Sample Questionnaires

in
Land Registration

1) When a person speaks of the principle

that all lands of the public domain belong
to the state, it referred to as
a) Real Estate Ownership doctrine
b) Regalian Doctrine
c) Land Ownership Doctrine
d) State Ownership of Land Doctrine

2) The government may dispose or alienate

lands of the public domain provided the
classification is
a) Residential
b) Forest Land
c) Commercial
d) Agricultural

3) Under the 1987 constitution the

government may transfer land to a Filipino
citizen by homestead provided the size
does not exceed?
a) 1,000 sq. meters
b) 12 hectares
c) 3 hectares
d) 1 hectare

4) The best evidence of ownership is the

Torrens Certificate of Title, as it is
considered imprescriptible and
a) Indefeasible
b) Registered
c) Original copy with the Registry of Deeds
d) Can be verified

5) If ABC Corporation wanted to lease lands of

public domain, the lease can only be for a
period of
a) 25 years
b) 50 years
c) 25 years renewable for another 25 years
d) up to 99 years
Exception to the general rule: Foreign
Investment Act (50 yrs, renewable for another
25 years

6) Mang Pepito occupied a parcel of

agricultural land way back in 1952 under
adverse and continuous possession. He
may acquire title to the land if he was in
good faith and if has been in possession
for at least
a) 10 years
b) 20 years
c) 50 years
d) 25 years
* note: bad faith - 30 years

7) A vacant lot in Cebu that was escheated

to the government because the deceased
left no will and no heirs will be classified as
a) land of public domain
b) national property
c) patrimonial property
d) public state property

8) The following is not considered a public

grant
a) free patent issued by DENR
b) sales patent
c) sale by city treasure due to delinquent
real estate taxes
d) Homestead grant

9) Mario, a Filipino citizen wanted to lease

alienable land of the government. In this
case the constitution allows that he may
lease up to
a) 3 hectares
b) 12 hectares
c) 500 hectares
d) 1,000 hectares

10) The book where the Registrar of Deeds

records the instrument of sale and other
pertinent documents is referred to under
PD 1529 as
a) Primary Record Book
b) Primary Entry Book
c) Primary Logbook
d) Primary Date Entry Sheet Record

11) In case the owners copy of the transfer

certificate of title cannot be located and is
missing, the owner must execute the
following and register with the Registry of
Deeds
a) Complaint of Loss
b) Affidavit of Loss
c) police Report
d) Deed of Loss

12) A parcel of land without a title was finally

approved by the court for titling and a title
was issued which we call
a) Certificate of title
b) Transfer certificate of title
c) Torrens transfer certificate of title
d) Original Certificate of Title

13) An annotation in the transfer certificate

of title which indicates that the property is
involved in a civil case is referred to as
a) Notice of lis pendens
b) notice of civil case
c) notice of claim
d) notice of judgment

14) Mr. Q was claiming an interest in

registered land adverse to the registered
owner. Ms. Q makes a statement in writing
setting forth fully her alleged right or
interest and register the same with the
Register of Deeds through
a) civil case
b) adverse claim
c) lispendens
d) consulta

15) Before the case is decided, the adverse

claim may also be cancelled by
a) order of the court
b) affidavit of adverse claim
c) notice of adverse claim
d) Register of Deeds

16) In case of registration of deed of

extrajudicial; settlement, the Register of
Deeds shall annotate the lien mentioned in
a) Section 4, Rule 76
b) Section 7, Rule 74
c) Section 6, Rule 74
d) Section 4, Rule 74

17) To cancel the lien on rule 74, any of the

heirs may file a
a) Verified Complaint
b) Notice of Cancellation
c) Verified petition for cancellation
d) Deed of Cancellation signed by all heirs
To be filed in RD

18) No deed of extrajudicial settlement shall

be registered unless the fact of
extrajudicial settlement of adjudication is
published
a) only once
b) once a week for two consecutive weeks
c) once a week for three consecutive
weeks
d) three times a week for one week

19) To show proof of publication requirement

for extrajudicial settlement of estate has
been done, the following document must
be presented
a) copy of newspaper publication
b) certification by heir of publication
c) affidavit of publication by heir
d) affidavit of publication by a newspaper

20) Alma was the sole heir of the estate of

her deceased parent. She must register
the following document for the settlement
of the estate
a) Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of
Estate
b) Affidavit of Sole Adjudication
c) Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate
d) Notice of Self Adjudication

21) No erasure, alteration, or amendment

shall be made upon the registration book
after the entry of a certificate of title except
by
a) Order of the court
b) order of the Registry of Deeds
c) Order of the Land Registration Authority
d) Request for correction by the registered
owner

22) In case of loss or theft of an owners

copy of title, the owner may undertake the
following and file
a) Complaint for issuance of title
b) Petition for issuance of duplicate
owners certificate of title
c) Affidavit for Issuance of duplicate owners
certificate of title
d) Request for issuance of duplicate copy
from the Register of Deeds

23) Original copies of certificate of title lost

or destroyed in the offices of the Register
of Deeds as well as liens and
encumbrances affecting the lands covered
by such titles shall be judicially
reconstituted through
a) Regional Trial Court
b) Register of Deeds
c) Land Registration Authority
d) Department of Justice

24) In case of administrative reconstitution

of original certificates of title, the number
of titles lost/destroyed should at least be
how many percent
a) 10%
b) 15%
c) 20%
d) 25%
Minimum Number: 500

25) Under LRA Circular No. 13 dated 1990,

the administrative reconstitution of original
titles lost or damages requires that the
number of titles lost or damaged should
not be less than
a) 200
b) 300
c) 400
d) 500

26) An owner was able to redeem the

property foreclosed and to cancel the
certificate of sale annotated on the title he
must present the following document o the
Register of Deeds
a) Certificate of cancellation
b) certificate of foreclosure
c) certificate of redemption
d) Annulment of foreclosure

27) In line with the LRAs mission to preserve

the stability and integrity of land ownership
and maintain the trust and confidence of the
public in the Torrens System, the LRA shall
enable the quick and secure registration of
land titles in the country through the
application of state-of the art information
under this program called
a) Land title Technology Program
b) Land Titling Computerization Project.
c) land Registration computerization Project
d) Land Computerization Program

28) Prior to Property Registration Decree,

the law governing registration of titles was
a) Property Registration Act
b) Land Registration Act
c) Torrens System of Land Registration
d) National Land Titles and Deeds
Registration Act

29) PD 1529 requires that fore a Deed of

Sale to be registered it must be signed by
at least
a) two witnesses
b) four witnesses
c) only one witness
d) two witness for each party
Will: 3 witnesses

30) Patrimonial property of the state is that

which it owns in what capacity
a) Sovereign
b) ancestral
c) private
d) public
e) stewardship

31) When personal property is recorded in

the Registry of Property as a security for
the performance of an obligation, it is
called
a) real estate mortgage
b) chattel mortgage
c) pledge
d) registration

32) The LRA is directly under the

supervision of this government agency
a) Department of Justice
b) DENR
c) Office of the President
d) Department of finance

33) PD 1529 covers matters governing

registration and dealings with registered
land and is referred to as
a) Decree of Land Registration
b) Property Registration Decree
c) Property and Land Registration Decree
d) Property Registration Act

34) No voluntary instrument, such as deed

of absolute sale shall be registered by the
RD, unless the following is presented with
the deed of sale
a) Owners duplicate copy of title
b) original certificate of title
c) certified true copy of title
d) owners copy of the deed of sale

35) An adverse claim lapses after how many

days from annotation at the back of the
certificate of land title
a) 100 days
b) 10 days
c) 30 days
d) 50 days
e) 60 days

36) Registration of a contract of sale in the

RD is not an element of sale because
a) it is dispensable to the contract
b) it is post operative to the contract
c) it merely confirms and not confer title
d) it is only revenue generating requirement
e) it is mere formality

37) The following liens can be found at the

back of titles, except
a) real estate tax liens
b) mechanics lien
c) mortgage liens
d) judgment lien
e) statutory lien