MORES - Missouri Real Estate Salesperson Exam

Question 1: The Missouri Real Estate Commission consists of seven persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every member but one must have held a broker license for at least ten years before appointment. Which of the following describes that membership?

Five brokers and two public members

Seven brokers and no public member

Six brokers and one nonvoting member

Six brokers and one voting public member

Question 2: A newly appointed Missouri commissioner asks how long she will serve before her seat comes up for reappointment, and she mentions that she has read that neighboring states often use a shorter period. Which of the following states the term of office the Missouri license law fixes?

Three years

Four years

Five years

Six years

Question 3: Before the term of a nonpublic member of the Commission expires, the president of the Missouri Association of Realtors must send the Governor a list of qualified and willing realtors, and the statute fixes both how many names and how much lead time. Which of the following gives both?

Three names, sixty days beforehand

Five names, thirty days beforehand

Three names, ninety days beforehand

Five names, ninety days beforehand

Question 4: A licensee telephones the Commission office and asks a staff member there to help her sell a difficult listing, reasoning that the employee knows the local market unusually well and could be paid a referral fee. Which of the following describes what Commission rules allow that employee to do?

Assist with written broker approval

Assist, since staff hold active licenses

Perform no act requiring a license

Assist only with paid clerical work

Question 5: A consumer asks the Commission for copies of everything in the file on a complaint she filed against a salesperson, pointing out that the Commission's own rule says office records are open to public inspection. Which of the following describes how Missouri treats records of that kind?

Investigation and application records stay confidential

All Commission records open on request

Records open once the complaint is dismissed

Records open only to the complaining party

Question 6: A property owner in Springfield hires an unlicensed friend to find a buyer and negotiate the sale of a duplex the owner holds, promising the friend a share of the sale proceeds at closing. Which of the following identifies the element that makes a license necessary here?

The property is residential, not commercial

The friend has no formal training

Acting for another for valuable consideration

The owner is absent from negotiations

Question 7: An unlicensed employee at a Kansas City apartment complex shows vacant units to walk-in prospects following her employer's written instructions, receives their applications and deposits for delivery to the owner, and signs the leases the owner prepared. Which of the following describes her position under Missouri law?

She is practicing without a license

She may show units, not sign leases

A license is needed to accept money

She falls within the property management exemption

Question 8: Two Missouri brokers cannot agree on how a cooperative commission should be divided after a closing, and one of them writes to the Commission asking it to decide the split and order the other broker to pay. Which of the following describes how the Commission responds?

It arbitrates and awards the money

It refers both parties to mediation

It will not enter commission disputes

It suspends both licenses pending settlement

Question 9: An applicant preparing to file for an original Missouri salesperson license lists what she believes the law demands of her personally, and she is unsure which items come from the statute and which the Commission added by regulation. Which of the following is a Missouri requirement?

She must be at least eighteen

She must have lived here one year

She must hold a high school diploma

Two brokers must sponsor her

Question 10: A candidate finishes her forty-eight hour salesperson pre-examination course in March, passes both portions of the licensing examination in May, and then sets the paperwork aside for several months. Which of the following describes the deadline that governs her application for licensure?

One year from the passing score

Two years from course completion

Six months from the passing score

Six months from course completion

Question 11: A candidate lets more than six months pass after finishing his pre-examination course without filing an application, even though he did pass both portions of the licensing examination inside that period. Which of the following describes his position now?

He repeats the courses and the examination

He may apply after a delinquent fee

His examination results remain valid indefinitely

He receives an additional six-month grace period

Question 12: A Missouri salesperson candidate maps out her whole path to licensure, from her first class to the day her license issues, and wants to know exactly where the twenty-four hour Missouri Real Estate Practice Course belongs in that sequence. Which of the following places the course correctly?

Before the pre-examination course

In place of continuing education later

After the pre-examination course, before applying

Only if she fails the state portion

Question 13: Every applicant for an original Missouri license must show that fingerprints were submitted for both a state and a federal criminal background check, and candidates routinely ask who collects the money for that step. Which of the following identifies the correct party?

The Missouri Real Estate Commission

The applicant's sponsoring broker

The accredited real estate school

The Highway Patrol or its vendor

Question 14: An original Missouri salesperson application arrives at the Commission bearing a postmark from the middle of August in an even-numbered year, and the applicant learns that her license will carry an unusual benefit. Which of the following describes that benefit?

Her first renewal fee is waived

She is licensed through the subsequent period

She may practice while awaiting results

She may associate with two brokers

Question 15: A candidate arrives at the testing center carrying a folder of handwritten notes and a paperback outline, intending to review them inside the examination room during the session rather than leaving them in her car. Which of the following describes the consequence under Commission rules?

The materials are surrendered, nothing further

The materials are permitted outside the room

Bringing them may cost her the license

She forfeits only the state portion score

Question 16: A Missouri salesperson who wants to qualify for a broker license asks how much active experience the Commission requires of her and across what period that experience is measured. Which of the following states the standard the regulation applies?

Twelve months within the last eighteen

Twenty-four months within the last thirty

Two consecutive years without any break

Thirty-six months within the last sixty

Question 17: A licensed Missouri broker dies without warning, leaving pending contracts, an active escrow account, and several affiliated licensees whose transactions must still be closed out. Which of the following describes the license the Commission may issue so that the affairs of that brokerage can be wound up?

A temporary license without examination or fee

A permanent broker license after expedited testing

An inactive license held by the estate

A branch license under a neighboring broker

Question 18: A Missouri salesperson and her managing broker set their renewal notices side by side and discover to their surprise that the two licenses carry different expiration dates. Which of the following gives the salesperson expiration date under Commission rules?

June thirtieth of even-numbered years

June thirtieth of odd-numbered years

September thirtieth of even-numbered years

December thirty-first of even-numbered years

Question 19: A broker-salesperson working in Columbia assumes that because her daily work looks like a salesperson's work and she reports to a designated broker, her license must renew on the salesperson schedule. Which of the following corrects that assumption?

She renews on the salesperson date

She renews annually on her issuance anniversary

She renews whenever her supervising broker renews

She renews on the broker date

Question 20: A Missouri salesperson misses her renewal deadline and finally files the application three months and a few days after the license expired, having heard that the Commission charges something for the delay. Which of the following describes the delinquent amount the rules add?

Fifty dollars, charged once

Two hundred dollars, at fifty monthly

One hundred dollars, a quarterly rate

Fifty dollars for each week late

MORES Missouri Real Estate Salesperson Exam - Set 1 - Part 1