FRESA - Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam

Question 1: An instructor in Ocala opens her prelicense course by describing the major segments of the real estate business that a new associate will encounter in practice. Which of the following activities belongs among them alongside brokerage, appraisal, and financing?

Property management of income properties

Municipal bond underwriting for counties

Consumer credit card servicing

Retail inventory management for stores

Question 2: A licensee in Tampa is reading the Florida statute that governs real estate licensing and notices that the chapter is divided into separate parts covering different regulated groups. Which group is governed by the second part of that chapter?

Sales associates and broker associates

Community association managers

Mortgage loan originators

Real estate appraisers

Question 3: A candidate in Jacksonville is confused about which agencies regulate Florida real estate licensees, since three different names appear throughout her textbook. She asks her instructor to place the Florida Real Estate Commission in the correct structure. Which statement is accurate?

Independent of any state department

A division of the Department of State

Within the department's Division of Real Estate

A federal body with a Florida office

Question 4: A developer in Port St. Lucie assembles raw acreage, obtains local approvals, installs streets and utilities, and records a plat before selling individual lots to builders. Her licensee describes the segment of the industry she occupies. Which segment is it?

Development and construction

Property management services

Real estate counseling services

Appraisal and valuation services

Question 5: A student in Gainesville is listing the sources of law behind her examination and wants to name the one that actually creates the broker and sales associate licenses, sets qualifications, and establishes the Real Estate Recovery Fund. Which source is that?

The umbrella professions statute

The Administrative Procedure Act

The Real Estate License Law

The commission's administrative rules

Question 6: An applicant in Naples submits her sales associate application in early spring and hears nothing back for several weeks. Within what period must the department notify her of any apparent errors or omissions in the materials she filed with it?

Ten days from receipt

Fifteen days from receipt

Twenty days from receipt

Thirty days from receipt

Question 7: A candidate in Sarasota filed a complete application months ago, and the department has neither approved nor denied it within the statutory period. What does the Administrative Procedure Act say happens to an application left sitting in that situation?

The application is automatically denied

The license is considered approved

The applicant must reapply from the beginning

The application is referred to the commission

Question 8: An applicant in Fort Myers is preparing her paperwork to become eligible for the state examination. Beyond the signed application and the required fee, the license law names one further item she must submit to the department. Which item is it?

Digital fingerprint data

Three letters of personal reference

A notarized financial statement

Proof of Florida voter registration

Question 9: A candidate in Orlando finishes her sales associate examination and wants to know the grade she must achieve to pass, since the examination is graded on a scale of one hundred points for a perfect performance. Which grade is required?

Sixty points or higher

Sixty-five points or higher

Seventy points or higher

Seventy-five points or higher

Question 10: A newly licensed sales associate in Tallahassee wants to record her renewal deadline in her calendar. She asks how long a Florida real estate license period runs and which two dates the department uses for expirations. Which answer is correct?

One year, expiring on the licensee's birthday

Three years, expiring on December thirty-first

Two years, ending March or September

Four years, on the licensure anniversary

Question 11: A sales associate in Ocala allowed her license to lapse and has now sat in involuntarily inactive status for well over two years without taking any action to renew or reactivate it. What condition is her license in today?

It remains inactive indefinitely until she renews

It converts automatically to voluntarily inactive

It is suspended until the commission acts

It has expired and is void

Question 12: A sales associate in Bradenton has been involuntarily inactive for eight months and now wants to return to active practice with a new broker. What education does the license law require of someone whose lapse has been that short?

No education beyond paying the renewal fee

At least fourteen hours of prescribed education

Twenty-eight hours of prescribed education

The full forty-five hour postlicensure course

Question 13: A broker in Miami failed to renew before her license expired and did not become active or inactive during the entire following license cycle. Her attorney explains the consequence under the umbrella statute governing all regulated professions. Which result follows?

The license becomes void without further action

The license reverts to probationary status

The department must hold a hearing first

The license continues until formally revoked

Question 14: A Florida sales associate in Pensacola accepts a job transfer and moves permanently to Alabama while keeping her Florida license. She asks what the license law requires of a resident licensee who becomes a nonresident. Which requirement applies to her?

Surrender the license within thirty days

Obtain a new license as a nonresident

Notify the commission within ten days

Notify the commission within sixty days

Question 15: A licensee in Ocala is helping a friend from another state understand Florida's mutual recognition arrangements, which spare a qualifying applicant from repeating prelicense education before taking a shortened examination. How many states currently hold such agreements with Florida?

Ten states hold mutual recognition agreements

Every state holds an agreement with Florida

Only the states bordering Florida qualify

No mutual recognition agreements currently exist

Question 16: A sales associate in Boca Raton wants her commissions paid to a limited liability company she formed for tax purposes, and she also wants to be listed as an officer of her brokerage. What does Florida law permit her to do?

Both arrangements are permitted

Neither arrangement is permitted

Compensation allowed, officer role barred

Officer role allowed, compensation personal

Question 17: A broker in Sarasota operates two separate brokerage businesses serving entirely different markets and needs licensure that reflects both of those operations. Does Florida allow a broker to hold more than one active broker license at the same time?

Yes, additional broker licenses are available

No, every licensee holds exactly one license

Yes, for offices in different counties

Yes, with written consent from customers

Question 18: A court appoints a personal representative in Ocala to administer an estate, and she sells the decedent's home under the authority of the will and the court order. Must she hold a broker license to make that particular sale?

Yes, because she sold real property

Yes, unless the heirs consented

No, court-appointed representatives are exempt

No, but only without compensation

Question 19: A sales associate in Jacksonville is planning her path to a broker license and comparing the classroom requirements. She asks about the statutory ceiling on the prelicense course a broker candidate must complete before testing. Which figure is it?

Forty-five classroom hours

Fifty-four classroom hours

Sixty-three classroom hours

Seventy-two classroom hours

Question 20: A newly licensed broker in Ocala is approaching her first renewal and asks what postlicensure education the law requires of brokers, and what happens to a broker license if that education is not finished in time. Which answer is correct?

Sixty hours, and the license voids

Forty-five hours, and the license becomes inactive

Fourteen hours, with a late fee

No postlicensure education applies to brokers

FRESA Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam - Set 1 - Part 1