It would have been common knowledge for an officer. I can't believe that he *never* did a report of survey while he was in the Army.
Maybe. Most of the time the officers just hand it to an NCO and have him deal with it, then the officer just signs it. Also, he was a 1LT. Officers don't start growing brains until they become a CPT(P). Then they lose them again when they get their first star.
For lots of things, yes -- but I never handed off a report of survey for one of my NCOs to do. They had enough to do already.