TEXAS PRINCIPLES 1 EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ASNWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
Civil Rights Acts of 1866 - ANSWER: Prohibits only and all racial discrimination
Steering - ANSWER: Directing Home Seekers to particular neighborhoods based on
the the fair housing protected classes
Blockbusting - ANSWER: Real estate agents creating fear in a neighborhood in order
to induce the owner of the houses to sell the properties at a loss to the agents
Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 - ANSWER: Prohibits discrimination based on
race color, etc. and receipt of income from a public assistance program.
Real Property/ Real Estate - ANSWER: Land, improvements and the rights to own
them
Improvements - ANSWER: Anything put on the land with the intent of improving the
land.
Chattel - ANSWER: Personal Property
Appurtenances - ANSWER: Right or privilege attached to land that goes with the land
when ownership of the land changes.
Fixture - ANSWER: Something that was personal property and has now become real
estate because it has been attached to the land.
Three tests of a fixture - ANSWER: A) Method of annexation B)Fitness or adaptation
to the property C) Intention of the parties
Trade Fixture - ANSWER: Something that is attached to a property under a
commercial lease.
Fixity or Permanence of Investment - ANSWER: The fact that improvements to the
land will take a long time to pay for them.
Metes and Bounds - ANSWER: Uses distance and directions to define and describe
the shape and boundaries of the property.
Datum - ANSWER: Used to mark elevation
, Rectangular Survey System - ANSWER: Uses latitude, longitude, standard and
baselines to divide earth into areas
Townships - ANSWER: Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
Unit - ANSWER: 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
Acre - ANSWER: 43,560
Recorded Plat - ANSWER: When land is divided into plots
Informal Reference - ANSWER: not a legal description.
Riparian Rights - ANSWER: The right to use water in a river or stream
Littoral Rights - ANSWER: Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy the water that
touches his land but he may not alter the course of the water
Surface water - ANSWER: Publicly owned and governed by the state of Texas.
Rule of Capture - ANSWER: A landowner with a well is allowed to pump water from
under his property.
Open Beach Act - ANSWER: The public has the free and unrestricted right to use the
open beach.
Accretion - ANSWER: Land is increased in size because of hte natural deposit of rock
and soil
Alluvion - ANSWER: Land that has been created by accretion
Reliction - ANSWER: The dry land that results when water withdraws from the land.
Avulsion - ANSWER: Sudden removal of land by water
Erosion - ANSWER: Gradual wearing away of land or rock by water
Allodial System - ANSWER: Ownership of real property that is independent of
superior landlord.
PETE - ANSWER: Police power, eminent domain, taxation and Escheat
Police Power - ANSWER: Right the state government has to enforce order and to
protect the general welfare, health, safety and morals of the public
Enabling Acts - ANSWER: State rights are passed to the counties through this
legislation
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ASNWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
Civil Rights Acts of 1866 - ANSWER: Prohibits only and all racial discrimination
Steering - ANSWER: Directing Home Seekers to particular neighborhoods based on
the the fair housing protected classes
Blockbusting - ANSWER: Real estate agents creating fear in a neighborhood in order
to induce the owner of the houses to sell the properties at a loss to the agents
Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 - ANSWER: Prohibits discrimination based on
race color, etc. and receipt of income from a public assistance program.
Real Property/ Real Estate - ANSWER: Land, improvements and the rights to own
them
Improvements - ANSWER: Anything put on the land with the intent of improving the
land.
Chattel - ANSWER: Personal Property
Appurtenances - ANSWER: Right or privilege attached to land that goes with the land
when ownership of the land changes.
Fixture - ANSWER: Something that was personal property and has now become real
estate because it has been attached to the land.
Three tests of a fixture - ANSWER: A) Method of annexation B)Fitness or adaptation
to the property C) Intention of the parties
Trade Fixture - ANSWER: Something that is attached to a property under a
commercial lease.
Fixity or Permanence of Investment - ANSWER: The fact that improvements to the
land will take a long time to pay for them.
Metes and Bounds - ANSWER: Uses distance and directions to define and describe
the shape and boundaries of the property.
Datum - ANSWER: Used to mark elevation
, Rectangular Survey System - ANSWER: Uses latitude, longitude, standard and
baselines to divide earth into areas
Townships - ANSWER: Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
Unit - ANSWER: 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
Acre - ANSWER: 43,560
Recorded Plat - ANSWER: When land is divided into plots
Informal Reference - ANSWER: not a legal description.
Riparian Rights - ANSWER: The right to use water in a river or stream
Littoral Rights - ANSWER: Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy the water that
touches his land but he may not alter the course of the water
Surface water - ANSWER: Publicly owned and governed by the state of Texas.
Rule of Capture - ANSWER: A landowner with a well is allowed to pump water from
under his property.
Open Beach Act - ANSWER: The public has the free and unrestricted right to use the
open beach.
Accretion - ANSWER: Land is increased in size because of hte natural deposit of rock
and soil
Alluvion - ANSWER: Land that has been created by accretion
Reliction - ANSWER: The dry land that results when water withdraws from the land.
Avulsion - ANSWER: Sudden removal of land by water
Erosion - ANSWER: Gradual wearing away of land or rock by water
Allodial System - ANSWER: Ownership of real property that is independent of
superior landlord.
PETE - ANSWER: Police power, eminent domain, taxation and Escheat
Police Power - ANSWER: Right the state government has to enforce order and to
protect the general welfare, health, safety and morals of the public
Enabling Acts - ANSWER: State rights are passed to the counties through this
legislation
