PRES Pennsylvania Real Estate Salesperson Examination - Set 1 - Part 2
Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.
Question 21: An owner of an oddly shaped lot near Allentown cannot meet a setback and seeks permission to deviate because of that unique hardship. What is being requested?
Question 22: A subdivision deed restriction limits lots to single-family homes, while zoning would allow duplexes. When a private restriction and zoning conflict, which governs?
Question 23: A landlocked rear parcel reaches the public road only by a right of way across the neighboring front parcel. What describes the burdened front parcel?
Question 24: A utility company holds a recorded right to run power lines across many owners' parcels and may transfer that right. Which interest does the company hold?
Question 25: A deed conveys land to a buyer with no conditions, granting the most complete ownership the law allows, lasting forever and freely inheritable. Which estate is this?
Question 26: A grantor deeds land to a church so long as it is used for worship, with title returning automatically if that use ever ends. Which estate results?
Question 27: A deed gives property to a person for the duration of her natural life, with no one named to take it afterward. What interest does the grantor retain?
Question 28: A life tenant lets the roof fail and the structure deteriorate, reducing the value the future holder will receive. Which duty has the life tenant violated?
Question 29: Pennsylvania abolished common-law dower and curtesy and instead lets a surviving spouse claim a fixed fraction of the deceased spouse's estate. What is this right called?
Question 30: Two unmarried friends take title together without stating any form, each holding an undivided share that passes to heirs at death. Which co-ownership form is presumed?
Question 31: Three people hold title as joint tenants with right of survivorship. When one of them dies, what happens to that deceased owner's interest?
Question 32: A married couple in Pennsylvania takes title to their home together without specifying a form. Which co-ownership is presumed, shielding the home from one spouse's individual creditors?
Question 33: A cooperative resident receives shares in the corporation that owns the building plus a proprietary lease to occupy a unit. How is this ownership interest classified?
Question 34: A condominium buyer receives a deed to the individual unit together with an undivided interest in the hallways, roof, and grounds. How is that shared interest held?
Question 35: A tenant signs a lease for a fixed two-year term with a stated beginning and ending date. Which leasehold estate has been created?
Question 36: A residential tenant pays a flat monthly rent while the landlord pays the property taxes, insurance, and maintenance. Which type of lease is this?
Question 37: A tenant remains in possession after the lease term ends, without the landlord's consent and against the landlord's wishes. Which estate does the holdover tenant hold?
Question 38: At a foreclosure sale, several liens compete for the proceeds. Which lien is paid first regardless of when it was recorded against the property?
Question 39: A construction lender requires the existing lienholder to agree that the new construction loan will take first position. What is this agreement called?
Question 40: A grantor signs and acknowledges a deed but keeps it locked in a drawer and never hands it over. Has title passed to the grantee?
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