Rockwell Real Estate Exam Questions
Correct Answers New Update (A Grade)
3 methods of legal description - Answers -✔✔ Metes and Bounds - Local. Describes the
property location in the location itself
Government Survey method - Used to identify the location of the property in reference
to the united states survey map. Meridian and Baselines, Range and township lines
The lot and black method is the standard method for describing downs and cities. - Map
showing lots and blocks in the subdivision is called a plat or a plat map.
A developer building on vacant land within city limits will describe the properties he
builds using the - Answers -✔✔ Lot and block method
government survey system - Answers -✔✔ Also called the rectangular survey system.
Made up on range ( 6 miles Sections parallel to the Meridian Line) and township
(Parallel to the base line in 6 mile sections) turning each intersection range and
townships into section.
Subjacent Support - Answers -✔✔ The support that the surface of a piece of land
receives from the land beneath it.
Lateral Support - Answers -✔✔ The support that piece of land receives from the land
adjacent to it. Compare Subjacent Support.
Personalty - Answers -✔✔ Personal, movable property
Chattels - Answers -✔✔ Personal Property other than real estate
Appurtences - Answers -✔✔ Air rights
Water rights
Mineral rights
Support rights
emblements - Answers -✔✔ In the common law, emblements are annual crops
produced by cultivation legally belonging to the tenant with the implied right for its
harvest, and are treated as the tenant's property.
4 Tests in determining whether something is attached to the property or not in the court
of law - Answers -✔✔ Method of attachment test
Adaptation test
Intention test
, Relationship test
Method of attachment test - Answers -✔✔ The first test of whether or not an item is a
fixture is the method of attachment test. Is the item attached to the realty in some way,
and if so, how?
Adaptation test - Answers -✔✔ With the adaptation test, the question is whether the
item has been specially adapted to the realty in some way, or was specially designed
for it.
Such as the pews in the church will be considered as fixtures even thought they are not
attached to the floor in anyway
Intention test - Answers -✔✔ The intention test carries a lot of weight in a lawsuit.
It refers to the original intention of the person who installed the item that's now in
dispute.
The judge will look for evidence indicating whether the item was installed with the
intention of making it a permanent part of the structure.
If so, the judge will usually rule that the item is a fixture.
Relationship test - Answers -✔✔ The relationship test can be seen as another way of
establishing the intention of the person who installed the item, or arranged to have it
installed. It refers to that person's relationship to the real property at the time of the
installation.
Did he own the property, or was he just a tenant?
Under the relationship test, it's assumed that tenants intend to take their belongings with
them when they move, even if the items were attached to the realty during the tenancy.
trade fixtures - Answers -✔✔ Equipment and other items that a commercial tenant
installs to carry on a business
But even though they're called fixtures, trade fixtures aren't considered part of the real
property, no matter how they're attached.
Fixtures vs Personal Property - Answers -✔✔ In a real estate transaction, items that are
legally considered fixtures—part of the real property—will pass to the buyer by deed,
unless the parties specifically agree to exclude them from the sale.
The items that are legally classified as personal property aren't part of the real estate,
so the deed won't automatically transfer their ownership to the buyer.
Fixtures - Answers -✔✔ In a real estate transaction, items that are legally considered
fixtures—part of the real property—will pass to the buyer by deed, unless the parties
specifically agree to exclude them from the sale.
Correct Answers New Update (A Grade)
3 methods of legal description - Answers -✔✔ Metes and Bounds - Local. Describes the
property location in the location itself
Government Survey method - Used to identify the location of the property in reference
to the united states survey map. Meridian and Baselines, Range and township lines
The lot and black method is the standard method for describing downs and cities. - Map
showing lots and blocks in the subdivision is called a plat or a plat map.
A developer building on vacant land within city limits will describe the properties he
builds using the - Answers -✔✔ Lot and block method
government survey system - Answers -✔✔ Also called the rectangular survey system.
Made up on range ( 6 miles Sections parallel to the Meridian Line) and township
(Parallel to the base line in 6 mile sections) turning each intersection range and
townships into section.
Subjacent Support - Answers -✔✔ The support that the surface of a piece of land
receives from the land beneath it.
Lateral Support - Answers -✔✔ The support that piece of land receives from the land
adjacent to it. Compare Subjacent Support.
Personalty - Answers -✔✔ Personal, movable property
Chattels - Answers -✔✔ Personal Property other than real estate
Appurtences - Answers -✔✔ Air rights
Water rights
Mineral rights
Support rights
emblements - Answers -✔✔ In the common law, emblements are annual crops
produced by cultivation legally belonging to the tenant with the implied right for its
harvest, and are treated as the tenant's property.
4 Tests in determining whether something is attached to the property or not in the court
of law - Answers -✔✔ Method of attachment test
Adaptation test
Intention test
, Relationship test
Method of attachment test - Answers -✔✔ The first test of whether or not an item is a
fixture is the method of attachment test. Is the item attached to the realty in some way,
and if so, how?
Adaptation test - Answers -✔✔ With the adaptation test, the question is whether the
item has been specially adapted to the realty in some way, or was specially designed
for it.
Such as the pews in the church will be considered as fixtures even thought they are not
attached to the floor in anyway
Intention test - Answers -✔✔ The intention test carries a lot of weight in a lawsuit.
It refers to the original intention of the person who installed the item that's now in
dispute.
The judge will look for evidence indicating whether the item was installed with the
intention of making it a permanent part of the structure.
If so, the judge will usually rule that the item is a fixture.
Relationship test - Answers -✔✔ The relationship test can be seen as another way of
establishing the intention of the person who installed the item, or arranged to have it
installed. It refers to that person's relationship to the real property at the time of the
installation.
Did he own the property, or was he just a tenant?
Under the relationship test, it's assumed that tenants intend to take their belongings with
them when they move, even if the items were attached to the realty during the tenancy.
trade fixtures - Answers -✔✔ Equipment and other items that a commercial tenant
installs to carry on a business
But even though they're called fixtures, trade fixtures aren't considered part of the real
property, no matter how they're attached.
Fixtures vs Personal Property - Answers -✔✔ In a real estate transaction, items that are
legally considered fixtures—part of the real property—will pass to the buyer by deed,
unless the parties specifically agree to exclude them from the sale.
The items that are legally classified as personal property aren't part of the real estate,
so the deed won't automatically transfer their ownership to the buyer.
Fixtures - Answers -✔✔ In a real estate transaction, items that are legally considered
fixtures—part of the real property—will pass to the buyer by deed, unless the parties
specifically agree to exclude them from the sale.
