California Real Estate Principles, 10th Edition, by Walt Huber - ISBN 0-916772-19-5
Chapter 1 Quiz                                                                                                               Name:_________________________

1. The address posted on the property is the:

A. Legal address                     C. assessor’s address
B. common address                 D. Lot, block and tract

2. Which of the following is NOT a test to determine whether an item is a fixture?

A. Relationship of the parties                 C. Value of the item
B. Method of attachment                      D. Intent of the parties

3. Which system may be used for legal description purposes?

A. U.S. Government survey                 C. Lot, block and tract
B. Metes and bounds                             D. All of the above

4. How many sections are in a township?

A. 640                     C. 320
B. 36                         D. 6

5. Which of the following is NOT a method of creating real property?

A. Bolt it down                         C. Plug it in
B. Cement it down                     D. Nail it down

6. A section consists of how many acres?

A. 460                                 C. 640
B. 320                                 D. 230

7. The term “bill of sale” is most commonly associated with:

A. real property                                 C. personal property
B. immovable property                         D. deed transfer

8. Personal property that is permanently affixed to real property is called:

A. appurtenant                                 C. trespassing
B. encroachment                              D. a fixture

9. The United States Government Survey System has to do with:

A. metes and bounds                                                     C. sections and townships
B. zoning, taxing, and polling                                         D. lots, blocks, and tracts

10. Which of the following is the smallest?

A. Two sections                                         C. 4 square miles
B. Ten percent of a township                      D. 4 miles square

11. An area of land that is 36 miles square contains how many townships?

A. 6                                 C. 36
B. 18                                 D. 24

12. Real property is best described as:

A. movable                                 C. things we own
B. anything of value                      D. immovable

13. Ranges are 6-mile increments measured (and described) from the north-south meridian running:

A. east                                         C. west
B. east and west                             D. north and south

14. Approximately how many acres are there in a lot 1/2 mile by 1/2 mile?

A. 80                                         C. 320
B. 160 D.                                 5,280

15. A farm 6 miles square has how many townships?

A. 1                                     C. 36
B. 6                                     D. 72

16. A “deed” transfers title to:

A. personal property                                     C. movable items
B. small items                                                 D. real property

17. Appurtenant means the ownership of the item:

A. is personal                                             C. is a crop
B. is movable                                             D. runs with the land

18. Emblements are usually:

A. growing crops                                     C. on leased land by tenant farmers
B. cultivated annually                                 D. all of the above

19. Trade fixtures are:

A. removable                                                 C. personal property
B. forms of business furniture                         D. all of the above

20. Approximately how much California land is owned by the federal government, which doesn’t pay property taxes?

A. 2%                                 C. 45%
B. 3%                                 D. 50%


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