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