DECLINATION
• AREA EQUATIONS
• HORIZONTAL CURVES
• VERTICAL CURVES
• INTERSECTING LINES:  SLOPE INTERCEPTS AND CENTER CORNER CALCULATIONS
• PHOTOGRAMMETRY
• STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
• FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND CORRECTIONS:
• ELECTRONIC DISTANCES, STADIA, AND TAPE CORRECTION
• LEVEL LOOP
• GEODESY
• GROUND TO GRID CALCULATIONS
• TRAVERSE ADJUSTMENTS: LEAST SQUARES, COMPASS RULE, AND TRANSIT RULE
• SECTION 6 CALCULATIONS
• CONCLUSION AND REFERENCES