C1U4 Transferring Real Estate (pg 101)

Question 1

A person who dies without a will dies:

a. testate
b. intestate
c. with an executor
d. in eminent domain

Answer 1

b. intestate

Question 2

The testator names:

a. an executor or executrix
b. a testator
c. a devisor
d. an administrator or administratrix

Answer 2

a. an executor or executrix

Question 3

Someone who receives real property by will is called:

a. a devise
b. a devisee
c. a testator
d. a codicil

Answer 3

b. a devisee

Question 4

A typewritten will must be:

a. made by a competent person
b. signed by the testator
c. witnessed
d. all of these

Answer 4

d. all of these

Question 5

A statutory will is:

a. signed and witnessed
b. telegraphic
c. oral
d. invalid

Answer 5

a. signed and witnessed

Question 6

A holographic will is:

a. oral
b. telegraphic
c. handwritten
d. invalid

Answer 6

c. handwritten

Question 7

The probate court appoints:

a. an executor or executrix
b. a testator
c. a devisee
d. an administrator or administratrix

Answer 7

d. an administrator or administratrix

Question 8

When soil is deposited on a riverbank, gradually building out the land, this process is called:

a. accretion
b. alluvion
c. avulsion
d. subsidence

Answer 8

a. accretion

Question 9

When flood conditions cause land to be washed away, this is known as:

a. accretion
b. alluvion
c. avulsion
d. accession

Answer 9

c. avulsion

Question 10

When water recedes, creating new shoreline, the process is called:

a. accretion
b. alluvion
c. avulsion
d. reliction

Answer 10

d. reliction

Question 11

Elena moves onto Mike’s land, builds a home, pays the property taxes, and claims she owns the property. When will she have good title, even against Mike?

a. After 1 year
b. After 3 years
c. After 5 years
d. After 10 years

Answer 11

c. After 5 years

Question 12

Elena’s friend Carl, who used to own the property in question 11, gave her a phony deed to Mike’s land. Elena, who does not know the deed is phony, has:

a. a worthless document
b. color of title
c. a good title
d. to share the title with Mike

Answer 12

b. color of title

Question 13

The right to travel over the property of someone else is:

a. an easement
b. equitable estoppel
c. a fixture
d. statutory dedication by deed

Answer 13

a. an easement

Question 14

A cotenant who wants property that is co-owned to be sold would bring:

a. a foreclosure action
b. an action for declaratory relief
c. an action to quiet title
d. a partition action

Answer 14

d. a partition action

Question 15

In event of default, real property may be sold without court action if the mortgage or other lien instrument contains:

a. a trust deed
b. a power of sale
c. a tax deed
d. a right of entry

Answer 15

b. a power of sale

Question 16

The court order following a judgment for money is:

a. a certificate of sale
b. a special limitation
c. a writ of execution
d. a trustee in bankruptcy

Answer 16

c. a writ of execution

Question 17

The power of the state to take private property for public use is called:

a. eminent domaint
b. equitable estoppel
c. a public grant
d. abandonment

Answer 17

a. eminent domain

Question 18

To be effective, a deed must be:

a. made on a printed form
b. signed by the grantor
c. delivered to the grantee by the grantor personally
d. all of these

Answer 18

b. signed by the grantor

Question 19

The transfer of title from grantor to grantee, and from that grantee to a subsequent grantee, and so on, is called:

a. a cloud on the title
b. the chain of title
c. delivery and acceptance
d. an acknowledgement

Answer 19

b. the chain of title

Question 20

Legal title conveyed by a deed of trust may be regained by

a. a warranty deed
b. a trust deed
c. a reconveyance deed
d. a sheriff’s deed

Answer 20

c. a reconveyance deed