COLIBRI REAL ESTATE COURSE
EXAM CHAPTER 1 – 5 QUESTIONS &
VALID COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What term describes a personal property item that has been converted to real property
by attachment to real estate? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Fixture
What rights apply to land beneath the surface of the real estate parcel extending from
its surface boundaries downward to the center of the earth? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Subsurface Rights
What refers to support provided by the adjacent property, such as a landowner having a
right to demand that a neighboring property owner does nothing to cause the land to
collapse? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lateral Support
What type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Case Law
What type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent? - Correct Answer
✔✔ The Right to Encumber
What describes the principal north-south line used to control descriptions for an entire
state or more? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The Principal Meridian
The legal concept of real estate encompasses all man-made structures that are
permanently attached to the land and: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Land
The east-west area between two parallels is called a: - Correct Answer ✔✔ tier
Plants and crops that grow naturally, without requiring anyone's labor or machinery, are
considered: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Real Property
What established the start of a public land survey system in the United States? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The Land Ordinance of 1785
If a tenant installs a fixture in order to conduct business, the fixture may be considered a
trade fixture, which is the tenant's: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Personal Property
What system uses physical features of the local geography, along with directions and
distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of land? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Metes and Bounds
, What describes the sudden decrease of land by flowing water or waves often caused by
hurricanes and other storms? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Avulsion
What do surveyors use to identify local elevation markers to provide reference
elevations for nearby properties? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Benchmarks
A field of corn is an example of - Correct Answer ✔✔ Emblements
A trade fixture is also known as a(n) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Chattel Fixture
What type of rights concern properties abutting moving water, such as streams and
rivers? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Riparian Rights
What type of rights apply to the space above the surface boundaries of the parcel, as
delineated by imaginary vertical lines extended to infinity? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Air
Rights
The set of rights an owner has to enjoy an item are called - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bundle
of Rights
Lenders typically require a survey that is dated within how many months of the closing
date? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 6 Months
Longitude lines run: - Correct Answer ✔✔ north-south.
The lot and block system is also called - Correct Answer ✔✔ recorded plat method.
A township is a square with how many miles on each side? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 6
The legal concept of real estate encompasses: - Correct Answer ✔✔ land and all man-
made structures that are permanently attached to the land.
Air, water, land, and everything affixed to the land is a simple definition of: - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Real estate
What gives property owners the legal right to keep others off the property and to
prosecute trespassers? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The right to exclude
What type of survey is a boundary survey with the additional location of all the interior
improvements? - Correct Answer ✔✔ A location survey
What type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Case law
What type of rights concern properties abutting moving water, such as streams and
rivers? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Riparian Rights
EXAM CHAPTER 1 – 5 QUESTIONS &
VALID COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What term describes a personal property item that has been converted to real property
by attachment to real estate? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Fixture
What rights apply to land beneath the surface of the real estate parcel extending from
its surface boundaries downward to the center of the earth? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Subsurface Rights
What refers to support provided by the adjacent property, such as a landowner having a
right to demand that a neighboring property owner does nothing to cause the land to
collapse? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lateral Support
What type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Case Law
What type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent? - Correct Answer
✔✔ The Right to Encumber
What describes the principal north-south line used to control descriptions for an entire
state or more? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The Principal Meridian
The legal concept of real estate encompasses all man-made structures that are
permanently attached to the land and: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Land
The east-west area between two parallels is called a: - Correct Answer ✔✔ tier
Plants and crops that grow naturally, without requiring anyone's labor or machinery, are
considered: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Real Property
What established the start of a public land survey system in the United States? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The Land Ordinance of 1785
If a tenant installs a fixture in order to conduct business, the fixture may be considered a
trade fixture, which is the tenant's: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Personal Property
What system uses physical features of the local geography, along with directions and
distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of land? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Metes and Bounds
, What describes the sudden decrease of land by flowing water or waves often caused by
hurricanes and other storms? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Avulsion
What do surveyors use to identify local elevation markers to provide reference
elevations for nearby properties? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Benchmarks
A field of corn is an example of - Correct Answer ✔✔ Emblements
A trade fixture is also known as a(n) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Chattel Fixture
What type of rights concern properties abutting moving water, such as streams and
rivers? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Riparian Rights
What type of rights apply to the space above the surface boundaries of the parcel, as
delineated by imaginary vertical lines extended to infinity? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Air
Rights
The set of rights an owner has to enjoy an item are called - Correct Answer ✔✔ Bundle
of Rights
Lenders typically require a survey that is dated within how many months of the closing
date? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 6 Months
Longitude lines run: - Correct Answer ✔✔ north-south.
The lot and block system is also called - Correct Answer ✔✔ recorded plat method.
A township is a square with how many miles on each side? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 6
The legal concept of real estate encompasses: - Correct Answer ✔✔ land and all man-
made structures that are permanently attached to the land.
Air, water, land, and everything affixed to the land is a simple definition of: - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Real estate
What gives property owners the legal right to keep others off the property and to
prosecute trespassers? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The right to exclude
What type of survey is a boundary survey with the additional location of all the interior
improvements? - Correct Answer ✔✔ A location survey
What type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Case law
What type of rights concern properties abutting moving water, such as streams and
rivers? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Riparian Rights
