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Real Estate Exam Chapter 2
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- 1. Multiple Choice
A provision in a subdivision declaration used as a means of forcing grantees to live it up to the terms under which they hold title to the land is a:
Restrictive covenant
Reverter
Laches
Conditional-use clause
- 2. Multiple Choice
A landowner who wants to use the property in a manner prohibited by a local zoning ordinance can try to obtain which of the following from the municipality?
Variance
Downzoning
Occupancy permit
Dezoning
- 3. Multiple Choice
Public land-use controls include all the following EXCEPT:
Subdivision regulations
Deed restrictions
Environmental protection laws
Comprehensive plans
- 4. Multiple Choice
The police power allows regulation of all of the following EXCEPT:
The number of buildings
The size of the buildings
Building ownership
Building occupancy
- 5. Multiple Choice
The purpose of a building permit is to:
Override a deed restriction
Maintain municipal control over the volume of the building
Provide evidence of compliance with municipal construction regulations
Show compliance with deed restrictions
- 6. Multiple Choice
A developer may establish which of the following to control and maintain the character and quality of a subdivision?
Easements
Restrictive covenants
Buffer zones
Building codes
- 7. Multiple Choice
A map illustrating the sizes and location of streets and lots in a subdivision is called a:
Grid
Survey
Plat
Property report
- 8. Multiple Choice
Soil absorption and drainage are measured by a:
Land survey
Plat of subdivision
Density test
Percolation test
- 9. Multiple Choice
When a subdivision was developed, a deed restriction covering all the properties in the subdivision set aside the back six feet of each parcel as a combination green belt area and bicycle path. One homeowner plans to convert the back one-half of her yard into an organic garden. What, if anything, can her neighbors do?
Nothing, because individual homeowners have no authority in this matter
Force homeowner to sell her property
Go to court in an attempt to obtain injunctive relief
Share in the profits from her garden
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would probably NOT be included in a list of deed restrictions?
Types of buildings that may be constructed
Allowable ethnic origins of purchasers
Activities that are not to be conducted at the site
Minimum size of buildings to be constructed
- 11. Multiple Choice
How might a restriction in a sellers deed be enforced?
Court injuction
Zoning hearing board
Municipal building commission
State legislature
- 12. Multiple Choice
The grantor of a deed may place effective restrictions on:
The right to sell the land
The use of the land
Who the next purchaser will be
Who may occupy the property
- 13. Multiple Choice
Zoning hearing boards are established to hear complaints about:
Restrictive covenants
The effects of a zoning ordinance
Building codes
The effects of public ownership
- 14. Multiple Choice
A new zoning ordinance is enacted. A building that is permitted to continue in its former use even though that use does not comply with a new zoning ordinance is an example of:
A nonconforming use
A variance
A special use
An inverse condemnation
- 15. Multiple Choice
When a development increases the traffic flow on existing streets and highways, the municipality can fund the cost of transportation improvements that are needed because of this development through:
Fees for building permits
Fees for variances
Subdivision filing fees
Impact fees
- 16. Multiple Choice
To protect the public from fraudulent interstate land sales, a developer involved in interstate land sales of 25 or more lots must:
Provide each purchaser with a report of the details of the land, as registered with HUD
Pay the prospective buyers expenses to see the property involved
Provide preferential financing
Include deed restrictions
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where are permitted land uses and set-asides, housing projections, transportation issues, and objectives for implementing future controlled development found?
Zoning ordinances
Comprehensive plans
Enabling acts
Land-control laws
- 18. Multiple Choice
Under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, what is the outcome if the property report is not given to the prospective purchaser before the contract is signed?
The subdivider or developer may not start any construction on the property until seven working days after the purchaser receives the report
The subdivider or developer may not proceed to closing until the purchaser receives the report
The purchaser may revoke the contract, at the purchasers option, up to midnight of the seventh calendar day following the signing of the contract
The purchaser may not bring any action to revoke the contact after closing
- 19. Multiple Choice
When is a certificate of occupancy issued?
When the owner of a multifamily residential property wishes to limit the number of individuals who may live in single unit
At the time a property owner applies for a building permit
After a newly constructed building has been inspected and found satisfactory by the municipal inspector
When an application for a variance or conditional-use permit has been granted by the zoning board
- 20. Multiple Choice
To determine whether a location can be put to future use as a retail store, one would examine the:
Building codes
List of permitted nonconforming uses
Housing codes
Zoning ordinances
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