ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Under the doctrine of specific performance, the party harmed by
breach of a real estate contract can ask a judge to force the breaching
party to carry out the terms of the contract rather than order the
breaching party to pay monetary damages. Which physical
characteristic of land is the basis for the doctrine of specific
performance?
A. Indestructibility
B. Uniqueness
C. Immobility
D. Permanence of Investment. Answer: B. Uniqueness
◉ Which of the following is considered to have the greatest impact
on the value of a property?
A. Area Preference
B. Permanence of Investment
C. Scarcity
D. Uniqueness. Answer: A. Area Preference
,◉ The concept by which land would increase automatically along a
river or stream is known as:
A. Accretion
B. Littoral Rights
C. Avulsion
D. Reliction. Answer: A. Accretion
◉ The owner of a house wants to fence the yard for a dog. When the
fence is erected, the fencing materials are converted to real estate
by:
A. Severance
B. Annexation
C. Immobility
D. Indestructibility. Answer: B. Annexation
◉ A deed conveyed ownership to a grantee "so long as the existing
building on the property is not destroyed." Following the transfer,
the original grantor has what type of interest?
A. Life Estate
,B. ongoing ownership in the property that lasts as long as the
condition
C. Fee Simple Estate
D. Reversionary Estate. Answer: D. Reversionary Estate
◉ A woman conveys a life estate to her son-in-law and stipulates
that upon his death the estate will pass to her grandson. The
grandson has an:
A. Estate in Reversion
B. Estate in Remainder
C. Estate Pur Autre Vie
D. Estate for the life of another. Answer: B. Estate in Remainder
◉ A person who acquired ownership that can be inherited, with the
provision "that the land must always be used for recreational
purposes," has:
A. a fee simple absolute estate
B. a defeasible fee
C. a fee simple to a condition subsequent estate
D. an estate that cannot be sold. Answer: B. a defeasible fee
, ◉ A brother and sister bought a commercial building and took title
as joint tenants with right of survivorship. The brother died. The
sister now owns the building:
A. as a joint tenant with right of survivorship with her brother's
heirs
B. in severalty
C. as a tenant in common with her brother's heirs
D. as a life tenant with her brother's heirs having remainder
interests. Answer: B. in severalty
◉ Co-owners of a fee simple interest in a small office building are
neither related to nor a creditor to each other. One owner dies
intestate. The surviving owner would become the sole owner of the
property under which of the following rights?
A. adverse possession
B. reversionary interest
C. survivorship
D. foreclosure. Answer: C. survivorship
◉ Three joint tenants with rights of survivorship own a parcel of
land. One owner sells his interest to a long-time friend. After the
conveyance, the remaining original owners: