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WorksheetsTexas RE Finance Quiz Questions (100 questions)
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 53mins
Which of the following may be a lender in a real estate transaction...?
Family and friends
Insurance company
Commercial bank
All of the above
Which of the following participates in the secondary mortgage market...?
Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae
Ginnie Mae
All of the Above
The secondary mortgage market offers ..............for the primary mortgage market?
Support
Liquidity
Buyers
Supply
A borrower is said to be in default of their loan if they do not abide by the terms of the...?
Promissory Note
Deed
Mortgage
Purchase contract
What is the minimum down payment for an FHA insured loan...?
3.5%
10%
20%
50%
The actual ownership of property is known as...?
Secure title
Recorded title
Legal Title
Equitable title
When a borrower hypothecates their property, the lender will maintain...?
Equitable Title
Legal title
Secure title
Interim title
A long term real estate cycle is typically...?
1-2 years
3-5 years
5-7 years
10-15 years
When using leverage to help purchase a residential property, what is typically used to cover the remainder of the purchase price...?
Credit cards
Seller financing
Cash Downpayment
Options money
Which of the following is an example of using leverage in a real estate transaction...?
Inheriting a property from a family member
Obtaining Financing to Purchase a Property
Purchasing a property using all cash
All of the above
The Federal Reserve is responsible for which of the following...?
Influence the availability of money and credit
Supervise banking activities
Establishing facilities for the sale of commercial paper
All of the above
The United States Mint is responsible for which of the following...?
Producing the Federal Reserve notes
Manufacturing U.S. Coins
Producing Immigration Certificates
Producing U.S. Passports
Which of the following was designed primarily to insure that prospective borrowers and purchasers on credit receive credit cost information before entering into a transaction...?
Troubled Asset Relief Program
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Truth in Lending Act
National member banks of the Federal Reserve must do which of the following...?
Clear checks
Maintain reserves
Comply with the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve
All of the Above
Each district within the Federal Reserve is overseen by a...?
Board of Associates
Board of Directors
Attorney General
President
The cost of borrowing money is expressed as a/an...?
Variable fee
Interest Rate
Flat fee
Commission
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency falls under the control of the...?
Attorney General
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U.S. Treasury
The U.S. Central Bank
The amount borrowed is known as...?
Reserves
Principal
Deposit
Interest
Instruments of credit can do which of the following...?
Collect and clear checks
Be regulated by member banks of the Federal Reserve
Administer credit controls
All of the Above
Which of the following helps to limit the impact on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails...?
RESPA
FDIC
FHLB
TILA
HUD oversees which of the following...?
Housing choice vouchers
GNMA
FHA
All of the Above
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforces which of the following...?
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Community Reinvestment Act
FHLB
FNMA
Under the .............., mortgage originators must report the racial characteristics and gender of their applicants?
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Community Reinvestment Act
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Fair Housing Act
PMI only applies to what types of loans...?
Conventional Loans
VA loans
FHA insured loans
All of the above
HUD is responsible for which of the following activities...?
Direct Ginnie Mae activities
Supervise the FHA
Enforce the Fair Housing Act
All of the Above
The Housing Choice Voucher Program is an example of...?
Incentive housing
Subsidized Housing
Renewal housing
Standard housing
Mortgage insurance premium is obtained on which of the following loans...?
Conventional loans
Non-conforming loans
FHA Insured Loans
All of the above
Which of the following originates long-term mortgages for farmers and ranchers...?
Raw Land Bank
Unimproved Land Association
Production Credit Association
Federal Land Bank Association
The USDA Rural Development Program combines the Farmers Home Administration, the Agricultural Cooperative Service Administration, and the...?
FCS
Farm Credit System
Rural Development Administration
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Which of the following programs is offered by HUD...?
First-Time Homebuyer Loan Program
Seller Exchange Program
Good Neighbor Next Door Program
All of the above
This occurs when monthly installment payments are insufficient to pay the interest accruing on the principal balance, so that the unpaid interest must be added to the principal due...?
Variable balance
Amortization
Negative Amortization
Reverse amortization
Which of the following provides liquidity for lenders in the primary mortgage market...?
Freddie Mac
Ginnie Mae
Fannie Mae
All of the Above
A loan where the interest rate does not fluctuate during the term of the loan is known as a...?
Dynamic Rate Loan
Variable Rate Loan
ARM
Fixed Interest Rate Loan
Private mortgage insurance is not needed if the borrower makes a down payment of at least...?
3.5%
5%
10%
20%
Which of the following purchases agricultural loans...?
Fannie Mae
Farmer Mac
Fannie Mae
Ginnie Mae
The criteria with which a lender determines the credit worthiness in order to qualify them for the loan is referred to as...?
Underwriting
Subsidizing
Quantifying
Appraising
Ginnie Mae was created under the...?
Federal Housing Finance Act of 1971
Fair Housing Act of 1968
Dodd-Frank Act of 2010
Urban Development Act of 1968
In this loan type, the principal balance of the loan increases over time...?
Fixed interest rate loan
Fully amortizing loans
All of the above
Negative Amortization Loans
A mortgage made without governmental underwriting is referred to as a/an...?
FHA insured loan
Unconventional loan
VA loan
Conventional loan
Which of the following is paid on FHA insured loans where the borrower puts down a minimum down payment...?
ADA
PMI
ARM
MIP
In a deed of trust, the buyer serves as the...?
Beneficiary
Trustor
Guardian
Trustee
A REIT must be owned by at least...?
2 investors
100 Investors
500 investors
1,000 investors
A mortgage REIT primarily earns their income from which of the following...?
Mortgage interest
Selling mortgages
Fees associated with originating mortgages
All of the above
This type of REIT purchases loans...?
Private REIT
Mortgage REIT
Equity REIT
Public REIT
The lender on the security of a note and deed of trust is known as the...?
Grantor
Beneficiary
Trustor
Trustee
The third party under a deed of trust is known as a...?
Grantor
Trustee
Trustor
Beneficiary
Which of the following REITs directly invests in properties and earns income from rents and sales...?
Public REIT
Equity REIT
Private REIT
Mortgage REIT
A loan provided by the seller of a property or business to the purchaser is known as...?
Seller financing
Commercial financing
Reverse financing
Conforming financing
Pension funds typically purchase which of the following...?
Mortgage backed securities
Corporate stocks
Government securities
All of the Above
A mortgage banker originates and ...........loans?
Converts
Records
Services
Implements
A mortgage lien is an example of a...?
Specific Lien
Judgement lie
General lien
Involuntary lien
A lien imposed against property without consent of an owner is known as a/an...?
Voluntary lien
Mortgage lien
Involuntary Lien
General lien
A lien on all the property of a debtor is known as a...?
Specific lien
General Lien
Mortgage lien
Judgment lien
According to lien theory, the lender retains equitable rights to the property, while the borrower retains...?
Legal rights
Foreclosure rights
Encumbrance rights
Land rights
Which of the following estate offers the right of possession and control, but not title...?
Fee Simple Estate
Life Estate
Leasehold Estate
All of the above
In order for a buyer to take over a seller's existing loan on the property, the loan must contain a/an...?
Release clause
Subordination clause
Due on sale clause
Assumption clause
If a buyer assumes a seller's existing mortgage, who is responsible for the payments on the mortgage...?
The seller
Both the buyer and seller
The buyer
Neither the buyer or seller
A lien that attaches to one specific property only is known as a...?
Involuntary lien
Voluntary lien
General lien
Specific lien
Which of the following liens takes top priority over other liens...?
Mechanic's liens
Tax lien
Judgment liens
Mortgage lien
A promissory note includes which of the following...?
Amount of debt
Effective date of contrac
List of collateral
All of the Above
A 1031 exchange allows capital gains taxes to be deferred on...?
Less expensive properties only
Like-Kind Properties
Dissimilar properties
Any property
A Lease with Option to Purchase is also known as a...?
Leasehold option
Fee option
Package mortgage
Lease-Purchase Agreement
1 point is equal to...?
0.1%
1%
2%
10%
A term loan is an example of a/an...?
Interest only loan
Gross amortization loan
Gross amortization loan
Adjustable rate loan
This type of loan may be offered to individuals who do not qualify for prime rate loans...?
Sub-Prime Loan
FHA insured loan
Conforming loan
VA loan
In a typical fixed interest rate loan, the longer the term, the lower the...?
Interest rate
Monthly Payments
Total interest paid
All of the above
Which of the following loan terms will yield the lowest monthly payment, assuming a fixed interest rate loan at a 4% interest rate...?
10 years
15 years
20 years
30 years
Which of the following loans are typically utilized by senior homeowners...?
Adjustable rate mortgage
Graduated payment mortgage
Reverse Annuity Mortgage
Term loan
If a lender charges an origination fee of 2 points on a $100,000 loan, how much is paid in origination fees...?
$200
$1,000
$2,000
$20,000
The most common type of loan in a residential transaction is a...?
Term loan
Negative amortization loan
Fixed interest rate loan
Adjustable rate loan
When applying for a VA loan, the Certificate of Reasonable Value essentially serves as the...?
VA Entitlement Certificate
Certificate of Eligibility
Down payment
Appraisal
What is the minimum down payment required on an FHA insured loan for a residential investment property...?
3.5%
5%
10%
20%
VA loans allow up to 4% in ................towards the buyer?
Seller Concessions
Allowances
Closing costs
Origination fees
According to FHA guidelines, the seller can contribute up to ...........of the sales price towards the buyer's closing costs?
1%
1.75%
3%
6%
What is the maximum interest rate change in any one year of a VA adjustable rate mortgage...?
1 Percentage Point
2 percentage points
5 percentage points
7 percentage points
The down payment for an FHA insured loan may be paid using which of the following...?
Cash from the borrower
A gift received by the borrower from a family member
A grant received by the borrower
All of the Above
What is the maximum interest rate change over the life of a VA adjustable rate mortgage...?
2 percentage points
5 percentage points
7 percentage points
10 percentage points
A Uniform Residential Loan Application gets filled out by which of the following...?
The borrower
The broker
The seller
All of the above
The maximum debt-to-income ratio for a VA loan is...?
25%
30%
41%
50%
Loans that were originated prior to ........are generally assumable?
1989
1991
2001
2009
Unique properties are typically valued using which appraisal method...?
Cost approach
CMA
Sales comparison approach
Income capitalization approach
Which of the following is a possible red flag from a seller...?
The seller refuses to disclose certain information on the Sellers Disclosure form
The seller refuses to let buyers know their reason for selling
The seller refuses to reveal the lowest offer they are willing to accept
All of the above
An agent who represents a client owes ..........to that client?
Common duties
Fiduciary duties
Accounting duties
Legal duties
Who is responsible for completing the Seller's Disclosure of Property Condition form...?
The seller's attorney
The buyer
The seller
The seller's broker
Title insurance consists of a contract between an insurance company and a/an...?
Agent
Seller
Broker
Policy holder
Which of the following is considered a physical stigma for a property...?
Lead-based paint
Asbestos
Ground water contamination
All of the above
At closing, property taxes are ............between the buyer and seller?
Appraised
Transferred
Eliminated
Prorated
A buyer should receive a/an .............prior to closing on a property?
Clouded title
Marketable Title
Unmarketable title
Recorded title
An attorney may issue which of the following...?
Chain of title
Survey
Opinion of Title
All of the above
An opinion of value is known as a/an...?
Appraisal
Market analysis
P&L Statement
Statement of value
Residential properties are typically valued using which appraisal method...?
CMA
Income capitalization approach
Cost approach
Sales comparison approach
Which of the following is a major valuation method used by appraisers...?
Income capitalization approach
Sales comparison approach
Cost approach
All of the above
What is the maximum front-end debt-to-income ratio on an FHA loan...?
16%
23%
31%
52%
Unique properties are typically valued using which appraisal method...?
Cost approach
Sales comparison approach
Income capitalization approach
CMA
An appraisal determines an estimate of...?
Assessed value
Fair Market Value
Tax value
Value-in-use
The mortgagor is the...?
Borrower
Lender
Grantor
Broker
A lien created by statute which exists against real property in favor of persons who have performed work or furnished materials for the improvement of the real property is known as a...?
Mechanic's lien
Judgment lien
Tax lien
Mortgage lien
Which of the following is a governmental loan modification program...?
HAMP
CFPB
TILA
RESPA
A deed in lieu of foreclosure is an example of a...?
Voluntary conveyance of deed
Foreclosure auction
Short sale
Discharge
Under an FHA loan, default occurs after ...........of non-payment by the borrower?
2 months
6 months
8 months
12 months
A forbearance on a note is known as a...?
Permanent prohibition
Foreclosure
Lis pendens
Moratorium
A non-judicial foreclosure may be used on a...?
Deed of Trust
Quitclaim Deed
Mortgage
Grant Deed
In a ..............., the court establishes a specific date for the defaulted amount to be paid?
Strict foreclosure
Non-judicial foreclosure
Judicial foreclosure
Express foreclosure
Which of the following liens takes the highest priority over other liens...?
Mortgage lien
Judgment lien
Tax Lien
Mechanic's lien
If a property is sold at a foreclosure auction for an amount less than the amount of outstanding debt on the property, the lender may file for a...?
Express Judgment
Implied Judgment
Recorded Judgment
Deficiency Judgment
