Unit 3

Question 1

Unlike other freehold estates, a life estate is not inheritable. It passes to future owners according to the provisions of the life estate.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Freehold estates last for a specified length of time, such as one year.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What should Bernardo have done to have the right to use Debra’s driveway?

Answer 3

Reserved an easement right over the original property when he sold it to Debra

Question 4

What is Bernardo’s BEST recourse at this point?

Answer 4

Build a new driveway that is on the property he now owns.

Question 5

Does Bernardo have the right to use Debra’s driveway?

Answer 5

No, because the easement he gave to Marissa is no longer valid.

Question 6

An encumbrance is not an estate, so it does NOT allow possession.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) are police powers that affect land use.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Condemnation is the right of the government to acquire privately owned real estate for public use. Eminent domain is the process by which the government exercises this right, by either judicial or administrative proceedings.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Escheat is a process by which the state may acquire privately owned real or personal property.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

If the dominant estate merges with the servient estate, which of these is TRUE?

Answer 10

The easement is terminated.

Question 11

After negotiation and payment, the owner of a lot has granted a neighbor an easement, which was recorded. All of the following are true of the easement EXCEPT

Answer 11

it can be revoked.

Question 12

Every state has the power to enact legislation to preserve order, protect the public health and safety, and promote the general welfare of its citizens. That authority is known as a state’s police

Answer 12

power.

Question 13

The right of a government body to take ownership of real estate for public use is called

Answer 13

eminent domain.

Question 14

The electric company has the right to extend its wires over 50 parcels of land. What right does the electric company have?

Answer 14

The electric company has the right to extend its wires over 50 parcels of land. What right does the electric company have?

Question 14

State environmental protection laws are examples of

Answer 14

police power.

Question 15

A homestead is a legal life estate in real estate that is

Answer 15

occupied as the family home.

Question 16

A tenant who rents an apartment from the owner of the property holds

Answer 16

a leasehold interest.

Question 17

A mortgage or deed of trust recorded against real property to secure the payment of a debt is

Answer 17

A mortgage or deed of trust recorded against real property to secure the payment of a debt is

Question 18

A property owner can seek compensation when the property’s value has been diminished because of an adjacent public use by claiming

Answer 18

inverse condemnation.

Question 19

Which of the following has an indeterminable duration?

Answer 19

Freehold estate

Question 20

Your neighbors use your driveway to reach the garage on their property. Your attorney explains that the neighbors’ real estate includes an easement appurtenant giving them the right to do this. Your property is

Answer 20

the servient tenement.

Question 21

In order to prevent property from being ownerless or abandoned, the government acquires property through the process of

Answer 21

escheat.

Question 22

The holder of a life estate is called

Answer 22

a life tenant.

Question 23

The estate in land that is qualified by a special limitation is

Answer 23

the fee simple determinable.

Question 24

Which of the following is TRUE about an estate in land?

Answer 24

It defines an owner’s interest in real property.

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a governmental power?

Answer 25

Condemnation

Question 26

Police powers include all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 26

deed restrictions.