PSI EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
PRACTICE SHEET GRADED A+
●● 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
●● The governing body of a municipality is responsible for enacting the
comprehensive plan, zoning, and subdivision ordinances in accordance
with procedures 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
●● Charges permitted by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code to help defray the cost of streets to keep up with development
Answer: Impact Fees
,●● 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 construction methods and systems and eliminates
existing codes that are obsolete, overly restrictive, or conflicting.
Answer: Uniform Construction Code (UCC)
●● Oversee's PA's environmental laws
Answer: Department of Environmental Protection
●● 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
●● 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
effect in February 2008
, ●● Burdensome disclosure requirements are readily satisfied -Mitigation
controls can be enforced regardless of ownership
Answer: Benefits of the UEAC
●● True or False Pennsylvania, has abolished the common law concepts
of dower and curtesy.
Answer: True
●● 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 possession 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 claim ownership.
Prescriptive easements cannot usually be acquired on public land.
Answer: Easement by Prescription
●● The Pennsylvania Landlord/Tenant Act also specifies the time period
that is required for notice in a variety of circumstances
Answer: Normally, one week's notice is required to terminate an estate
from week to week; one month's notice is required to terminate an estate
from month to month; and three months' notice is required to terminate
an estate from year to year.
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
PRACTICE SHEET GRADED A+
●● 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
●● The governing body of a municipality is responsible for enacting the
comprehensive plan, zoning, and subdivision ordinances in accordance
with procedures 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
●● Charges permitted by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code to help defray the cost of streets to keep up with development
Answer: Impact Fees
,●● 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 construction methods and systems and eliminates
existing codes that are obsolete, overly restrictive, or conflicting.
Answer: Uniform Construction Code (UCC)
●● Oversee's PA's environmental laws
Answer: Department of Environmental Protection
●● 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
●● 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
effect in February 2008
, ●● Burdensome disclosure requirements are readily satisfied -Mitigation
controls can be enforced regardless of ownership
Answer: Benefits of the UEAC
●● True or False Pennsylvania, has abolished the common law concepts
of dower and curtesy.
Answer: True
●● 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 possession 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 claim ownership.
Prescriptive easements cannot usually be acquired on public land.
Answer: Easement by Prescription
●● The Pennsylvania Landlord/Tenant Act also specifies the time period
that is required for notice in a variety of circumstances
Answer: Normally, one week's notice is required to terminate an estate
from week to week; one month's notice is required to terminate an estate
from month to month; and three months' notice is required to terminate
an estate from year to year.
