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A survey was the inspection, study, and evaluation of a specific mission or data. The person involved was called a surveyor.
In September 2152 the crew of Enterprise NX-01 planned to survey an uninhabited planet but had to abort due to a neutronic storm. (ENT: "The Catwalk")
In 2269, the USS Enterprise began a science survey of the creation point using the charting scanners. (TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu")
When Admiral Gregory Quinn told Commander William T. Riker about the neural parasites for the first time, he said that a survey team discovered this lifeform by accident on an uncharted planet. (TNG: "Conspiracy")