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1. How many questions are on the Florida Sales Associate state exam?
Answer: 100. The DBPR Candidate Information Booklet lists 100 multiple-choice questions, 3.5 hours, passing score 75.
2. What is the minimum passing score on the state exam?
Answer: 75. A score of 75 or higher is required (DBPR CIB).
3. Unless otherwise established in writing, a Florida licensee is presumed to be a:
Answer: Transaction broker. § 475.278(1)(b).
4. Which duty is owed by a single agent but NOT a transaction broker?
Answer: Loyalty. Loyalty is one of the nine single-agent duties; transaction brokers aren't fiduciaries (§ 475.278).
5. Under Rule 61J2-14.008, a broker must deposit escrow funds 'immediately,' meaning no later than:
Answer: The end of the third business day following receipt. Rule 61J2-14.008(3).
6. Which is NOT one of the escape procedures for conflicting escrow demands?
Answer: Disbursing to the party the broker believes is right. § 475.25(1)(d)1. lists EDO, arbitration, litigation and mediation.
7. If mediation is used for an escrow dispute, it must be completed within:
Answer: 90 days of the last demand. § 475.25(1)(d)1.
8. The maximum administrative fine the Commission may impose per count is:
Answer: $5,000. § 475.25(1).
9. Post-licensing education for a sales associate may not exceed how many classroom hours?
Answer: 45. § 475.17(3)(a).
10. Continuing education requires at least how many classroom hours each biennium?
Answer: 14. § 475.182.
11. A Florida deed conveying land must be signed in the presence of:
Answer: Two subscribing witnesses. § 689.01.
12. A conveyance to two unmarried people that is silent about survivorship creates a:
Answer: Tenancy in common. § 689.15.
13. How many acres are in a section?
Answer: 640. A section is one square mile, or 640 acres.
14. How many acres are in the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of a section?
Answer: 40. 640 ÷ 4 ÷ 4 = 40.
15. Florida mortgages are treated as:
Answer: A specific lien, not a conveyance of title. § 697.02.
16. Mortgage foreclosure in Florida is:
Answer: Judicial, in equity. § 702.01.
17. Outside Miami-Dade, deed doc stamps are:
Answer: 70¢ per $100. § 201.02(1)(a).
18. Doc stamps on a $250,000 Broward deed are:
Answer: $1,750. 2,500 units × $0.70 = $1,750.
19. The nonrecurring intangible tax on a $200,000 mortgage is:
Answer: $400. $200,000 × 0.002 = $400 (§ 199.133).
20. Florida real property is assessed as of:
Answer: January 1. § 192.042(1).
21. Property taxes paid in November receive a discount of:
Answer: 4%. § 197.162(1).
22. A buyer of a condo unit is liable for the prior owner's unpaid assessments that came due up to the transfer:
Answer: Jointly and severally with the prior owner. § 718.116(1)(a).
23. A condo association must issue an estoppel certificate within how many business days of a request?
Answer: 10. § 718.116(8).
24. A contract for the sale of land must be in writing under:
Answer: The statute of frauds, § 725.01. § 725.01.
25. Under the Marketable Record Title Act, the root of title period is generally:
Answer: 30 years. § 712.02.
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