1. The practice of purchasing real estate using a small amount of your own money and a large portion of borrowed funds is known as:

A. hypothecation      C. amortization
B. Leverage                       D. alienation

2. The basic instrument used to evidence an obligation or debt is a:

A. trust deed                             C. Land contract
B. promissory note                     D. mortgage

3. Which of the following liens are NOT eliminated by a foreclosure sale?

A. Pretrust deed recordation mechanic’s liens              C. Property taxes
B. Secondary trust deeds                                               D. A and C

4. A person who takes a negotiable instrument from another is called a(n):

A. assignee                       C. holder in due course
B. attorney-in-fact              D. Iimited note holder

5. A clause in a financial instrument that allows a lender to demand immediate payment of the entire note balance is known as a(n):

A. acceleration clause       C. assumption clause
B. damage clause                D. demand clause

6. What do we call a borrower who secures a loan through a trust deed?

A. Trustor                    C. Beneficiary
B. Trustee                     D. Holder in due course

7. What document does a trustee record after being notified by the lender of the trustor’s nonpayment?

A. Request for Notice                   C. Notice of Default
B. Notice of Foreclosure                  D. Notice of Deficiency

8. What provision in an instrument of finance would permit a change in the priority of liens on a property?

A. Subordination clause              C. Alienation clause
B. Acceleration clause                   D. MPR provision

9. Which of the following is NOT a party to a trust deed?

A. Grantor                       C. Trustee
B. Beneficiary                          D. Trustor

10. What type of fixed interest loan has payments that start out lower and gradually increase?

A. graduated payment mortgage      C. fixed rate mortgage
B. adjustable rate mortgage             D. reverse annuity mortgage

11. Should the trustor default, the trustee may have to sell the property for the:

A. trustor             C. beneficiary
B. trustee             D. title insurance company

12. Another term for the trustee is:

A. borrower             C. third party
B. lender                 D. escrow company

13. The trustor is also known as the:

A. escrow                 C. borrower
B. third party              D. Iender

14. The trustee issues a reconveyance deed when the promissory note is:

A. paid in full                 C. recorded
B. in default                     D. expired

15. Which of the following is FALSE concerning the APR?

A. It is expressed as an interest rate                 C. It is expressed as a percentage rate
B. It is expressed as a yearly rate                     D. It includes all credit costs

16. Impound accounts are NOT used to pay:

A. interest                             C. fire insurance
B. property taxes                 D. all of the above

17. The nominal interest rate is:

A. stated in the note                     C. the current interest rate
B. compounded daily                     D. the effective interest rate

18. With what type of clause does the entire balance of the loan become due and payable when an owner is alienating, transferring, or conveying a property?

A. Alienation clause                     C. Transfer clause
B. Conveyance clause                     D. None of the above

19. There is no prepayment penalty on an owner occupied 1-4 unit loan, if the loan is older than:

A. 1 year                     C. 4 years
B. 3 years                     D. 5 years

20. A lender charges an origination fee, which includes points.  One “point” is equal to:

A. 1% of the loan amount                     C. 10% of the loan amount
B. .01% of the loan amount                     D. 100% of the loan amount