CONNECTICUT REAL ESTATE EXAM
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
D. All terms relate to water rights, with "riparian" -- the right to use water adjacent to one's
property -- being the most common in sections of the U.S. where water is abundant. However, in
states where water is more scarce, a form of "prior appropriation" ap- plies. Also known as "first
in time is first in right," it grants water rights to divert a specific amount of water from a specific
source to irrigate a specific piece of property. Those rights are then assigned a priority based on
when the right was first used or applied for. In periods of peak demand, they give those whose
claim is the oldest the right to get their water first. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Many states
determine the order of water rights according to which users of the water hold a recorded
beneficial use permit. This allocation of water rights is determined by: A. accretion. B. riparian
theory. C. littoral theory. D. the doctrine of prior appropriation
B. This right to enter and work on a property is granted to utility companies (water, sewer, gas
and electric) as well as telephone and cable companies. Essentially, if a company provides a
service and owns the equipment (e.g., phone and cable lines), they are usually granted an
easement. - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to control one's property includes all of the
following EXCEPT: A. the right to invite people on the property for a political fund-raiser. B. the
right to exclude the utilities meter reader. C. the right to erect "no trespassing" signs. D. the right
to enjoy pride of ownership.
D. Tenancy by the entireties is a form of ownership that husbands and wives can choose or create
by deciding to do so and declaring it as such in contracts and deeds. Tenancy in common is put in
motion by state law. Community Property is a law of ownership that exists in Arizona,
California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and some other states.
Tenancy by the Entireties is an estate that is recognized in some states between husband and
wife, who have equal right of possession and enjoyment during their joint lives and with the right
of survivorship--that is when one dies, the property goes to the surviving tenant. (In many states,
if couples do not specify "Joint Tenancy," this form of ownership will be automatically assumed.)
Tenancy in Common is a type of joint ownership by parties NOT married, that allows a person to
sell his share or leave it in a will without the consent of the other own - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which of the following types of ownership CANNOT be created by operation
of law, but must be created by the parties' expressed intent? A. community property B. tenancy in
common C. condominium ownership D. tenancy by the entireties
,D. The concept of personal property typically comes into play at the time of sale. Things that are
part of the house--bathroom fixtures, fireplaces, carpeting and such-- go with the sale. (Unless
specifically excluded, as can happen in the case of a dining room chandelier or one or two other
objects with which the owners have an emotional attachment.) Furniture, rugs, lamps and other
portable items that are not "nailed down" constitute personal property and are not included in the
sale. - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is/are considered to be personal
property? A. wood-burning fireplace B. furnace C. bathtubs D. patio furniture
C. The term "trade fixture" refers to an item installed by a tenant in a rented commercial property
that he or she removes at the end of the occupancy. More on this topic follows. - CORRECT
ANSWER - The word "improvement" would refer to all of the following EXCEPT: A.
streets. B. a sanitary sewer system. C. trade fixtures. D. the foundation.
D. Scarcity is a fundamental economic concept that holds that the rarer and more desirable
something is, the more valuable it will be. For example, professional athletes are highly paid
because only the smallest percentage of people have the ability to perform at that level. Land is
"scarce" because there is a finite amount available and, as Will Rogers once said, "They ain't
making any more of it." - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the following are physical
characteristics of land EXCEPT:
A. indestructibility. B. uniqueness. C. immobility. D. scarcity.
C. The term is usually applied to a commercial tenant and refers to items installed in connection
with his or her business, such as stoves and refrigerators in a restaurant or display cases in a
retail shop. - CORRECT ANSWER - Certain items on the premises that are installed by
the tenant and are related to the ten- ant's business are called: A. fixtures. B. emblements. C.
trade fixtures. D. easements.
D. "Chattel" is a legal term that means personal property. Emblements and fructus industriales
refer to profit from crops that are grown as a result of a person's labor, such as corn, as opposed
to those that occur naturally, such as grass or minerals. By the cus- tom of English common law,
they are considered personal property. By contrast, a fixture is considered attached to a property
and thus part of the structure. - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal property includes all of
the following EXCEPT: A. chattels. B. fructus industriales. C. emblements. D. fixtures.
B. All the other options have conditions attached. A leasehold estate is, as the name implies,
leased property. Similarly, a life estate gives a person ownership or control of a property only for
,the duration of his or her natural life. "Defeasible estates" give a per- son or entity control over a
property only so long as certain conditions are met or avoided. For example, a community might
be deeded a property on the condition that it be used only for building a school, or land willed to
a child on the condition it never be used for commercial development. If the community tries to
use the property for a recreation com- plex or the heir tries to sell to a retail developer, control
would automatically revert to an- other party and the deed would become void. - CORRECT
ANSWER - A person who has complete control over a parcel of real estate is said to own
a: A. leasehold estate. B. fee simple estate. C. life estate. D. defeasible fee estate.
C. The principal attributes of an encroachment are: 1) It is accidental and 2) it in- volves only
part of a structure. Typically, the issue would be resolved by selling Wendell an easement or a
lease or, if practical, actually moving the structure. - CORRECT ANSWER - A portion of
Wendell's building was inadvertently built on Ginny's land. This is called an: A. accretion. B.
avulsion. C. encroachment. D. easement.
B. Easements grant access, not use. Commercial licenses, such as those required to sell
beverages, souvenirs or services, cover extended periods. Although tickets to sporting events,
concerts, shows and the like are technically licenses, they differ from most in their degree of
restriction. For example, a concert ticket does not give the bearer the right to sit anywhere he or
she chooses or wander backstage to meet the performers. - CORRECT ANSWER - The
purchase of a ticket for a professional sporting event gives the bearer what? A. an easement right
to park his car B. a license to enter and claim a seat for the duration of the game C. an easement
in gross interest in the professional sporting team D. a license to sell food and beverages at the
sporting event
C. "Dominant" and "servient" tenements involve two adjacent properties in which an easement is
involved. For example, let's say Bridle Creek Farms and Barnstable Farms are separate parcels
divided by a country lane that provides access to the county road system. The lane is owned by
Bridle Creek, but the deeds of both properties stipulate that Barnstable Farms shall have
unrestricted access for the purpose of accessing county roads. That access is an easement. Thus,
if the owner of Barnstable Farms buys Bridle Creek Farms, the need for the easement disappears.
- CORRECT ANSWER - If the owner of the dominant tenement becomes the owner of the
servient tenement and merges the two properties, what happens? A. The easement becomes
dormant. B. The easement is unaffected. C. The easement is terminated. D. The properties retain
their former status.
D. Accretion means the addition to a parcel of land by sand or soil deposits due to the action of a
river or other body of water over time. Avulsion refers to the loss of land as a result of its being
, washed away by sudden or unexpected action of nature, such as a flash flood that re-routes a
river. - CORRECT ANSWER - Homeowner Ginny acquired the ownership of land that
was deposited by a river running through her property by: A. reliction. B. succession. C.
avulsion. D. accretion.
C. "Littoral" and "prior appropriation" are different kinds of water rights: in the first case,
navigation rights to an ocean or other large body of water; in the second, the right to use a water
source for irrigation. A hereditament is any inheritable property. - CORRECT ANSWER -
The rights of the owner of property located along the banks of a river are called:
A. littoral rights. B. prior appropriation rights. C. riparian rights. D. hereditament.
A. Easements grant only access, not ownership, use or occupancy rights. Further, that access is
generally for the benefit of the property owner, such as maintaining utilities or sidewalks. As
such, they Attach" to a deed or lease and remain in effect, until specifically lifted. - CORRECT
ANSWER - The local utility company dug up Frank's garden to install a natural gas line.
The com- pany claimed it had a valid easement and proved it through the county records. Frank
claimed the easement was not valid because he did not know about it. The easement: A. Was
valid even though the owner did not know about it. B. Was an appurtenant easement owned by
the utility company. C. Was not valid because it had not been used during the entire time that
Frank owned the property. D. Was not valid because Frank was not informed of its existence
when he purchased the property.
D. Granting the use of property for a defined period for a specific purpose is al- most always a
form of licensing. Easements grant only access, not ownership, use or occupancy rights. Further,
that access is generally for the benefit of the property owner, such as maintaining utilities or
sidewalks. - CORRECT ANSWER - Jim and Sandy are next-door neighbors. Sandy tells
Jim that he can store his camper in her yard for a few weeks until she needs the space. Sandy did
not charge Jim rent for the use of her yard. Sandy has given Jim a(n) what? A. easement
appurtenant B. easement by necessity C. estate in land license D. License
C. An "easement appurtenant" allows the holder of one property to benefit from another's. In this
case, your property is "servient" because it is the one burdened by the easement while your
neighbor's is Dominant" since it is the one that benefits. - CORRECT ANSWER - Your
neighbors use your driveway to reach their garage on their property. Your attorney explains that
the ownership of the neighbors' real estate includes an easement appurtenant giving them the
driveway right. Your property is the: A. leasehold interest. B. dominant tenement. C. servient
tenement. D. license property.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
D. All terms relate to water rights, with "riparian" -- the right to use water adjacent to one's
property -- being the most common in sections of the U.S. where water is abundant. However, in
states where water is more scarce, a form of "prior appropriation" ap- plies. Also known as "first
in time is first in right," it grants water rights to divert a specific amount of water from a specific
source to irrigate a specific piece of property. Those rights are then assigned a priority based on
when the right was first used or applied for. In periods of peak demand, they give those whose
claim is the oldest the right to get their water first. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Many states
determine the order of water rights according to which users of the water hold a recorded
beneficial use permit. This allocation of water rights is determined by: A. accretion. B. riparian
theory. C. littoral theory. D. the doctrine of prior appropriation
B. This right to enter and work on a property is granted to utility companies (water, sewer, gas
and electric) as well as telephone and cable companies. Essentially, if a company provides a
service and owns the equipment (e.g., phone and cable lines), they are usually granted an
easement. - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to control one's property includes all of the
following EXCEPT: A. the right to invite people on the property for a political fund-raiser. B. the
right to exclude the utilities meter reader. C. the right to erect "no trespassing" signs. D. the right
to enjoy pride of ownership.
D. Tenancy by the entireties is a form of ownership that husbands and wives can choose or create
by deciding to do so and declaring it as such in contracts and deeds. Tenancy in common is put in
motion by state law. Community Property is a law of ownership that exists in Arizona,
California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and some other states.
Tenancy by the Entireties is an estate that is recognized in some states between husband and
wife, who have equal right of possession and enjoyment during their joint lives and with the right
of survivorship--that is when one dies, the property goes to the surviving tenant. (In many states,
if couples do not specify "Joint Tenancy," this form of ownership will be automatically assumed.)
Tenancy in Common is a type of joint ownership by parties NOT married, that allows a person to
sell his share or leave it in a will without the consent of the other own - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which of the following types of ownership CANNOT be created by operation
of law, but must be created by the parties' expressed intent? A. community property B. tenancy in
common C. condominium ownership D. tenancy by the entireties
,D. The concept of personal property typically comes into play at the time of sale. Things that are
part of the house--bathroom fixtures, fireplaces, carpeting and such-- go with the sale. (Unless
specifically excluded, as can happen in the case of a dining room chandelier or one or two other
objects with which the owners have an emotional attachment.) Furniture, rugs, lamps and other
portable items that are not "nailed down" constitute personal property and are not included in the
sale. - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is/are considered to be personal
property? A. wood-burning fireplace B. furnace C. bathtubs D. patio furniture
C. The term "trade fixture" refers to an item installed by a tenant in a rented commercial property
that he or she removes at the end of the occupancy. More on this topic follows. - CORRECT
ANSWER - The word "improvement" would refer to all of the following EXCEPT: A.
streets. B. a sanitary sewer system. C. trade fixtures. D. the foundation.
D. Scarcity is a fundamental economic concept that holds that the rarer and more desirable
something is, the more valuable it will be. For example, professional athletes are highly paid
because only the smallest percentage of people have the ability to perform at that level. Land is
"scarce" because there is a finite amount available and, as Will Rogers once said, "They ain't
making any more of it." - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the following are physical
characteristics of land EXCEPT:
A. indestructibility. B. uniqueness. C. immobility. D. scarcity.
C. The term is usually applied to a commercial tenant and refers to items installed in connection
with his or her business, such as stoves and refrigerators in a restaurant or display cases in a
retail shop. - CORRECT ANSWER - Certain items on the premises that are installed by
the tenant and are related to the ten- ant's business are called: A. fixtures. B. emblements. C.
trade fixtures. D. easements.
D. "Chattel" is a legal term that means personal property. Emblements and fructus industriales
refer to profit from crops that are grown as a result of a person's labor, such as corn, as opposed
to those that occur naturally, such as grass or minerals. By the cus- tom of English common law,
they are considered personal property. By contrast, a fixture is considered attached to a property
and thus part of the structure. - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal property includes all of
the following EXCEPT: A. chattels. B. fructus industriales. C. emblements. D. fixtures.
B. All the other options have conditions attached. A leasehold estate is, as the name implies,
leased property. Similarly, a life estate gives a person ownership or control of a property only for
,the duration of his or her natural life. "Defeasible estates" give a per- son or entity control over a
property only so long as certain conditions are met or avoided. For example, a community might
be deeded a property on the condition that it be used only for building a school, or land willed to
a child on the condition it never be used for commercial development. If the community tries to
use the property for a recreation com- plex or the heir tries to sell to a retail developer, control
would automatically revert to an- other party and the deed would become void. - CORRECT
ANSWER - A person who has complete control over a parcel of real estate is said to own
a: A. leasehold estate. B. fee simple estate. C. life estate. D. defeasible fee estate.
C. The principal attributes of an encroachment are: 1) It is accidental and 2) it in- volves only
part of a structure. Typically, the issue would be resolved by selling Wendell an easement or a
lease or, if practical, actually moving the structure. - CORRECT ANSWER - A portion of
Wendell's building was inadvertently built on Ginny's land. This is called an: A. accretion. B.
avulsion. C. encroachment. D. easement.
B. Easements grant access, not use. Commercial licenses, such as those required to sell
beverages, souvenirs or services, cover extended periods. Although tickets to sporting events,
concerts, shows and the like are technically licenses, they differ from most in their degree of
restriction. For example, a concert ticket does not give the bearer the right to sit anywhere he or
she chooses or wander backstage to meet the performers. - CORRECT ANSWER - The
purchase of a ticket for a professional sporting event gives the bearer what? A. an easement right
to park his car B. a license to enter and claim a seat for the duration of the game C. an easement
in gross interest in the professional sporting team D. a license to sell food and beverages at the
sporting event
C. "Dominant" and "servient" tenements involve two adjacent properties in which an easement is
involved. For example, let's say Bridle Creek Farms and Barnstable Farms are separate parcels
divided by a country lane that provides access to the county road system. The lane is owned by
Bridle Creek, but the deeds of both properties stipulate that Barnstable Farms shall have
unrestricted access for the purpose of accessing county roads. That access is an easement. Thus,
if the owner of Barnstable Farms buys Bridle Creek Farms, the need for the easement disappears.
- CORRECT ANSWER - If the owner of the dominant tenement becomes the owner of the
servient tenement and merges the two properties, what happens? A. The easement becomes
dormant. B. The easement is unaffected. C. The easement is terminated. D. The properties retain
their former status.
D. Accretion means the addition to a parcel of land by sand or soil deposits due to the action of a
river or other body of water over time. Avulsion refers to the loss of land as a result of its being
, washed away by sudden or unexpected action of nature, such as a flash flood that re-routes a
river. - CORRECT ANSWER - Homeowner Ginny acquired the ownership of land that
was deposited by a river running through her property by: A. reliction. B. succession. C.
avulsion. D. accretion.
C. "Littoral" and "prior appropriation" are different kinds of water rights: in the first case,
navigation rights to an ocean or other large body of water; in the second, the right to use a water
source for irrigation. A hereditament is any inheritable property. - CORRECT ANSWER -
The rights of the owner of property located along the banks of a river are called:
A. littoral rights. B. prior appropriation rights. C. riparian rights. D. hereditament.
A. Easements grant only access, not ownership, use or occupancy rights. Further, that access is
generally for the benefit of the property owner, such as maintaining utilities or sidewalks. As
such, they Attach" to a deed or lease and remain in effect, until specifically lifted. - CORRECT
ANSWER - The local utility company dug up Frank's garden to install a natural gas line.
The com- pany claimed it had a valid easement and proved it through the county records. Frank
claimed the easement was not valid because he did not know about it. The easement: A. Was
valid even though the owner did not know about it. B. Was an appurtenant easement owned by
the utility company. C. Was not valid because it had not been used during the entire time that
Frank owned the property. D. Was not valid because Frank was not informed of its existence
when he purchased the property.
D. Granting the use of property for a defined period for a specific purpose is al- most always a
form of licensing. Easements grant only access, not ownership, use or occupancy rights. Further,
that access is generally for the benefit of the property owner, such as maintaining utilities or
sidewalks. - CORRECT ANSWER - Jim and Sandy are next-door neighbors. Sandy tells
Jim that he can store his camper in her yard for a few weeks until she needs the space. Sandy did
not charge Jim rent for the use of her yard. Sandy has given Jim a(n) what? A. easement
appurtenant B. easement by necessity C. estate in land license D. License
C. An "easement appurtenant" allows the holder of one property to benefit from another's. In this
case, your property is "servient" because it is the one burdened by the easement while your
neighbor's is Dominant" since it is the one that benefits. - CORRECT ANSWER - Your
neighbors use your driveway to reach their garage on their property. Your attorney explains that
the ownership of the neighbors' real estate includes an easement appurtenant giving them the
driveway right. Your property is the: A. leasehold interest. B. dominant tenement. C. servient
tenement. D. license property.
