Property Management Instructor Materials Chapter 14 Quiz PDF

Property Management Instructor Materials Chapter 14 Quiz 1. Which of the following categories of laws limits 4. A residential landlord who has inspected for anticompetitive business practices? lead-based paint in the property and is aware a)...

Property Management Instructor Materials Chapter 14 Quiz 1. Which of the following categories of laws limits 4. A residential landlord who has inspected for anticompetitive business practices? lead-based paint in the property and is aware a) Antidiscrimination laws of the presence of lead-based paint must do all b) Antitrust laws of the following, except: c) Disclosure laws a) disclose the location of any known lead- d) Land use laws based paint b) give a copy of a pamphlet on lead-based paint prepared by the Environmental Pro- 2. A property manager arranges with the manager tection Agency of a competing property that neither of them  F  R൵HUDWHQGD\SHULRGLQZKLFKWKHWHQDQW will set rental rates below $1,000 for one- may have property inspected for lead-based bedroom units. Which violation of antitrust paint laws has occurred? d) provide a copy of any inspection report a) List-back agreement concerning lead-based paint b) Market allocation  F 3ULFH¿[LQJ d) Tie-in arrangement   $OHDVHDSSOLFDQW¿QGVWKDWKHUDSSOLFDWLRQKDV been rejected based on erroneous information contained in her credit report. Under the Fair 3. Which of the following would be an example Credit Reporting Act, she is entitled to all of of illegal market allocation? the following, except: a) A real estate agent agrees to manage a con-  D  KDYHLQDFFXUDWHRUXQYHUL¿DEOHLQIRUPDWLRQ dominium association, but only if members deleted from the credit report list their units with him when they decide  E  KDYHQHJDWLYHLQIRUPDWLRQLQKHU¿OHGHOHWHG to sell after a certain number of years b) Red Blazer Realty agrees with Westside c) obtain additional information from the Realty that Red Blazer Realty will manage credit reporting bureau properties on the east side of town while d) receive the lease in question, or a compa- Westside Realty manage properties on the rable unit, from the landlord west side c) Red Blazer Realty states that one of its agents, Cookie, will manage properties on 6. The Patriot Act requires a landlord to: the west side of town while another agent, a) avoid entering into a lease with any person Gil, will manage properties on the east side listed on the Specially Designated Nation- d) Two managers of competing properties als List agree on the rental rates they will charge b) avoid making leasing decisions based on the race or religion of the applicant c) disclose the presence of registered sex R൵HQGHUVNQRZQWREHOLYLQJLQWKHQHLJK- borhood d) verify a lease applicant’s citizenship status 16  Chapter 14: Complying with Federal, State, and Local Laws 7. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits discrimi- 12. Which of the following does the Fair Labor nation on the basis of: Standards Act require? a) national origin a) Limit of eight hours of work per day b) race b) Payment at overtime rate if employee works c) religion more than 40 hours per week d) All of the above c) Vacation or sick pay d) Valid reason for termination 8. Crown Realty manages a number of apartment buildings around town. When white prospects 13. Which law requires certain employers to keep approach them, they are shown units in pre- records concerning work-related injuries and dominantly white parts of town; when Latino illnesses? prospects approach them, they are shown units a) Americans with Disabilities Act in predominantly Latino parts of town. Which b) Fair Labor Standards Act violation of the Fair Housing Act has been c) Family and Medical Leave Act committed? d) Occupational Safety and Health Act a) Blockbusting b) Redlining 14. A disabled employee at a manufacturing facil- c) Steering ity can perform the essential functions of a d) Using advertising that indicates a prefer- particular job, but requests that he be allowed ence to use a stool at his work station, despite other employees performing the task in a standing 9. An apartment building advertises an “adults position. Under the Americans with Disabilities RQO\´ SROLF\ 8QOHVV LW TXDOL¿HV DV ³KRXVLQJ Act, this would be a: for older persons,” this would be illegal dis- a) necessary improvement crimination under the Fair Housing Act, which b) public accommodation prohibits discrimination on the basis of: c) reasonable accommodation a) age d) undue hardship b) familial status c) marital status 15. Which of the following statements concerning d) sexual orientation sexual harassment in the workplace is not true? a) The harasser could be a tenant 10. Who may order punitive damages in a lawsuit b) The victim may be the same or opposite concerning a violation of the Fair Housing Act? sex as the harasser a) Attorney General c) The victim may be either male or female b) federal court d) There must be a showing of economic c) HUD administrative law judge injury d) state court 16. Zoning laws regulate all of the following, ex- 11. Which of the following buildings would not cept: have to comply with accessibility requirements a) amounts of potentially toxic substances that under the Americans with Disabilities Act? may be released a) Church b) distance between building and property b) Elementary school lines  F 5HDOHVWDWH¿UP¶VR൶FH c) height and shape of buildings d) Warehouse d) placement of only compatible uses in the same area 17  Property Management Instructor Materials 17. A gas station is in a neighborhood that has just been rezoned from mixed use to strictly resi- dential. The gas station may continue operating, though the use cannot be expanded. This is an example of a: a) conditional use b) nonconforming use c) variance d) viable use 18. A building inspector examines a recently com- SOHWHGEXLOGLQJDQG¿QGVLWVDWLVIDFWRU\7KH building department will issue a: a) building permit  E FHUWL¿FDWHRIFRPSOLDQFH  F FHUWL¿FDWHRIKDELWDELOLW\  G FHUWL¿FDWHRIRFFXSDQF\ 19. A proposed new development will require the approval of a federal agency, because of its proximity to protected wetlands. The agency must prepare an environmental impact state- ment, according to the: a) Clean Water Act b) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act c) Endangered Species Act d) National Environmental Policy Act 20. The Walters purchase a home that is down- hill from an abandoned site where electrical equipment was once manufactured. They sub- sequently find that toxic chemicals have migrated through the groundwater and con- taminated the soil on their property. Under CERCLA, they would be considered: a) contiguous property owners b) innocent landowners c) liable for the cleanup of their property d) Both A and B 18  Chapter 14: Complying with Federal, State, and Local Laws Answer Key 1. b) Antitrust laws, such as the Sherman 7. b) The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is limited Act, prevent business arrangements in scope, in that it only prohibits dis- that unreasonably restrain trade. crimination based on race and color. The Fair Housing Act, which came   F  3ULFH¿[LQJLVWKHFRRSHUDWLYHVHWWLQJ along one hundred years later, also RISULFHVE\FRPSHWLQJ¿UPVZKLFK covers national origin and religion. would include competing property managers agreeing set rental rates. 8. c) Steering refers to channeling prospec- tive tenants toward or away from  E  :KHQWZRFRPSHWLQJ¿UPVDJUHHQRW particular neighborhoods because of to operate in certain geographic areas, their race, national origin, or other allocating business between them, it’s characteristics. a Sherman Act violation. It’s not a vio- ODWLRQIRURQH¿UPWRDOORFDWHGL൵HUHQW 9. b) The Fair Housing Act prohibits dis- territories to two agents that work for crimination based on familial status, WKDWVDPH¿UPWKRXJK which covers parents, legal guard- ians, pregnant women, and persons in   F  $ODQGORUGGRHVQRWQHHGWRR൵HUDWHQ the process of obtaining custody of a day period for a tenant to inspect the child. property for lead-based paint. (A resi- GHQWLDOVHOOHUPXVWR൵HUWKLVWRDEX\HU 10. b) A federal court may order a violator to however.) pay punitive damages to a complainant under the Fair Housing Act. 5. d) While a tenant whose lease is rejected because of faulty information in a 11. a) A religious organization is exempt credit report has the right to challenge from ADA requirements. A warehouse and correct that information under the is not likely to see visitors, but is likely Fair Credit Reporting Act, she can’t WRVWLOOIDOOXQGHUWKHGH¿QLWLRQRI use that to force the landlord to turn “commercial facility” and be subject to around and rent to her. the ADA. 6. a) The Patriot Act prohibits U.S. busi- 12. b) The Fair Labor Standards Act requires nesses from entering into any overtime pay if an employee works transaction (including a lease) with a more than 40 hours per week. person or entity listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 13. d) The Occupational Safety and Health Persons List. Act requires many employers to keep records of work-related injuries and illnesses. Low-hazard industries (like real estate) are usually exempt. 19  Property Management Instructor Materials 14. c) A reasonable accommodation is a 20. d) Under CERCLA, the Walters would change to a job or work environ- not be liable for remediation; they PHQWWKDWDOORZVDTXDOL¿HGHPSOR\HH would be considered both innocent with a disability to perform the job in landowners (because they didn’t know the same manner as a non-disabled about the contamination) and contigu- employee. The stool wouldn’t be ex- ous owners (since the contamination SHQVLYHRUGL൶FXOWIRUWKHHPSOR\HU originated on an adjacent property). so it’s not an undue hardship. 15. d) There is no requirement that the vic- WLPZDV¿UHGRUDQ\RWKHUVKRZLQJ RIHFRQRPLFLQMXU\WR¿QGWKDWVH[XDO harassment occurred. 16. a) Release of potentially harmful sub- stances would be regulated through environmental laws. Zoning laws would regulate where a factory might EHORFDWHGLQWKH¿UVWSODFHWKRXJK 17. b) An existing use that may continue, even though it would not be allowed under current zoning laws, is known as a nonconforming use. G  $FHUWL¿FDWHRIRFFXSDQF\LVJLYHQE\ the building department once a com- pleted building has been inspected. A building permit, by contrast, is given before a construction or remodel- ing project begins, based on building plans. 19. d) The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires an environmental impact statement when a private devel- opment will require the approval of a federal agency. 20