MAINE REAL ESTATE LAW PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following means that the grantor has not conveyed the same estate
previously, has good title to the property, and will indemnify the grantee against claims
due to failure of title?
(a) Covenant against encumbrances
(b) Covenant of Seizin
(c) General Warranty Covenant
(d) None of the above - ✔✔b. Covenant of Seizin
✔✔Which of the following warrants that there are no other encumbrances affecting the
property other than those shown in the deed, if any?
(a) Covenant against encumbrances
(b) Covenant of Seizin
(c) General Warranty Covenant
(d) None of the above - ✔✔a. Covenant against encumbrances
✔✔An actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued
under a claim of right inconsistent with and hostile to the claim to of another person is
called _____.
(a) Reverse possession
(b) Adverse possession
(c) Positive possession
(d) Hostile takeover - ✔✔b. Adverse possession
✔✔Title refers to a regular chain of transfers from or under the sovereignty of the soil,
and _____ is meant as a consecutive chain of such transfers down to the person in
possession.
(a) Condemnation
(b) Ten-year statute
(c) Color of title
(d) Adverse possession - ✔✔c. Color of title
✔✔Which of the following basic concepts in adverse possession provides that anyone
in adverse possession of the property may tack on his years of adverse possession with
those of his predecessor in interest so that the adverse possession can cumulatively
total the requisite number of years to acquire title by limitation?
(a) Tacking
(b) Zoning
(c) Acquiring and recording
(d) Encroaching - ✔✔a. Tacking
✔✔Personalty is also known as _____.
(a) Cattle
, (b) Chattel
(c) Easements
(d) Security - ✔✔b. Chattel
✔✔Which of the following is NOT considered criteria in the determination of whether or
not a specific item is a fixture?
(a) Annexation
(b) Valuation
(c) Adaptation
(d) Intention - ✔✔b. Valuation
✔✔When one steps out of the realm of the real estate purchaser and homeowner
negotiating a contract, the determination of fixtures becomes very important to which of
the following?
(a) Vendors
(b) Mechanics and materialmen
(c) Holder of the mortgage on the house to which the item has become attached
(d) All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔To be eligible for a Texas real estate sales agent's license, the sales agent must be
joined in his/her application by a _____ on a form prescribed by the commission.
(a) Real estate instructor/college professor
(b) Personal reference
(c) Sponsoring broker
(d) Legal United States citizen - ✔✔c. Sponsoring broker
✔✔Real estate is defined by the Texas Real Estate License Act as a _____.
(a) Leasehold
(b) Interest or estate in land
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above - ✔✔c. Both a and b
✔✔A(n) _____, or memorandum thereof, is normally considered to be specific enough
when it is in writing and is signed by the person to be charged with the commission,
promises definite commission will be paid, and it specifies the name of the broker to
whom the commission is to be paid.
(a) Exemption agreement
(b) Listing agreement
(c) Tenancy agreement
(d) Non-Disclosure memorandum - ✔✔b. Listing agreement
✔✔A listing agreement is a _________ because only one party, the owner, promises to
perform.
(a) Unilateral contract
(b) Bilateral contract
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which of the following means that the grantor has not conveyed the same estate
previously, has good title to the property, and will indemnify the grantee against claims
due to failure of title?
(a) Covenant against encumbrances
(b) Covenant of Seizin
(c) General Warranty Covenant
(d) None of the above - ✔✔b. Covenant of Seizin
✔✔Which of the following warrants that there are no other encumbrances affecting the
property other than those shown in the deed, if any?
(a) Covenant against encumbrances
(b) Covenant of Seizin
(c) General Warranty Covenant
(d) None of the above - ✔✔a. Covenant against encumbrances
✔✔An actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued
under a claim of right inconsistent with and hostile to the claim to of another person is
called _____.
(a) Reverse possession
(b) Adverse possession
(c) Positive possession
(d) Hostile takeover - ✔✔b. Adverse possession
✔✔Title refers to a regular chain of transfers from or under the sovereignty of the soil,
and _____ is meant as a consecutive chain of such transfers down to the person in
possession.
(a) Condemnation
(b) Ten-year statute
(c) Color of title
(d) Adverse possession - ✔✔c. Color of title
✔✔Which of the following basic concepts in adverse possession provides that anyone
in adverse possession of the property may tack on his years of adverse possession with
those of his predecessor in interest so that the adverse possession can cumulatively
total the requisite number of years to acquire title by limitation?
(a) Tacking
(b) Zoning
(c) Acquiring and recording
(d) Encroaching - ✔✔a. Tacking
✔✔Personalty is also known as _____.
(a) Cattle
, (b) Chattel
(c) Easements
(d) Security - ✔✔b. Chattel
✔✔Which of the following is NOT considered criteria in the determination of whether or
not a specific item is a fixture?
(a) Annexation
(b) Valuation
(c) Adaptation
(d) Intention - ✔✔b. Valuation
✔✔When one steps out of the realm of the real estate purchaser and homeowner
negotiating a contract, the determination of fixtures becomes very important to which of
the following?
(a) Vendors
(b) Mechanics and materialmen
(c) Holder of the mortgage on the house to which the item has become attached
(d) All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔To be eligible for a Texas real estate sales agent's license, the sales agent must be
joined in his/her application by a _____ on a form prescribed by the commission.
(a) Real estate instructor/college professor
(b) Personal reference
(c) Sponsoring broker
(d) Legal United States citizen - ✔✔c. Sponsoring broker
✔✔Real estate is defined by the Texas Real Estate License Act as a _____.
(a) Leasehold
(b) Interest or estate in land
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above - ✔✔c. Both a and b
✔✔A(n) _____, or memorandum thereof, is normally considered to be specific enough
when it is in writing and is signed by the person to be charged with the commission,
promises definite commission will be paid, and it specifies the name of the broker to
whom the commission is to be paid.
(a) Exemption agreement
(b) Listing agreement
(c) Tenancy agreement
(d) Non-Disclosure memorandum - ✔✔b. Listing agreement
✔✔A listing agreement is a _________ because only one party, the owner, promises to
perform.
(a) Unilateral contract
(b) Bilateral contract
