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Exam 4 Real Estate Practice

1. Which of the following would most likely be controlled through building codes?
A. Size of a building
B. Height of a building
C. Type of materials to be used in the building
D. Number of buildings in a given area
2. A town enacts a new zoning code. Under the new code, commercial building a are not permitted
within the 1,000 ft. of the town park. A commercial building is permitted to continue its former use,
even though it is built next to the park. The building is an example of a
A. Nonconforming use
B. Special use
C. Zoning variance
D. Entitlement
3. The type of easement that results from a landowners rights of ingress and egress to and from his or
her land is an
A. Easement by prescription
B. Easement by necessity
C. Easement in gross
D. Adverse easement
4. How many square miles are in a township?
A. 6 sq miles
B. 24 sq miles
C. 36 sq miles
D. 64 sq miles
5. What types of liens are real estate ad valorem and special assessments taxes?
A. Specific and involuntary
B. General and voluntary
C. Specific and voluntary
D. General and involuntary
6. A right created by law that provides security to anyone who performs labor or furnishes materials for
the improvement of real estate is
A. Judgement
B. Easement
C. Mechanics lien

D. General lien
7. The property of a person who dies without a will and without heirs may be taken by the government
through its powers of
A. Eminent domain
B. Zoning
C. Descent
D. Escheat
8. in the rectangular survey method the line running east to west that is used to describe land as north
to south of it is called
A. Base line
B. Range line
C. Boundary line
D. Principal line
9. If a driveway extends over a property line by one foot it is called an
A. Encroachment
B. Easement by necessity
C. Easement in gross
D. License
10. The type of easement created by continuous use of the property for a period of years without the
consent of the property owner is called
A. Prescription
B. Eminent domain
C. Reservation
D. Necessity
11. The type of easement usually given to a utility company so it can service equipment is an
A. Easement by prescription
B. Easement by necessity
C. Easement in gross
D. Adverse easement
12. The concept of "tacking on" is used with an easement
A. Appurtenant
B. In gross
C. By necessity

D. By prescription
13. Tom had the legal right to pass over the land owned by his neighbor because of
A. Estate in land
B. Easement
C. Police power
D. Encroachment
14. All of the following regarding a property with a preexisting nonconforming use are true except that
A. It may end when property is sold
B. If abandoned the properties future must conform
C. It may be expanded
D. It was created by a zoning variance
15. The courts may grant a landowner who is land locked an easement by
A. Prescription
B. Necessity
C. In gross
D. Variance

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