CRES Connecticut Real Estate Salesperson - Set 5 - Part 3
Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.
Question 41: A Bridgeport landlord refuses to rent an apartment to an otherwise qualified applicant after learning the applicant is gay. Under current federal enforcement, HUD treats discrimination based on sexual orientation as falling within which existing Fair Housing Act protected class?
Question 42: A Norwalk agent wants to make cold telemarketing calls to area homeowners in order to solicit new listings. Before dialing any numbers that consumers have voluntarily placed on the federal registry, which restriction must the agent observe under Do-Not-Call rules?
Question 43: A seller asks a New Haven agent whether there is a standard commission that all firms in the area charge. To comply with antitrust law, which response should the agent give about how that commission rate is determined?
Question 44: A new salesperson is studying the seven classes protected under the federal Fair Housing Act as later amended by Congress. Which of the following characteristics is NOT one of those federally protected classes for residential housing transactions across the country?
Question 45: A landlord in Stamford refuses to rent a two-bedroom apartment to a married couple simply because they have two young children and are expecting a third. This refusal discriminates against which federal protected class under the Fair Housing Act?
Question 46: At a New Haven association luncheon, several competing brokers agree among themselves to stop discounting and to charge the same commission rate to all sellers. Under federal antitrust law, this agreement among competitors is an example of which prohibited practice?
Question 47: An independent-contractor salesperson at a New Haven brokerage receives full commission checks with no money held back for income tax, Social Security, or Medicare. Regarding those federal taxes, which statement correctly describes how they are handled for this worker?
Question 48: A nonprofit religious organization owns an apartment building near Hartford and offers the residential units only to its own members for noncommercial purposes, without restricting that membership by race, color, or national origin. Which federal exemption may permit this member preference?
Question 49: An owner lives in one unit of an owner-occupied four-family building in Stamford and personally rents the other three units, using no broker and no discriminatory advertising. Which limited federal exemption may let her lawfully decline a prospective tenant on some grounds?
Question 50: A New Haven brokerage pays its salespeople so that nearly all income depends on completed sales rather than hours worked, and a signed contract states each agent will not be treated as an employee for federal tax purposes. Such a licensee is properly classified as which worker?
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