Practice Test Final (property description)

The term "sight" means

A part of land plus improvements that make it ready for use

The term "site" means

A plot of land plus improvements that make it ready for use.

Use the following information in the government survey system to find the acreage of the parcel: N 1/2, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 of section 8

20 acres (you can figure the acreage of the property but multiplying the denominators: 2x4x4=32. Then divide 32 into the number of acres in the section.)

How many linear feet are in a mile

5,280

How many linear feet are in a mile?

5280

A parcel that is 1 mi.² contains how many acres

640 acres

A parcel that is one mile squared contains how many acres

640 acres

True False: Book, Page, and Parcel is a method for describing the outside perimeter of a parcel

False

True or False: A detached garage is considered a site improvement

False

A bathroom with a toilet and sink would be referred to as what type of bath?

Half

Landers improve water, sewer's, electricity, and other utilities, it becomes a

Site

When measuring a residential dwelling to determine the total square footage, the appraiser will measure

Outside wall to outside wall

When measuring residential dwelling to determine the total square footage, the appraiser will measure

Outside wall to outside wall

Which element used to describe the characteristics of a property would be considered general data?

Economic base

Who issues information regarding Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs)?

U.S. Census Bureau

Sash is another name for

Window framing

Pivot, sliding, fixed, double-hung, and casement are types of

Windows

A house that has a market value of $100,000 is a excess at 35% of market value. The school board has asked the taxpayers for a 9.07 mill levy. In dollars, how would an appraiser calculate the annual cost of the levy in order to describe its potential impact in the appraisal?

$317

A house that has a market value of $100,000 is assessed at 35% of market value. The school board has asked the taxpayers for a 9.07 mill levy. In dollars, how would an appraiser calculate the annual cost of the levy in order to describe its potential impact in the appraisal?

$317

Use the following information on the government survey system to find the acreage of the parcel: N 1/2, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 of section 8.

20 acres

A residential building lot measures 220' x 110' with a 10-foot setback on all four sides. What is the gross area of the lot in acres?

.555 acres

How many cubic yards are in a building that measures 100x30x9 ft?

1,000

If a site is triangular in configuration and has 200 linear feet along the street and has a depth of 500 linear feet, what is the total acreage?

1.15 acres

If he say is triangular in configuration and has 200 linear feet along the street it has a depth of 500 linear feet, what is the total acreage?

1.15 acres

A large tract is shaped like a right triangle, and measures 1,200 feet by 900 feet along the sides of the right angle. Rounded to the nearest decimal place, how many acres does the tract cover?

12.4

A large tracts is shaped like a right triangle, and measures 1200' x 900' along the sides of the writing all. I need to the nearest decimal Place, how many acres does the tract cover?

12.4

If a vacant tract of land is rectangular and configuration and measures 350 feet by 455 feet, what is its acreage?

3.66

A scuttle is used to enter the

Attic

If a subjects neighborhood does not have public transportation, and the competing neighborhoods likewise do not have public transportation, when describing the neighborhood, how would public transportation be stated

Average

If the subjects neighborhood does not have a public transportation, in the competing neighborhoods likewise do not have public transportation, when describing the neighborhood, how would public transportation be stated

Average

A garage that is part of the dwelling and has a living area above it is known as what type of garage?

Built-in

This term, used for defining a particular analysis parameter, describes an area consisting of one particular land use. What is the term?

District

If a parcel of land has more area than is necessary for the highest and best use as a stand-alone site, what type of site is this known as ?

Excess

If a parcel of land has more area than is necessary for the highest and best use of the improvements, but could be so lost and have a highest and best use as a standalone site, what type of sign is this is known as?

Excess

By definition of the term improvement, which is not a capital improvement? -exterior painting -swimming pool -fencing -sidewalks

Exterior painting

The footer is part of the

Foundation

The linear distance measured across the side of the site that is adjacent to the road is known as

Frontage

What is the measured distance of a lot that is parallel to the street?

Frontage

The design characteristic, which includes floor plan, features, and amenities, is described as a conforms to the acceptability of a picture killer market

Functional utility

This design characteristic, which includes floor plan, features, and amenities, is described as it conforms to the acceptability of a particular market.

Functional utility

What broad form of describing a particular geographic boundary could be comprised of more than one neighborhood or district?

Market area

What references a broad related area that likely included many different land uses, some which may conflict with each other, and also describes the broad characteristics of typical market participants that desire that area?

Market area

What references a broad related area that likely includes many different land uses, some of which may conflict with each other and also describes the broad characteristics of typical market participants that desire that area?

Market area

When defining this geographic benchmark, used in an appraisers analysis, this defined area is one that is comprised of complementary land uses. What is the appraiser describing?

Neighborhood

When defining the geographic benchmark used in appraisers analysis, this to find area is one that is comprised of complementary land uses. What is the appraiser describing?

Neighbourhood

A ceramic wainscoting would most often be found

On the wall of a bathroom

A cape cod is one specific style of which home design

One and one half story

If the only access to a property is via an access easement, how would the status of the access be described in the appraisal report?

Private

Collar beams are used in

Roof construction

Which would not generally be used as flooring? -wood -sheet goods -stone -sheet rock

Sheet rock

What is an arrangement of sleeping areas, we're one bedroom must be access to another, known as?

Tandem

What is an arrangement of sleeping areas, where one bedroom must be accessed through another known as?

Tandem

True False: By definition of the term "improvement", sidewalks, swimming pools, and fencing are all considered a capital improvement

True

True or False: A surplus site has no stand-alone highest and best use

True