NCEES PS Exam Questions With Correct
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The //general //presumption //is //that //the //rights //you //acquire //in //an //estate //extend //from //the
//center //of //the //earth //to //the //heavens //above. //However, //the //owner //may //hold //that //entire
//bundle //or //not. //One //can //only //convey //the //quantity //and //quality //of //interest //they //have. //-
// verified //answer(s)-✔✔Bundle //of //Rights
Real //property //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Real //property //is //fixed //and //immovable
Personal //Property //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Personal //property //is //consumable
Fee //Simple //Absolute //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //estate //in //land //that //provides //the //owner
//with //a //complete //set //of //legal //rights, //limited //only //by //the //powers //of //government
Fee //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //estate //that //can //inherited //or //divested //by //will //or //other
//document
Simple //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔not //fee //tail //(a //fee //tail //estate //must //be //inherited //by //a
//specific //person)
Absolute //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔no //limitations //on //time, //estate //can //continue //forever
Defeasible //fee //simple //estate //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔a //future //event //must //be //met //for
//the //estate //to //continue. //There //are //conditions //on //the //estate
, Life //Estates //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Ownership, //possession //and //control //for //someone's
//lifetime
Estate //per //Autrie //Vie //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Measured //life //is //other //than //that //of //the
//holder:
"to //Jones //for //the //life //of //Brown //and //then //to //Smith //in //fee //simple"
Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //interest //that //one //may //have //in //the //lands //of
//another
Affirmative //Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Allows //the //dominant //estate //(the //one //the
//easement //benefits) //to //do //some //physical //act //over //the //servient //estate //(where //the
//easement //is //located).
Negative //Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔the //dominant //estate //can //prevent //the
//servient //estate //from //doing //something //e.g. //scenic //views
Appurtenant //Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔"run //with //the //land" //and //are //not
//terminated //by //the //sale //of //either //the //servient //or //dominant //tenement
Easements //in //Gross //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔attaches //to //a //person
Easements //by //estoppel //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔If //a //person's //actions //led //someone //to
//believe //they //had //an //easement //they //would //be //estopped //from //denting //the //use
Similar //to //adverse //possession. //The //use //is
1. //Adverse //use //without //permission
2. //Open //and //notorious
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The //general //presumption //is //that //the //rights //you //acquire //in //an //estate //extend //from //the
//center //of //the //earth //to //the //heavens //above. //However, //the //owner //may //hold //that //entire
//bundle //or //not. //One //can //only //convey //the //quantity //and //quality //of //interest //they //have. //-
// verified //answer(s)-✔✔Bundle //of //Rights
Real //property //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Real //property //is //fixed //and //immovable
Personal //Property //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Personal //property //is //consumable
Fee //Simple //Absolute //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //estate //in //land //that //provides //the //owner
//with //a //complete //set //of //legal //rights, //limited //only //by //the //powers //of //government
Fee //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //estate //that //can //inherited //or //divested //by //will //or //other
//document
Simple //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔not //fee //tail //(a //fee //tail //estate //must //be //inherited //by //a
//specific //person)
Absolute //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔no //limitations //on //time, //estate //can //continue //forever
Defeasible //fee //simple //estate //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔a //future //event //must //be //met //for
//the //estate //to //continue. //There //are //conditions //on //the //estate
, Life //Estates //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Ownership, //possession //and //control //for //someone's
//lifetime
Estate //per //Autrie //Vie //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Measured //life //is //other //than //that //of //the
//holder:
"to //Jones //for //the //life //of //Brown //and //then //to //Smith //in //fee //simple"
Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //interest //that //one //may //have //in //the //lands //of
//another
Affirmative //Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Allows //the //dominant //estate //(the //one //the
//easement //benefits) //to //do //some //physical //act //over //the //servient //estate //(where //the
//easement //is //located).
Negative //Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔the //dominant //estate //can //prevent //the
//servient //estate //from //doing //something //e.g. //scenic //views
Appurtenant //Easements //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔"run //with //the //land" //and //are //not
//terminated //by //the //sale //of //either //the //servient //or //dominant //tenement
Easements //in //Gross //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔attaches //to //a //person
Easements //by //estoppel //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔If //a //person's //actions //led //someone //to
//believe //they //had //an //easement //they //would //be //estopped //from //denting //the //use
Similar //to //adverse //possession. //The //use //is
1. //Adverse //use //without //permission
2. //Open //and //notorious
