Business and Personal Law

Chapter 9: Renting or Owning a Home

Online Practice Tests

1
The four types of tenancies are
A)tenancy for rent, tenancy for lessee, tenancy at will, and tenancy on rent day.
B)tenancy for rent, tenancy for owners, tenancy for lessors, and tenancy for buyers.
C)tenancy for years, periodic tenancy, tenancy at will, and tenancy at sufferance.
D)tenancy for years, lessee tenancy, tenancy at will, and tenancy at sufferance.
2
Generally, the landlord would be required to
A)maintain the premises.
B)provide blinds for the windows.
C)install a screen door.
D)provide washer and dryer hook-ups.
3
Tenants have a duty to avoid waste, which can be defined as
A)creating too much garbage each week.
B)substantial damage to the premises.
C)a violation of the sanitation code.
D)creating noise pollution that disturbs the neighbors.
4
If the tenant installs a ceiling fan, it becomes real property and
A)belongs to the tenant.
B)is considered waste when the tenant moves out.
C)must be maintained by the tenant.
D)belongs to the landlord.
5
Tenancy at will continues for
A)an indefinite period of time.
B)one year.
C)two years.
D)ten years.
6
Landowners own the air space above their property for
A)100 feet above the highest building on the property.
B)ten miles above the property.
C)100 miles above the property.
D)as high as they can effectively use it.
7
Joint tenancy allows for each owner's share going to
A)the government upon death.
B)a revocable trust established for this purpose.
C)the surviving co-owners upon death.
D)his or her heirs upon death.
8
When the government takes private property, with compensation, for public use it is called
A)easement possession.
B)adverse possession.
C)zoning domain.
D)eminent domain.
9
A lien is a
A)temporary, revocable right to the limited use of another's land.
B)a legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt or loan to ensure it will be repaid.
C)an irrevocable right to the limited use of another's land.
D)real property that is lost by adverse possession.
10
A written instrument that transfers title of ownership of property is called a(n)
A)deed.
B)lease.
C)license.
D)easement.
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