ROCKWELL REAL ESTATE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔appurtenance - ✔✔A right incidental to the land that is transferred with it
✔✔Emblements - ✔✔Crops, such as wheat, produced annually through the labor of the
cultivator
✔✔Trade Fixtures - ✔✔Personal property attached to real property by a tenant for use
in a trade or business. Trade fixtures are removable by the tenant.
✔✔Riparian Land - ✔✔Land bordered by flowing water, such as a stream or river
✔✔Littoral land - ✔✔Land bordered by a stationary body of water, such as a lake or
pond.
✔✔Appropriative Rights - ✔✔Water rights established by obtaining a government
permit, and not based on ownership of land beside a body of water.
✔✔Lateral Support - ✔✔The physical support that a piece of land receives from the
surrounding land
✔✔Subjacent Support - ✔✔The physical support that a piece of land receives from the
underlying earth
✔✔Metes and Bounds - ✔✔A system of land description in which the boundaries of a
parcel of land are described by reference to monuments, courses and distances
✔✔Monument - ✔✔A visible marker (natural or artificial) used in a survey or a metes
and bounds description to establish the boundaries of a piece of property.
✔✔Point of Beginning - ✔✔The starting point in a metes and bounds description; a
monument or a point described by reference to a monument.
✔✔Course - ✔✔In a metes and bounds description, a direction, stated in terms of a
compass bearing.
✔✔Distance - ✔✔In a metes and bounds description, the length of a boundary,
measured in any convenient unit of length
✔✔Government Survey - ✔✔A system of land description in which the land is divided
into squares called townships, and each township is, in turn, divided up into 36 sections,
each one square mile.
,✔✔Principal Meridian - ✔✔In the government survey system, the main north-south line
in a particular grid, used as the starting point in numbering the ranges and township
tiers.
✔✔Range - ✔✔In the government survey system, a strip of land six miles wide, running
north and south
✔✔Township - ✔✔The intersection of a range and a township tier in the government
survey system. It is a parcel of land that is six miles square and contains 36 sections.
✔✔Section - ✔✔One square mile of land, containing 640 acres. There are 36 sections
in a township
✔✔Government lot - ✔✔In the government survey system, a parcel of land that is not a
regular section.
✔✔Lot and Block - ✔✔The system of description used for subdivided land. The
properties within a subdivision are assigned lot numbers on a survey map called a plat,
which is then recorded. The location and dimensions of a particular lot can be
determined by consulting the recorded plat.
✔✔Air Lot - ✔✔A parcel of property above the surface of the earth, not containing any
land: for example, a condominium unit on the third floor.
✔✔Alienation - ✔✔The transfer of title, ownership, or an interest in property from one
person to another. Alienation May be voluntary or involuntary
✔✔Deed - ✔✔A written instrument that, when executed and delivered, conveys title to
or an interest in real estate.
✔✔Warranty Deed - ✔✔A deed that provides the greatest amount of protection for the
grantee, in that the grantor promises that she or he has title to the property conveyed in
the deed, that there are no undisclosed encumbrances on the property, and that the
grantee will enjoy quiet possession of the property.
✔✔Quitclaim Deed - ✔✔A deed that conveys and releases whatever interest in a piece
of real property that the grantor may have. It carries no warranties of kind but does
transfer any right, title or interest the grantor has at the time the deed is executed
✔✔Acknowledgment - ✔✔A formal declaration made before a duly authorized officer,
usually a notary public, by a person who has signed a document. He states the
signature is genuine and voluntary
, ✔✔Will - ✔✔The written declaration of an individual that designates how his estate will
be disposed of after death
✔✔Intestate - ✔✔when a person dies without a valid will
✔✔Escheat - ✔✔The reversion of property to the state or county, as provided by state
law, in cases where a decedent dies intestate without heirs capable of inheriting, or
when the property is abandoned.
✔✔Dedication - ✔✔When a private owner voluntarily or involuntarily gives real property
to the public.
✔✔eminent domain - ✔✔The power of the government to take(condemn) private
property for public use, upon payment of just compensation to the owner
✔✔condemnation - ✔✔The act of taking private property for public use under the power
of eminent domain.
✔✔Adverse Possession - ✔✔A means by which a person may acquire title to property
by using it openly and continuously without the owner's permission for the period
required by state statute.
✔✔Constructive Notice - ✔✔Notice of a fact that a person is held by law to have (as
opposed to actual notice) he had the opportunity to discover the fact in question by
searching public record
✔✔title search - ✔✔An inspection of the public record to determine all rights and
encumbrances affecting title to a piece of property.
✔✔Chain of Title - ✔✔A complete history of all recorded interests in a piece of real
property
✔✔Abstract of Title - ✔✔A condensed history of the recorded interests in a piece of real
property.
✔✔Title Insurance - ✔✔An insurance policy that indemnifies a buyer or a lender against
losses resulting from title defects that have not been excepted from coverage.
✔✔Title report - ✔✔A report issued after a title search by a title insurance company,
listing all defects and encumbrances of record
✔✔Covenants for General Warranty Deed - ✔✔Right to convery (the grantor has title to
an interest in the proper or authority to transfer title), covenant of seisin (good faith
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔appurtenance - ✔✔A right incidental to the land that is transferred with it
✔✔Emblements - ✔✔Crops, such as wheat, produced annually through the labor of the
cultivator
✔✔Trade Fixtures - ✔✔Personal property attached to real property by a tenant for use
in a trade or business. Trade fixtures are removable by the tenant.
✔✔Riparian Land - ✔✔Land bordered by flowing water, such as a stream or river
✔✔Littoral land - ✔✔Land bordered by a stationary body of water, such as a lake or
pond.
✔✔Appropriative Rights - ✔✔Water rights established by obtaining a government
permit, and not based on ownership of land beside a body of water.
✔✔Lateral Support - ✔✔The physical support that a piece of land receives from the
surrounding land
✔✔Subjacent Support - ✔✔The physical support that a piece of land receives from the
underlying earth
✔✔Metes and Bounds - ✔✔A system of land description in which the boundaries of a
parcel of land are described by reference to monuments, courses and distances
✔✔Monument - ✔✔A visible marker (natural or artificial) used in a survey or a metes
and bounds description to establish the boundaries of a piece of property.
✔✔Point of Beginning - ✔✔The starting point in a metes and bounds description; a
monument or a point described by reference to a monument.
✔✔Course - ✔✔In a metes and bounds description, a direction, stated in terms of a
compass bearing.
✔✔Distance - ✔✔In a metes and bounds description, the length of a boundary,
measured in any convenient unit of length
✔✔Government Survey - ✔✔A system of land description in which the land is divided
into squares called townships, and each township is, in turn, divided up into 36 sections,
each one square mile.
,✔✔Principal Meridian - ✔✔In the government survey system, the main north-south line
in a particular grid, used as the starting point in numbering the ranges and township
tiers.
✔✔Range - ✔✔In the government survey system, a strip of land six miles wide, running
north and south
✔✔Township - ✔✔The intersection of a range and a township tier in the government
survey system. It is a parcel of land that is six miles square and contains 36 sections.
✔✔Section - ✔✔One square mile of land, containing 640 acres. There are 36 sections
in a township
✔✔Government lot - ✔✔In the government survey system, a parcel of land that is not a
regular section.
✔✔Lot and Block - ✔✔The system of description used for subdivided land. The
properties within a subdivision are assigned lot numbers on a survey map called a plat,
which is then recorded. The location and dimensions of a particular lot can be
determined by consulting the recorded plat.
✔✔Air Lot - ✔✔A parcel of property above the surface of the earth, not containing any
land: for example, a condominium unit on the third floor.
✔✔Alienation - ✔✔The transfer of title, ownership, or an interest in property from one
person to another. Alienation May be voluntary or involuntary
✔✔Deed - ✔✔A written instrument that, when executed and delivered, conveys title to
or an interest in real estate.
✔✔Warranty Deed - ✔✔A deed that provides the greatest amount of protection for the
grantee, in that the grantor promises that she or he has title to the property conveyed in
the deed, that there are no undisclosed encumbrances on the property, and that the
grantee will enjoy quiet possession of the property.
✔✔Quitclaim Deed - ✔✔A deed that conveys and releases whatever interest in a piece
of real property that the grantor may have. It carries no warranties of kind but does
transfer any right, title or interest the grantor has at the time the deed is executed
✔✔Acknowledgment - ✔✔A formal declaration made before a duly authorized officer,
usually a notary public, by a person who has signed a document. He states the
signature is genuine and voluntary
, ✔✔Will - ✔✔The written declaration of an individual that designates how his estate will
be disposed of after death
✔✔Intestate - ✔✔when a person dies without a valid will
✔✔Escheat - ✔✔The reversion of property to the state or county, as provided by state
law, in cases where a decedent dies intestate without heirs capable of inheriting, or
when the property is abandoned.
✔✔Dedication - ✔✔When a private owner voluntarily or involuntarily gives real property
to the public.
✔✔eminent domain - ✔✔The power of the government to take(condemn) private
property for public use, upon payment of just compensation to the owner
✔✔condemnation - ✔✔The act of taking private property for public use under the power
of eminent domain.
✔✔Adverse Possession - ✔✔A means by which a person may acquire title to property
by using it openly and continuously without the owner's permission for the period
required by state statute.
✔✔Constructive Notice - ✔✔Notice of a fact that a person is held by law to have (as
opposed to actual notice) he had the opportunity to discover the fact in question by
searching public record
✔✔title search - ✔✔An inspection of the public record to determine all rights and
encumbrances affecting title to a piece of property.
✔✔Chain of Title - ✔✔A complete history of all recorded interests in a piece of real
property
✔✔Abstract of Title - ✔✔A condensed history of the recorded interests in a piece of real
property.
✔✔Title Insurance - ✔✔An insurance policy that indemnifies a buyer or a lender against
losses resulting from title defects that have not been excepted from coverage.
✔✔Title report - ✔✔A report issued after a title search by a title insurance company,
listing all defects and encumbrances of record
✔✔Covenants for General Warranty Deed - ✔✔Right to convery (the grantor has title to
an interest in the proper or authority to transfer title), covenant of seisin (good faith
