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1 / 10Study mode: Agency

A durable power of attorney differs from an ordinary power of attorney because it:

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1. A durable power of attorney differs from an ordinary power of attorney because it:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Lasts for the lifetime of the attorney-in-fact
  2. B.Remains effective if the principal is incapacitated
  3. C.Transfers ownership of the property to the agent
  4. D.Cannot be revoked once the principal signs it

Answer B: Remains effective if the principal is incapacitated

Under the traditional rule, a nondurable power of attorney ends when the principal becomes incapacitated, which is exactly when it may be needed most. A durable power of attorney stays in force through incapacity, which is why it is used in estate planning. Georgia now treats a power of attorney as durable unless the document says otherwise.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Durable does not mean permanent. The authority is tied to the principal, and it ends at the principal's death.
  • B. Correct. Durability means the power survives the principal's incapacity.
  • C. A power of attorney grants authority to act for the principal. It never transfers ownership to the attorney-in-fact.
  • D. A competent principal can generally revoke a power of attorney. Durable describes surviving incapacity, not being irrevocable.

Rule to remember: Durable means it survives the principal's incapacity. In Georgia, a power of attorney is durable unless it says otherwise.

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2. A seller tells the listing agent about recurring basement flooding that a buyer would not see on inspection, then instructs the agent not to mention it. The agent should:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Explain that the known flooding must be disclosed
  2. B.Disclose the flooding only if a buyer asks about it
  3. C.Disclose the flooding only after an offer is accepted
  4. D.Stay silent, since the seller is the paying client

Answer A: Explain that the known flooding must be disclosed

A licensee follows a client's lawful instructions only. Recurring flooding the agent actually knows about, which a buyer could not find by a reasonably diligent inspection, is an adverse material fact that must be disclosed. If the seller insists on concealment, the agent should withdraw rather than take part.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Correct. Explain the disclosure duty, and withdraw if the seller still insists on concealment.
  • B. Candidates think silence is safe until a direct question. The duty to disclose a known latent defect does not wait for the buyer to ask.
  • C. Disclosing after acceptance withholds the fact when it matters most, before the buyer commits.
  • D. Representing the seller does not make an unlawful instruction lawful. No client can authorize concealing a known defect.

Rule to remember: A seller's agent may not hide a known latent defect. An instruction to conceal it is not a lawful instruction.

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3. Two brokerages both claim a commission on the same sale. In the procuring cause dispute, the central question is usually:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Which brokerage first showed the property to the buyer
  2. B.Which brokerage began an unbroken chain leading to the sale
  3. C.Which brokerage wrote the offer that the seller accepted
  4. D.Which brokerage spent the most marketing the property

Answer B: Which brokerage began an unbroken chain leading to the sale

Procuring cause asks whose efforts set in motion an unbroken series of events that ended in the sale. A first showing or the final offer can be part of that story, but neither decides it alone if the chain was broken along the way.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Candidates equate first contact with procuring cause. A first showing counts only if the chain it started stayed unbroken.
  • B. Correct. The test is who started an uninterrupted chain of events that produced the sale.
  • C. Writing the accepted offer feels decisive, but it does not outweigh another broker's earlier unbroken chain.
  • D. Marketing effort and spending are not the legal test, however much work they represent.

Rule to remember: Procuring cause goes to the broker who started an unbroken chain of events that produced the sale.

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4. A broker represents both buyer and seller in one transaction. In Georgia this is lawful only when:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Each client is told about it orally before an offer
  2. B.The broker is paid by only one of the two parties
  3. C.Each party hires a separate closing attorney
  4. D.All clients give written informed consent

Answer D: All clients give written informed consent

Georgia permits dual agency, but every client must consent in writing, and the written consent must contain the disclosures the law requires. Oral notice, however early, does not satisfy the rule, and neither do attorneys or payment arrangements.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Timing does not cure the problem. Oral disclosure is not written consent.
  • B. Candidates think dual agency is about double pay. How the broker is paid does not make the dual role lawful.
  • C. Separate attorneys do not replace the clients' written consent to the broker's dual role.
  • D. Correct. Every client must sign a written consent containing the required disclosures.

Rule to remember: Dual agency needs written informed consent from every client.

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5. A seller asked her listing agent to keep her financial troubles confidential. The listing expires, and months later someone asks the agent about the seller's finances. May the agent reveal what they learned?Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Yes, the duty ended with the listing
  2. B.Yes, if the new listing agent consents
  3. C.Yes, once a year has passed since it ended
  4. D.No, the duty survives the listing

Answer D: No, the duty survives the listing

After an engagement ends, a broker must still account for money and property and keep confidential any information the client asked to keep confidential. That duty ends only if the client permits disclosure, the law requires it, or the information becomes public from someone other than the broker.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Candidates assume all duties end with the listing. Confidentiality is one of the duties that survives.
  • B. Only the former client can permit disclosure. A later listing agent has no power to waive it.
  • C. There is no waiting period. Time passing does not release the duty.
  • D. Correct. Confidentiality survives unless the client permits disclosure, the law requires it, or the information becomes public from another source.

Rule to remember: Information a client asked you to keep confidential stays confidential after the engagement ends.

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6. A seller tells the listing agent she will accept far less than the asking price and asks the agent to keep that to herself. An unrepresented buyer asks about it. The agent must:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Reveal it, since a customer is owed honesty
  2. B.Hint at it without stating an exact figure
  3. C.Reveal it, but only in a signed writing
  4. D.Decline to answer, since it is confidential

Answer D: Decline to answer, since it is confidential

The seller asked that her bottom line stay confidential, and a seller's broker must keep such information confidential. Honesty to a customer means not giving false information; it never requires handing over the client's negotiating position. The agent can decline to answer without lying.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Honesty forbids lying. It does not require giving up the client's confidential position.
  • B. A hint discloses the same information indirectly, which still breaches the confidentiality the seller requested.
  • C. Putting it in writing is still a disclosure the seller has forbidden.
  • D. Correct. The seller's bottom line is confidential, and the agent may decline without saying anything false.

Rule to remember: Honesty to a customer never requires revealing a client's confidential negotiating position.

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7. An agent shows homes to a buyer for a month. No brokerage agreement is signed. Under BRRETA, the buyer is:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.A client, because of the time the agent invested
  2. B.A client by implication from the agent's conduct
  3. C.A customer, owed no duties at all by the agent
  4. D.A customer, because no written engagement exists

Answer D: A customer, because no written engagement exists

BRRETA defines a brokerage engagement as a written contract, and a client as someone represented under one. Time and effort do not create a client relationship. The buyer is a customer: the agent may perform ministerial acts, must not knowingly give false information, and must disclose known adverse material facts about the property's condition.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Effort and time spent feel like representation, but client status requires a written brokerage engagement.
  • B. Georgia does not create a client relationship by implication from conduct.
  • C. A customer is still owed honesty and disclosure of known adverse material facts about the property.
  • D. Correct. Without a written engagement the buyer is a customer.

Rule to remember: No written engagement, no client. A customer is still owed honesty and known adverse material facts.

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8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a transaction broker relationship?Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Neither party is a client of the broker
  2. B.The broker negotiates better terms for one party
  3. C.The broker helps the parties with the paperwork
  4. D.The broker gives neither party false information

Answer B: The broker negotiates better terms for one party

A transaction broker has no brokerage engagement with either party, so there is no client to advocate for. The broker handles ministerial tasks such as paperwork and scheduling and must still deal honestly, which means not knowingly giving false information.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. This is a characteristic. Candidates who confuse transaction brokerage with dual agency, where both parties are clients, pick this.
  • B. Correct. Negotiating for one party is advocacy, and advocacy belongs to a client relationship the transaction broker does not have.
  • C. This is a characteristic. Ministerial help with the mechanics of the deal is exactly the transaction broker's role.
  • D. This is a characteristic. Honest dealing is owed to everyone, client or not, so it is not what separates the roles.

Rule to remember: A transaction broker helps with the mechanics but negotiates for no one: no client, no advocacy.

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9. A buyer's agent would earn a substantially larger fee if the buyer client purchases one particular listing. The agent should:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.Stop showing that listing so no conflict can arise
  2. B.Say nothing, since the listing side pays the fee
  3. C.Mention the difference only if the client asks
  4. D.Disclose the pay difference so the client can weigh it

Answer D: Disclose the pay difference so the client can weigh it

Pay that varies by property gives the agent a personal incentive that may not match the client's interest. Disclosing it lets the client judge the agent's advice with full information, and the client still gets to see every suitable home.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. Avoidance feels safe, but withholding a suitable home harms the client. The cure for a conflict is disclosure, not hiding options.
  • B. Who pays the fee does not matter. The incentive still affects the agent's advice to the client.
  • C. Disclosure on request is not enough. The client cannot ask about a conflict the client does not know exists.
  • D. Correct. Disclose the differing compensation so the client can weigh the agent's advice.

Rule to remember: If an agent's pay varies by property, disclose it up front so the client can weigh the advice.

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10. Under BRRETA, the brokerage engagement is between the client and:Agency. Open choices and explanation.
  1. A.The individual agent
  2. B.The closing attorney
  3. C.The agent and the broker jointly
  4. D.The broker

Answer D: The broker

The brokerage engagement runs to the broker, and affiliated agents act on the broker's behalf. That is why designated agency works inside one firm, and why an agent who changes firms does not automatically take the client relationship along.

Why each choice works or fails

  • A. The agent signs and does the work, but acts for the broker. The engagement is not with the agent personally.
  • B. In Georgia the closing attorney handles the closing but is not a party to the brokerage engagement.
  • C. The agent is not a co-party. The engagement is with the broker alone, and the agent acts under it.
  • D. Correct. The client engages the broker.

Rule to remember: The engagement belongs to the broker, not the agent.

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