QUESTIONNAIRES

PROPERTY REGISTRATION DECREE PD 1529

1. A certificate of title shall not be subject to an attack. It cannot be altered, modified, or
cancelled except in a direct proceeding in accordance with law. This attack is called:

A. Modified attack
B. Cancellation attack
C. Direct attack
D. Collateral attack

2. Who shall prepare the convenient blank forms as may be necessary to help facilitate the
proceedings in land registration and shall take charge of the printing of land title forms?

A. Commissioner of Land Registration

B. Registrar of Deeds
C. Regional Director, Land Management Bureau
D. Clerk of Courts of first Instance

3. The system of registration under the Spanish Mortgage Law is hereby discontinued and all
lands recorded under said system which are not yet covered by Torrens title shall be considered
as?

A. Registered lands
B. Unregistered lands
C. Mortgage lands
D. Both B & C

4. After the judgment directing the registration of title to land has become final, the court shall,
within ________ days from entry of judgment, issue an order directing the Commissioner to
issue the corresponding decree of registration and certificate of title.

A. 7 days
B. 15 days
C. 21 days
D. 30 days

5. Any owner subdividing a tract of registered land into lots which do not constitute a subdivision
project has defined and provided for under P.D. No. 957, shall file with the Commissioner of
Land Registration or with the Bureau of Lands a ___________ plan of such land on which all
boundaries, streets, passageways and waterways, if any, shall be distinctly and accurately
delineated.

A. Project Plan
B. Subdivision Plan
C. Lot Plan
D. Boundary Plan
6. When the Register of Deeds is in doubt with regard to the proper step to be taken or
memorandum to be made in pursuance of any deed, mortgage or other instrument presented to
him for registration, or where any party in interest does not agree with the action taken by the
Register of Deeds with reference to any such instrument, the question shall be submitted to the
___________________ by the Register of Deeds.

A. Commissioner of Land Registration

B. Secretary of Department of Justice
C. Regional Director, Land Management Bureau
D. Clerk of Courts of first Instance

7. When in the opinion of the President of the Philippines public interest so requires that title to
any unregistered lands be settled and adjudicated, he may to this end direct and order the
_______________ to cause to be made a cadastral survey of the lands involved and the plans
and technical description thereof prepared in due form.

A. Commissioner of Land Registration

B. Secretary, Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
C. Secretary, Land Management Bureau
D. Director of Lands

8. In order to have a more efficient execution of the laws relative to the registration of lands,
geared to the massive and accelerated land reform and social justice program of the
government, there is created a commission to be known as the Land Registration Commission
under the executive supervision of the ___________________.

A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources

B. Land Management Bureau
C. Bureau of Lands
D. Department of Justice

9. The application for land registration shall be filed with the ________________ of the province
or city where the land is situated. The applicant shall file together with the application all original
muniments of titles or copies thereof and a survey plan of the land approved by the Bureau of
Lands.

A. Register of Deeds
B. Bureau of Lands
C. Land Management Bureau
D. Court of First Instance

10. Property Registration Decree with effectivity date on June 11, 1978 is:

A. PD 1259
B. PD 1529
C. PD 1295
D. PD 1592