PRACTICE PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Chain of Title. Answer: A listing of the chronological order of
conveyances of a
parcel of land, from the original owner to the present owner.
◉Closing. Answer: The process of completing a real estate
transaction during which deeds, mortgages, leases and other
required instruments are signed an/or delivered, an accounting
between parties is made, and the money is
disbursed.
◉Closing Protection Letters. Answer: A document issued by a title
insurance company in connection with an about-to-be-issued title
insurance policy. It protects a mortgagee who is forwarding funds to
a title insurance company's agent or attorney against an
embezzlement of funds or a failure to follow specific closing
instructions
◉Commitment. Answer: The preliminary report or binder issued
prior to the issuance of a title insurance policy containing the terms,
,conditions, exceptions, and any other matters under which the title
insurer is willing to issue its title
insurance policy.
◉Encroachment:. Answer: The extension of a structure from the real
estate to which it belongs across a boundary line and onto adjoining
property.
◉Encumbrances:. Answer: A claim, lien charge, or liability attached
to and binding real property.
◉Escrow. Answer: Any transaction wherein one person for the
purpose of affecting the sale, transfer, encumbering, or leasing of
real or personal property to another person, delivers any written
instrument, money evidence of title to real or personal property or
any other thing of value to a third person to be held by such third
person until the happening of a specified event or the performance
of a prescribed condition, then it is delivered by such third person to
a grantee, grantor, promisee, promissor, oblige, obligor, bailee, bailor
or any agent or employee or any of the latter.
◉Exception:. Answer: Any item specifically excluded on Schedule BII
of the title commitment and Schedule B of the title policy (Don't
confuse with exclusions noted on the title policy jacket).
, ◉Foreclosure. Answer: A proceeding in and out of court, to
extinguish all rights, title, and interest, of owners of property in
order to sell the property to satisfy a lien against it.
◉Gap Coverage:. Answer: Issuing title insurance is generally a two-
step procedure, and the time between those two steps. Period
between closing and the recording of title.
◉HUD-1 Settlement Statement:. Answer: Is a standard form in use in
the United States of America which is used to itemize services and
fees charged to the borrower by the lender or broker when applying
for a loan for the purpose of purchasing or refinancing real estate.
◉Insurance:. Answer: A contract under which, for consideration, one
party agrees to indemnify another for a possible loss under certain
conditions.
◉Lender's Policy:. Answer: When a mortgage is granted, the lender
seeks protection for their investment and requires a policy be issued
to protect against losses resulting from claims made by others
against the property.
◉Loan Closing:. Answer: The time agreed upon by a borrower and a
lender when the execution of the loan documents by the borrower
occurs.