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Donaldson Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
A business owner sells the back half of his lot to a developer. The developer is
granted an Easement Appurtenant to cross the business owner's property to get to
the street. The business owner's property is the____________.
Ans: Servient Tenement
All of the following refer to legal descriptions except:
Select one:
A. U.S. Government Survey
B. Topographical Lines
C. Metes and Bounds
D. Lot and Block
Ans: Topographical Lines
Which is larger than a section?
Select one:
A. 60 acres
B. 1 square mile
C. 24 million square feet
D. township
Ans: township
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A survey that refers to fractional sections, townships and ranges is a legal
description by:
Select one:
A. Metes and bounds
B. Recorded map
C. Government Rectangular Survey System
D. None of the above
Ans: Government Rectangular Survey System
The fact that the geographic location of real estate is fixed and can never be
changed is a physical characteristic of land known as:
Select one:
A. Immobility
B. Indestructibility
C. Uniqueness
D. Situs
Ans: Immobility
Metes and Bounds refer to:
Select one:
A. Measurement by angles and distances from a specific point
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B. Lines running north and south
C. Area 24 miles square
D. Emblements
Ans: Measurement by angles and distances from a specific point
A township contains 36 sections. Each section is a square mile and contains 640
acres; therefore, a section of land divided several times into quarters would contain
Select one:
A. 160 acres
B. 640 acres
C. 320 acres
D. A township
Ans: 160 acres
People's preference for a certain area is known as:
Select one:
A. Improvements
B. Uniqueness
C. Scarcity
D. Situs
Ans: Situs
All of the following are common ways to measure land except:
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Select one:
A. Square foot
B. Metes and bounds
C. Frontal footage
D. Acre
Ans: Metes and bounds
A charge, claim or liability that someone has on the title of someone else's property
is a(an) _______________________.
Select one:
A. Estate
B. Implement
C. Encumbrance
D. Fixture
Ans: Encumbrance
Zoning laws are usually regulated by the
Select one:
A. state government
B. federal government
C. towns and cities (municipal government)
Donaldson Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
A business owner sells the back half of his lot to a developer. The developer is
granted an Easement Appurtenant to cross the business owner's property to get to
the street. The business owner's property is the____________.
Ans: Servient Tenement
All of the following refer to legal descriptions except:
Select one:
A. U.S. Government Survey
B. Topographical Lines
C. Metes and Bounds
D. Lot and Block
Ans: Topographical Lines
Which is larger than a section?
Select one:
A. 60 acres
B. 1 square mile
C. 24 million square feet
D. township
Ans: township
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A survey that refers to fractional sections, townships and ranges is a legal
description by:
Select one:
A. Metes and bounds
B. Recorded map
C. Government Rectangular Survey System
D. None of the above
Ans: Government Rectangular Survey System
The fact that the geographic location of real estate is fixed and can never be
changed is a physical characteristic of land known as:
Select one:
A. Immobility
B. Indestructibility
C. Uniqueness
D. Situs
Ans: Immobility
Metes and Bounds refer to:
Select one:
A. Measurement by angles and distances from a specific point
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B. Lines running north and south
C. Area 24 miles square
D. Emblements
Ans: Measurement by angles and distances from a specific point
A township contains 36 sections. Each section is a square mile and contains 640
acres; therefore, a section of land divided several times into quarters would contain
Select one:
A. 160 acres
B. 640 acres
C. 320 acres
D. A township
Ans: 160 acres
People's preference for a certain area is known as:
Select one:
A. Improvements
B. Uniqueness
C. Scarcity
D. Situs
Ans: Situs
All of the following are common ways to measure land except:
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Select one:
A. Square foot
B. Metes and bounds
C. Frontal footage
D. Acre
Ans: Metes and bounds
A charge, claim or liability that someone has on the title of someone else's property
is a(an) _______________________.
Select one:
A. Estate
B. Implement
C. Encumbrance
D. Fixture
Ans: Encumbrance
Zoning laws are usually regulated by the
Select one:
A. state government
B. federal government
C. towns and cities (municipal government)
