FRESA - Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam

Question 21: A county in Florida needs a strip of a homeowner's front yard to widen a road serving thousands of drivers, and it initiates a proceeding to take that strip while paying the owner for what it takes. Which power is being exercised?

Escheat proceedings against the owner

A police power enforcement action

A quiet title suit by the county

Eminent domain, exercised through condemnation

Question 22: A closing agent in Tampa reviews a deed and confirms that the grantor is identified and competent, the grantee is named, words of conveyance appear, and the property is described. Which further element is still missing from the instrument?

A recorded survey of the parcel

The grantee's signature on the deed

The grantor's signature on the deed

A statement of the grantee's marital status

Question 23: A grantor in Ocala signs a deed and delivers it to the buyer, who wants to place it in the county public records so that later purchasers and creditors are charged with knowledge of the conveyance. What must the deed carry?

A witness from the clerk's office

An acknowledgment before a notary

A county commission endorsement

An appraisal of the property value

Question 24: A buyer in Naples reads her new deed and finds the clause containing the operative words of transfer, the language by which the grantor actually conveys the described property to her as grantee. Which clause is that in the deed?

The granting clause

The habendum clause

The covenant of seisin

The reddendum clause

Question 25: A buyer in Ocala receives a general warranty deed and asks which promise protects her if a neighbor later proves an unrecorded easement crosses the property that nobody disclosed before the closing took place. Which covenant protects her?

The covenant of seisin

The covenant of further assurance

The covenant of quiet enjoyment

The covenant against encumbrances

Question 26: A county in Florida sells a parcel at a tax sale after the taxes went unpaid for years, and the successful bidder receives an instrument conveying whatever interest the county acquired through that enforcement process. Which deed is that?

A tax deed

A general warranty deed

A special warranty deed

A guardian's deed

Question 27: A utility company in Ocala holds a recorded right to run power lines across a homeowner's back lot, and that right belongs to the company itself rather than to any neighboring parcel of land. What kind of easement is that?

An easement appurtenant

An easement by necessity

An easement in gross

A prescriptive easement

Question 28: A homeowner in Ocala buys the neighboring lot that had long held a recorded easement across her own property for driveway access. She asks what happened to that easement once both parcels came into her single ownership. What became of the easement?

It survives and burdens her own land

It terminates by merger

It becomes a revocable license

It transfers automatically to the next buyer

Question 29: A subdivision near Ocala has recorded covenants limiting every lot to single-family use and requiring approval of exterior paint colors. A new owner ignores them, and a neighbor asks who can actually enforce those private restrictions. Who may enforce them?

Any owner, through the courts

Only the county code enforcement board

Only the original developer, permanently

Nobody, since private restrictions are unenforceable

Question 30: A creditor in Ocala obtains a court judgment against a homeowner, records it, and it now attaches to any real property the debtor owns in that county rather than to one identified parcel. What kind of lien is that?

A specific voluntary lien

A specific involuntary lien

A general voluntary lien

A general involuntary lien

Question 31: A buyer in Ocala tours a home and finds a family living in the garage apartment who claims a written right to stay for two more years. Nothing about that arrangement appears anywhere in the public records. What is her position?

She may ignore an unrecorded claim

Recording her deed defeats the claim

Possession puts her on inquiry notice

The seller alone bears responsibility

Question 32: A lender in Naples requires a title insurance policy protecting its own interest in the property up to the amount of the loan, and the policy amount declines as the borrower pays the principal balance down. Which policy is that?

An owner's policy

A mortgagee's policy

A hazard insurance policy

A home warranty policy

Question 33: A title examiner in Ocala traces successive conveyances of a parcel backward through the public records from the current owner to earlier owners over many decades. What is she constructing through that work for the buyer and her attorney?

An abstract of value

A survey of boundaries

A schedule of liens

The chain of title

Question 34: A seller in Ocala conveys property using a deed that implies she owns the estate and has the right to convey it, but that contains no covenant obligating her to defend the title against anyone. Which deed is that?

A general warranty deed

A bargain and sale deed

A quitclaim deed

A special warranty deed

Question 35: A grantor in Ocala signs a deed containing her promise that she is lawfully seized of the estate and has good right to convey it to the buyer. Which covenant has she made in that language to the buyer?

The covenant against encumbrances

The covenant of quiet enjoyment

The covenant of seisin

The covenant of warranty forever

Question 36: A buyer in Ocala closes on a home and receives a sworn statement from the seller confirming that no unrecorded liens, no unpaid contractors, and no undisclosed occupants exist as of the closing date. What is that document?

An affidavit of title

An estoppel certificate

A satisfaction of mortgage

A certificate of occupancy

Question 37: A surveyor in Ocala writes a metes and bounds description and must ensure that the boundary she traces returns exactly to where it started, so that the parcel encloses a complete and unambiguous area of ground. What must the description do?

It must intersect a section line

It must close at the beginning point

It must run clockwise from north

It must reference a benchmark elevation

Question 38: A surveyor in rural Florida references an iron pipe, a large live oak, and a concrete marker at the corners of a parcel she is describing for a client. What are those physical objects called in a metes and bounds description?

Datums

Bearings

Monuments

Ranges

Question 39: A licensee in Ocala is asked by a seller to write the legal description for a parcel being split off from a larger tract, since the seller wants to save money. Who should actually prepare that description for the deed?

A licensed surveyor

The listing licensee

The county property appraiser

The title insurance agent

Question 40: A surveyor in north Florida explains that the rectangular survey grid cannot remain perfectly square across long distances because the earth is curved, and that periodic adjustments are built into the system to compensate. Which features accomplish that?

Datums and benchmarks

Monuments and bearings

Correction lines and guide meridians

Plats and lot lines

FRESA Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam - Set 3 - Part 2

Question 21: A county in Florida needs a strip of a homeowner's front yard to widen a road serving thousands of drivers, and it initiates a proceeding to take that strip while paying the owner for what it takes. Which power is being exercised?

Question 22: A closing agent in Tampa reviews a deed and confirms that the grantor is identified and competent, the grantee is named, words of conveyance appear, and the property is described. Which further element is still missing from the instrument?

Question 23: A grantor in Ocala signs a deed and delivers it to the buyer, who wants to place it in the county public records so that later purchasers and creditors are charged with knowledge of the conveyance. What must the deed carry?

Question 24: A buyer in Naples reads her new deed and finds the clause containing the operative words of transfer, the language by which the grantor actually conveys the described property to her as grantee. Which clause is that in the deed?

Question 25: A buyer in Ocala receives a general warranty deed and asks which promise protects her if a neighbor later proves an unrecorded easement crosses the property that nobody disclosed before the closing took place. Which covenant protects her?

Question 26: A county in Florida sells a parcel at a tax sale after the taxes went unpaid for years, and the successful bidder receives an instrument conveying whatever interest the county acquired through that enforcement process. Which deed is that?

Question 27: A utility company in Ocala holds a recorded right to run power lines across a homeowner's back lot, and that right belongs to the company itself rather than to any neighboring parcel of land. What kind of easement is that?

Question 28: A homeowner in Ocala buys the neighboring lot that had long held a recorded easement across her own property for driveway access. She asks what happened to that easement once both parcels came into her single ownership. What became of the easement?

Question 29: A subdivision near Ocala has recorded covenants limiting every lot to single-family use and requiring approval of exterior paint colors. A new owner ignores them, and a neighbor asks who can actually enforce those private restrictions. Who may enforce them?

Question 30: A creditor in Ocala obtains a court judgment against a homeowner, records it, and it now attaches to any real property the debtor owns in that county rather than to one identified parcel. What kind of lien is that?

Question 31: A buyer in Ocala tours a home and finds a family living in the garage apartment who claims a written right to stay for two more years. Nothing about that arrangement appears anywhere in the public records. What is her position?

Question 32: A lender in Naples requires a title insurance policy protecting its own interest in the property up to the amount of the loan, and the policy amount declines as the borrower pays the principal balance down. Which policy is that?

Question 33: A title examiner in Ocala traces successive conveyances of a parcel backward through the public records from the current owner to earlier owners over many decades. What is she constructing through that work for the buyer and her attorney?

Question 34: A seller in Ocala conveys property using a deed that implies she owns the estate and has the right to convey it, but that contains no covenant obligating her to defend the title against anyone. Which deed is that?

Question 35: A grantor in Ocala signs a deed containing her promise that she is lawfully seized of the estate and has good right to convey it to the buyer. Which covenant has she made in that language to the buyer?

Question 36: A buyer in Ocala closes on a home and receives a sworn statement from the seller confirming that no unrecorded liens, no unpaid contractors, and no undisclosed occupants exist as of the closing date. What is that document?

Question 37: A surveyor in Ocala writes a metes and bounds description and must ensure that the boundary she traces returns exactly to where it started, so that the parcel encloses a complete and unambiguous area of ground. What must the description do?

Question 38: A surveyor in rural Florida references an iron pipe, a large live oak, and a concrete marker at the corners of a parcel she is describing for a client. What are those physical objects called in a metes and bounds description?

Question 39: A licensee in Ocala is asked by a seller to write the legal description for a parcel being split off from a larger tract, since the seller wants to save money. Who should actually prepare that description for the deed?

Question 40: A surveyor in north Florida explains that the rectangular survey grid cannot remain perfectly square across long distances because the earth is curved, and that periodic adjustments are built into the system to compensate. Which features accomplish that?

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