PS exam
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The PS exam is a professional licensing test in the United States that assesses a surveyor’s competency in the principles and practice of land surveying.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PS exam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1116237 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PS exam Context triple: [Principles and Practice of Surveying exam, shortName, PS exam]
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FS exam
The FS exam is a standardized test in the United States that serves as the first step toward professional licensure for surveyors, assessing fundamental knowledge in surveying principles and practices.
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PSAT/NMSQT
The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized, preliminary version of the SAT taken by high school students in the United States that also serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
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C.
Praxis tests
Praxis tests are standardized exams used primarily in the United States to assess the academic skills and subject-specific knowledge of individuals seeking teacher certification.
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D.
Principles and Practice of Engineering exam
The Principles and Practice of Engineering exam is a professional licensure test in the United States that assesses the competency of engineers who have gained sufficient work experience to practice independently.
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E.
GRE Subject Tests
The GRE Subject Tests are standardized exams that assess in-depth knowledge of specific academic disciplines, typically used by graduate programs to evaluate applicants’ subject-matter proficiency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PS exam Target entity description: The PS exam is a professional licensing test in the United States that assesses a surveyor’s competency in the principles and practice of land surveying.
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A.
FS exam
The FS exam is a standardized test in the United States that serves as the first step toward professional licensure for surveyors, assessing fundamental knowledge in surveying principles and practices.
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B.
PSAT/NMSQT
The PSAT/NMSQT is a standardized, preliminary version of the SAT taken by high school students in the United States that also serves as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
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C.
Praxis tests
Praxis tests are standardized exams used primarily in the United States to assess the academic skills and subject-specific knowledge of individuals seeking teacher certification.
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D.
Principles and Practice of Engineering exam
The Principles and Practice of Engineering exam is a professional licensure test in the United States that assesses the competency of engineers who have gained sufficient work experience to practice independently.
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E.
GRE Subject Tests
The GRE Subject Tests are standardized exams that assess in-depth knowledge of specific academic disciplines, typically used by graduate programs to evaluate applicants’ subject-matter proficiency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land surveying examination
ⓘ
professional licensing examination ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
NCEES PS exam
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Principles and Practice of Surveying exam ⓘ |
| administeredBy | National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying ⓘ |
| applicableJurisdiction | most U.S. states and territories ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| credentialLevel | professional-level examination ⓘ |
| deliveryMode | testing centers authorized by NCEES ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement |
completion of the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam in most jurisdictions
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surveying experience as defined by state licensing boards ⓘ |
| examType |
closed-book examination with reference materials provided or specified by the administrator
ⓘ
computer-based test ⓘ |
| field |
geomatics
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land surveying ⓘ |
| follows | Fundamentals of Surveying exam in the typical licensure sequence ⓘ |
| fullName | Principles and Practice of Surveying exam ⓘ |
| governedBy | state surveying licensure laws and regulations ⓘ |
| hasComponent | multiple-choice questions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licensureSequencePosition | principles-and-practice stage of surveying licensure ⓘ |
| measures |
application of surveying principles to real-world practice
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knowledge of surveying standards and ethics ⓘ professional judgment in boundary and legal issues ⓘ |
| purpose | assess a surveyor’s competency in the principles and practice of land surveying ⓘ |
| regulates | professional practice of land surveying ⓘ |
| relatedExam | Fundamentals of Surveying exam ⓘ |
| relatedProfession | professional land surveyor ⓘ |
| requiredFor |
Professional Surveyor (PS) credential
ⓘ
linked to:
Principles and Practice of Surveying exam
professional surveyor license ⓘ |
| resultOfPassing | qualification for PS licensure consideration by state boards ⓘ |
| scope |
evidence evaluation and boundary resolution
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legal principles of land surveying ⓘ plats, descriptions, and survey documents ⓘ professional practice of boundary surveying ⓘ project management and professional responsibilities ⓘ public land survey system concepts where applicable ⓘ survey computations and data analysis ⓘ surveying standards and professional ethics ⓘ |
| targetAudience | surveyors seeking professional licensure ⓘ |
| usedBy | U.S. state surveying licensure boards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PS exam Description of subject: The PS exam is a professional licensing test in the United States that assesses a surveyor’s competency in the principles and practice of land surveying.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.