Property and land use practice test

What this area asks

The opening area of the outline and the one that defines the vocabulary everything else is written in. It splits three ways: what makes something real property rather than personal property (fixtures, trade fixtures, emblements), how a parcel is described on paper (metes and bounds, lot and block, the rectangular survey), and the claims other people hold against land that its owner does not control — the government powers on one side, easements and CC&Rs on the other.

The topic list above is taken from the exam’s own published content outline, where this area appears as Real property characteristics, legal descriptions, and property use.

Frequently asked

How many property and land use questions are on the real estate exam?

11 of the 80 scored items on the national portion — about 14% of it. The published content outline calls this area "Real property characteristics, legal descriptions, and property use".

Is there a passing score for the real estate exam?

Not a national one. Each state commission sets its own, and states express it differently — Texas publishes a raw number of correct answers, California a percentage of the whole exam.

Is this the official exam?

No. These are original practice questions written for study, built to the exam’s published content outline. The exams themselves are delivered by Pearson VUE and PSI under contract to state commissions.

The other content areas

Each one draws only from its own bank, so a weak area can be worked until it is not one. The number beside each is how many of the exam’s 80 scored items it carries.