Chapter 3

Question 1

A freehold estate is 
A. one acquired without paying anything 
B. any leasehold 
C. any estate wherein one may use the property as he wishes 
D. an estate of uncertain duration

Answer 1

D. an estate of uncertain duration

Question 2

A person who dies leaving no will is said to have died 
A. intestate 
B. without heirs 
C. unbequeathed 
D. unwillingly

Answer 2

A. Intestate

Question 3

Tenancy in severalty refers to
A. ownership by one person or one entity only
B. ownership by two persons only
C. ownership by at least three persons
D. a special form of joint ownership available only to married couples

Answer 3

A. ownership by one person or one entity only

Question 4

The process whereby a person holding a claim against property can have the property sold to pay the claim is 
A. a lien 
B. a covenant 
C. a mechanic's lien 
D. a foreclosure

Answer 4

D. a foreclosure

Question 5

Two people who own undivided interests in the same realty, which right of survivorship, have 
A. tenancy in severalty 
B. tenancy in common
C. tenancy at sufferance 
D. joint tenancy

Answer 5

D. joint tenancy

Question 6

A person who has some rights to land, but not all the possessory rights, has 
A. a life estate 
B. an interest in land 
C. an estate at will 
D. a fixture

Answer 6

B. an interest in land

Question 7

A person who has color of title to land has
A. the appearance of title
B. forgeries of state title papers
C. a right to one-half the income from the land
D. foreign ownership

Answer 7

A. the appearance of title

Question 8

Which of the following would not be real property?
A. a lease for one month
B. an easement
C. permanent ownership of mineral rights on someone else’s land
D. a life estate

Answer 8

A. a lease for one month

Question 9

Adverse possession may establish 
A. use of property 
B. a claim to a title 
C. who owes back taxes 
D. homestead rights

Answer 9

B. a claim to a title

Question 10

Fifty feet of land was added to Apple's farm because a river changed its course. This is an example of 
A. Accretion 
B. Avulsion 
C. Riparian rights 
D. Usufructory

Answer 10

A. Accretion

Question 11

Fifty feet of beachfront land was removed by a flood. This is an example of 
A. riparian rights 
B. estovers 
C. avulsion 
D. emblements

Answer 11

C. avulsion

Question 12

A person holding title to real property in severalty would most likely have 
A. a life estate 
B. an estate for years 
C. ownership in common with others 
D. sole ownership

Answer 12

D. sole ownership

Question 13

Governmental land use planning and zoning are important examples of 
A. exercise of eminent domain 
B. use of police power 
C. deed restrictions 
D. encumbrance

Answer 13

B. use of police power

Question 14

Land can be owned apart from the buildings on it under the arrangement known as a 
A. net lease 
B. life estate 
C. remainder 
D. ground lease

Answer 14

D. ground lease

Question 15

An abstract of title contains 
A. the summary of a title search 
B. an attorney's opinion of title 
C. a registrar's certificate of title 
D. a quiet title lawsuit

Answer 15

A. the summary of a title search

Question 16

Littoral rights for properties abutting the ocean give ownership
A. to the mean high-water mark
B. to a point 100 feet from the shore
C. to the state ownership line
D. to a point designated by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers

Answer 16

A. to the mean high-water mark

Question 17

Personal property is best defined as 
A. anything that can be owned aside from real estate
B. intangibles 
C. fixtures attached to real estate 
D. furniture and built-in appliances

Answer 17

A. anything that can be owned aside from real estate

Question 18

The vertical boundaries of land ownership are best describes as
A. from the center of the earth to 1,000 feet above ground
B. from the surface of the earth to 1,000 feet below ground
C. from the center of the earth upward to the heavens above
D. from the surface of the earth to 1,000 feet below ground and 1,000 feet above ground

Answer 18

C. from the center of the earth upward to the heavens above

Question 19

The type of co-ownership that allows an owner's property to be left to his or her heirs is 
A. tenancy by the entirety 
B. tenancy in severalty 
C. tenancy in common
D. joint tenancy

Answer 19

C. tenancy in common

Question 20

One who owns a life estate cannot 
A. sell his interest 
B. mortgage his interest 
C. devise his interest 
D. lease his interest

Answer 20

C. devise his interest

Question 21

A fee simple estate is best described as
A. ownership got ones lifetime
B. complete ownership, subject to eminent domain, zoning, taxation, and other government land use limitations
C. interest in property as limited by a deed
D. ownership as long as one pays a fee for title

Answer 21

B. complete ownership, subject to eminent domain, zoning, taxation, and other government land use limitations

Question 22

Your grandfather died intestate and you received his house. Title was acquired by 
A. will 
B. estovers 
C. descent 
D. mitigation

Answer 22

C. descent

Question 23

A proprietary lease is a unique characteristic of what form of ownership 
A. condominium 
B. cooperative 
C. timeshare 
D. PUd

Answer 23

B. cooperative

Question 24

The exercise of eminent domain results in 
A. seizure 
B. unjust compensation 
C. condemnation 
D. government authority

Answer 24

C. condemnation

Question 25

Upon expiration of a life estate, the property passes to the 
A. life tenant 
B. beneficiary 
C. remainderman 
D. trustee

Answer 25

C. remainderman

Question 26

A widower dies without making a will. His surviving children inherit the property by 
A. escheat 
B. law of intestate succession 
C.  estover 
D. emblements

Answer 26

B. law of intestate succession

Question 27

Which of the following provides the most complete form of ownership? 
A. fee tail 
B. fee simple absolute 
C. fee on condition 
D. leasehold

Answer 27

B. fee simple absolute