(ACTUAL 2025) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
False
Surface rights consist of only the right to control, occupy, and
use the surface area of a parcel of real estate. T/F?
D
Mineral rights are:
A. Always considered to be personal property
B. Always pass with the land
C. Cannot be sold separately from the land
D. Pass with the land, unless otherwise specified in the deed
C
Which of the following is NOT an improvement of land?
A. Building
B. Sidewalk
C. Corn crop
D. Flower bed
,False
A hospital is a commercial property. T/F?
False
An industrial park is commercial property. T/F?
D
Which of the following is not considered a legal description?
A. Metes and bounds
B. Lot and block
C. Government method of survey
D. Street address, city, state and zip code
Monuments method
The least accurate method of legal description is the:
,640
If a person owns a square parcel of land that is 1 mile on each
side, the person owns how many acres?
True
The government survey method is used in the majority of
states in the US. T/F?
A
In a real estate contract, the legal description of the property
describes the:
A. Land only
B. Land and improvements
C. land, improvements and all rights pertaining to the land
D. Land, improvements, rights and rights of easement
D. Metes and bounds
Of the given choices, the best way to describe an irregularly
shaped parcel is:
A. Government survey
B. Geodetic survey
, C. Constant survey
D. Metes and bounds
C
When a developer records a plat showing property in three
dimensions (length, width and height), he or she would be
developing:
A. an industrial park complex
B. a PUD which is for single family homes only
C. a multi-story condominium complex
D. A large one story shopping mall
the length of a property line
When a metes and bounds survey is used as the legal
description of property, the word metes refers to
D
Which of the following would provide the least accurate
description of a parcel of land?
A. metes and bounds
B. Rectangular survey