1. A mechanic’s lien is a security interest in:

1. Personal property
2. Real property improved by labor/materials
3. Vehicles
4. Tools

2. Which party typically has lien rights?

1. Prime contractor
2. Subcontractor
3. Material supplier
4. All of the above, if statutory conditions are met

3. A key prerequisite to many lien rights is to:

1. Be unlicensed
2. Provide required notice/documentation and timely record
3. Ignore deadlines
4. Use cash only

4. A preliminary notice (if required) is generally used to:

1. Terminate a contract
2. Alert the owner/lender of potential lien rights
3. Replace recording
4. Set final completion

5. A lien must be recorded in the:

1. City hall
2. County recorder where the property is located
3. State capitol
4. GC’s office

6. The legal description or assessor’s parcel number is important because it:

1. Decorates the claim
2. Identifies the property being liened
3. Sets payroll
4. Sets bond rates

7. The “last furnishing” date is used to:

1. Pick a logo
2. Calculate the recording deadline
3. Set retainage
4. Determine sales tax

8. A Notice of Completion recorded by the owner may:

1. Extend all deadlines
2. Affect/shorten certain time periods for lien claims
3. Void all liens
4. Change contract price

9. After recording the lien, the claimant typically must:

1. Serve required parties
2. Do nothing further
3. Cancel the claim
4. Notify the architect only

10. To maintain a lien once recorded, a claimant must:

1. Sing a song
2. Commence enforcement/foreclosure within the statutory period
3. Wait for owner to pay
4. File a bid bond

11. A conditional lien waiver becomes effective when:

1. It is signed
2. Funds have cleared per the waiver
3. The owner promises payment
4. The architect approves

12. An unconditional waiver should be exchanged:

1. Before payment clears
2. Only after payment has actually cleared
3. At bid time
4. With the RFI

13. On bonded public work, payment disputes are typically addressed by:

1. Mechanic’s lien on public property
2. Payment bond claim process
3. Vehicle lien
4. Sales tax refund

14. A “bond to release lien” allows:

1. Owner to avoid paying
2. Substitution of bond security for the property interest
3. GC to skip closeout
4. Architect to extend warranty

15. A claimant who misses the recording deadline generally:

1. Keeps full rights
2. Loses lien rights
3. Gets extra time
4. Shifts to LDs

16. Which is not a best practice for lien documentation?

1. Daily reports and delivery tickets
2. Accurate first/last furnishing logs
3. Oral promises only
4. Signed change orders

17. A laborer’s lien typically covers:

1. Personal expenses
2. Unpaid wages for project labor
3. Equipment purchases unrelated to job
4. Marketing fees

18. The owner’s best protection against double payment is to:

1. Skip paperwork
2. Collect tiered lien waivers with each progress payment
3. Pay cash only
4. Ignore subs

19. Priority of mechanic’s liens is generally tied to:

1. Bid date
2. Commencement of work/improvement as defined
3. Permit issuance only
4. Architectural style

20. One consequence of using an unapproved business name on invoices is:

1. Improved recovery
2. Potential dispute or discipline
3. Automatic payment
4. Tax refund

21. Proof of service for lien-related documents should be kept because it:

1. Looks nice
2. Proves compliance with statutory service requirements
3. Sets tax rates
4. Is optional

22. A supplier’s lien is typically for:

1. Tools on unrelated jobs
2. Materials actually incorporated/furnished for the improvement
3. Employee bonuses
4. Office rent

23. Which waiver is safest to exchange with the check at pickup?

1. Unconditional final
2. Conditional progress
3. No waiver
4. Unconditional progress before deposit

24. If an owner records a Notice of Completion, you should:

1. Ignore
2. Recalculate deadlines based on the statute
3. Cancel the lien
4. Change scope

25. The best description of a lien foreclosure action is:

1. A criminal case
2. A civil action to enforce the lien and sell the property interest if necessary
3. A tax audit
4. An OSHA inspection

26. A common owner defense is that:

1. The property is in another county
2. The claim amount exceeds what is due for the work
3. The logo is wrong
4. The weather was hot

27. A lien may include amounts for:

1. Non-project expenses
2. Work, labor, materials furnished for the improvement
3. Future marketing
4. Unrelated travel

28. If a sub has been paid but a supplier hasn’t, the owner should:

1. Ignore the supplier
2. Require appropriate waivers and consider joint checks
3. Pay twice automatically
4. Terminate architect

29. A defective property description can lead to:

1. Stronger lien
2. Invalid lien
3. Tax lien
4. Automatic bond

30. Best practice when extra work is requested:

1. Proceed without paperwork
2. Obtain a written change order before performing
3. Send a text only
4. Bill later without backup

31. A claimant who recorded timely must also:

1. Serve required parties and enforce within the period
2. Wait for holidays
3. Change entity type
4. Update the website

32. A lien attaches to:

1. The contractor’s truck
2. The improved real property interest
3. Personal credit only
4. Office furniture

33. If a payment bond exists on a private job and is used to release liens, claimants may need to:

1. File tax returns
2. Pursue the bond per bond terms and statute
3. Call OSHA
4. Submit submittals

34. “First furnishing” typically means the date when:

1. The contract was signed
2. Labor or materials were first provided to the site
3. The punch list was made
4. Warranty began

35. A claimant should retain evidence of:

1. Deliveries, timecards, daily logs, change orders
2. Office snacks
3. Holiday party invites
4. Social media posts

36. If an unconditional waiver was signed before funds cleared, the risk is:

1. No risk
2. Rights may be waived without payment
3. Faster payment
4. Automatic bond

37. The owner’s lender may require:

1. No documentation
2. Title updates and waivers at each draw
3. Only emails
4. Holidays

38. “Enforcement” of a lien generally means:

1. Serving snacks
2. Filing a civil action within the statutory period
3. Posting on social media
4. Waiting for final completion

39. A supplier who ships to the contractor’s warehouse (not the site) should:

1. Assume it counts
2. Verify whether statute requires delivery to the project and keep chain-of-custody documents
3. Ignore paperwork
4. Bill the owner directly

40. The safest waiver to provide with a wire in transit is:

1. Unconditional final
2. Conditional progress/final
3. No waiver
4. Architect’s certificate

41. If multiple liens exceed the property value, distribution typically follows:

1. Random order
2. Priority and pro rata rules in statute
3. Alphabetical order
4. Architect’s choice

42. Which is most likely not lienable?

1. Labor to pour concrete slab
2. Materials for framing
3. Marketing expenses
4. Electrical rough-in

43. A recorded lien should be:

1. Kept secret
2. Served on required parties per statute
3. Posted on social media
4. Shredded

44. A Notice of Non-Responsibility (if applicable in your book) is used by:

1. GC to reject change orders
2. Owners to disclaim liability for unauthorized work
3. Suppliers to claim priority
4. Laborers to accelerate

45. If lien rights are waived by contract before work, statutes may:

1. Always allow it
2. Restrict/void advance waivers (check your guide)
3. Require OSHA training
4. Set liquidated damages

46. A “progress” waiver generally covers:

1. All amounts forever
2. Amounts through a stated date/amount only
3. No amounts
4. Future change orders

47. Certified mail receipts are important because they:

1. Set tax rates
2. Prove mailing/service of required notices
3. Replace recording
4. Extend deadlines

48. A claimant should verify the owner of record because:

1. It’s optional
2. Wrong owner info can defeat service and validity
3. It lowers insurance
4. It raises retainage

49. “Relate-back” generally means liens may:

1. Relate to bid date
2. Relate to project commencement as defined
3. Relate to warranty
4. Relate to closeout only

50. Payment made to the GC without obtaining sub/supplier waivers can result in:

1. No issue
2. Owner exposure to sub/supplier claims
3. Tax credits
4. Automatic bond

51. Equipment rental lien rights (if provided in statute) usually require:

1. No documentation
2. Proof equipment was used for the improvement and charges unpaid
3. Owner signature
4. Architect’s oath

52. If a lien is bonded off, the claimant should:

1. Abandon the claim
2. Pursue the surety/bond per statute
3. File a tax lien
4. Ignore deadlines

53. A “final” waiver should be used:

1. At first payment
2. When all amounts through final are actually paid
3. At bid
4. At RFI

54. Failure to include required information in the lien form can:

1. Have no effect
2. Invalidate the lien
3. Extend deadlines
4. Increase damages

55. “Double payment” risk occurs when:

1. Owner pays GC and GC fails to pay subs/suppliers
2. Owner pays subs directly
3. Owner holds retainage
4. There is a payment bond

56. To confirm parcel data for the lien, a claimant may use:

1. Guesswork
2. Assessor/recorder records
3. Social media
4. Toolbox stickers

57. A residential owner requesting unconditional waivers before funds clear should be given:

1. Unconditional anyway
2. Conditional waivers until payment clears
3. No waiver ever
4. Public bond form

58. A lien for work outside the contract without written authorization is:

1. Always valid
2. Harder to prove; obtain written change orders
3. Guaranteed by statute
4. Paid first

59. If the owner disputes the amount, the lien claimant should:

1. Inflate the claim
2. Maintain accurate support and consider mediation/settlement
3. Destroy documents
4. Ignore deadlines

60. The safest habit to avoid lien problems is to:

1. Rely on memory
2. Use written contracts/COs, keep precise records, track deadlines, and exchange proper waivers
3. Use oral agreements only
4. Skip service