CRES Connecticut Real Estate Salesperson - Set 5 - Part 1
Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.
Question 1: Before buying a former industrial parcel, a purchaser commissions all appropriate inquiry into its environmental condition and reasonably finds nothing suggesting contamination. If hidden pollution later surfaces, which CERCLA protection might shield her from cleanup liability for the prior owner's acts?
Question 2: A commercial buyer learns that hazardous substances left by a prior operator contaminated the soil of a parcel he now owns, though he caused none of it. Under CERCLA, which principle best explains why he could still face cleanup responsibility?
Question 3: A seller lists an older Hartford home strictly "as is" and assumes this frees him from saying anything about the home's known cracked heat exchanger. Regarding known material defects, what is the true legal effect of an as-is clause here?
Question 4: A seller asks whether she must volunteer that a former occupant died peacefully of natural causes years ago in the home, a fact many buyers consider a mere stigma. Under prevailing disclosure principles, how are such purely psychological facts generally treated?
Question 5: A Bridgeport home carries no physical defect, yet buyers hesitate because a notorious crime once occurred inside and rumors of a haunting persist. A property burdened by such nonphysical, reputation-based conditions is commonly described as which of the following terms?
Question 6: An instructor stresses that the latent-versus-patent distinction matters because it helps determine what a seller must reveal to buyers. Regarding a material defect the seller already knows about, which type most clearly triggers an affirmative duty for the seller to disclose?
Question 7: A seller knows the finished basement of a Hartford home floods heavily during spring rains, but the walls appear dry and sound during an ordinary showing. This concealed problem, unknown to a reasonable buyer's inspection, is best classified as which type of defect?
Question 8: A licensee notes that some property disclosures come from federal law, while others arise from state statutes or purely local ordinances. Which disclosure is imposed by federal law and therefore applies to every qualifying home regardless of the state involved?
Question 9: A buyer hopes to fill a marshy, frequently saturated corner of a shoreline lot to expand the buildable area for an addition. Before doing so, disturbing this type of land most likely requires a permit under which body of regulation?
Question 10: A buyer inspecting a rural colonial finds an old fill pipe and vent pipe protruding from the yard, suggesting a buried heating-oil container the seller says he no longer uses. This discovery most raises concern about which specific environmental liability?
Question 11: An agent reviews several residential listings to decide which ones require the federal lead-based paint disclosure before marketing them to the public. Which of the following properties is generally exempt from that disclosure requirement even though people live in it?
Question 12: A seller of an older Hartford home has never tested for lead paint and asks her agent what the federal rule actually obligates her to do. Which statement best describes the seller's core duty under the federal lead disclosure regulation?
Question 13: A buyer signing a contract for a pre-1978 New Haven colonial wants time to test the home for lead before the deal becomes binding. Under the federal lead rule, what inspection period must the seller offer, absent a written waiver?
Question 14: A buyer wants to park a large recreational vehicle and build a detached workshop on a lot within a planned subdivision governed by a recorded declaration. Beyond public zoning rules, which private land-use controls must this buyer examine most carefully?
Question 15: A buyer plans to operate a small commercial bakery out of a home he is purchasing on a quiet residential street, yet the surrounding area shows only single-family houses nearby. Before relying on that business plan, what should this buyer investigate first?
Question 16: A colonial farmhouse located well outside municipal utility lines draws its drinking water from a private well and disposes of household waste through an on-site septic system. Before purchasing this older home, which specialized evaluations should the buyer most prudently arrange?
Question 17: A buyer worries that a neighbor's new fence and shed may sit across the lot line of the parcel he intends to purchase in Hartford. To determine the exact boundaries and any encroachments onto the property, what should this buyer obtain?
Question 18: A Danbury owner insists on pricing units well above the rents that a market analysis found comparable buildings are charging. The manager warns that this decision will most likely produce which outcome, undermining the very income the owner hopes to gain?
Question 19: A property management company operates a leasing office in Norwalk that the general public enters to inquire about units. Which federal law most directly requires that this leasing office, as a place of public accommodation, be readily accessible to people with disabilities?
Question 20: A tenant with a documented disability asks a Waterbury apartment manager to waive the building's strict no-pets policy so she may keep a trained assistance animal. Granting an exception to a rule so a disabled resident can fully use the housing is called which of the following?
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