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The PA-REB exam has 120 questions and runs 3 hours 30 minutes.
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A restaurant tenant installed a removable commercial oven and stainless-steel prep tables, bolting both in place for business use. The lease permits removal before expiration if the tenant repairs resulting damage. At timely surrender, how should the items be treated?
Correct answer: C - The tenant may remove both as trade fixtures and repair the resulting damage
A zoning ordinance lists a small child-care center as a conditional use in a residential district when stated lot-size, parking, and pickup-area standards are met. A buyer's site satisfies every listed standard. Which approval path fits these facts?
Correct answer: A - Apply for conditional-use approval under the standards in the ordinance
Two owners take title "as joint tenants with right of survivorship." One owner later conveys that owner's entire undivided interest to a third party without the other owner's participation. What is the resulting relationship between the remaining original owner and the transferee?
Correct answer: D - They hold their undivided interests as tenants in common
An appraiser analyzes a 12-unit property with annual potential gross income of $180,000, vacancy and collection loss of $9,000, laundry income of $3,000, and recurring operating expenses of $62,000. Annual mortgage debt service is $24,000, and the owner reports $8,000 in book depreciation. Comparable sales support a 7% capitalization rate. What indicated value results from correctly selecting the net operating income inputs?
Correct answer: B - $1,600,000.00
A buyer offers $610,000 with a June 15 closing. The seller signs and returns, "Accepted at $625,000; June 15 closing." The buyer rejects that response. The next morning, the buyer attempts to accept the original $610,000 terms. What is the contractual result?
Correct answer: D - No contract; the counteroffer terminated the original offer
A purchaser assigns a permitted purchase contract to an investor. The seller acknowledges the assignment in writing but expressly states that the original purchaser is not released. The investor later fails to close. Which conclusion is most accurate?
Correct answer: A - The original purchaser remains liable because the assignment did not create a novation
An owner accepts $5,000 consideration for a written right allowing a commercial tenant to buy the property for $500,000 at any time through December 31, whether or not the owner receives another offer. What did the parties create?
Correct answer: C - An option keeping the stated purchase right open through December 31
A community intended for residents age 55 or older has at least one resident age 55 or older in 84% of its occupied units. It publishes and follows senior-housing policies and uses reliable age-verification procedures. Which statement best reflects the federal exemption?
Correct answer: B - It may qualify for the 55-and-older exemption, which is limited to familial status
Minutes before settlement, a buyer forwards an email that appears to come from the title company. The sender's domain differs by one character, the wire account has changed, and the message demands immediate payment. What should the broker do first?
Correct answer: A - Pause the transfer and verify through a known title-company number
A seller is transferring a 1966 single-family home and has no known lead-based-paint information or reports. Before the buyer becomes obligated under the sales contract, which course complies with the federal lead-disclosure rule?
Correct answer: C - Before contract, provide the pamphlet and lead-warning disclosures, include acknowledgments, and allow a 10-day inspection opportunity unless modified or waived in writing
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