MODERN REAL ESTATE PRACTICE
(20TH EDITION) (ALL UNITS) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
An owner of real estate was declared legally incompetent and was committed to a
state mental institution. While institutionalized, the owner wrote and executed a will.
The owner died while still institutionalized and was survived by a spouse and three
children. The real estate will pass
A. To the owner's spouse
B. To the heirs mentioned in the owner's will
C. According to the state laws of descent
D. To the state - Answer-C. According to the state laws of descent
Generally, where does a probate proceeding involving real property take place?
A. Only in the county in which the property is located
B. Only in the county in which the decedent resided
C. In both the county where the decedent resided and the county in which the
property is located
D. In the county in which the executor or the beneficiary resides - Answer-C. In both
the county where the decedent resided and the county in which the property is
located
A deed states that the grantors are conveying all their rights and interests to the
grantees to have and to hold. This is communicated in
A. The acknowledgement clause
B. The restriction clause
C. The covenant of seisin
D. The habendum clause - Answer-D. The habendum clause
Every deed must be signed by
A. The grantor
B. The grantee
C. The grantor and grantee
D. The devisee - Answer-B. The grantee
A 15-year-old recently inherited a parcel of real estate and has decided to sell it. If
the 15-year-old executes a deed conveying the property to a purchaser, such a
conveyance would be
A. Valid
B. Void
C. Invalid
(20TH EDITION) (ALL UNITS) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
An owner of real estate was declared legally incompetent and was committed to a
state mental institution. While institutionalized, the owner wrote and executed a will.
The owner died while still institutionalized and was survived by a spouse and three
children. The real estate will pass
A. To the owner's spouse
B. To the heirs mentioned in the owner's will
C. According to the state laws of descent
D. To the state - Answer-C. According to the state laws of descent
Generally, where does a probate proceeding involving real property take place?
A. Only in the county in which the property is located
B. Only in the county in which the decedent resided
C. In both the county where the decedent resided and the county in which the
property is located
D. In the county in which the executor or the beneficiary resides - Answer-C. In both
the county where the decedent resided and the county in which the property is
located
A deed states that the grantors are conveying all their rights and interests to the
grantees to have and to hold. This is communicated in
A. The acknowledgement clause
B. The restriction clause
C. The covenant of seisin
D. The habendum clause - Answer-D. The habendum clause
Every deed must be signed by
A. The grantor
B. The grantee
C. The grantor and grantee
D. The devisee - Answer-B. The grantee
A 15-year-old recently inherited a parcel of real estate and has decided to sell it. If
the 15-year-old executes a deed conveying the property to a purchaser, such a
conveyance would be
A. Valid
B. Void
C. Invalid
