cameroon gce A level land survey law 1

cameroon gce A level land survey law 1

cameroon gce A level land survey law 1

1. In Cameroon, new laws are published in
A The Cameroon tribune
B The news papers
C The government gazette
D The law gazette
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2. Which of the following manages land related rights in accordance with native rights
A statutory law
B Public land Law
C Land law
D Customary land Law
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3. An Application for demarcation for the purpose of direct registration must be addressed to
A Divisional Officer in whose jurisdiction the land is situated.
B Divisional Delegate in whose jurisdiction the land is situated.
C Survey service of the division where the land is situated
D The Senior Divisional Officer where the land is situated
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4. Direct registration is involved with the
A establishment of land titles over land of the 2nd category
B establishing land titles over land of the 1st category
C extraction of land titles from the mother land title
D establishing land title over land free from any effective occupation
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5. The essence of the land Consultative Commission is to
A see the neighbours
B settle land disputes
C check on the effective exploitation of the land and identify pillars’ positions
D plant boundary pillars
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6. A system aimed at physically and legally identifying real property and determining its value is
A partitioning
B topographical survey
C demarcation
D cadastral survey
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7. Private stake holders in land management like licensed surveyors are involved in
A indirect registration
B direct registration
C the land consultative commission
D the 2nd category National land
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8. The Surveyor qualify to Demarcate a state land is
A A surveyor who has an experience of not less than ten years
B A state surveyor who has been sworn
C A surveyor who is registered with the National Order of Surveyors
D A state damarcation surveyor
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9. Land titles on national lands can be obtained through
A Direct registration
B Indirect registration
C final concession
D long –term – lease
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10. The persons eligible to acquire land certificate through direct registration
A Must be born before 5 August 1978
B Must be born before 8 May 1974
C Must be born before 5 August 1974
D Must be born before 8 May 1972
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11. A non-possessory right to use and/or enter onto the real property of another without possessing is
A Usufruct
B Fructus
C Abusus
D Easement
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12. In the case when a land title is set partly or wholly on a parcel of state property or public land
A The surveyor who demarcated the land is subject to penalty
B The state expropriates the rest of the plot
C The land title is cancelled
D The Person in whose name the land is registered is subject to penalty
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13. Individuals or communities are advised to exploit any land they own so that
A it should not be considered as 1st category land
B it should not be considered as 2nd category national land
C it should not be expropriated
D it should not be encroached.
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14. . An authorization by the state, through the ministry of state property survey and land tenure for a natural or corporate body to carry-out an activity on a state land is
A Allotment
B Allocation
C Concession
D Assignment
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15. The development of an estate or any space by dividing it into plots is
A land reclamation
B land partitioning
C layout
D demarcation
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16. Among the following documents . identify the one That constitutes the file for a land Title for direct registration
A Birth Certificate
B Driving
C National Identity Card
D Certificate of Non conviction
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17.The duration it takes for the public notice to be out when an application file for a land certificate is deposited at the Divisional Officer’s office is
A Forty days
B Fifty days
C Thirty days
D Sixty days.
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18.The duration it takes for the land certificate to be out when it has been gazetted is
A Fifteen days
B Thirty days
C Twenty days
D Forty days
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19. The regulatory and institutional framework for land management in Cameroon is the subject of
A Ordinance No. 74-1 and 74-2 of 6 July 1974
B Ordinance No. 75-1 and 75-2 of 6 July 1975
C Ordinance No. 74-3 and 74-2 of 6 August 1974
D Ordinance No. 71-1 and 75-2 of 5 August 1974
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20. Which of the following is involved with all procedures concerning the management of private lands
A land law
B land tenure
C Customary land law
D Cadastre
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21. Which of the following bodies Is responsible for land demarcation
A the state
B Registered sworn surveyor
C Sworn surveyor of the administration
D the state
Registered sworn surveyor
Sworn surveyor of the administration
the land consultative commission
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22. The cancelation of a land certificate is declared by
A The land register
B The governor
C The prime minister
D The minister in charge of state property survey and land tenure
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23. Which of the following statement is true
A Titles can be granted for parcels that were occupied after 1974
B Titles can be granted to lands that are deemed vacant and ineffectively used
C Titles can be granted to someone born in 1975
D titles can be granted to foreigners
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24. One of the characteristics of a public property is that it is
A Subject to private appropriate
B Subject to universal right
C Subject to unilateral right
D Not subject to private appropriate
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25. A land which is benefiting from an easement is a/an
A affirmative easement
B dominant tenement
C Servient tenement
D Recipient tenement
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26. In a case where a private property is expropriated for public utility, its land title
A is mortgaged
B becomes invalid
C is still valid
D is replaced by another one.
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27. A land title in a layout is obtained through
A direct registration
B partitioning
C Transfer
D Retrocession
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28. The first document that one is required to obtain before building a structure is
A the building plan
B the land certificate
C the town planning certificate
D the site plan