PRES Pennsylvania Real Estate Salesperson Examination - Set 4 - Part 1

Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.

Question 1: Federal lead-based paint disclosure rules apply to residential housing built before a certain year. Which year is the trigger?

Nineteen ninety-one

Nineteen sixty-eight

Two thousand

Nineteen seventy-eight

Question 2: An inspector finds old pipe insulation suspected to contain asbestos that is intact and undisturbed. What is often the preferred response?

Immediate removal by the owner

Painting over it

Encapsulation by professionals

Ignoring it entirely

Question 3: A colorless, odorless radioactive gas seeps from the soil through foundation cracks and is a leading cause of lung cancer. Which hazard is this?

Carbon monoxide

Mold

Asbestos

Radon

Question 4: A licensee learns that a basement has recurring mold growth. What is the underlying source that must be corrected to remedy it?

Excess moisture

Old paint

Poor lighting

Lead pipes

Question 5: An odorless gas produced by incomplete combustion in furnaces and attached garages can be fatal, prompting detector requirements. Which hazard is this?

Radon

Mold

Carbon monoxide

Lead dust

Question 6: A buried tank holding heating oil at an older home corrodes and leaks, threatening soil and groundwater. What should the licensee do about this known condition?

Test and remove it personally

Ignore it as minor

Guarantee that it is safe

Disclose it and refer for evaluation

Question 7: A property in a mapped high-risk flood area is financed with a federally regulated mortgage. What insurance requirement arises?

Flood insurance is required

No special insurance is needed

Only earthquake coverage applies

Title insurance covers the flood

Question 8: A developer plans to fill a regulated wetland to build. What federal approval is generally required before filling it?

A zoning variance

A certificate of occupancy

A dredge-and-fill permit

A homestead exclusion

Question 9: A property whose redevelopment is complicated by actual or potential contamination, such as a former gas station or dry cleaner, is described by which term?

A wetland

A floodplain

A nonconforming use

A brownfield

Question 10: Under the federal renovation rule, contractors who disturb painted surfaces in older housing must be certified and use lead-safe work practices. Which housing does this cover?

Housing built before nineteen seventy-eight

All commercial buildings

Newly constructed homes

Housing for older persons only

Question 11: Under the federal Superfund law, a current owner can be ordered to pay for contamination a prior owner caused, without any fault. How is this liability described?

Limited to the polluter only

Strict, joint and several, and retroactive

Capped at the purchase price

Voluntary and negotiable

Question 12: A buyer wants to preserve the innocent-landowner defense under the Superfund law before purchasing commercial land. What must the buyer do beforehand?

Record the deed promptly

Buy title insurance

Make all appropriate inquiries

Obtain a boundary survey

Question 13: An environmental professional conducts a records review, a site inspection, and interviews, with no sampling, to spot signs of contamination. Which assessment is this?

A Phase Two assessment

A Phase Three remediation

A general home inspection

A Phase One assessment

Question 14: A Phase One assessment flags a recognized environmental condition at a former gas station. What is the next step to confirm contamination?

A Phase Two assessment with sampling

Immediate cleanup

A title search

Filing for a variance

Question 15: Pennsylvania sits over uranium-rich formations and has some of the highest levels of a particular indoor gas in the nation. Which gas is this?

Methane

Radon

Carbon monoxide

Formaldehyde

Question 16: Real estate law has shifted away from caveat emptor toward requiring sellers to reveal known problems. What does this modern approach require?

Buyers to assume all risk

Sellers to warrant condition forever

Mandatory disclosure of known defects

Agents to inspect personally

Question 17: A seller's property-condition disclosure statement is best understood as what kind of document?

A warranty of condition

A substitute for inspection

A guarantee against all defects

The seller's representation of what is known

Question 18: Under the federal lead rule for older housing, what must the seller or landlord give the buyer or tenant before they are obligated?

A government lead pamphlet

A completed lead test result

A remediation guarantee

A radon report

Question 19: Under the federal lead rule, a buyer of older housing must be given a period to conduct a lead inspection at the buyer's expense. May the buyer waive it?

No, the inspection is mandatory

Yes, the buyer may waive it

Only the seller may waive it

Only with agency approval

Question 20: A seller markets a home as is to avoid paying for repairs but knows the roof leaks badly. Does the as-is clause excuse disclosing that known defect?

Yes, as is waives disclosure

Yes, the buyer assumes everything

No, known material defects must be disclosed

Only patent defects must be disclosed

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