Deck 1: Nature and Description of Real Estate

Question 1

The most accurate way to uniquely locate and bound a parcel of real property is to use

A) an aerial photograph.
B) a topographical map.
C) a full legal description.
D) latitude and longitude.

Answer 1

C
The best way is to use a full legal description.

Question 2

A cultivated crop, not yet harvested, should be carefully noted on a listing agreement because

A) appurtenances will not pass with the land.
B) the right to harvest belongs to the owner of the land.
C) emblements belong to the person who plants and cultivates them.
D) growing things are affixed to the soil.

Answer 2

C
Crops or emblements belong to the person who plants and cultivates them.

Question 3

Which of the following is real property?

A) Farm equipment
B) Cotton ready to be harvested
C) Swing set from Wal-Mart set in concrete
D) Lawn mower

Answer 3

C
Swing set, set in concrete is real property.

Question 4

Regarding real property,

A) mineral rights must run with the land.
B) air rights can be granted by deed.
C) annual crops are considered real property because they are attached to the land.
D) man made buildings are not part of the real property.

Question 5

When there are two valid property descriptions of a piece of real property,

A) metes and bounds descriptions take precedence.
B) government survey descriptions take precedence.
C) older descriptions take precedence over subsequent descriptions.
D) any description that adequately describes and distinguishes the property will apply.

Question 6

A farm, consisting of 160 acres of cultivated land, is sold. Which of the following requires an expressed agreement, in addition to the deed, in order to transfer ownership?

A) Cultivated crops
B) Subsurface rights
C) Farm house
D) Detached garage

Question 7

To transfer ownership of personal property, which document should be used?

A) Bill of sale
B) Warranty deed
C) Quitclaim deed
D) Security agreement

Question 8

Which of the following are considered to be real estate?

A) Trade Fixtures
B) Emblements
C) Mulberry bush
D) Garden hose

Question 9

The most important factor in determining whether an item has become a fixture is the

A) method of attachment.
B) agreement of the parties.
C) adaptability of the item.
D) original cost of the item.

Question 10

Correction lines, which occur at intervals in the rectangular survey system, are necessary

A) to correct the mistakes made by surveyors.
B) to allow for magnetic fields which interfere with compasses.
C) because of the curvature of the earth.
D) because of the gravitational pull of the moon.

Question 11

All of the following are acceptable means of describing real property EXCEPT

A) metes and bounds.
B) lot and block.
C) allodial method.
D) rectangular survey method.

Question 12

The primary purpose of benchmarks is to indicate

A) points of beginning.
B) corners.
C) altitude and elevation.
D) end points.

Question 13

Easements, rights of way, and condominium parking stalls are examples of

A) emblements.
B) trade fixtures.
C) riparian rights.
D) appurtenances.

Question 14

Tests of a fixture include all of the following EXCEPT

A) agreement of the parties.
B) adaptability of the object.
C) value of the item.
D) manner of attachment.

Question 15

When would a metes and bounds survey be preferred?

A) To describe irregularly shaped parcels
B) For mail delivery
C) To describe property in a subdivision
D) When a brief description is needed

Question 16

Improvements made to real property become part of the real property because of

A) reliction.
B) attachment.
C) devise.
D) descent

Question 17

Six hundred and forty acres is usually the size of a

A) township.
B) check.
C) range.
D) section.

Question 18

A metes and bounds survey begins at the point of beginning and ends at the

A) last benchmark.
B) point of beginning.
C) first monument used.
D) datum.

Question 19

Which of the following is personal property?

A) Utility easement
B) Fixture
C) Ceiling fan
D) Electric fan plugged in

Question 20

The best determinant of whether an item is real or personal property is

A) the intent of the parties.
B) its size and weight.
C) its value.
D) the appraiser's opinion.

Question 21

Land ownership includes improvements, air rights and subsurface rights but not personal property.

Question 22

If Mr.Howard paid $2,500 per acre for the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 10, how much did he pay?

A) $50,000
B) $100,000
C) $200,000
D) $680,000

Question 23

Prior to offering his property for sale, Sal was within his rights in removing the sink from the master bath.

Question 24

A farmer owns a 60 acre farm planted in potatoes. The potatoes are always personal property.

Question 25

Air rights may be included in the definition of real property.

Question 26

Any thing affixed to land with the intent of being permanent is considered real property.

Question 27

The number of feet of wire required to enclose 1/4 of 1/4 of a section of land with two strands of wire is

A) 5,280 feet.
B) 10,560 feet.
C) 21,120 feet.
D) 34,848 feet.

Question 28

A lessee of a book store may legally remove his bookshelves at any time before the lease expires.

Question 29

Which of the following contains more than one acre of land?

A) 208' × 208'
B) 303' × 144'
C) 207' × 209'
D) 435' × 100'

Question 30

Within any given township, section 18 can be found

A) east of section 13.
B) west of section 17.
C) north of section 3.
D) south of section 27.

Question 31

Of the following described properties, which contains the smallest amount of land?

A) 1/2 of a section
B) One mile by one mile
C) 1/4 of 1/4 of a section
D) 320 acres

Question 32

Which of the following will always involve a plat?

A) Lot and Block system
B) U.S. Geodetic survey system
C) U.S. rectangular survey
D) Tax assessor's parcel numbers

Question 33

A parcel of land contains 1,020 square yards. The front foot measurement is 80'. How deep is the parcel.

A) 114.75'
B) 38.25'
C) 127.5'
D) 816'

Question 34

A TV antenna attached to the chimney would be considered the property of the sellers and could be removed by them.

Question 35

A parcel of land measuring 1,320' × 660' would contain how much land?

A) 10 acres
B) 20 acres
C) 30 acres
D) 40 acres

Question 36

Air rights are defined as rights of the property owner extending form the center of the earth to a reasonable height above the land.

Question 37

How many acres does a parcel of land 660' by 660' contain?

A) One-eighth acre
B) One acre
C) Ten acres
D) One hundred acres

Question 38

Examples of improvements that have become part of the real property would include fences, roads, and pipelines.

Question 39

Most subdivision plats make use of which type of land description?

A) U.S. government survey
B) Rectangular survey
C) Assessor's parcel number
D) Lot and block

Question 40

Mineral rights are considered personal property.

Question 41

One uniform policy across the United States stipulates that water beneath the land surface is called ____________________.

Question 42

"That land bounded by Elk Lake and the western boundary of Ware County running from the lake to the southern boundary of said county" might be considered too vague, imprecise and subject to change to be a valid legal description.

Question 43

In the term "metes and bounds", metes can best be described as an indication of meters.

Question 44

An easement for the adjacent property owner is appurtenant to real estate.

Question 45

If a listing agreement mentions a refrigerator as part of real estate offering it should still be mentioned in the ____________________.

Question 46

The right to use water from a stream that is on or adjacent to your land is referred to as accretion.

Question 47

A residential tenant wants to build a bookcase next to the fireplace in his leased townhouse. The book case can be removed with prior permission of the ____________________.

Question 48

The littoral system is a valid way of describing real estate.

Question 49

One acre contains most nearly 42,000 square feet.

Question 50

In the rectangular survey system of land description, principal meridians run in a north-south direction.

Question 51

A proper legal description of land must uniquely ____________________ and bound the parcel.

Question 52

Timber on land becomes ____________________ property.

Question 53

Comparing sections and townships, a township is 6 square miles.

Question 54

A point of beginning must be included in a metes and bounds land description.

Question 55

Buildings or other improvements do not need to be mentioned in the deed because they are considered to be part of the ____________________.

Question 56

Any damage caused by the removal of the fixtures is the responsibility of the ____________________.

Question 57

A condominium parking stall would be considered to "run with the land" and would be considered to be an ____________________.

Question 58

Mineral rights can be conveyed separately but riparian rights cannot be conveyed ____________________.

Question 59

Monuments and points of beginning are used with the metes and bounds type of land description.

Question 60

A fixture may be removed by a ____________________ with the landlord's permission.

Question 61

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
easily understood but not precise method of land description

Question 62

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
a right or interest in things of a temporary or movable nature

Question 63

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
a parcel of land containing 43,560 square feet

Question 64

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
the fact that no two parcels of land are exactly alike

Question 65

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
location preference

Question 66

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
also known as rectangular survey or U.S.public land surve 20.24-by-24 mile area created by the guide meridians and correction lines

Question 67

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
a point, line, or surface from which a vertical height or depth is measured

Question 68

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
land and improvements in a physical sense as well as the rights to own and use them

Question 69

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
fixed mark of known location and elevation

Question 70

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
manner in which a specific item is custom made to adapt to a certain piece of real estate

Question 71

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
latitude line that intercepts a principal meridian

Question 72

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
the fact that land and buildings require long periods of time to pay for themselves

Question 73

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
any form of land development, such as buildings, roads, fences, and pipelines

Question 74

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
upper limit of percolating water below the earth's surface

Question 75

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
right or privilege or improvement that belongs to and passes with the land

Question 76

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
type of measurement necessary when air rights need to be described

Question 77

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
possibly the most significant test of the existence of a fixture

Question 78

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
the shortage of land in an area where there is a great demand for land

Question 79

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
a.acre
b.adaptation
c.agreement
d.appurtenance
e.base line
f.bench marks
g.datum
h.fixity
i.government survey
j.improvements
k.informal references
l.nonhomogenity
m.personal property
n.quadrangle
o.real estate
p.recorded plat
q.scarcity
r.situs
s.vertical land descriptions
t.water table
a subdivision map filed in the county recorder's office