PRES Pennsylvania Real Estate Salesperson Examination - Set 4 - Part 3

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

Question 41: The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act protects two classes beyond the federal seven. Which pair does it add?

Income and occupation

Height and weight

Education and politics

Age and ancestry

Question 42: Under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, the protected class of age covers persons of which range?

Forty or older

Eighteen or older

Sixty-two or older

Any age at all

Question 43: A Pennsylvania landlord refuses to rent to a fifty-five-year-old applicant solely because of age. Is this lawful?

Yes, age is unprotected

No, the Human Relations Act protects age

Yes, under federal law

Only if disclosed in writing

Question 44: Federal, state, and local fair housing laws overlap and sometimes differ. Which standard must a Pennsylvania licensee follow?

The most lenient law

Only the federal law

The strictest applicable law

Only the local ordinances

Question 45: Which Pennsylvania body enforces the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and receives housing discrimination complaints?

The State Real Estate Commission

The Recorder of Deeds

The Department of Environmental Protection

The Human Relations Commission

Question 46: Managing real estate for others for compensation, including leasing and collecting rents, generally requires what in Pennsylvania?

A broker's license

Only a business permit

No license at all

An appraiser certification

Question 47: A property manager collects rents and security deposits for an owner. How must those funds be handled?

Mixed with the manager's own funds

Held in a separate trust account

Kept as the manager's fee

Returned to the tenants

Question 48: Under Pennsylvania's Landlord and Tenant Act, how much may a landlord collect as a security deposit during the first year of a lease?

No more than four months' rent

Any amount the parties agree

No more than two months' rent

No security deposit at all

Question 49: Under Pennsylvania's Landlord and Tenant Act, after a tenant moves out and gives a forwarding address, within what period must the deposit be returned with any deductions?

Ten days

Ninety days

One year

Thirty days

Question 50: A Pennsylvania tenant stops paying rent, so the landlord changes the locks and sets the tenant's belongings on the curb without any court process. Is this lawful?

No, self-help eviction is unlawful

Yes, for nonpayment of rent

Yes, with a posted notice

Only during the winter

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