Deck 26: Real Property Land-Use Control

Question 1

Metes and bounds is the traditional term for the negotiations that result in a transfer of real property.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Plant life is not considered to be real property.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Zoning laws manage the development and use of land.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The owner of a fee simple absolute has the right to use property for whatever purpose he or she sees fit.

Question 5

The owner of real property has relatively exclusive rights to the airspace above the land.

Question 6

A recording statute allows deeds to be recorded in the public record.

Question 7

Only two persons can hold property as tenants in common.

Question 8

If property is owned as community property,a spouse owns an undivided one-half interest in it.

Question 9

A fixed-term tenancy is created when a lease does not specify its duration.

Question 10

A tenancy by the entirety is created by a conveyance of all of a parcel of real property to a single tenant.

Question 11

Zoning restrictions are absolute.

Question 12

Most states allow the government to take private property for a private use.

Question 13

A state cannot regulate the overall appearance of a community.

Question 14

A profit is the right to make limited use of another person's real property without taking anything from the property.

Question 15

The sale of real estate involves a transfer of ownership with no specific warranties-if there are warranties,the transfer is not a sale.

Question 16

Eminent domain is the right of an owner in fee simple ab?solute to use property to whomever he or she wishes.

Question 17

Inverse condemnation occurs when an owner simply gives private property to the government without accepting any compensation.

Question 18

The Constitution limits the exercise of the power of eminent domain.

Question 19

A quitclaim deed conveys to the grantee whatever interest the grantor had.

Question 20

In most states,the seller of a new house warrants that it is fit for habitation even if the deed does not include such a warranty.

Question 21

Moby leases from National Theater Corporation a theater in which to stage a series of concerts.Ollie buys a ticket to the series.What distin?guishes Moby,a tenant,from Ollie,a licensee,is

A)the exclusivity of possession.
B)the quiet enjoyment of rights.
C)the temporary nature of possession.
D)the title to the property.

Question 22

Tyro has the right to drive across Ula's land,which is next to Tyro's prop?erty,to reach an access road.Tyro's right is

A)an easement appurtenant.
B)an easement in gross.
C)a profit appurtenant.
D)a profit in gross.

Question 23

Klondike and Leola own 10,000 shares of stock in My-T Gro Corporation.On the death of ether owner,that owner's interest in the stock passes to the surviving owner.This is

A)a joint tenancy.
B)a life estate.
C)a tenancy in common.
D)ownership in fee simple absolute.

Question 24

Luke owns a farm near Marshalltown,Iowa,with stands of trees serving as windbreaks.Luke grows corn on the property.When Luke sells the farm to Nina,if the contract does not specify otherwise,the sale includes

A)neither the crops nor the trees.
B)the crops and the trees.
C)the crops only.
D)the trees only.

Question 25

Kailin owns a farm near Manhattan,Kansas,with a farmhouse,barn,and other structures permanently attached.Kailin grows soybeans on the property.A pond lies within the boundaries.Land includes

A)the pond,the soil,and the structures.
B)the pond and the soil only.
C)the soil only.
D)the structures and the soil only.

Question 26

Uberto and Vicki are married and own a mountain cabin in Wyoming in such a way that neither may transfer separately his or her interest during his or her lifetime.Uberto and Vicki own the lodge as

A)community property owners.
B)tenants at sufferance.
C)tenants by the entirety.
D)tenants in common.

Question 27

Mix-It Concrete Company has the right to enter Nim's land and remove the rock from Nim's quarry.This is

A)a fee simple absolute.
B)a license.
C)an easement.
D)a profit.

Question 28

County Zoning Commission classifies Dale's vacant land as single-family residential.This is not in accord with the general plan,which des?ignates the area commercial.Surrounding parcels are zoned com?mer?cial.Under the equal protection of the Fourteenth Amendment,this is

A)an exercise of the state's police power.
B)a taking.
C)a zoning variance.
D)discriminatory.

Question 29

Metro City Zoning Board limits the number of residential building permits in an area otherwise zoned for the use,precluding Nan,whose proposed structure complies with all other requirements,from constructing a residence on her property within the area.This is

A)a growth-management ordinance.
B)a subdivision regulation.
C)a zoning use restriction.
D)a zoning variance.

Question 30

Chrissy and Devon are not married to each other,but they share the ownership of Elm Street Offices,a commercial building.When they acquired the building,they agreed in writing that if one dies,the other in?herits his or her interest.Are Chrissy and Devon concurrent owners? If so,in what type of concurrent ownership are their rights held? If not,how is their ownership classified?

Question 31

Bay City exercises its power of eminent domain to acquire land for a public project,including part of a mass transit monorail and a traffic bypass.Bay City relocates more than 10,000 residents from the land and destroys their homes to begin the project.Cho's Sweet Treats is a bakery at the edge of the area.Cho's loses most of its business when the residents are moved.Cho's files a suit against Bay City,alleging that the city's acquisition of the land resulted in a taking of the bakery's property interest,entitling it to compensation.What is a taking? What might Cho's claim is its "property interest" to support this allegation? What is the court likely to rule? Why?

Question 32

Buster conveys one square block in Center City "to Diana for life,then to Center City." For Diana,this creates

A)a fee simple absolute.
B)a leasehold estate.
C)a life estate.
D)an easement.

Question 33

Region Construction Company has a right to drive its trucks across Stable Business,Inc.'s property,which is adjacent to Region's office.This right is

A)a leasehold estate.
B)a license.
C)an easement.
D)a profit.

Question 34

LaDonna signs a one-year lease with Mae to occupy an apartment in Ames,Iowa,near the University of Iowa.LaDonna needs the apartment only for two semesters and may have to sublet it for the rest of the term.LaDonna's tenancy is

A)a periodic tenancy.
B)a tenancy at will.
C)a tenancy by the entirety.
D)a fixed-term tenancy.

Question 35

Glen,the owner of Harvest Farm,and Ima,the tenant of the farmhouse on the property,may create a fixed-term tenancy by

A)deed.
B)express contract.
C)implication.
D)sufferance.

Question 36

Cow Country Corporation (CCC)sells half of its land to the Double R Ranch.On the land is a reservoir.In the deed,CCC retains the right to remove a lim?ited amount of water per day from the res?ervoir.This right is

A)a leasehold estate.
B)a license.
C)an easement.
D)a profit.

Question 37

Mello Farms,Inc. ,wants to add a covenant to run with the land to its conveyance of some of its property to New Commodities,Inc.To be en?forceable,this covenant must

A)be conveyed for "just compensation."
B)include a burden that has a connection to the property.
C)substantially alter the essential character of the property.
D)all of the choices.

Question 38

Elsa,the owner of Fertile Farm,sells Gina a right to camp on Fertile land overnight.Gina's right is

A)a leasehold estate.
B)a license.
C)an easement.
D)a profit.

Question 39

Quito and Raul own a condo near San Francisco Bay as joint tenants.Raul sells his ownership rights in the condo to Timor.Quito and Timor own the condo as

A)community property owners.
B)joint tenants.
C)tenants at sufferance.
D)tenants in common.

Question 40

Quik Development Corporation wants to convert farmland on the out?skirts of River City into residential and commercial property.The state restricts the conversion of farmland by subjecting development plans to the approval of State Development Agency.This is an exercise of the state's

A)police power.
B)power of eminent domain.
C)restrictive covenant.
D)zoning power.