FRESA - Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam

Question 21: A sales associate in Naples is scheduling her continuing education and wants to satisfy every required component in the right proportion before her deadline. How does the commission divide the required hours among the subject areas for a renewal cycle?

All hours must be in core law

Half core law and half ethics

Core law, ethics, and specialty education

Any combination the licensee chooses

Question 22: A broker in Tallahassee attends a legal agenda session of the Florida Real Estate Commission and wonders whether that time counts toward her continuing education. How much credit does attendance produce, and how often may she claim that credit?

No credit is available for attendance

Full credit for the entire requirement

One hour, available twice each cycle

Three hours, available once each cycle

Question 23: A sales associate in Fort Myers has placed her license on voluntarily inactive status while she travels for a year, and she assumes continuing education no longer applies to her. Her broker corrects that assumption. Which statement is correct?

Education applies only to brokers, not associates

Education resumes only after reactivation

Education applies to inactive licensees too

Education is waived while inactive

Question 24: An instructor in Ocala is distinguishing the license levels for her class and asks which phrase from the statutory definition separates a sales associate from a broker in the way the license law describes their work. Which phrase is it?

Holding funds in a trust account

Working exclusively with buyers

Receiving compensation from any source

Acting under the direction of another

Question 25: A licensee in Sarasota has passed the broker examination and holds a broker license, yet she continues to work in the employ of another broker rather than opening her own firm. Which title does the license law give her?

Managing broker

Broker associate

Sales associate

Designated broker

Question 26: An attorney in Miami handles a real estate closing for a client and is paid her usual legal fee for that work. Did she need a real estate license to perform those services as part of her law practice?

Yes, closings require a license

Yes, unless she holds a title appointment

No, attorneys are exempt within their duties

No, if she declines any fee

Question 27: A salaried employee in the leasing office of a large apartment community in Orlando shows units and signs leases for the property where she works, receiving no commission of any kind. Does she need a real estate license?

Yes, because leasing is a licensed activity

No, salaried on-site leasing staff are exempt

Yes, unless the community is small

No, while the property stays occupied

Question 28: A salaried manager of a condominium building in Fort Lauderdale rents individual units for absent owners and asks how long a rental term she may handle before the licensure exemption stops protecting her from the license law. Which limit applies?

Any term, since managers are always exempt

Terms no longer than six months

Terms no greater than one year

Terms no longer than two years

Question 29: An owner of a timeshare week at a resort near Kissimmee decides to sell her own interval to another family, handling the sale herself and taking the proceeds directly. Does Florida require her to hold a real estate license?

No, owners reselling their own periods

Yes, because timeshare interests are real property

Yes, unless the resort approves

No, if she uses no contract

Question 30: A licensee reviewing the composition of the Florida Real Estate Commission notes that most seats are reserved for licensed brokers. She asks how many of those broker seats exist and what licensure history each of them requires. Which pairing is correct?

Three brokers licensed for two years

Four brokers licensed for five years

Five brokers licensed for three years

Two brokers licensed for ten years

Question 31: A consumer advocate in Tallahassee is reviewing how the Florida Real Estate Commission represents the public rather than the industry. She asks how many seats are reserved for members who have never held a real estate license. Which number is correct?

Two consumer members

One consumer member

Three consumer members

No consumer members are required

Question 32: A newly appointed member of the Florida Real Estate Commission asks what compensation she will receive for attending official meetings and conducting other board business, apart from reimbursement of her travel expenses to Tallahassee. Which answer is correct?

A full-time state salary

Fifty dollars per day

A percentage of license fees collected

No compensation of any kind

Question 33: A licensee in Ocala is tracing lines of authority within the department and asks who appoints the director of the Division of Real Estate, and whether the Florida Real Estate Commission has any role in that appointment. Which answer is right?

The Governor appoints without any review

The commission appoints the director directly

The Senate confirms the director annually

The secretary appoints, with commission approval

Question 34: A licensee questions why her license fees seem to disappear into a general state account and asks how the license law directs money collected by the Florida Real Estate Commission to be used within the department. Which answer is correct?

It supports all professions the department regulates

It flows into general revenue

Only to fund real estate regulation

It is divided among the counties

Question 35: The Florida Real Estate Commission holds a hearing on a disciplinary case against a licensee, weighs the evidence, and enters an order suspending her license for a period. Which of its powers has the commission exercised in that case?

Quasi-judicial power

Quasi-legislative power

Executive power

Ministerial power

Question 36: A licensee facing discipline in Tampa learns that the commission publishes penalty ranges for particular violations. Her attorney explains where those guidelines come from and whether the commission may depart from them in her case. Which description is accurate?

Informal, carrying no legal effect

Adopted by rule, with permitted deviation

Fixed by statute, never subject to deviation

Set case by case, unpublished

Question 37: An owner of a condominium unit in Fort Lauderdale has a dispute with her association and asks her licensee which state division within the department handles condominium, timeshare, and mobile home matters rather than real estate licensing. Which division is it?

The Division of Real Estate

The Division of Consumer Services

The Division of Administrative Hearings

The condominiums and timeshares division

Question 38: A consumer in Ocala files a complaint against a licensee, and the department reviews it before deciding whether to investigate. Her licensee explains the threshold a complaint must meet before the department will proceed with it. Which threshold is it?

Ultimate facts showing a violation

Notarized and filed in person

Accompanied by a filing fee

Signed by two witnesses

Question 39: A licensee in Miami disputes the factual allegations in an administrative complaint the department has filed against her, insisting the events did not happen the way they were described. Where will her case be heard under the Administrative Procedure Act?

Before the commission in an informal proceeding

Before an administrative law judge

In circuit court before a jury

Before the probable cause panel

Question 40: An administrative law judge has completed a formal hearing involving a licensee in Orlando and issued a recommended order. The licensee asks who takes the next step and what document concludes the administrative case. Which document ends the case?

The department issues a citation

The judge enters the binding penalty

The commission enters a final order

The Governor reviews the recommendation

FRESA Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam - Set 1 - Part 2