WorksheetsPrinciples of real estate 2
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 45mins
¼ is an example of a/an…?
Improper fraction
Root Fraction
Proper Fraction
Integrated fraction
Proper fractions are always less than…?
1
0.1
0.5
0
¼ is equal to…?
0.4
4
0.25
0.2
If a lender charges an origination fee of 1 point on a $200,000 loan, how much will the origination fee be…?
1,000
4,000
2,000
200
What is the area of a triangle with a base dimension of 6’-0” and a height of 12’-0”…?
36 sq ft
72 sq ft
18 sq ft
32 sq ft
The top number in a written fraction is called the…?
Demoninator
Root
Numerator
Integer
The total commission on a sale is $5,000. The commission split between the seller and buyer broker is 50/50. How much will the buyer’s broker earn as a commission…?
$2,000
$2,500
$10,000
$1,250
If the sale price on a home was $250,000, and the broker commission was $15,000, what was the commission rate for the sale…?
6% (percent)
5% (percent)
4% (percent)
3% (percent)
In an improper fraction, the ……………. is smaller than the numerator?
Denominator
Root
Decimal
Integer
All appraisals must contain which of the following…?
The Opinion of Value
The date on which the appraisal value was determined
All of the Above
The purpose for which the appraisal was done
This principle affirms that the maximum value of a property tends to be set by the cost of acquiring an equally desirable and valuable substitute property…?
Principle of conformity
Principle of substitution
Principle of Externalities
Principle of Anticipation
This principle holds that it is the future, not the past, which is of prime importance in estimating value…?
Principle of change
Principle of conformity
Principle of anticipation
Principle of externalities
A tax assessor produces which of the following types of value…?
Assessed Value
Market Value
Book value
Investment Value
Which of the following appraisal methods will most likely be used to determine the value of a commercial building…?
Income Approach
Market Data Approach
Cost Approach
Sales Comparison Approach
Market value is equal to…?
The average price a property will bring in the market
The highest price a property will bring in the market
The most probable price a property will bring in the market
The lowest price a property will bring in the market
When appraising a property using the sales comparison approach, which of the following factors is used to adjust comparable properties to the subject property…?
All of the above
The day of the sale
The terms and conditions of the sale
The physical features of the house
This appraisal method is typically used to determine the value of residential properties…?
Income Approach
Cost Approach
Sales Comparison Approach
Assessed Approach
An estimate of the value of property resulting from an analysis of facts about the property is known as a/an…?
Appraisal
Assessment
Pro-Forma
Listing Estimate
The price paid regardless of pressures, motives or intelligence is referred to as the…?
Insured Price
Market Price
Investment Price
Assessed Price
What do lenders require from all borrowers prior to issuing a loan…?
Pre-approval
Recommendations
Investment property as collateral
Activation fees
A mortgage payment includes principal, interest, insurance, and…?
Deductibles
Fees
Taxes
Discount Points
The relationship between the amount of a mortgage loan and the lender’s opinion of the value of property pledged to secure payment of the loan is known as the…?
Debt to income Ratio
Value To Payment Ratio
Loan to Value Ratio
Interest to Principal Ratio
If an owner obtained an $80,000 loan on a $100,000 property, what LTV was provided by the lender…?
75% (percent)
80% (percent)
70% (percent)
65% (percent)
Lenders base their LTV ratio on which of the following…?
The contract price only
The greater of the appraised value or the contract price
The appraised value only
The lesser of the appraised value or the contract price
In this type of mortgage, the scheduled payment will not amortize the loan over the mortgage term…?
Balloon mortgage
Conventional mortgage
Fully amortized mortgage
FHA mortgage
Which of the following terms will have the largest monthly mortgage payment…?
15 year loan
20 year loan
30 year loan
10 year loan
The U.S Central bank is known as the…?
Federal Reserve System
Central Reserve System
U.S. Reserve System
National Bank
Once a bank make a loan to a borrower, the bank may sell that loan in which of the following markets…?
Stock Market
Trading Market
Secondary Mortgage Market
Primary Mortgage Market
Which of the following purchases newly originated and seasoned agricultural loans from lenders…?
Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae
Ginnie Mae
Farmer Mac
A permitted deviation from specific requirements of a zoning ordinance because of the special hardship to a property owner is known as a…?
Variance
Reconsideration
Special Use
Conforming Use
If an owner is experiencing economic hardship due to the limitations on his property, a variance may be granted for which of the following…?
An increased lot coverage allowance
A less stringent high limitation
A reduced setback requirement
All of the Above
Radon most often enters a house through…?
The foundation walls
The roof
Underground storage tanks
Windows
An auto-repair shop that exists in a newly developed residential neighborhood is an example of a…?
Non-Conforming Use
Conforming Use
Spot Use
Variance Use
A permitted deviation from specific requirements of a zoning ordinance because of the special hardship to a property owner is known as a…?
Variance
Reconsideration
Special Use
Conforming Use
The use of lead-based paint in residential properties was banned in what year…?
1970
1968
1964
1978
Water damage, combined with improper ventilation can lead to which of the following…?
Mold
Carbon Monoxide
Radon
Carbon Dioxide
Lead can be found in which of the following…?
Insulation
Floor Tiles
Plumbing Pipes
All of te Above
Zoning is an example of…?
Escheat
Eminent Domain
Police Power
Condemnation
A Property Report issued by sellers of a sub-division to prospective buyers includes which of the following…?
The number of homes currently occupied
Soil conditions affecting foundations
The type of title the buyer will receive
All of the Above
Which of the following imposes height restrictions on buildings…?
All of the Above
Certificate of occupancy
Building Permits
Zoning
Which of the following is a primary goal of a property manager…?
Maximize the return on investment for the property owner
Minimize the number of repairs done on the property
Create a database of potential tenants
Spending the operating budget set aside by the property owner
A transaction in which the sale proceeds fall short of the balance owed on the property is known as a…?
REO
Short Sale
Buy-Down
Foreclosure
Who becomes the owner of a property after it becomes an REO…?
The Seller
The State
The Lender
The Broker
Which of the following is used to determine the amount of equity in a distressed property…?
All of the Above
BPO
Property Evaluation
Comparative Market Analysis
Real estate licensees who specialize in commercial real estate must be have an understanding of which of the following…?
All of the above
BPOs
Real estate finance
Financing available for first-time homebuyers
A person who manages properties for an owner as the owner’s agent is referred to as a…?
Property Manager
Real Estate Broker
On-Site Manager
Apartment Locator
Individuals primarily invest in real estate for cash flow and….?
Depreciation
Scalability
Active Participation
Appreciation
Which of the following is an association of owners and managers, primarily in the office building market…?
CPM
ARM
BOMA
AIA
A non-judicial foreclosure typically occurs when there is a…?
Mortgage
Short Sale
Deed of Trust
REO
If a property owner is behind on their mortgage, their property may ultimately result in which of the following…?
REO
Short Sale`
Foreclosure
All of the Above
An increase in value is known as…?
Depreciation
Demand
Leverage
Appreciation
The use of a mortgage when buying an investment property is an example of…?
Negative Amortization
Leverage
Equity Build Up
Depreciation
By using a high amount of leverage to purchase a property, the investor will experience a ……….. degree of risk?
Lower
Significantly Lower
Higher
Moderate
The profit realized from the sale of real estate or other investments is known as…?
Capital Gains
Leverage
Equity
Appreciation
A method of depreciation under which improvements are depreciated at a constant rate throughout the estimated useful life of the improvement is known as...?
Variable Depreciation
Straight Line Depreciation
Dynamic Depreciation
Fixed- Rate Depreciation
The amount of decrease in value of an asset that is allowed in computing the value of the property for tax purposes is known as…?
Appreciation
Inflation
Depreciation
Deflation
The use of debt financing of an investment to maximize the return per dollar of equity invested is known as…?
Capital Gain
Leverage
Appreciation
Inflation
The use of a mortgage when buying an investment property is an example of…?
Negative Amortization
Equity Build up
Depreciation
Leverage
This is a section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code that allows investors to defer capital gains taxes on any exchange of like-kind properties for business or investment purposes…?
Section 12-A
Section 1031 Exchange
Section 11 Exchange
section 13
A lessor is also known as a…?
Landlord
Tenant
Grantor
Grantee
A tenant is also referred to as a…?
Grantee
Lessee
Grantor
Grantee
A contract between an owner and tenant, setting forth conditions upon which the tenant may occupy and use the property and the term of the occupancy is referred to as a…?
Purchase Contract
Lease
Deed
Listing Contract
Leases with a term of greater than ……... must be in writing to be enforceable?
6 months
1 year
2 years
3 years
If a tenant decides to rent out a second bedroom in their apartment to a new roommate, the roommate’s lease is considered a/an…?
Term Lease
Tenancy at Sufferance
Sub-Lease
Assigned Lease
An annual budget that includes only the items of income and expense expected for week-to-week operation is known as a…?
Marketing Budget
Operaring Budget
Maintenence Budget
Investment Budget
Which of the following is a common duty of a property manager…?
Performing on-going maintenence
Collecting Rent
Leasing
All of The Above
Who is primarily responsible for preparing the operating budget…?
The Owner
The Property Manager
The Owners Accountant
The Real Estate Broker
Which of the following is included in the operating budget…?
Capital Expidentures
Employee Salaries
Estimated Maintenence Costs
All of The Above
If a toilet is leaking, what type of maintenance must be performed…?
Construction Maintanence
Preventative Maintanence
Corrective Maintanence
Cosmetic Maintanence
The CAN-SPAM Act applies to solicitation involving…?
Emails
Telephone
Fax Machines
Direct Mail
Which of the following is a type of maintenance performed by a property manager…?
Routine Maintenance
Corrective Maintenance
All of The Above
Preventative Maintenance
A person, who by a written instrument, transfers to another the interest in land is referred to as the…?
Grantee
Grantor
Lessor
Lessee
All deeds must be in accordance with the…?
TREC statutes
Civil Statutes
Statute of Limitations
Statute of Frauds
All deeds must include which of the following…?
All of the Above
State that consideration was given
Include the words of conveyance
Signature of the grantor
A deed gets ……...... in the public record?
Delivered
Closed
Recorded
Signed
Which type of deed provides the greatest amount of protection…?
Quitclaim Deed
Bargain And Sale Deed
General Warranty Deed
Special Warranty Deed
The final and absolute transfer of a deed from a seller to a buyer in such a manner that it cannot be recalled by the seller is known as…?
Delivery
Closing
Recording
Converted
The seller in a transaction is also referred to as the…?
Grantor
Grantee
Lessor
Lessee
If the chain of title is incomplete, there is said to be a…?
Cleared Title
Cloud on Title
Notice on Title
Marketed Title
Express or implied knowledge of a fact is considered…?
Inquiry Notice
Actual Notice
Acknowledged Notice
Constructive Notice
Which of the following occurs at the closing of a real estate transaction…?
The purchase money is transferred to the seller
The buyer closes on their mortgage
All of the Above
Signing of the loan documents
The seller receives the funds for the purchase of their property at the…?
Signing of the Sale Contract
Signing of the Listing Contract
Deed Recordation
Closing
The boundary of a property and any improvements on the property is shown on the…?
Deed
Site Map
Property Survey
Property Map
The closing agent prepares a ……………………... to prove that all funds have been paid out correctly?
P&L Statement
Disbursment Sheet
Expense Sheet
Transfer Statement
Items that are owed by the seller but ultimately paid by the buyer are known as…?
Accrued Items
Pre Paid Items
Credit Items
Debit Items
The signing and transfer of documents and distribution of funds occurs at the…?
Recording
Closing
Granting
Property Transfer
The person in charge of conducting a real estate closing is referred to as a/an…?
Closing Agent
Mediator
Administrator
Broker
After a purchase contract is signed by both parties, both the contract and the …………………. are delivered to the escrow agent…?
Earnest Money
Letter of Intent
Inspection Report
Chain of title
The division of certain settlement costs between a buyer and seller is known as…?
Distribution
Apportion
Closing
Proration
A seller needs to be reimbursed by the buyer for prepaid property taxes. The reimbursement will take the form of a ……………. for the seller on the Settlement Statement?
Bill
Fee
Debit
Credit
