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Course Review - Practice Test Flashcards

Review of the whole course. 76 questions

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Fannie Mae, Freddy Mac, Ginny Mae, and Farmer Mac are part of the secondary mortgage market.
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False

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True

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A corporation offers shares of stock to prospective tenants in the real estate that it owns. This is cooperative ownership.
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True

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The right of possession, transfer, lease, and use are components in the total range of ownership interests known as the bundle of rights.
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True

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The Rectangular (government) survey system is based on township lines, base lines, range and tier.
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True

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The principle of contribution states that value is created and sustained when market forces are in equilibrium.
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False

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A general lien that binds all of the assets of a debtor, including real property, is called a judgment.
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True

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A deed used to convey any interest to the grantee without any warranty of title is a quitclaim deed.
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True

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Cash equivalency in a market value appraisal accounts for excessive seller concessions by making adjustments to the comparable sales used in the appraisal.
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True

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Fee simple and life estates come under the general category of freehold estates.
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True

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The components of a valid contract are that it be voluntary, include legally competent parties, have legal consideration, and a legal act.
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True

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The first two tests for highest and best use are physically possible and legally permissible.
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True

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The principle of anticipation is based on the perception that value is created by the expectation of benefits to be derived in the future.
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True

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A quit claim deed conveys any interest of the grantor, without any guarantees.
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True

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All easements are encumbrances.
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True

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The total range of property rights, which includes the right of possession, the right to transfer, to lease, to sell, to develop, are known as a partial estate.
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False

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In developing an opinion of the highest and best use of a property, financial supported and maximum productivity are the first two criterion considered.
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False

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Seller concessions such as mortgage interest buy downs or gift inducements included in the sales price must be considered and converted to cash or terms equivalent to cash.
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True

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An economic concept based on exchange, such as value, is a fact.
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False

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Value is an opinion, not a fact.
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True

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20
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Price is a fact.
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21
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In a condominium, a corporation holds title to the real estate.
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False

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Fee simple and life estates are included under the general category of freehold estates.
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True

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Surface rights include land, water, and anything attached to the land either naturally or by human hands.
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True

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24
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A district is a group of complementary land uses.
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False

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25
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A neighborhood is a group of homogenous property types.
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False

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26
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An example of governmental forces would be asbestos contained in a commercial building.
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False

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27
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In a gross lease, the tenant pays all operating expenses.
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False

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All states except Texas, Arizona, and Nevada have laws that require real estate to be owned by either a corporation or partnership.
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False

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29
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An easement in gross is an encumbrance.
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True

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30
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A scope of work decision includes intended use, intended users, effective date, and type and definition of value.
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False

Note: That is the Identification of the Problem, step 1. Scope of work (step 2) involves the type of data and extent of research and analysis used.

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31
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A statistical mean is the most frequently occurring number in an array.
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32
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The price of money is expressed as a capitalization rate.
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33
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The word price means the most probable amount that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller.
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34
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The right of the government to take private property for public use upon payment of just compensation is called eminent domain.
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35
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The right of the government to control construction and development is called police power.
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36
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If you die intestate and without heirs, the state will acquire your property through escheat.
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37
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A township contains 640 sections.
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38
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A township is six miles by six miles.
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39
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A section is one mile square.
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40
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An acre contains 43,660 Square Feet.
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41
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In order to satisfy the competency requirement of USPAP, an appraiser must be familiar with the market, geographic area, the analytical technique used, and the specific property type.
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False

42
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The stages in the life cycle of a neighborhood include, growth, stability, decline, and implosion.
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False

43
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When middle-and upper-class purchase and renovate in a declining neighborhood, it is called urbanization.
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False

44
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The principle of consistent use states that land can not be valued for one use, and the improvements for another.
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False

45
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The amount that a particular purchaser agrees to pay and a particular seller agrees to accept is called market value.
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False

46
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The principle of contribution states that the value of a component is equal to its cost.
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False

47
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An interim use is one that the city permits between zoning changes.
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False

48
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A trust is an ownership interest held by a person called a fiduciary for the benefit of a third party.
True
False

49
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The interests, benefits and rights inherent in the ownership of physical real estate is called real property.
True
False

50
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The Competency Rule does not require competency at the outset of an assignment, but does by the completion of the assignment.
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False

51
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Debt and equity are the two primary sources of capital for real estate markets.
True
False

52
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The four agents of production are land, labor, capital and entrepreneurial coordination.
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False

53
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A license is an encumbrance on property rights.
True
False

54
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A quantitative analysis involves a mathematical process, while a qualitative analysis does not.
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False

55
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Building size, acreage, parking spaces, and rentable area all examples of quantitative data.
True
False

56
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A balloon payment is the down payment made at the beginning of the loan
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False

57
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A balloon mortgage is a partially amortized mortgage with a lump sum payment at the end.
True
False

58
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Appraisers and brokers set prices.
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False

59
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Supply and demand set prices.
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False

60
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Short-term buyers and sellers trade in the capital markets.
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False

61
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An appraisal is an opinion of price.
True
False

62
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A VA loan is a good example of a guaranteed mortgage.
True
False

63
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An FHA loan is a good example of an insured mortgage.
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False

64
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An appraisal is the act or process of developing an opinion of value.
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False

65
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An appraisal that has an effective date of value in the past is called a prospective appraisal.
True
False

66
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A lien is an encumbrance that is a financial claim against a property that can affect the transfer of title
True
False

67
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An easement appurtenant is attached to, and passes with the dominant estate.
True
False

68
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An appraiser is one expected to perform valuation services competently, and in a manner that is independent, impartial, and objective.
True
False

69
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The four factors of value include utility, scarcity, desire and effective purchasing power.
True
False

70
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Joint tenancy involves the right of survivorship.
True
False

71
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Zoning is an example of police power.
True
False

72
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Appraisal consulting involves an opinion of value as a component of the analysis.
True
False

73
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A retrospective appraisal has an effective date in the past, and a prospective appraisal has an effective date in the future.
True
False

74
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Real estate is the physical land and appurtenances, while real property is the rights inherent to the physical land and appurtenances.
True
False

75
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The NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 24,Township 13N, Range 52E, contains 10 acres.
True
False

76
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A corporation offers shares of stock to prospective tenants in the real estate that it owns. This is cooperative ownership.
True
False

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