Property

1. A building on rented land is considered as:

a. movable property bec. tenant only has a temporary right to the land
b. immovable bec. under Art. 415 buildings are always immovable
c. immovable bec. it can always be removed from the land w/o destroying it
d. immovable bec. it is intended to remain at a fixed place

2. Distillation equipment installed by a tenant is considered as immovable property:

a. only if the tenant acts as an agent of the owner of the building
b. bec. the tenant is considered as the agent of the owner of the building
c. bec. it meets directly the needs of the distillery
d. only if it is firmly attached to the building

3. If a chattel mortgage is constituted on a building:

a. the chattel is void & may be assailed by either party
b. the chattel can be assailed only by the mortgagor as the party prejudiced
c. the chattel cannot be assailed by either party due to estoppels
d. the chattel is valid bec. the agreement of the parties transforms the
building into a movable property.

4. Not all things are property because some things:

a. are intangible
b. are w/o an owner
c. cannot be appropriated
d. cannot be seen

5. Property of a state is considered property of public dominion if it is for public use.

Property is for public use if:
a. it’s used by a gov’t office
b. it’s actually by many people
c. it can be used by anyone
d. it has been classified as alienable & disposable

6. Accretions on the shores of Manila Bay are:

a. property of public dominion
b. patrimonial property of the State
c. private property of adjacent owner
d. not considered property

7. Accretions on the shores of Laguna de Bay are:

a. property of public dominion
b. patrimonial property of the State
c. private property of adjacent owner
d. not considered property
8. The natural bed of a river includes the ground covered by its waters:
a. during the highest floods
b. during dry season
c. during most time of the year
d. during its normal flow

9. The natural bed of lakes includes the land covered by its water:
a. during it’s highest level
b. during wet season
c. during highest ordinary depth
d. during periods of ordinary flooding

10. An ordinance of a local gov’t. unit authorizing the lease of a public street for a
flee market is:
a. a valid conversion of the street into patrimonial property
b. a valid & sufficient authority for entering lease contracts
c. void, unless it withdraws the street from public use
d. void bec. of lack of authority to convert the street.

11. The doctrine of “self-help” authorizes an owner or lawful possessor of property to

use reasonable force to protect it:
a. only w/ the authority of the court
b.

13. if a hidden treasure is found by A, a usufructuary on the property of B, the owner

of the land:
a. the entire treasure will belong to B
b. the entire treasure will belong to A
c. it will belong to the State
d. divided between A & B

14. The one who receives the fruits has no obligation to pay the expenses incurred by
a 3rd person in the production , gathering, & preservation if:
a. the 3rd person is in bad faith
b. the fruits have not yet been gathered
c. the person who receives the fruits is the owner of the land
d. the person who receives the fruits is the lawful possessor

15. If a known portion of land is torn from the estate of A by the current of a river and
it’s transferred to estate of B:
a. ownership automatically belongs to B
b. ownership of that portion is retained by A
c. ownership given to both A & B
d. ownership pertains to the State
16. A navigable river forks & divides into 2 branches, thereby isolating a portion from
the rest of an estate and leaving the isolated portion as an island in the middle of
the river. This island would belong:
a. to the State
b. to the owner of opposite banks
c. to whomever 1st occupies it
d. to the same person who owned it prior to its isolation

17. When a river suddenly changes it’s course due to a typhoon, the abandoned bed
belongs to:
a. the State
b. the previous owner of the new bed
c. the owners of the lands adjoining the old bed
d. the present owner of the new bed

18. When a tenant entrusts the leased property to a caretaker:

a. the caretaker is not himself in possession
b. caretaker possess as a holder
c. tenant cases to be in possession
d. both of them are in possession

19. Inherited property is deemed possessed by the heir:

a. from the moment of death of decedent
b. from the moment the heirs accepts inheritance
c. from the moment property is delivered his heirs
d. from the moment the court orders distribution of the estate

20. For acquisitive prescription of real property, 10yrs good faith & 30yrs Bad faith.
If his predecessor from whom he inherited the land was in bad faith & had been in
possession thereof for 9yrs previously, the present possessor who is in good faith
can acquire the property by possessing it for:
a. 1 more year
b. 7 more years
c. 10 more years
d. 21 years

21. An owner unlawfully deprived of a movable:

a. cannot recover it from a possessor of good faith
b. can recover it even from a possessor of good faith
c. can recover it, only upon reimbursement of the price paid by possessor
d. can recover it, only from a possessor of bad faith
22. If a titled deed land along the banks of a navigable river increases in area through
alluvion, the additional area:
a. automatically belongs to owner of land
b. belongs to land owner upon registration
c. belongs to the State
d. belongs to land owner upriver whose land was eroded by the river

23. W//c is NOT an inherent attribute of ownership:

a. right to dispose
b. right to vindicate
c. right to abuse
d. right to use

24. A foreigner can legally acquire a condo unit:

a. in any condo project
b. in any condo project whose foreign ownership does not exceed 50%
c. in condo corporation where foreign ownership does not exceed 60%
d. in condo corporation where foreign ownership does not exceed 40%

25. Good Faith on the part of the possessor terminates:

a. only upon service of summons and never before it
b. when the possessor becomes aware that he possess wrongfully
c. when the court declares him not entitled to possession
d. only when the court decision against him becomes final