In an option agreement, the price is set and fixed within the contract when the option is created. This gives the buyer certainty: if they choose to exercise the option later, they will purchase the property at that pre‑agreed price, regardless of any later market changes. The seller is obligated to convey the property at that fixed price when the option is exercised, while the buyer is the one who pays that price. There’s no requirement to match other offers unless the contract specifically includes such a provision, and the seller does not pay the sale price—the buyer does. So the statement that the buyer is guaranteed a fixed price when the option is signed best captures how the sale price is set in this type of agreement.

When a property is sold with an existing loan being assumed, the lender has a say in how the transfer happens. Some loans are explicitly assumable, but the buyer still has to qualify with the lender, just as if they were applying for a new loan. Even when an assumption is allowed, the terms the buyer can take over aren’t always the same as the seller’s original loan; the borrower may end up paying a higher interest rate than the seller’s rate, depending on the loan’s terms and the lender’s current policy. Other loans include a due-on-sale clause, which can make the loan nonassumable or require the loan to be paid off in full at the time of transfer. Because these different possibilities can all occur with mortgage assumptions, all of the above is the best answer.

FMEA is a systematic, proactive method used to improve reliability and safety by anticipating how a product or process could fail and then prioritizing fixes. It stands for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis. The purpose is to uncover potential failure modes, understand their effects on the system, and rank them so you can address the most serious or likely issues first. In practice you examine each component or step, describe possible failure modes, explain the consequences, and evaluate factors like severity, likelihood, and detection. That leads to prioritization and targeted actions to prevent failures before they occur. The other options describe terms that don’t match this approach or its goal of analyzing failure modes and guiding preventive improvements.

An easement in gross is a property interest that benefits a person or entity rather than a specific piece of land. Because the benefit is attached to the holder rather than to a parcel, it does not run with a dominant tenement tied to land ownership. Utility companies often hold easements in gross to cross various properties for lines or pipelines; the right stays with the holder even as land changes hands (subject to the instrument). This differs from an appurtenant easement, which is tied to a specific parcel of land and transfers with that land to future owners. A license is just permission to use land that can usually be revoked; a servitude is a broader term for a burden on land that can include easements and related rights.