LEGAL ASPECTS COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔c. Profit-a-prendres
Profit-a-prendres does NOT affect physical use of condition of a property. - ✔✔Which of
the following does not affect the physical use of condition of the property?
a. Easement
b. Liens
c. Profit-a-prendres
d. Restrictions
✔✔a. Appurtenant easement - ✔✔Which of the following is sometimes said to "run with
the land"?
a. Appurtenant easement
b. Easement in gross
c. License
d. Pur autre vie
✔✔d. Witnessed - ✔✔Which is not required for a declaration of homestead to take
effect?
a. Acknowledged
b. Recorded
c. Signed
d. Witnessed
✔✔a. Eminent domain - ✔✔Which power of government allows private property to be
taken for public use?
a. Eminent domain
b. Escheat
,c. Police power
d. Taxation
✔✔c. the general plan - ✔✔The document sometimes referred to as the constitution for
all other land use within a city or county is known as:
a. a conditional use permit
b. a variance
c. the general plan
d. the zoning ordinance
✔✔b. condemnation. - ✔✔Jack has been operating an asphalt batch plant on a parcel
where the zoning does not permit it. The local city has filed a lawsuit to make him stop
the activity because it is not permitted and because fumes from the plant annoy his
neighbors. The city's action to force him to stop the activity is known as:
a. abatement.
b. condemnation.
c. inverse condemnation.
d. quiet title.
✔✔b. State Housing Law. - ✔✔The law giving the city or county authority to control the
orderly and proper development of the community is called the:
a. Contractor's State License Law.
b. State Housing Law.
c. Subdivided Lands Law.
d. Subdivision Map Act.
✔✔b. is probably valid taking under the city's power of eminent domain. - ✔✔ABC
Industries has had its headquarters on a certain parcel of land for many years. The city
with jurisdiction over the property has decided that this is the best parcel for the
constitution of a new jail. It approaches ABC and offers it appropriate compensation for
the property, including the cost of relocating the headquarters to a new space. The city's
intended action:
a. would amount to an inverse condemnation of ABC's property.
b. is probably valid taking under the city's power of eminent domain.
c. can be prevented by ABC in court because its headquarters has been on the property
for so many years.
d. is probably invalid as a regulatory taking.
, ✔✔b. Clean Water Act - ✔✔Which federal act prohibits the discharge of pollutants in
natural waters in order to create bodies of water that are clean enough for recreational
swimming and fishing?
a. Clean Air Act
b. Clean Water Act
c. Environmental Protection Agency
d. Toxic Substances Control Act
✔✔c. California Environmental Quality Act. - ✔✔The statute that requires a California
state or local agency, such as a city or county, to conduct an environmental review of
most public and private projects is the:
a. National Environmental Policy Act.
b. Planning and Zoning Law.
c. California Environmental Quality Act.
d. Subdivision Map Act.
✔✔a. Agreed boundary lines - ✔✔What is the commonality of large trees, intersections
of two roads, rivers, lakes, or other natural breaks?
a. Agreed boundary lines
b. Common boundary improvements
c. Landmarks
d. Public nuisances
✔✔b. Division fence - ✔✔What is the name for a fence that lies exactly on the boundary
line separating two properties?
a. Barb-wire fence
b. Division fence
c. Line fence
d. Spite fence
✔✔c. Nuisance - ✔✔What is conduct outside the property that substantially interferes
with another's right to the reasonable use and enjoyment of his or her property?
a. Encroachment
b. License
c. Nuisance
d. Trespass
✔✔c. Donna can hire a general contractor to demolish the entire pool house. - ✔✔Tim
built a pool house, part of which extended eight feet into Donna's backyard. Then he
added some hardscaping and fenced it with a six-foot redwood fence. Which of the
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔c. Profit-a-prendres
Profit-a-prendres does NOT affect physical use of condition of a property. - ✔✔Which of
the following does not affect the physical use of condition of the property?
a. Easement
b. Liens
c. Profit-a-prendres
d. Restrictions
✔✔a. Appurtenant easement - ✔✔Which of the following is sometimes said to "run with
the land"?
a. Appurtenant easement
b. Easement in gross
c. License
d. Pur autre vie
✔✔d. Witnessed - ✔✔Which is not required for a declaration of homestead to take
effect?
a. Acknowledged
b. Recorded
c. Signed
d. Witnessed
✔✔a. Eminent domain - ✔✔Which power of government allows private property to be
taken for public use?
a. Eminent domain
b. Escheat
,c. Police power
d. Taxation
✔✔c. the general plan - ✔✔The document sometimes referred to as the constitution for
all other land use within a city or county is known as:
a. a conditional use permit
b. a variance
c. the general plan
d. the zoning ordinance
✔✔b. condemnation. - ✔✔Jack has been operating an asphalt batch plant on a parcel
where the zoning does not permit it. The local city has filed a lawsuit to make him stop
the activity because it is not permitted and because fumes from the plant annoy his
neighbors. The city's action to force him to stop the activity is known as:
a. abatement.
b. condemnation.
c. inverse condemnation.
d. quiet title.
✔✔b. State Housing Law. - ✔✔The law giving the city or county authority to control the
orderly and proper development of the community is called the:
a. Contractor's State License Law.
b. State Housing Law.
c. Subdivided Lands Law.
d. Subdivision Map Act.
✔✔b. is probably valid taking under the city's power of eminent domain. - ✔✔ABC
Industries has had its headquarters on a certain parcel of land for many years. The city
with jurisdiction over the property has decided that this is the best parcel for the
constitution of a new jail. It approaches ABC and offers it appropriate compensation for
the property, including the cost of relocating the headquarters to a new space. The city's
intended action:
a. would amount to an inverse condemnation of ABC's property.
b. is probably valid taking under the city's power of eminent domain.
c. can be prevented by ABC in court because its headquarters has been on the property
for so many years.
d. is probably invalid as a regulatory taking.
, ✔✔b. Clean Water Act - ✔✔Which federal act prohibits the discharge of pollutants in
natural waters in order to create bodies of water that are clean enough for recreational
swimming and fishing?
a. Clean Air Act
b. Clean Water Act
c. Environmental Protection Agency
d. Toxic Substances Control Act
✔✔c. California Environmental Quality Act. - ✔✔The statute that requires a California
state or local agency, such as a city or county, to conduct an environmental review of
most public and private projects is the:
a. National Environmental Policy Act.
b. Planning and Zoning Law.
c. California Environmental Quality Act.
d. Subdivision Map Act.
✔✔a. Agreed boundary lines - ✔✔What is the commonality of large trees, intersections
of two roads, rivers, lakes, or other natural breaks?
a. Agreed boundary lines
b. Common boundary improvements
c. Landmarks
d. Public nuisances
✔✔b. Division fence - ✔✔What is the name for a fence that lies exactly on the boundary
line separating two properties?
a. Barb-wire fence
b. Division fence
c. Line fence
d. Spite fence
✔✔c. Nuisance - ✔✔What is conduct outside the property that substantially interferes
with another's right to the reasonable use and enjoyment of his or her property?
a. Encroachment
b. License
c. Nuisance
d. Trespass
✔✔c. Donna can hire a general contractor to demolish the entire pool house. - ✔✔Tim
built a pool house, part of which extended eight feet into Donna's backyard. Then he
added some hardscaping and fenced it with a six-foot redwood fence. Which of the
