PSI REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON EXAM
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED
2026
Which of the following would NOT be considered Real Property?
1. Mineral Rights
2. A Leasehold Estate
3. Fixtures
4. Air - ANSWER-2. A Leasehold Estate
The servient estate in an easement appurtenant is the property
1. owned by the landlord
2. on which the easement is placed
3. owned by the tenant
4. that benefits from the easement - ANSWER-2. on which the easement is
placed
Which of the following statements concerning encumbrances is NOT true
1. All encumbrances are liens
2. All liens are encumbrances
3. Restrictions beneficial to the grantee are encumbrances
4. An easement is a physical encumbrance - ANSWER-1. All encumbrances
are liens
,Which of the following is not a specific lien?
1. Mortgage Lien
2. State inheritance tax
3. Real Estate taxes
4. Mechanic's Lien - ANSWER-2. State Inheritance tax
You have entered into a lease that requires you to pay 20% of the owners
expenses. Your lease would be an example of
1. variable lease
2. net lease
3. percentage lease
4. gross lease - ANSWER-2. Net lease
If a husband and wife own an apartment building and the husband owns an
undivided three-fourths interest and the wife owns a one-fourth interest,
what type of tenancy exists?
1. Leasehold Estate
2. Joint tenancy
3. Tenancy in common
4. Tenancy by the entirety - ANSWER-3. Tenancy in common
The highest form of ownership a person may hold in Real Estate is?
1. Life Estate
2. Fee Simple
, 3. Legal life estate
4. base fee - ANSWER-2. Fee simple
Two unrelated people own a three-unit apartment building as tenants in
common. One wants to sell but the others do not. Which of the following
statements describes the legal rights of the party who wants to sell?
1. The party may request a court to partition the building
2. The party may require the co-owner to sell
3. The party may record a lis penden on the property
4. The party may refinance the mortgage in his or her own name, thus
eliminating the co-owner's interest in the property - ANSWER-1. The party
may request a court to partition the building
Your aunt died intestate and you inherited her house. The way in which you
acquired the title to her house is by:
1. curtsey
2. descent
3. escheat
4. laches - ANSWER-2. descent
Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe a legal life
estate?
1. During his or her life estate the life tenant is generally answerable to the
holder of the future interest.
2. The life tenant may not commit any acts that would permanently injure
the property.
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED
2026
Which of the following would NOT be considered Real Property?
1. Mineral Rights
2. A Leasehold Estate
3. Fixtures
4. Air - ANSWER-2. A Leasehold Estate
The servient estate in an easement appurtenant is the property
1. owned by the landlord
2. on which the easement is placed
3. owned by the tenant
4. that benefits from the easement - ANSWER-2. on which the easement is
placed
Which of the following statements concerning encumbrances is NOT true
1. All encumbrances are liens
2. All liens are encumbrances
3. Restrictions beneficial to the grantee are encumbrances
4. An easement is a physical encumbrance - ANSWER-1. All encumbrances
are liens
,Which of the following is not a specific lien?
1. Mortgage Lien
2. State inheritance tax
3. Real Estate taxes
4. Mechanic's Lien - ANSWER-2. State Inheritance tax
You have entered into a lease that requires you to pay 20% of the owners
expenses. Your lease would be an example of
1. variable lease
2. net lease
3. percentage lease
4. gross lease - ANSWER-2. Net lease
If a husband and wife own an apartment building and the husband owns an
undivided three-fourths interest and the wife owns a one-fourth interest,
what type of tenancy exists?
1. Leasehold Estate
2. Joint tenancy
3. Tenancy in common
4. Tenancy by the entirety - ANSWER-3. Tenancy in common
The highest form of ownership a person may hold in Real Estate is?
1. Life Estate
2. Fee Simple
, 3. Legal life estate
4. base fee - ANSWER-2. Fee simple
Two unrelated people own a three-unit apartment building as tenants in
common. One wants to sell but the others do not. Which of the following
statements describes the legal rights of the party who wants to sell?
1. The party may request a court to partition the building
2. The party may require the co-owner to sell
3. The party may record a lis penden on the property
4. The party may refinance the mortgage in his or her own name, thus
eliminating the co-owner's interest in the property - ANSWER-1. The party
may request a court to partition the building
Your aunt died intestate and you inherited her house. The way in which you
acquired the title to her house is by:
1. curtsey
2. descent
3. escheat
4. laches - ANSWER-2. descent
Which of the following statements does NOT correctly describe a legal life
estate?
1. During his or her life estate the life tenant is generally answerable to the
holder of the future interest.
2. The life tenant may not commit any acts that would permanently injure
the property.
