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Key Facts: GELE Exam
5
Board Subjects
PRC Board of Geodetic Engineering
70%
Weighted Average to Pass
RA 8560 IRR
55%
Minimum Per Subject
RA 8560 IRR
2 days
Exam Length
PRC
RA 8560
Governing Law
Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998
20%
Weight Each Subject
PRC syllabus
The GELE is the Philippine board exam for geodetic engineers under RA 8560, administered by the PRC Board of Geodetic Engineering across two days. It tests five subjects of about 20% each: Rules and Regulations, Mathematics, Theory and Practice of Surveying, Geodesy, and Cartography. Passing requires a 70% weighted general average with no grade below 55% in any subject. Coverage spans cadastral and route surveying, traverse and leveling computations, the PRS92 datum, map projections, GIS, and Philippine land and property laws.
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1Which law is the principal statute regulating the practice of geodetic engineering in the Philippines?
A.Republic Act No. 8560 (Philippine Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998)
B.Republic Act No. 544 (Civil Engineering Law)
C.Presidential Decree No. 1529 (Property Registration Decree)
D.Republic Act No. 1364 (Sanitary Engineering Law)
Explanation: RA 8560, the Philippine Geodetic Engineering Act of 1998, governs the licensure and practice of geodetic engineers and created the Board of Geodetic Engineering under the PRC. Its IRR is Board Resolution No. 05, s. 1998.
2To pass the Geodetic Engineer Licensure Examination, a candidate must obtain a weighted general average of at least 70% with no grade lower than what value in any subject?
A.40%
B.45%
C.50%
D.55%
Explanation: Under the RA 8560 IRR, a passing candidate must achieve a weighted general average of 70% and must not receive a rating below 55% in any of the major subjects. Falling below 55% in even one subject is a conditional/failing result regardless of the average.
3Presidential Decree No. 1529, which modernized land registration in the Philippines, is commonly known as the:
A.Public Land Act
B.Property Registration Decree
C.Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
D.Civil Code of the Philippines
Explanation: PD 1529 (1978), the Property Registration Decree, codified and updated the Torrens system and superseded the Land Registration Act (Act No. 496). Geodetic engineers must know it because survey returns feed land titling.
4Under the Torrens system as implemented by PD 1529, what is the general legal character of an original certificate of title once registration becomes final?
A.It is provisional and may be freely overturned by any subsequent claimant
B.It is indefeasible and imprescriptible, subject only to specific statutory exceptions
C.It expires after 25 years and must be renewed
D.It is valid only if notarized annually
Explanation: A Torrens title becomes indefeasible (incontrovertible) one year after entry of the decree of registration and is generally imprescriptible — it cannot be lost through adverse possession — except for statutory exceptions such as fraud within the one-year period.
5Commonwealth Act No. 141, the Public Land Act, primarily governs the:
A.Classification, administration, and disposition of alienable and disposable public lands
B.Internal rules of the Board of Geodetic Engineering
C.Computation of spherical excess in triangulation
D.Accreditation of geodetic engineering schools
Explanation: CA 141 (1936) governs how lands of the public domain that are classified as alienable and disposable may be administered and disposed of (homestead, sale, lease, free patent). Geodetic engineers survey such lands for patent applications.
6Which government agency, through its Lands Management Bureau and regional offices, is principally responsible for approving original cadastral and isolated survey plans in the Philippines?
A.Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
B.Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
C.Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
D.National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) only
Explanation: The DENR, through the Lands Management Bureau (LMB) and the Land Management Services of its regional offices, verifies and approves original land survey plans. NAMRIA maintains the geodetic control network and base maps but does not approve cadastral lot plans.
7A geodetic engineer is asked by a client to certify a relocation survey on land the engineer knows belongs to a third party who did not consent. Under the GE Code of Ethics, the engineer should:
A.Proceed, since the client pays the professional fee
B.Decline, because certifying a survey to misrepresent ownership is a breach of professional integrity
C.Proceed but lower the fee to limit liability
D.Proceed only if the survey is unsigned
Explanation: The geodetic engineer's primary duty is to the public and to professional integrity. Knowingly certifying a survey that misrepresents boundaries or ownership is dishonest, can defraud third parties, and is a ground for disciplinary action under RA 8560.
8Under RA 8560, the Board of Geodetic Engineering is composed of a chairman and how many members?
A.One member (two total)
B.Two members (three total)
C.Four members (five total)
D.Six members (seven total)
Explanation: The Board of Geodetic Engineering consists of a Chairman and two members, all appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list of recommendees, giving a three-member board that administers the licensure exam and regulates practice.
9In the law on obligations and contracts, a contract for a geodetic survey where one party agrees to perform the survey and the other to pay is classified as:
A.A gratuitous contract
B.An onerous (reciprocal) contract
C.A unilateral donation
D.A contract of adhesion that is automatically void
Explanation: A survey contract is onerous and reciprocal: each party assumes a burden (performing the survey, paying the fee) in exchange for a benefit. Reciprocal obligations become demandable once one party has complied with what is incumbent upon it.
10Which document, issued by the Lands Management Bureau and tied to the national datum, serves as a high-order control monument from which property surveys are tied?
A.Bureau of Lands Location Monument (BLLM)
B.Tax Declaration
C.Original Certificate of Title (OCT)
D.Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)
Explanation: A BLLM (Bureau of Lands Location Monument) is a geodetic control monument referenced to the national datum (PRS92). Property and cadastral surveys are tied to the nearest BLLM so that lot corners have known position on the reference system.
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