Which method of legal description identifies land by reference to principal meridians, base lines, townships, and sections?
A. Metes and bounds
B. Lot and block
C. Government (rectangular) survey
D. Monument description
Source: PSI/NREC Candidate Handbook, National Portion I.B.3
A neighbor's driveway extends 2 feet onto an adjoining owner's lot. This is best described as a(n):
A. Easement appurtenant
B. Encroachment
C. License
D. Deed restriction
Source: PSI/NREC Candidate Handbook, National Portion I.C.2
Two or more owners hold title to property with an equal, undivided interest and a right of survivorship. This describes:
A. Tenancy in common
B. Joint tenancy
C. Tenancy by the entirety
D. Tenancy at sufferance
Source: PSI/NREC Candidate Handbook, National Portion I.D.2
An owner conveys a life estate to a friend 'for the life of' the owner's mother. Upon the mother's death, the estate:
A. Automatically ends and reverts to the original owner or passes to a named remainderman
B. Continues for the life of the life tenant
C. Becomes a fee simple in the life tenant
D. Passes to the life tenant's heirs
Source: PSI/NREC Candidate Handbook, National Portion I.D.7
Rights to oil, gas, and minerals beneath the surface of a parcel can be:
A. Sold or leased separately from the surface rights
B. Only conveyed together with the surface
C. Automatically extinguished upon sale of the surface
D. Held only by the state
Source: PSI/NREC Candidate Handbook, National Portion I.C.5
