FRESA - Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam

Question 1: A seller in Ocala includes her patio furniture, a riding mower, and two area rugs in the sale of her home, and the closing agent prepares a separate document to transfer those movable items to the buyer at closing. Which document is that?

A bill of sale

A warranty deed

An affidavit of title

A quitclaim deed

Question 2: A restaurant tenant in Sarasota installs walk-in coolers, a commercial range hood, and a bar counter in the leased space, all bolted to the building. Her lease is ending and she wants to take the equipment with her. How does the law classify those items?

The equipment became part of the building

The landlord may keep half the items

Removal requires the landlord's written consent

They are trade fixtures she may remove

Question 3: A donor in Gainesville conveys land to a city with a deed stating that the property is granted so long as it is used as a public library, and that ownership ends automatically if that use ever stops. Which estate has the city received?

A fee simple absolute

A life estate in the city

A fee simple determinable

A leasehold estate for years

Question 4: A woman in Vero Beach conveys a beach cottage to her nephew for as long as her elderly aunt is living, after which the property passes to a charity. Which kind of interest does the nephew actually hold in that cottage?

A remainder interest in the cottage

A tenancy at will from the aunt

A fee simple defeasible estate

A life estate pur autre vie

Question 5: A life tenant in Ocala begins cutting and selling mature timber from the property and lets the roof of the house fail without repair, reducing what the remainderman will eventually receive from the estate. What is that conduct called?

Escheat

Accretion

Waste

Estoppel

Question 6: A homeowner in Ocala believes her constitutional homestead protects her from every creditor claim imaginable. Her attorney explains that the exemption from forced sale carries specific exceptions written into the constitution itself. Which exceptions does it carve out?

There are no exceptions to the exemption

Only credit card claims are excepted

Only claims by relatives are excepted

Taxes, mortgages, and labor liens

Question 7: Three investors in Naples buy a rental property together, contributing very different amounts, and they want each share to reflect what each person paid and to pass under that owner's own will. Which form of co-ownership fits their plan?

Tenancy in common

Joint tenancy with survivorship

Tenancy by the entireties

Ownership in severalty

Question 8: Two co-owners of a vacant parcel near Ocala can no longer agree on whether to sell, and one wants a court to divide the property or order it sold and split the proceeds. Which action does she file?

A quiet title action

An action for ejectment

A partition action

An action for specific performance

Question 9: Two joint tenants own a duplex in Bradenton, and one of them sells her interest to a stranger without telling the other. The remaining original owner asks what that sale did to the survivorship arrangement they had. What happened to it?

The buyer becomes a tenant in common

The buyer inherits full survivorship rights

The sale is void without consent

The remaining owner now owns everything

Question 10: A tenant in Ocala has rented farmland under an arrangement that renews itself automatically each year and continues indefinitely until one party gives proper notice before the end of a period. Which leasehold estate has this arrangement created?

An estate for years

A tenancy at sufferance

An estate in remainder

A periodic tenancy

Question 11: A landowner in Ocala lets a neighbor occupy a small cottage indefinitely with no rent, no written lease, and no fixed term, and either of them may end the arrangement whenever they choose after proper notice. Which estate exists?

A tenancy at sufferance

A tenancy at will

An estate for years

A life estate in the neighbor

Question 12: A tenant in Ocala remains in a rental home after her one-year lease expires, pays nothing further, and the landlord has neither renewed the lease nor accepted any rent for the additional time she has stayed there. Which estate exists now?

A tenancy at sufferance

A tenancy at will

A periodic tenancy

An estate for years

Question 13: A condominium buyer in Clearwater learns that the balcony attached to her unit and the parking space assigned to it are reserved for her exclusive use, although they are not part of the unit itself. What are those areas called?

General common elements

Separate parcels of the association

Limited common elements

Unassigned association property

Question 14: An owner in a Fort Lauderdale condominium stops paying her monthly assessments for most of a year while continuing to use the pool, the gym, and the parking garage. Which remedy does the condominium chapter give the association against her?

The association may evict her immediately

The association may lien the unit

The association must simply absorb the loss

The association may revoke her ownership

Question 15: A waterfront owner in Fort Myers watches her lot grow slowly over many years as the current deposits sand along her shoreline, while a neighbor upstream loses a strip of land to the same steady process. Which processes are at work?

Avulsion for both owners

Reliction for both owners

Erosion for her and accretion for him

Accretion for her and erosion for him

Question 16: A buyer in Ocala asks what transfers with the land when she takes title, beyond the house itself, since nobody has mentioned the well, the fencing, or the recorded right to cross a neighbor's driveway. Which answer is correct?

Only the house and its lot

Only items listed in the contract

Improvements and appurtenances pass with the land

Nothing beyond the surface of the lot

Question 17: A buyer in Naples asks what document actually brings a condominium into existence, divides the property into units and common elements, and binds every future owner to the arrangement once it is recorded in the public records. Which document is it?

The declaration of condominium

The association bylaws

The prospectus given to buyers

The management agreement

Question 18: A timeshare developer near Orlando includes a clause in its purchase contract stating that the buyer gives up the statutory cancellation right in exchange for a discount on the price. Is that clause enforceable against the buyer who signed it?

It holds if the discount is substantial

It holds once the buyer initials it

It holds if a lawyer reviews it

Unlawful, since the right cannot be waived

Question 19: A buyer in a Port St. Lucie subdivision receives a summary warning her in capital letters that association membership is mandatory, that recorded covenants govern use of the parcel, and that assessments will be owed. When must she receive it?

At the closing table

Before executing the contract

Within ten days after closing

Only if she asks the seller

Question 20: A property owner in Ocala dies leaving no will and no heirs of any kind, and nobody comes forward to claim the house or the land it sits on. What happens to that property once the estate is settled?

It passes to the county for resale

It becomes abandoned and unowned

It escheats to the state

It passes to the last mortgage holder

FRESA Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam - Set 3 - Part 1

Question 1: A seller in Ocala includes her patio furniture, a riding mower, and two area rugs in the sale of her home, and the closing agent prepares a separate document to transfer those movable items to the buyer at closing. Which document is that?

Question 2: A restaurant tenant in Sarasota installs walk-in coolers, a commercial range hood, and a bar counter in the leased space, all bolted to the building. Her lease is ending and she wants to take the equipment with her. How does the law classify those items?

Question 3: A donor in Gainesville conveys land to a city with a deed stating that the property is granted so long as it is used as a public library, and that ownership ends automatically if that use ever stops. Which estate has the city received?

Question 4: A woman in Vero Beach conveys a beach cottage to her nephew for as long as her elderly aunt is living, after which the property passes to a charity. Which kind of interest does the nephew actually hold in that cottage?

Question 5: A life tenant in Ocala begins cutting and selling mature timber from the property and lets the roof of the house fail without repair, reducing what the remainderman will eventually receive from the estate. What is that conduct called?

Question 6: A homeowner in Ocala believes her constitutional homestead protects her from every creditor claim imaginable. Her attorney explains that the exemption from forced sale carries specific exceptions written into the constitution itself. Which exceptions does it carve out?

Question 7: Three investors in Naples buy a rental property together, contributing very different amounts, and they want each share to reflect what each person paid and to pass under that owner's own will. Which form of co-ownership fits their plan?

Question 8: Two co-owners of a vacant parcel near Ocala can no longer agree on whether to sell, and one wants a court to divide the property or order it sold and split the proceeds. Which action does she file?

Question 9: Two joint tenants own a duplex in Bradenton, and one of them sells her interest to a stranger without telling the other. The remaining original owner asks what that sale did to the survivorship arrangement they had. What happened to it?

Question 10: A tenant in Ocala has rented farmland under an arrangement that renews itself automatically each year and continues indefinitely until one party gives proper notice before the end of a period. Which leasehold estate has this arrangement created?

Question 11: A landowner in Ocala lets a neighbor occupy a small cottage indefinitely with no rent, no written lease, and no fixed term, and either of them may end the arrangement whenever they choose after proper notice. Which estate exists?

Question 12: A tenant in Ocala remains in a rental home after her one-year lease expires, pays nothing further, and the landlord has neither renewed the lease nor accepted any rent for the additional time she has stayed there. Which estate exists now?

Question 13: A condominium buyer in Clearwater learns that the balcony attached to her unit and the parking space assigned to it are reserved for her exclusive use, although they are not part of the unit itself. What are those areas called?

Question 14: An owner in a Fort Lauderdale condominium stops paying her monthly assessments for most of a year while continuing to use the pool, the gym, and the parking garage. Which remedy does the condominium chapter give the association against her?

Question 15: A waterfront owner in Fort Myers watches her lot grow slowly over many years as the current deposits sand along her shoreline, while a neighbor upstream loses a strip of land to the same steady process. Which processes are at work?

Question 16: A buyer in Ocala asks what transfers with the land when she takes title, beyond the house itself, since nobody has mentioned the well, the fencing, or the recorded right to cross a neighbor's driveway. Which answer is correct?

Question 17: A buyer in Naples asks what document actually brings a condominium into existence, divides the property into units and common elements, and binds every future owner to the arrangement once it is recorded in the public records. Which document is it?

Question 18: A timeshare developer near Orlando includes a clause in its purchase contract stating that the buyer gives up the statutory cancellation right in exchange for a discount on the price. Is that clause enforceable against the buyer who signed it?

Question 19: A buyer in a Port St. Lucie subdivision receives a summary warning her in capital letters that association membership is mandatory, that recorded covenants govern use of the parcel, and that assessments will be owed. When must she receive it?

Question 20: A property owner in Ocala dies leaving no will and no heirs of any kind, and nobody comes forward to claim the house or the land it sits on. What happens to that property once the estate is settled?

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