Question: Under what circumstances might a property manager legally initiate eviction? Select all that apply.

Answer Options: Tenant brings a prohibited cat tenant files a city complaint lease expires and tenant stays tenant’s garbage causes a rat infestation.

Answer: Prohibited cat; holding over after lease expiration; garbage-related rat infestation. 130

Question: The primary advantage of renewing an existing tenant’s lease is that no renovations are expected.

Answer Options: True False.

Answer: False. 131

Question: Which information is least likely to be collected on a rental application?

Answer Options: A. Employer and pay information B. List of previous convictions C. Names of occupants D. Prior residence and reason for leaving.

Answer: B. List of previous convictions. 132

Question: A tenant withholds rent because promised repairs to leaking pipes were not made. What defense is being raised?

Answer Options: A. Actual eviction B. Constructive eviction C. Retaliatory eviction D. Self-help eviction.

Answer: B. Constructive eviction. 133

Question: Which is least likely to be a major property-manager obligation?

Answer Options: A. Create income B. Fulfill owner goals C. Maintain or increase value D. Secure financing for capital improvements.

Answer: D. Secure financing for capital improvements. 134

Question: A property manager is usually what type of agent?

Answer Options: A. General B. Limited C. Special D. Universal.

Answer: A. General agent. 135

Question: Rachel directs a Somali student toward another complex because more African residents live there. What is this?

Answer Options: A. Blockbusting B. Acting in the tenant’s interests C. Reasonable modification D. Steering.

Answer: D. Steering. 136

Question: To satisfy the implied warranty of habitability, a property must generally:

Answer Options: A. Comply with every code provision B. Comply with health-and-safety code requirements C. Meet average comfort expectations D. Meet FHA standards.

Answer: B. Comply with health-and-safety code requirements. 137

Question: A property owner is not required to provide:

Answer Options: A. Safe furnace B. Internet and cable C. Running and hot water D. Safe common areas.

Answer: B. Internet and cable. 138

Question: Who is the principal in a property-management agreement?

Answer Options: A. Broker B. Property manager C. Property owner D. Tenant.

Answer: C. Property owner. 139

Question: An owner who disrupts a tenant’s lawful possession has:

Answer Options: A. Breached quiet enjoyment B. Breached habitability C. Committed retaliatory eviction D. Committed self-help eviction.

Answer: A. Breached the covenant of quiet enjoyment. 140

Question: Which may breach the covenant of quiet enjoyment?

Answer Options: A. Converting trust funds B. Entering leased premises without notice or permission C. Tenant ignoring a late notice D. Tenant failing to report repairs.

Answer: B. Entering without notice or permission. 141

Question: Match easement, appurtenance, encumbrance, encroachment, license, lien, tenancy in common, and trade fixture with their definitions.

Answer Options: Burden on property foreclosure right undivided co-ownership tenant-installed personal property nonpossessory use right physical intrusion revocable permission right transferring with property.

Answer: Encumbrance — burden; Lien — foreclosure right; Tenancy in common — undivided co-ownership; Trade fixture — tenant-installed personal property; Easement — nonpossessory use right; Encroachment — physical intrusion; License — revocable permission; Appurtenance — right transferring with property. 142