Texas Principles Of Real Estate II Final Exam:

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Texas Principles Of Real Estate II Final Exam:

QUESTIONs & Answers: Latest Updated

### Answers to Real Estate QUESTIONs

1. **QUESTION:** Written documents affecting a title to real

estate are recorded:

• where the titleholder resides
• where the titleholder has legal residence
• at the county clerk's office where the property is located
• at any county clerk's office in Texas

**Answer:** C

**Rationale:** The document provides "C," indicating that

title documents are recorded in the county where the property is located, ensuring local jurisdiction over real estate records.

2. **QUESTION:** A person appointed by a court to settle the

estate of a deceased person when the executor cannot perform or

refuses to perform is:

• another executor
• a legatee
• an administrator
• a devisee

**Answer:** C

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**Rationale:** The document states "C," identifying an

"administrator" as the court-appointed person when an executor is unavailable, distinct from legatees (heirs) or devisees (real property recipients).

3. **QUESTION:** What is an abstract of title?

• title insurance
• a history of all recorded activity affecting a parcel of real

estate

• a judgment on real property
• a patent

**Answer:** B

**Rationale:** The document provides "B," defining an

abstract of title as a historical record of all recorded activities impacting a property’s title.

4. **QUESTION:** A title insurance policy in favor of the

mortgagee will insure the:

• owner
• buyer - Answer given
• buyer and seller
• lender

**Answer:** D (NOT B)

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**Rationale:** The document notes "NOT B," correcting the

given Answer. A title insurance policy for the mortgagee insures the "lender" (D), protecting their interest in the loan, not the buyer.

5. **QUESTION:** A chain of title shows the linkage of

property ownership that connects the present owner to the

original source of title. In most cases it starts with:

• ownership from 1955
• chattel
• a suit in federal court
• the original grant of the land from the government to a

private citizen

**Answer:** D

**Rationale:** The document states "D," indicating the chain

of title typically begins with the original government grant to a private citizen.

6. **QUESTION:** A handwritten will signed by the testator

but not witnessed is known as a(n):

• nuncupative will
• holographic will
• oral will
• formal will

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**Answer:** B

**Rationale:** The document provides "B," defining a

"holographic will" as handwritten and signed by the testator without witnesses.

7. **QUESTION:** A voluntary gift of private land to the

public is known as:

• alienantion
• dedication
• reliction
• annexation

**Answer:** B

**Rationale:** The document states "B," identifying

"dedication" as a voluntary gift of private land to the public.

• **QUESTION:** The General Warranty Deed contains:
• the covenant of seisin
• the covenant against encumbrances
• both A and B
• neither A nor B

**Answer:** C

**Rationale:** The document provides "C," confirming that a

General Warranty Deed includes both the covenant of seisin