INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Write all your answers on the ENGINEERING AND THE

test paper
2. All answers must be in ink, no
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
pencil answers will be marked
3. No additional paper may be
used or handed in, Extra paper CADASTRAL SURVEYING III
is added at the back of the (CSU301T)
test and must be handed in
with the test
4. NO PROGRAMMABLE
CALCULATORS may be used
5. Sign the declaration before TEST 1
proceeding

26 August 2013

TOTAL: 41 Marks [MEMO]

TIME: 1 hour 00 minutes
PAGES: 6 (incl. cover)

EXAMINER: A. Briell

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 ANNEXURE A – EXAMINATION RULES

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. By signing the cover of this script you confirm that you are familiar with the examination
rules and regulations of TUT.
2. Write your full first names and surname and student number, which appears on your
student card, clearly and correct in the space provided on the cover sheet. Your student
number must also be written in the right hand corner of every loose sheet of paper.
3. During practical tests the following must be written on the label of the disk (if so
provided): Student number, Surname, Initial, Program and Lecturer.
4. When answering Theory tests you must write neatly and clearly and answer in the spaces
provided for it. If you answer in a separate book use both sides of the paper. Leave
margins entirely free for use of the assessor.
5. You need not commence with every new answer on a new page. After completing a
question, draw a line across the page and start the new question. It must be clearly
numbered. Group the answers to subsections of a question together.
6. During practical tests you are not allowed to have any application open other than the
application on which the test is based.
7. While the test is in progress, you may not help or try to help another student, obtain
assistance or try to obtain assistance, or communicate or try to communicate with
anyone.
8. You may not have in your possession any book, memorandum, note(s), sketch, map, film
or any other document (including unused paper) or any other aid with a bearing on the
subject, with the exception of whatever is handed out to you in the test venue.
9. No cell phone may be in your possession, switched on or be used by you during the test.
10. You may not use any electronic device, e.g. calculator or PDA, unless it is clearly
authorized on test paper.
11. You will render yourself liable to disqualification if you make personal remarks to the
examiner, lecturer or Invigilator. The writing or drawing of any offensive matter on the test
material supplied to you will disqualify you.
12. No explanation of test questions may be asked or will be given
13. All answers must be written in English.
14. All work done must be submitted. If you wish any answer not to be marked, draw a line
through it.
15. No pages may be removed or inserted to your script.
16. You must leave the test venue as soon as you submitted your work, but not before at
least 30 minutes of the test time has expired. You are not allowed to leave the venue
without the permission if the Invigilator. After any test, no student is allowed to open the
computer to access any other program.
17. All test scripts; disks and aids handed out to you must be returned before you leave the
test venue.
18. The Invigilator may disqualify any candidate for unfair practices or unsatisfactory
conduct. No negotiations will be entered into by the Invigilator. A formal disciplinary
hearing will be pursued.
19. A student who does not comply with these rules shall be subject to disciplinary steps in
terms of the Examination rules and Regulations of TUT.

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1. The PLATO Act and the regulations framed thereunder. [22]

a) How does the Educational Advisory Committee (EAC) assist the council? (2)

- The EAC ensures that the teaching and examination standard of accredited universities is maintained.

- The EAC evaluates and makes recommendations to council regarding new institutions to be accredited.

- The EAC makes recommendations to council as to whether accreditation should be withdrawn.

b) Why does the EAC play a crucial role in maintaining the standard of the surveying profession? (2)

Their education is a surveyor’s first step in becoming a professional. By ensuring that the education quality is

maintained, the EAC ensures that surveyors have the correct knowledge and grounding. This ensures that when

surveyors register and enter industry they are competent and maintain the standard of the profession.

c) What is meant by the term "improper conduct"? (2)

Improper conduct is conduct that is considered unbecoming of a surveyor registered in terms of the PLATO Act.

In general it is any conduct that could result in the competency of registered surveyors to be questioned or that

could bring the profession or council into disrepute.

d) Which of the following are examples of improper conduct for a surveyor? Write Y if they are or N if they are not. (8)

i. A surveyor carries out a high precision engineering survey after practicing only as a cadastral surveyor for
10 years.
Y
ii. A professional land surveyor hires a beggar at the traffic lights who seems trustworthy. He trains him to
use a GNSS system and send him into the field to place beacons but makes sure to check the work
afterwards.
N
iii. An old surveyor who is well known in the community decides to participate in a marketing campaign for
the latest Trimble GNSS system.
Y
iv. A young surveyor decides to start a company with his friends. One is a registered town planner, another is
a quantity surveyor and another runs a well respected construction company.
Y
v. A survey technician hires someone who has 30 years of professional cadastral experience but recently had
his professional membership suspended due to a misunderstanding, intending to use him on a tender for a
new township.
Y
vi. You hear that a neighbour is going to be rebuilding his boundary wall through another person in the area.
You drop a quote for replacing his boundary beacons into his letterbox because you know that at some
point he will need a surveyor.
Y
vii. A surveyor sits in a bar one day and spends an hour talking about why surveying is the best profession.
N
viii. A surveyor hands out pamphlets describing the kinds of projects he has worked on during his 20 year
career.
N
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 e) If a surveyor is found guilty of improper conduct, what may the council do to discipline the surveyor? (3)

- Issues a fine not exceeding R5000.

- Issue a warning.

- Suspend the surveyor’s registration for up to three years.

(Others as listed in the PLATO Act)

f) A friend is trying to understand the concepts of "professionalism" and a "profession". Explain to him the difference (5)
between a shopkeeper that conducts himself professionally and a survey professional.

A shopkeeper that conducts himself professionally is likely to do things such as communicate well with his

customers and treat them with respect; manage his store well and keep it organised and clean; always be honest in

his dealings.

A survey professional is likely to do all those things, but has also attained a specific degree; undergone professional

training; written the necessary professional exams; and registered with PLATO, his professional body.

2. The Land Survey Act and the regulations framed thereunder. [19]

a) What is the difference between the Chief Director and the Chief Surveyor General. (4)

The Chief Director is in charge of the Department of National Geospatial Information department. He is

responsible for geodetic surveys, national mapping and spatial imagery in the country.

The Chief Surveyor General is in charge of the Surveyor Generals Offices throughout the country. His responsible

For maintaining the national cadastre, its records and overseeing cadastral surveys as carried out by registered

professional surveyors.

b) Explain the difference between a boundary, a beacon, and a reference mark. (3)

A boundary is an imaginary line that demarcates the border between two pieces of land. The boundary line is

established by boundary beacons, which are physical markers placed at the intersection of boundary lines.

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 A reference mark is a point that is coordinated within the national control network that can be used to establish

boundary beacons, other control points, or as a basis of measurement of other physical features.

c) If diagrams and general plans carry the force of law, why does the act make provision for townships to be (4)
resurveyed? Explain.

Diagrams and general plans allow the owners of the properties concerned to protect the boundaries established

therein. However, should the owners of two adjacent portions of land agree to move a boundary, it is within their

rights as owners. To ensure the integrity of the cadastre, the properties would have to be resurveyed and the act

provides for this.

Further, occasionally mistakes slip through the system, and the provision in the act allows these mistakes to be

be corrected without too much hassle.

e) What is a curvilinear boundary? (2)

A curvilinear boundary is quite simply a boundary that is curved. It is usually a boundary that follows the path of a

river, road or some other physical feature.

f) How is a curvilinear boundary beaconed? (2)

Since curvilinear boundaries (usually rivers) have a tendency to move, it is not practical to place a beacon on the

boundary itself. Instead indicatory beacons are placed just short of the curvilinear boundary to establish the line

from the nearest normal boundary to the curvilinear one, and the boundary is described as extending from this.

g) What is a servitude? (4)

A servitude is a right created over another person’s erf, in favour of another person or erf. The servitude has the

effect of reducing or limiting the rights of the owner of the erf, to the benefit of the owner of the servitude.

Examples: Right of way servitude, services servitude.