MIRES - Michigan Real Estate Salesperson Exam

Question 21: A Michigan salesperson in Port Huron missed his renewal date while traveling abroad and returned three weeks later, hoping to keep working the listings he left behind. Which of the following describes his position under the Occupational Code?

Suspended until a hearing is held

Lapsed, but renewable with a late fee

Void, requiring the full course again

Still valid for sixty more days

Question 22: A Michigan salesperson let her license expire two years ago while raising a family, and she now wants it back without sitting for the examination a second time. Which of the following describes what the Occupational Code requires of her?

Forty hours of prelicensure education

Only the relicensure fee

Eighteen hours regardless of time

Six education hours per year elapsed

Question 23: A Michigan licensee had his credential revoked by final order after a disciplinary case arising from a Wayne County transaction, and he now asks how soon he may apply for a new license. Which of the following states the Michigan waiting period?

At least three years afterward

Immediately, upon paying a fee

Eighteen months from the violation

Five years, matching the bond term

Question 24: A salesperson in Ypsilanti hands her broker written notice that she is leaving for another firm across town. Which of the following describes what the broker must do with her license certificate, and how quickly it must be done?

Hand it to her on departure

Hold it for the new broker

Destroy it after the transfer filing

Send it to the department promptly

Question 25: A newly licensed Michigan salesperson in Holland asks her managing broker why her license certificate was mailed to the brokerage office rather than to her own home address. Which of the following explains how Michigan divides custody of these two documents?

Broker holds the license, licensee the card

Both documents go to her

Both documents stay with the broker

The department keeps both

Question 26: A broker in Saginaw is designing a newspaper advertisement for a listing she just took, and she wants to know the minimum content Michigan law requires her to include. Which of the following identifies what that advertisement must contain?

The seller's name and address

Broker name, contact, and broker status

The price and the square footage

The license number and expiration

Question 27: Two Michigan salespersons in Rochester Hills market themselves jointly as a named team under the same employing broker and are laying out a listing sign for a new listing. Which of the following describes how the employing broker's business name must appear?

On the reverse of the sign

In twelve point boldface type

In equal or greater type size

Anywhere in readable print

Question 28: A Michigan salesperson in Grand Haven wants to advertise a rental house she owns personally, using only her own name rather than the name of her employing broker. Which of the following describes when Michigan permits a salesperson to advertise that way?

For rentals she owns herself

For any listing she secured

Never, without the broker's name

Whenever her broker agrees

Question 29: A Michigan broker in Livonia signs an agreement with a salesperson stating that the salesperson works independently and that the broker will not review her transaction files or her practice. Which of the following describes that contract term?

Valid once the department approves

Valid for an experienced licensee

Valid, since contractors self-supervise

Void, since it limits required supervision

Question 30: A brokerage in Sterling Heights proposes a prize drawing for a large television set, open to anyone who tours one specific listing the firm currently holds. Which of the following states how Michigan's licensing article treats that promotional plan?

Prohibited as a promotional scheme

Allowed because the firm sponsors it

Allowed with written entry rules

Allowed for a modest prize

Question 31: A Michigan broker closes her Okemos office and moves the brokerage into a new building two miles away, telling her clients but never notifying the department. Which of the following describes her position under the prohibited conduct section?

Clear, since the city is unchanged

Clear until the next renewal

Subject to penalties for the unreported move

Clear, since mail is forwarded

Question 32: A Michigan salesperson in Troy wants to pay a neighbor fifty dollars for every name she passes along of someone in the subdivision who is thinking about selling. Which of the following describes whether Michigan permits that referral arrangement?

Allowed with written seller consent

Allowed if paid after closing

Allowed, since she shows nothing

Prohibited, since the neighbor is unlicensed

Question 33: A Michigan licensee is found to have violated the licensing article after a contested case, and the hearing examiner weighs an administrative fine among the available sanctions. Which of the following states the maximum administrative fine the department may assess?

Ten thousand dollars

Five thousand dollars

Twenty-five thousand dollars

One thousand dollars

Question 34: A Michigan seller believes her salesperson mishandled a transaction that closed in March, and she asks a friend how long she has to bring the matter to the department for discipline. Which of the following describes that filing deadline?

Ninety days from closing

Eighteen months from the violation

Eighteen months from the later date

Six years, as with contracts

Question 35: A man in Muskegon who has never held a license negotiates the sale of three homes for other owners and collects a fee on each closing. Which of the following describes the penalty Michigan attaches to a first offense of that kind?

An administrative fine only

A misdemeanor with limited jail exposure

A civil penalty of five thousand dollars

A felony carrying two years

Question 36: A landlord in Grand Rapids tells a prospective tenant that he does not rent to unmarried couples living together. Which of the following identifies the Michigan statute that makes marital status a protected characteristic in a real estate transaction?

The Truth in Renting Act

The Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act

The federal Fair Housing Act

The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

Question 37: A Michigan property manager in Southfield refuses to rent an available unit to an applicant who uses a wheelchair, telling her the building would not suit her. Which of the following identifies the Michigan act that most directly addresses that refusal?

The Michigan Zoning Enabling Act

The Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act

The Michigan Antitrust Reform Act

Elliott-Larsen, which lists disability

Question 38: An owner of nine rental houses in Lansing tells an applicant that he does not accept housing choice vouchers and that he counts only wage income when he applies his rent-to-income ratio. Which of the following describes his position under current Michigan law?

Unlawful, since he exceeds the exemption

Lawful, since vouchers are federal

Unlawful only if self-managed

Lawful, since the ratio is uniform

Question 39: A broker in Bay City is revising the listing agreement form she uses with her sellers, and she wants to know what nondiscrimination language Michigan requires the document itself to carry. Which of the following describes that statutory requirement?

A promise that the broker screens equally

A copy of the fair housing poster

A clause binding licensee and seller

The seller's waiver of claims

Question 40: Three competing brokerages in Kent County agree over lunch that none of them will take a residential listing below a stated commission rate. Which of the following describes the damages exposure they now face under Michigan's own antitrust statute?

Actual damages with no multiplier

Automatic treble damages always

Criminal fines from the department

Actual damages, tripled only for flagrancy

MIRES Michigan Real Estate Salesperson Exam - Set 1 - Part 2