Chapter 7 Flashcards
California established the __________ to act as a referee for all disputes over water rights.
a. California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE)
b. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
c. Federal Water Conservation Authority(FWCA)
d. State Water Resources Control Board
D
A(n) ________ is a recorded restriction which requires a property to be used for a specific purpose.
a. negative covenant
b. Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs)
c. covenant which does not run with the land
d. affirmative covenant
D
The location of the common property lines might be represented by an improvement which acts as a demarcation of the property line, called a:
a. spite fence.
b. common boundary improvement.
c. implied boundary.
d. None of the above.
B
A(n) __________ is an interference with another person’s property rights.
a. nuisance
b. trespass
c. encroachment
d. All of the above.
D
When a neighbor’s cost of removing an encroachment far exceeds the damage inflicted on the owner burdened by the encroachment, the encroachment is allowed to continue and the owner is awarded money losses for the lost use of their property, called:
a. balancing of hardships.
b. balancing equities.
c. Both a. and b.
d. Neither a. nor b.
C
The property which benefits from an easement is referred to as the:
a. servient tenement.
b. diminutive tenement.
c. dominant tenement.
d. All of the above.
C
A(n) ___________ belongs to an individual and is their personal right.
a. easement in gross
b. appurtenant easement
c. easement running with the land
d. encroachment
A
________ easements restrict an owner’s ability to maintain or construct any improvements which interfere with a neighbor’s solar energy system.
a. Light
b. Air
c. View
d. Solar
D
If a property is landlocked, the owner of the property may be able to acquire a(n):
a. easement by necessity.
c. easement by grant.
d. solar easement.
A
An easement is terminated by ___________ if the easement holder places an excessive burden on the property encumbered by the easement.
a. abandonment
b. merger
c. forfeiture
d. prescription
C
