Analyzing this case will require an understanding of:

$--$how mortgages and deeds of trust work,

$--$how attachment affects creditor's rights,

$--$how perfection affects creditor's rights,

$--$the rights a debtor has upon default.

Case Analysis

Read the case below and answer the questions that follow.

Aimee has graduated from college and has started her first job, making an excellent salary. Needing a place to live, on August $1$st she purchases a home and signs a deed of trust with TD Bank which is appropriately recorded. On August $2$nd$,$ she buys a boat for $$25,000$ financing it through Bank of America. As collateral, she pledges a $$50,000$ diamond ring left to her by her grandmother. Bank of America has her sign a financing statement, with the ring listed as collateral, which they place in her file at the bank. On August $3$rd she uses her Chase Visa card to buy a state$-$of$-$the$-$art television for $$5,000$ and on August $4$th she buys $$10,000$ worth of furniture from Mort's Boutique, a local store, and they have her sign a financing statement in which she again pledges her diamond ring as collateral. Mort's has the financing statement recorded in the appropriate public office on August $6$th$.$ August $5$th Aimee uses her Best Buy credit card to purchase a $$10,000$ audio system from Best Buy. Aimee gets fired on August $8$th and now can't pay any of her debts.

In which of the following transactions has Aimee offered a security interest using collateral?

Multiple Choice

The boat purchase through Bank of America and the television purchase through Chase Visa

The purchase of a television through Chase Visa America and the purchase of furniture through Mort$$s Boutique

The boat purchase through Bank of America and the purchase of furniture through Mort$$s Boutique

The purchase of an audio system through Best Buy and the purchase of a television through Chase Visa America

The purchase of an audio system through Best Buy and the purchase of furniture through Mort$$s Boutique