PSI PA Real Estate Practice Exam
Questions and Guide Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Requires the seller to provide notice to a purchaser about whether a struc-
ture on the land is entitled to support from the underlying coal.
Answer: Coal Notice
2. Three conditions that must be met for a mobile home to be considered real
estate
Answer: 1. Mobile home is transferred in conjunction with and as a part of an assignment of a land lease or the
transfer of an interest in land on which the mobile home is situated; or
2. Mobile home is permanently attached to a foundation, and
3. Registration of the mobile home is canceled by the owner with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Motor Vehicles
3. The governing body of a municipality is responsible for enacting the com-
prehensive plan, zoning, and subdivision ordinances in accordance with pro-
cedures in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. They may appoint a
,planning commission to be responsible for formulating the recommended
plans and ordinances. Public hearings must be held prior to their enactment
by the governing body.
Answer: Zoning
4. Charges permitted by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to help
defray the cost of streets to keep up with development
Answer: Impact Fees
5. Went into effect in July 2004, as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Construction
Code Act that was passed in 1999. *In addition to satisfying the purpose of
construction codes, the act encourages the use of state-of-the-art construc-
tion methods and systems and eliminates existing codes that are obsolete,
overly restrictive, or conflicting.
Answer: Uniform Construction Code (UCC)
6. Oversee's PA's environmental laws
Answer: Department of Environmental Protection
7. Passed by the Department of Environmental Protection *Gives notice to
prospective buyers that if a property is not serviced by a public sewage system
and no community sewage system is available, a permit for an individual
system must be obtained
, Answer: Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act in 1994
8. Provides for the rehabilitation or recycling of brownfields by providing a
mechanism to enforce hazard mitigation controls and ease concerns about
the future liability associated with contaminated properties
Answer: Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (UEAC), which took ettect in February 2008
9. Burdensome disclosure requirements are readily satisfied -Mitigation con-
trols can be enforced regardless of ownership
Answer: Benefits of the UEAC
10. True or False Pennsylvania, has abolished the common law concepts of
dower and curtesy.
Answer: True
11. Created when the person claiming the easement has made use of another's
land for 21 years in PA. The claimant's use must have been continuous,
exclusive, and without the owner's approval. Through the principle of tacking
(discussed in Unit 5), successive periods of adverse possession by different
adverse possessors can be combined so that a person who is not in pos-
session for the entire statutory time may establish a claim.The use must be
visible, open, and notorious, that is, the owner must have been able to learn of
it. The claimant is entitled to assert a right to use the property and cannot
Questions and Guide Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Requires the seller to provide notice to a purchaser about whether a struc-
ture on the land is entitled to support from the underlying coal.
Answer: Coal Notice
2. Three conditions that must be met for a mobile home to be considered real
estate
Answer: 1. Mobile home is transferred in conjunction with and as a part of an assignment of a land lease or the
transfer of an interest in land on which the mobile home is situated; or
2. Mobile home is permanently attached to a foundation, and
3. Registration of the mobile home is canceled by the owner with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Motor Vehicles
3. The governing body of a municipality is responsible for enacting the com-
prehensive plan, zoning, and subdivision ordinances in accordance with pro-
cedures in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. They may appoint a
,planning commission to be responsible for formulating the recommended
plans and ordinances. Public hearings must be held prior to their enactment
by the governing body.
Answer: Zoning
4. Charges permitted by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to help
defray the cost of streets to keep up with development
Answer: Impact Fees
5. Went into effect in July 2004, as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Construction
Code Act that was passed in 1999. *In addition to satisfying the purpose of
construction codes, the act encourages the use of state-of-the-art construc-
tion methods and systems and eliminates existing codes that are obsolete,
overly restrictive, or conflicting.
Answer: Uniform Construction Code (UCC)
6. Oversee's PA's environmental laws
Answer: Department of Environmental Protection
7. Passed by the Department of Environmental Protection *Gives notice to
prospective buyers that if a property is not serviced by a public sewage system
and no community sewage system is available, a permit for an individual
system must be obtained
, Answer: Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act in 1994
8. Provides for the rehabilitation or recycling of brownfields by providing a
mechanism to enforce hazard mitigation controls and ease concerns about
the future liability associated with contaminated properties
Answer: Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (UEAC), which took ettect in February 2008
9. Burdensome disclosure requirements are readily satisfied -Mitigation con-
trols can be enforced regardless of ownership
Answer: Benefits of the UEAC
10. True or False Pennsylvania, has abolished the common law concepts of
dower and curtesy.
Answer: True
11. Created when the person claiming the easement has made use of another's
land for 21 years in PA. The claimant's use must have been continuous,
exclusive, and without the owner's approval. Through the principle of tacking
(discussed in Unit 5), successive periods of adverse possession by different
adverse possessors can be combined so that a person who is not in pos-
session for the entire statutory time may establish a claim.The use must be
visible, open, and notorious, that is, the owner must have been able to learn of
it. The claimant is entitled to assert a right to use the property and cannot
