Ch 3 Test: Interests and Estates

10. Which of the following is true of a homestead? A. A homestead interest cannot be conveyed by one spouse. B. A homestead interest cannot be passed to the children of the head of household. C. A homestead interest is a form of conventional life estate. D. A homestead is a primary or secondary residence occupied by a family.

A. A homestead interest cannot be conveyed by one spouse.

2. Encumbrances and police powers are A. interests that do not include possession. B. limited forms of an estate. C. unrelated to interests. D. types of public interests.

A. interests that do not include possession.

6. Upon the death of the owner, a life estate passes to A. the original owner or other named person. B. the owner's heirs. C. the state. D. the owner's spouse.

A. the original owner or other named person.

7. How is a conventional life estate created? A. It happens automatically when title transfers unless a fee simple is specifically claimed. B. A fee simple owner grants the life estate to a life tenant. C. It is created by judicial action. D. It is created by a statutory period of adverse possession.

B. A fee simple owner grants the life estate to a life tenant.

3. What distinguishes a freehold estate from a leasehold estate? A. A freehold includes the right to dispose or use. B. A leasehold endures only for a specific period of time. C. A freehold cannot be defeasible. D. A leasehold is subject to government restrictions.

B. A leasehold endures only for a specific period of time.

12. Which of the following is an illustration of the legal concept of elective share? A. A surviving spouse places a lien on a debtor's property. B. A widow who was excluded from a will makes a claim to a portion of the couple's principal residence. C. A spouse who loses her home because of her husband's gambling debt sues in court for exemption from the debt. D. A widower whose spouse died without a will sues to change the provisions of the will.

B. A widow who was excluded from a will makes a claim to a portion of the couple's principal residence.

13. A one-year lease on a house has expired, but the tenant continues sending monthly rent checks to the owner, and the owner accepts them. What kind of leasehold estate exists? A. Estate for years B. Estate from period to period C. Estate at will D. Estate at sufferance

B. Estate from period to period

11. Dowers refers to A. joint tenancy of husband and wife. B. a wife's life estate interest in her husband's property. C. a wife's homestead interest. D. a child's life estate interest in his or her parents' homestead.

B. a wife's life estate interest in her husband's property.

9. Which of the following life estates is created by someone other than the owner? A. Conventional life estate B. Ordinary life estate C. Legal life estate D. Community property life estate

C. Legal life estate

8. What distinguishes a pur autre vie life estate from an ordinary life estate? A. The pur autre vie estate endures only for the lifetime of the grantor. B. The pur autre vie estate endures only for the lifetime of the grantee. C. The pur autre vie estate endures only for the lifetime of a person other than the grantee. D. The pur autre vie estate cannot revert to the grantor.

C. The pur autre vie estate endures only for the lifetime of a person other than the grantee.

1. An interest in real estate is best defined as ownership of A. the full bundle of rights to real property. B. an estate. C. one or more of the bundle of rights to real property. D. the right to possession and use of real property.

C. one or more of the bundle of rights to real property.

5. The distinguishing feature of a defeasible fee simple estate is that A. it can be passed on to heirs. B. it has no restrictions on use. C. the estate may revert to a grantor or heirs if the prescribed use changes. D. it is of unlimited duration.

C. the estate may revert to a grantor or heirs if the prescribed use changes.

4. The highest form of ownership interest one can acquire in real estate is the A. dower and curtesy. B. conventional life estate. C. defeasible fee simple estate. D. absolute fee simple estate.

D. absolute fee simple estate.