WRES - Wyoming Real Estate Salesperson

Question 21: A farm tenant near Riverton planted and cultivated a wheat crop, then the farm sold before harvest. Even though the growing wheat is attached to the soil, the tenant retains the right to return and harvest it. This right protects which category?

Fructus naturales

Emblements

Trade fixtures

Appurtenances

Question 22: During construction planning near Laramie, an engineer needs a permanent brass marker of precisely known elevation, set by a government agency, to serve as the reference from which building heights and grades are measured. Which surveying reference point is this?

A monument

The point of beginning

A principal meridian

A benchmark

Question 23: A restaurant tenant in Sheridan moves out but leaves behind a bolted-down bar and booths past the final rental day. The landlord now claims ownership of the equipment. By which legal principle does the landlord acquire these abandoned trade fixtures?

Accession

Severance

Annexation

Emblements

Question 24: A subdivision lot in a Casper development is conveyed using its numbered lot designation, the recorded subdivision name, and the county and state, all referring to a map filed in the public records. Which description method is being used here?

Metes and bounds

Rectangular government survey

Torrens certificate system

Lot and block

Question 25: When a fixture dispute is genuinely close and the physical facts point both ways, courts often resolve the doubt in favor of a buyer over a seller or a tenant over a landlord. Which of the MARIA tests reflects this tiebreaking fairness approach?

Intention of the annexor

Agreement of the parties

Relationship of the parties

Method of annexation

Question 26: Working outward from a principal meridian, a surveyor identifies six-mile-wide vertical strips of land running north and south, parallel to that meridian, and numbers them consecutively east or west of it. Which term correctly names these particular strips of land?

Tiers

Ranges

Township lines

Sections

Question 27: Two parties to a sale worry that a chandelier might trigger a fixture dispute, so they write into the purchase contract exactly whether it stays or goes. An instructor says this written clause controls the outcome. Which fixture test have they invoked?

Intention of the annexor

Method of annexation

Agreement of the parties

Adaptation to the property

Question 28: A title examiner traces ownership of a Laramie County ranch backward through successive conveyances, linking each grantee to the next grantor and continuing from the present owner all the way to the earliest recorded owner. What is this unbroken record of successive ownership called?

The chain of title

The abstract of title

The habendum clause

The certificate of title

Question 29: A downtown Cheyenne developer wants to build a walkway spanning above an adjacent parcel without acquiring the land beneath it, purchasing only the right to use the space above a certain height. Which category of property rights is the developer acquiring?

Subsurface rights

Air rights

Riparian rights

Littoral rights

Question 30: A recorded deed sits in the county records, available to anyone who looks, so the law presumes a later purchaser knows of the interest whether or not she actually read it. Which type of notice does the act of recording a document provide to the world?

Actual notice

Subrogation

Priority notice

Constructive notice

Question 31: Two mortgages encumber the same Cheyenne property, and a dispute arises over which lender gets paid first from a sale. Setting aside special exceptions like property tax liens, recording acts generally rank interests by a familiar principle. Which principle usually determines this priority?

First in time, first in right

Last recorded interest prevails

Largest loan takes priority

Possession always defeats recording

Question 32: A buyer in Green River borrows money to purchase a home and signs a mortgage that pledges the property as security, creating a lien only because the owner willingly agreed to it. Which of the following best classifies this lien?

An involuntary lien

A statutory lien

A voluntary lien

A general lien

Question 33: An owner in rural Sweetwater County dies intestate, and after a diligent search no heirs of any degree can be located to inherit the land. State law provides a process by which the property then passes to the state. Which process is this?

Eminent domain

Adverse possession

Devise

Escheat

Question 34: A Riverton property owner dies without ever having made a valid will, leaving a surviving spouse and two children. State law now directs how his real estate passes to these heirs. Which body of law governs the distribution of an intestate decedent's property?

The statute of frauds

The statute of descent and distribution

The law of escheat

The recording act

Question 35: A landlord lets a tenant remain in a unit with the landlord's consent for no fixed term, and either party may end the arrangement on proper notice, while the death of either party terminates it automatically. Which leasehold estate is this?

Estate at will

Estate from period to period

Estate for years

Estate at sufferance

Question 36: A property owner in Casper decides during her lifetime to transfer a subdivision lot to her daughter as an outright gift, signing and delivering a deed. Instructors label any such lifetime transfer by gift or sale using a particular legal term. Which term applies here?

Involuntary alienation

Voluntary alienation

Escheat

Adverse possession

Question 37: A tenant signs a written lease for a Rock Springs storefront running from January first through December thirty-first of the same year, with fixed beginning and ending dates and no notice required to end it. Which leasehold estate is this?

Estate from period to period

Estate at will

Estate at sufferance

Estate for years

Question 38: A grantee's name was misspelled on a previously recorded warranty deed, creating a small cloud on the title. An attorney recommends an instrument that carries no warranties and simply releases whatever interest the signer holds. Which deed is commonly used to cure such a defect?

A general warranty deed

A bargain and sale deed

A quitclaim deed

A trustee's deed

Question 39: A homeowner in Gillette holds the most complete ownership interest the law recognizes, one that continues indefinitely and passes freely to heirs, limited only by public and private restrictions such as zoning ordinances and recorded covenants. Which estate does this homeowner hold?

Fee simple determinable

Conventional life estate

Estate for years

Fee simple absolute

Question 40: A buyer of a downtown Sheridan commercial building wants the strongest possible assurances from the seller, including protection against title defects that arose under every prior owner going back to the property's origins. Which type of deed provides this greatest level of protection?

A special warranty deed

A general warranty deed

A quitclaim deed

A bargain and sale deed

WRES Wyoming Real Estate Salesperson - Set 2 - Part 2

Question 21: A farm tenant near Riverton planted and cultivated a wheat crop, then the farm sold before harvest. Even though the growing wheat is attached to the soil, the tenant retains the right to return and harvest it. This right protects which category?

Question 22: During construction planning near Laramie, an engineer needs a permanent brass marker of precisely known elevation, set by a government agency, to serve as the reference from which building heights and grades are measured. Which surveying reference point is this?

Question 23: A restaurant tenant in Sheridan moves out but leaves behind a bolted-down bar and booths past the final rental day. The landlord now claims ownership of the equipment. By which legal principle does the landlord acquire these abandoned trade fixtures?

Question 24: A subdivision lot in a Casper development is conveyed using its numbered lot designation, the recorded subdivision name, and the county and state, all referring to a map filed in the public records. Which description method is being used here?

Question 25: When a fixture dispute is genuinely close and the physical facts point both ways, courts often resolve the doubt in favor of a buyer over a seller or a tenant over a landlord. Which of the MARIA tests reflects this tiebreaking fairness approach?

Question 26: Working outward from a principal meridian, a surveyor identifies six-mile-wide vertical strips of land running north and south, parallel to that meridian, and numbers them consecutively east or west of it. Which term correctly names these particular strips of land?

Question 27: Two parties to a sale worry that a chandelier might trigger a fixture dispute, so they write into the purchase contract exactly whether it stays or goes. An instructor says this written clause controls the outcome. Which fixture test have they invoked?

Question 28: A title examiner traces ownership of a Laramie County ranch backward through successive conveyances, linking each grantee to the next grantor and continuing from the present owner all the way to the earliest recorded owner. What is this unbroken record of successive ownership called?

Question 29: A downtown Cheyenne developer wants to build a walkway spanning above an adjacent parcel without acquiring the land beneath it, purchasing only the right to use the space above a certain height. Which category of property rights is the developer acquiring?

Question 30: A recorded deed sits in the county records, available to anyone who looks, so the law presumes a later purchaser knows of the interest whether or not she actually read it. Which type of notice does the act of recording a document provide to the world?

Question 32: A buyer in Green River borrows money to purchase a home and signs a mortgage that pledges the property as security, creating a lien only because the owner willingly agreed to it. Which of the following best classifies this lien?

Question 33: An owner in rural Sweetwater County dies intestate, and after a diligent search no heirs of any degree can be located to inherit the land. State law provides a process by which the property then passes to the state. Which process is this?

Question 34: A Riverton property owner dies without ever having made a valid will, leaving a surviving spouse and two children. State law now directs how his real estate passes to these heirs. Which body of law governs the distribution of an intestate decedent's property?

Question 35: A landlord lets a tenant remain in a unit with the landlord's consent for no fixed term, and either party may end the arrangement on proper notice, while the death of either party terminates it automatically. Which leasehold estate is this?

Question 36: A property owner in Casper decides during her lifetime to transfer a subdivision lot to her daughter as an outright gift, signing and delivering a deed. Instructors label any such lifetime transfer by gift or sale using a particular legal term. Which term applies here?

Question 37: A tenant signs a written lease for a Rock Springs storefront running from January first through December thirty-first of the same year, with fixed beginning and ending dates and no notice required to end it. Which leasehold estate is this?

Question 38: A grantee's name was misspelled on a previously recorded warranty deed, creating a small cloud on the title. An attorney recommends an instrument that carries no warranties and simply releases whatever interest the signer holds. Which deed is commonly used to cure such a defect?

Question 39: A homeowner in Gillette holds the most complete ownership interest the law recognizes, one that continues indefinitely and passes freely to heirs, limited only by public and private restrictions such as zoning ordinances and recorded covenants. Which estate does this homeowner hold?

Question 40: A buyer of a downtown Sheridan commercial building wants the strongest possible assurances from the seller, including protection against title defects that arose under every prior owner going back to the property's origins. Which type of deed provides this greatest level of protection?

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