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Questions on Real Property and Land Use Control
Chapter 26

Real Property and
Land Use Control

N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.

N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.

TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS

1. The protection of an individual’s right to his or her property has become one of our most important rights.

ANSWER: T PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

2. The exterior boundaries of land extend down to the depth of the deepest hole and up to the height of the tallest structure and no further.

ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

3. The rights that accompany a fee simple absolute include the right to use the land for whatever purpose it is best suited, not necessarily for whatever purpose the owner sees fit.

ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

4. Persons cannot share ownership rights simultaneously in particular property (including real property and personal property)—one person’s interest is always superior.

ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

5. A joint tenant cannot transfer his or her rights by sale or gift without the consent of the other joint tenants.

ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

6. It is presumed that a co-tenancy is a tenancy in common unless there is specific language indicating the intent to establish a joint tenancy.

ANSWER: T PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

7. Community property it is created when a real property owner or lessor agrees to convey the right to possess and use the property to a lessee (tenant) for a certain period of time.

ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal

8. The mere possession of land without right is called a tenancy at will.

ANSWER: F

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