WRES - Wyoming Real Estate Salesperson

Question 1: A licensing candidate must sort the seven characteristics of land into economic and physical groups. She wants the one grouping that lists only economic characteristics. Which of the following sets BEST contains characteristics that are all economic rather than physical?

Immobility, scarcity, uniqueness

Indestructibility, situs, immobility

Improvements, uniqueness, immobility

Scarcity, improvements, situs

Question 2: A manufactured home was trucked onto a Sweetwater County lot, set on a permanent foundation, and connected to utilities, with the owner intending it to stay indefinitely. When such a home is permanently affixed to land, which of the following BEST describes its classification?

Real property affixed to land

Personal property despite the foundation

A removable trade fixture

A tenant's emblement

Question 3: A restaurant tenant welded a pizza oven together on site and set it in concrete, so removal would cause structural damage. At lease end the landlord and tenant dispute ownership. Which of the following BEST states the oven's likely legal status?

A trade fixture the tenant removes

Personal property conveyed by deed

A fixture owned by the landlord

An emblement the tenant harvests

Question 4: A power company holds a recorded right to run its transmission lines across several private parcels near Green River. No neighboring parcel is benefited, and the right belongs to the company itself, not to any land. Which term BEST describes this interest?

An easement appurtenant

A license

An easement by necessity

A commercial easement in gross

Question 5: A new state highway is built very close to a homeowner's property, and although no part of the land is physically taken, the value and usefulness of the property fall sharply. Which action BEST allows the owner to seek compensation?

An inverse condemnation action

A variance request

A condemnation proceeding

An escheat claim

Question 6: A landowner near Riverton orally gives a friend informal permission to fish from the property's pond whenever the friend wishes, and the owner may cancel this permission at any time. Which term best describes the friend's revocable personal privilege here?

An easement appurtenant

An easement in gross

A license

An encroachment

Question 7: For more than the period set by state law, a neighbor has driven daily across another owner's front yard without permission, and the use has been open, visible, notorious, and continuous. What right may the neighbor acquire through this use?

An easement by necessity

A license

Fee simple title

An easement by prescription

Question 8: An owner sells the rear portion of a large tract, but the buyer's new parcel has no legal access to any street except across the seller's remaining land. A court orders a right of ingress and egress. Which easement is created?

An easement by prescription

An easement in gross

An easement by necessity

A license

Question 9: Lot B enjoys a recorded right-of-way across Lot A so its owner can reach the nearby public road. In easement terminology, Lot A must bear the burden of the crossing. Which term correctly identifies Lot A, the burdened parcel here?

The dominant tenement

The easement in gross

The remainder interest

The servient tenement

Question 10: Two neighboring parcels have different owners, and one parcel holds the right to cross the other to reach a public road. When the benefited parcel is sold, this right automatically transfers to the new owner. Which type of easement is this?

An easement appurtenant

An easement in gross

A license

An easement by necessity

Question 11: An appraiser notes that the capital and labor poured into drainage, sewer lines, and electrical service represent a large fixed investment whose return tends to be long term and relatively stable. Which economic characteristic, sometimes called fixity, does she describe?

Scarcity

Permanence of investment

Area preference

Non-homogeneity

Question 12: A developer builds a large shopping center on a vacant tract outside Casper, and the project noticeably raises the value of neighboring parcels and the wider community. Which economic characteristic of land explains how one project can influence surrounding values?

Improvements

Scarcity

Immobility

Uniqueness

Question 13: After a builder completes a new home, a municipal inspector examines the finished structure, confirms it meets construction and safety standards, and issues a document certifying that the property is suitable for habitation before anyone may move in. Which document is this?

A building permit

A zoning permit

A conditional-use permit

A certificate of occupancy

Question 14: In Jackson, two nearly identical cabins sit only blocks apart, yet one commands a far higher price because buyers strongly prefer its neighborhood for the views and its reputation. Often called location, location, location, which economic characteristic explains this price gap?

Scarcity

Improvements

Area preference

Indestructibility

Question 15: A small grocery store operated lawfully in a commercial area, but the city later rezoned that area exclusively for residential use. The store is permitted to continue operating as it did before the change. What is this continued use called?

A variance

A nonconforming use

A conditional-use permit

A special exception

Question 16: An owner's oddly shaped Gillette lot slopes so steeply that meeting the required setback would deprive the owner of reasonable use. After a public hearing, the zoning board grants relief permitting construction closer to the road. What did the board grant?

A conditional-use permit

A nonconforming use

A variance

A zoning amendment

Question 17: A closing agent explains that the transaction requires two different documents: one instrument to transfer the land and its improvements, and a separate instrument for the washer, dryer, and riding mower. Which pairing correctly matches each instrument to what it conveys?

Deed conveys land; bill of sale goods

Bill of sale conveys land; deed goods

Deed conveys both land and goods

Bill of sale conveys both

Question 18: A county adopts local laws that separate conflicting land uses into districts and regulate permitted uses, lot sizes, building heights, setbacks, and density, carrying out the goals set in its long-range comprehensive plan. Which land-use control do these laws represent?

The comprehensive plan

Building codes

Restrictive covenants

Zoning ordinances

Question 19: A Green River homeowner buys loose bricks, sand, and cement, then mixes and lays them into a permanent patio across the backyard. Through this act the movable materials have legally become part of the real estate. Which term names this conversion?

Severance

Emblements

Annexation

Situs

Question 20: A city needs privately owned land to build a new public highway. The government's underlying right to acquire that land for public use, when negotiation fails, is exercised through a formal legal court proceeding. Which term specifically names that proceeding?

Condemnation

Eminent domain

Escheat

Inverse condemnation

WRES Wyoming Real Estate Salesperson - Set 2 - Part 1

Question 1: A licensing candidate must sort the seven characteristics of land into economic and physical groups. She wants the one grouping that lists only economic characteristics. Which of the following sets BEST contains characteristics that are all economic rather than physical?

Question 2: A manufactured home was trucked onto a Sweetwater County lot, set on a permanent foundation, and connected to utilities, with the owner intending it to stay indefinitely. When such a home is permanently affixed to land, which of the following BEST describes its classification?

Question 3: A restaurant tenant welded a pizza oven together on site and set it in concrete, so removal would cause structural damage. At lease end the landlord and tenant dispute ownership. Which of the following BEST states the oven's likely legal status?

Question 4: A power company holds a recorded right to run its transmission lines across several private parcels near Green River. No neighboring parcel is benefited, and the right belongs to the company itself, not to any land. Which term BEST describes this interest?

Question 5: A new state highway is built very close to a homeowner's property, and although no part of the land is physically taken, the value and usefulness of the property fall sharply. Which action BEST allows the owner to seek compensation?

Question 6: A landowner near Riverton orally gives a friend informal permission to fish from the property's pond whenever the friend wishes, and the owner may cancel this permission at any time. Which term best describes the friend's revocable personal privilege here?

Question 7: For more than the period set by state law, a neighbor has driven daily across another owner's front yard without permission, and the use has been open, visible, notorious, and continuous. What right may the neighbor acquire through this use?

Question 8: An owner sells the rear portion of a large tract, but the buyer's new parcel has no legal access to any street except across the seller's remaining land. A court orders a right of ingress and egress. Which easement is created?

Question 9: Lot B enjoys a recorded right-of-way across Lot A so its owner can reach the nearby public road. In easement terminology, Lot A must bear the burden of the crossing. Which term correctly identifies Lot A, the burdened parcel here?

Question 10: Two neighboring parcels have different owners, and one parcel holds the right to cross the other to reach a public road. When the benefited parcel is sold, this right automatically transfers to the new owner. Which type of easement is this?

Question 11: An appraiser notes that the capital and labor poured into drainage, sewer lines, and electrical service represent a large fixed investment whose return tends to be long term and relatively stable. Which economic characteristic, sometimes called fixity, does she describe?

Question 12: A developer builds a large shopping center on a vacant tract outside Casper, and the project noticeably raises the value of neighboring parcels and the wider community. Which economic characteristic of land explains how one project can influence surrounding values?

Question 13: After a builder completes a new home, a municipal inspector examines the finished structure, confirms it meets construction and safety standards, and issues a document certifying that the property is suitable for habitation before anyone may move in. Which document is this?

Question 14: In Jackson, two nearly identical cabins sit only blocks apart, yet one commands a far higher price because buyers strongly prefer its neighborhood for the views and its reputation. Often called location, location, location, which economic characteristic explains this price gap?

Question 15: A small grocery store operated lawfully in a commercial area, but the city later rezoned that area exclusively for residential use. The store is permitted to continue operating as it did before the change. What is this continued use called?

Question 16: An owner's oddly shaped Gillette lot slopes so steeply that meeting the required setback would deprive the owner of reasonable use. After a public hearing, the zoning board grants relief permitting construction closer to the road. What did the board grant?

Question 17: A closing agent explains that the transaction requires two different documents: one instrument to transfer the land and its improvements, and a separate instrument for the washer, dryer, and riding mower. Which pairing correctly matches each instrument to what it conveys?

Question 18: A county adopts local laws that separate conflicting land uses into districts and regulate permitted uses, lot sizes, building heights, setbacks, and density, carrying out the goals set in its long-range comprehensive plan. Which land-use control do these laws represent?

Question 19: A Green River homeowner buys loose bricks, sand, and cement, then mixes and lays them into a permanent patio across the backyard. Through this act the movable materials have legally become part of the real estate. Which term names this conversion?

Question 20: A city needs privately owned land to build a new public highway. The government's underlying right to acquire that land for public use, when negotiation fails, is exercised through a formal legal court proceeding. Which term specifically names that proceeding?

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