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Real Estate Salesperson Exam — National Portion

Land use controls: practice questions

Our Real Estate (National) bank has 13 questions on this topic. Here are 4 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1

What is police power?

  1. The power to arrest
  2. The government's power to regulate property for public health, safety and welfare, e.g. zoning and building codes
  3. The power to take land with compensation
  4. The power to tax
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B. The government's power to regulate property for public health, safety and welfare, e.g. zoning and building codes — No compensation is paid for police power regulations.

Question 2

What is a variance?

  1. A new law
  2. Permission to deviate from zoning rules because of a hardship
  3. A type of lease
  4. A change in the property tax rate that has been approved by local voters at an election
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B. Permission to deviate from zoning rules because of a hardship — Granted by a zoning board.

Question 3

What is a certificate of occupancy?

  1. A title policy
  2. A document showing a building meets codes and may be occupied
  3. A deed
  4. A lease
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B. A document showing a building meets codes and may be occupied — Issued after final inspection.

Question 4

What is a buffer zone?

  1. A flood zone
  2. A parking lot
  3. A tax district
  4. An area of land separating different uses, such as parkland between residential and industrial zones
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D. An area of land separating different uses, such as parkland between residential and industrial zones — It reduces conflicts between uses.

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