Texas principles of real estate exam questions with
answers , champions of schools verified
1. Civil Rights Acts of 1866 -
ANSWER Prohibits only and all racial discrimination
2.Steering -
ANSWER Directing Home Seekers to particular neighborhoods based on the the fair housing
protected classes
3.Blockbusting -
ANSWER Real estate agents creating fear in a neighborhood in order to induce the owner of the
houses to sell the properties at a loss to the agents
4. Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 -
ANSWER Prohibits discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income from a public
assistance program.
5.Real Property/ Real Estate -
ANSWER Land, improvements and the rights to own them
6.Improvements -
ANSWER Anything put on the land with the intent of improving the land.
7.Chattel -
ANSWER Personal Property
,8.Appurtenances -
ANSWER Right or privilege attached to land that goes with the land when ownership of the land
changes.
9. Fixture -
ANSWER Something that was personal property and has now become real estate because it has
been attached to the land.
10. Three tests of a fixture -
ANSWER A) Method of annexation B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C) Intention of the
parties
11.Trade Fixture -
ANSWER Something that is attached to a property under a commercial lease.
12.Fixity or Permanence of Investment -
ANSWER The fact that improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for them.
13. Metes and Bounds -
ANSWER Uses distance and directions to define and describe the shape and boundaries of the
property.
14. Datum -
ANSWER Used to mark elevation
15. Rectangular Survey System -
, ANSWER Uses latitude, longitude, standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
16. Townships -
ANSWER Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
17. Unit -
ANSWER 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
18.Acre -
ANSWER 43,560
19.Recorded Plat -
ANSWER When land is divided into plots
20. Informal Reference -
ANSWER not a legal description.
21. Riparian Rights -
ANSWER The right to use water in a river or stream
22.Littoral Rights -
ANSWER Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy the water that touches his land but he may
not alter the course of the water
23.Surface water -
ANSWER Publicly owned and governed by the state of Texas.
answers , champions of schools verified
1. Civil Rights Acts of 1866 -
ANSWER Prohibits only and all racial discrimination
2.Steering -
ANSWER Directing Home Seekers to particular neighborhoods based on the the fair housing
protected classes
3.Blockbusting -
ANSWER Real estate agents creating fear in a neighborhood in order to induce the owner of the
houses to sell the properties at a loss to the agents
4. Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 -
ANSWER Prohibits discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income from a public
assistance program.
5.Real Property/ Real Estate -
ANSWER Land, improvements and the rights to own them
6.Improvements -
ANSWER Anything put on the land with the intent of improving the land.
7.Chattel -
ANSWER Personal Property
,8.Appurtenances -
ANSWER Right or privilege attached to land that goes with the land when ownership of the land
changes.
9. Fixture -
ANSWER Something that was personal property and has now become real estate because it has
been attached to the land.
10. Three tests of a fixture -
ANSWER A) Method of annexation B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C) Intention of the
parties
11.Trade Fixture -
ANSWER Something that is attached to a property under a commercial lease.
12.Fixity or Permanence of Investment -
ANSWER The fact that improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for them.
13. Metes and Bounds -
ANSWER Uses distance and directions to define and describe the shape and boundaries of the
property.
14. Datum -
ANSWER Used to mark elevation
15. Rectangular Survey System -
, ANSWER Uses latitude, longitude, standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
16. Townships -
ANSWER Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
17. Unit -
ANSWER 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
18.Acre -
ANSWER 43,560
19.Recorded Plat -
ANSWER When land is divided into plots
20. Informal Reference -
ANSWER not a legal description.
21. Riparian Rights -
ANSWER The right to use water in a river or stream
22.Littoral Rights -
ANSWER Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy the water that touches his land but he may
not alter the course of the water
23.Surface water -
ANSWER Publicly owned and governed by the state of Texas.
