CAS610S - CADASTRAL SURVEYING 2 - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2025


CAS610S - CADASTRAL SURVEYING 2 - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2025



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nAmlBIA un1VERSITY
OFSCIEnCEAno TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF ENGINEERINGAND THE BUILTENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND SPATIAL SCIENCES
QUALIFICATIONS:BACHELOROF GEOMATICS,DIPLOMA IN GEOMATICS
QUALIFICATIONSCODES:06DGEO,07BGEO QUALIFICATIONSLEVEL:6- 06DGEO, 7 - 07BGEO
COURSECODE: CAS6105
COURSENAME: CADASTRALSURVEYING2
SESSION: JUNE2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARl<S: 100
EXAMINER:
MODERATOR:
FIRSTOPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Mr Taruwona Makaza
Mr Frikkie Louw
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALLthe questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
Calculator, ruler,pen, pencil and eraser.
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 3 PAGES(Including this Front Page).

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Cadastral Surveying 2
Question 1
Explain the following terms;
(a) "Give and take line" in the context of the Fencing Act;
(bl Contiguous owner;
(cl Original diagram ;
(d) Rectilinear boundary;
(e) Extinctive prescription;
(f)
Accurately determined;
(g) Servitude of uniform width;
(h) Seashore;
(i)
Land abutting on a river;
(j)
Lapse by merger (in the context of a servitude).
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Question 2
(a) What are the powers and duties of the Surveyor General?
(10)
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In which three cases is it not necessary to state coordinates on a diagram?
(6)
(c)
State at least four examples of numerical data that is contained on a survey diagram.
(4)
(d) Outline the different classes of surveys in terms of limits of allowable error and indicate a typical
example for each survey.
(6)
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Cadastral Surveying 2
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Question 3
What are the minimum specifications for beacons for rural land in terms of regulation 15? How shall special
conditions (e.g ,soft,hard, rocky) on the ground be handled?
(5)
(a) Explain how an indicatory beacon shall be placed.
(2)
(b) State clearly how lengths and directions shall be recorded on a general plan.
(6)
(c) According to regulation 16, state ANY THREEcaseswhere it shall not be necessary to place beacons
during a survey.
(6)
(d) Describe FULLYthe procedure for connecting a survey to the national survey control system when
satellite-based positioning techniques are being used.
(2)
(e) Regulation 18 refers to favourably situated main survey stations. Name ANY TWO attributes of such
stations.
(2)
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Question 4 (all questions relate to Act 32 of 1993)
(a) The register of practitioners shall consist of different categories of practitioners under
Act
32 of 1993. State all of them.
(6)
(b) Outline the categories of persons that are not eligible for appointment to the Council as members
or alternate members.
(7)
(c)
Name all acts which a person may do in order to be called a practitioner under this Act.
(3)
(d) Name ANY 5 acts or offences that for disciplinary proceedings against a professional land surveyor
constitute professional misconduct.
(5)
(e) State who the members of the Namibian Council for Professional Land Surveyors, Technical
Surveyors and Survey Technicians are.
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