CT REAL ESTATE FINAL CLASS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A homeowner planted a rose bush on the property and plans to remove it when the
house is sold. The sales contract explicitly excluded the rose bush from the sale.
This provision is necessary because the rose bush ordinarily is considered to be -
ANSWER-Real Estate (perennials)
An item of real property may be changed to personal property through the process of
- ANSWER-severance
An item of personal property may became real estate by - ANSWER-annexation
A deceased homeowner left the family home to the deceased's second spouse with
the provision that when the surviving spouse dies, the home goes to a child by the
deceased's first spouse. The second spouse owns a bundle of rights but does not
own the right to - ANSWER-will the property
A freehold estate lasts for - ANSWER-an indeterminable time
A property owner conveyed a one-acre parcel of land to a preschool. The deed
provided that the property was to be used only as a playground; the former owner
reserved a right of re-entry. What kind of estate has been granted? - ANSWER-fee
simple subject to a condition subsequent
A notice is filed in the public record of pending litigation affecting the title to a
property. This notice reflects what? - ANSWER-a lis pendas
A property owner gave land to a school "so long as the land is used for only
academic and recreational purposes." The ownership interest granted here is called -
ANSWER-Fee simple determinable
If the government acquires privately owned real estate through a condemnation suit,
it is exercising its power of - ANSWER-Eminent Domain
The owner of two acres of land sold one acre and reserved an easement
appurtenant for entrance and exit over that acre to reach the public road. The buyer's
land is the - ANSWER-Servient tenant
A large undeveloped parcel of land borders a road on the lower edge. The owner
sells the lower portion of the property and the buyer builds a home on it. Several
years later, the owner sold the upper-portion of the property to a different buyer. The
second buyer's property does not border any road. For that buyer to gain access to
the road, the buyer must claim an easment by - ANSWER-necessity
In some states, a husband cannot sell property unless the wide also signs the deed.
The wife's interest is called - ANSWER-Dower rights
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A homeowner planted a rose bush on the property and plans to remove it when the
house is sold. The sales contract explicitly excluded the rose bush from the sale.
This provision is necessary because the rose bush ordinarily is considered to be -
ANSWER-Real Estate (perennials)
An item of real property may be changed to personal property through the process of
- ANSWER-severance
An item of personal property may became real estate by - ANSWER-annexation
A deceased homeowner left the family home to the deceased's second spouse with
the provision that when the surviving spouse dies, the home goes to a child by the
deceased's first spouse. The second spouse owns a bundle of rights but does not
own the right to - ANSWER-will the property
A freehold estate lasts for - ANSWER-an indeterminable time
A property owner conveyed a one-acre parcel of land to a preschool. The deed
provided that the property was to be used only as a playground; the former owner
reserved a right of re-entry. What kind of estate has been granted? - ANSWER-fee
simple subject to a condition subsequent
A notice is filed in the public record of pending litigation affecting the title to a
property. This notice reflects what? - ANSWER-a lis pendas
A property owner gave land to a school "so long as the land is used for only
academic and recreational purposes." The ownership interest granted here is called -
ANSWER-Fee simple determinable
If the government acquires privately owned real estate through a condemnation suit,
it is exercising its power of - ANSWER-Eminent Domain
The owner of two acres of land sold one acre and reserved an easement
appurtenant for entrance and exit over that acre to reach the public road. The buyer's
land is the - ANSWER-Servient tenant
A large undeveloped parcel of land borders a road on the lower edge. The owner
sells the lower portion of the property and the buyer builds a home on it. Several
years later, the owner sold the upper-portion of the property to a different buyer. The
second buyer's property does not border any road. For that buyer to gain access to
the road, the buyer must claim an easment by - ANSWER-necessity
In some states, a husband cannot sell property unless the wide also signs the deed.
The wife's interest is called - ANSWER-Dower rights
