RES 345 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

RES 345 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 


Question 1

Bob Jones recently signed a lease for a studio apartment located in Manhattan.  His studio is located on the top floor of a five-story brownstone converted into individual apartments and studios.  A skylight in his loft has a crack between the plexiglass cover and the roof.  Bob has moved his belongings away from the area beneath the skylight because rain and snow leak into the apartment.  Because the heating system cannot compensate for the draft from the crack, the nighttime temperature in Bob's apartment is usually 10 degrees above the outside temperature.  This January, the nighttime temperature in Bob's apartment has been, on average, 42 degrees.  In New York Bob

 

o   Has no rights or remedy because he should have inspected the property before leasing

o   Can claim breach of the implied warranty of habitability

o   Can resort only to federal law for help

o   Should see if there is a constitutional provision to help him on contract rights

 

Question 2

An oral easement is a license.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 3

"To A and the female heirs of her body" is an example of

 

o   A fee simple subject to a condition subsequent

o   A fee simple determinable

o   A fee tail estate

o   A life estate

o   None of the above

 

 

Question 4

To which of the following groups does a landowner owe the highest degree of care?

 

o   Trespasser

o   Licensee

o   Invitee

o   None of the above

 

 

Question 5

A solar water heating system in a home is an example of a fixture.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 6

Washers and dryers are generally fixtures in homes.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 7

An easement by prescription can arise only if the property owner is aware of the prescriptive use.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 8

Which of the following rights cannot be conveyed?

 

o   Air rights

o   Mineral rights

o   Prior appropriation water rights

o   None of the above

 

 

Question 9

Janice Mack has just been told by Soledad, her solar energy company, that she must obtain approval of her homeowner’s association’s Architectural Control Committee (ACC) before Soledad will install her solar roof panels and system.  Janice insists that the ACC has no power over use of her land.  What sources of law would govern her rights?

 

o   Private law

o   Janice is correct; her ownership rights trump any laws

o   Judicial decisions

o   Both a and c

o   Both b and c

 

 

Question 10

Proof of a PMSI is the burden of the creditor claiming priority.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

 

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