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These 20 questions mirror the real exam's style: scenario-based, four options, one defensibly correct answer. They span both portions you'll face on test day — national fundamentals and the Georgia-specific law that the state supplement tests.

Question 1 · GA License Law & Rules
Before revoking a license for cause, the Commission must generally provide:
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Answer: D

Due process requires the Commission to give the licensee notice and an opportunity for a hearing before imposing serious sanctions like revocation.

Question 2 · GA License Law & Rules
Before the Recovery Fund will pay a claim, the aggrieved person must first:
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Answer: D

A claimant must first obtain a court judgment against the licensee before seeking payment from the Recovery Fund.

Question 3 · Ownership & Title
A tenant who stays after the lease ends, without permission, holds an:
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Answer: D

An estate at sufferance arises when a tenant remains in possession after the lease ends, without the landlord's permission.

Question 4 · Ownership & Title
The legal process that proves the validity of a will and oversees distribution of a decedent's estate is called:
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Answer: D

Probate is the court-supervised process that validates a will (or handles an intestate estate), settles debts, and distributes the decedent's property.

Question 5 · Land Use & Disclosures
When a land-use regulation goes so far that it deprives an owner of essentially all economic use of the land, it may be challenged as a:
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Answer: B

A regulation that removes nearly all economically viable use of a property can amount to a regulatory taking, for which the owner may seek compensation.

Question 6 · Land Use & Disclosures
A broker who knowingly repeats a seller's false statement about the property:
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Answer: C

A broker who knows a statement is false and repeats it to a buyer can be personally liable for misrepresentation; the seller's origin of the statement is no defense.

Question 7 · Contracts
Two parties orally agree to sell a house, but the seller backs out. The agreement is:
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Answer: B

An oral agreement to sell real estate falls within the statute of frauds and is unenforceable if a party refuses to perform.

Question 8 · Contracts
Before closing, a fire totally destroys the only structure that was the subject of the contract. Performance may be excused by:
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Answer: C

Destruction of the unique subject matter can make performance objectively impossible, which may discharge the contract by impossibility.

Question 9 · Agency & Property Management
Which statement about real estate agency relationships is TRUE?
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Answer: C

A buyer's agent owes the buyer fiduciary duties. A listing agent represents the seller, dual agency needs consent, and payment does not determine representation.

Question 10 · Agency & Property Management
In managing a property under a management agreement, the property manager usually acts as the owner's:
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Answer: B

A property manager is typically a general agent, authorized to handle a range of ongoing tasks for the owner, unlike a special agent hired for one specific act.

Question 11 · Real Estate Practice
The 1988 Fair Housing Amendments added protection for familial status and:
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Answer: A

The 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act added familial status and disability (handicap) as protected classes.

Question 12 · Real Estate Practice
Two firms agreeing to refuse to work with a discount broker is an illegal:
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Answer: A

Competitors conspiring to refuse to deal with a particular broker is an illegal group boycott.

Question 13 · Financing
A large final payment due at the end of a partially amortized loan is a:
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Answer: C

A balloon payment is a large lump-sum payment due at the end of a loan that was not fully amortized.

Question 14 · Financing
Pushing a qualified borrower into a costlier, worse loan can be a form of:
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Answer: A

Steering a borrower who qualifies for better terms into a costlier loan is a predatory lending practice.

Question 15 · Valuation & Math
An appraiser judges a well-maintained 30-year-old home to be in the condition of a typical 15-year-old home. The 15-year figure is the home's:
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Answer: D

Effective age reflects a building's condition and usefulness rather than the years since it was built. Good upkeep can make effective age lower than actual (chronological) age.

Question 16 · Valuation & Math
A loan origination fee differs from a discount point in that the origination fee:
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Answer: C

An origination fee compensates the lender for making and processing the loan. A discount point, by contrast, is paid to buy down the interest rate.

Question 17 · GA Real Estate Practice
A firm proposes to have one broker personally represent both the buyer and the seller in the same sale. This is permissible only if:
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Answer: C

Under BRRETA (O.C.G.A. §10-6A-12), a single licensee representing both parties is dual agency, permitted only with the written consent of both clients. The consent must disclose the nature of the arrangement and confirm it is voluntary.

Question 18 · GA Real Estate Practice
A listing broker gets a full-price offer but hopes to find a buyer of their own first. The broker must:
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Answer: A

Loyalty requires the broker to present the offer promptly and act in the seller's interest, not delay it for the broker's chance to earn both sides of the commission.

Question 19 · GA Finance & Closing
Under Georgia's title-theory approach, legal title during the loan is held by the:
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Answer: C

In a title-theory state like Georgia, the lender holds legal title under the security deed until the borrower repays the loan.

Question 20 · GA Finance & Closing
The transfer tax attaches to the deed, while the intangibles tax attaches to the:
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Answer: A

The transfer tax is on the deed conveying title; the intangible recording tax is on the security instrument securing the loan.

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