What is the exam-ready answer?
| Roadmap lesson | 146 of 500 |
|---|---|
| Official syllabus topic | Real Estate Practice in Georgia: Listings and Agency |
| Official PSI group | Real Estate Practice in Georgia |
| Published group count | 21 of the 52 Georgia questions |
| Exam portion | Georgia salesperson supplement |
| Source edition | PSI Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin dated July 1, 2026 |
| Law checked through | August 2, 2026 |
| Last verified | August 2, 2026 |
The Rule
PSI publishes 16, 21, and 15 items for the three Georgia groups. It does not publish a guaranteed subtopic count. The statute, current GREC rule, contract, or other cited primary authority controls each lesson.
Complete lesson
Read these concepts as one Georgia decision system. A plausible national rule can still be the wrong answer when the stem supplies a Georgia statute, instrument, role, or procedure.
Express confidentiality
The seller, buyer, landlord, and tenant duty sections protect information made confidential through express request or instruction, not every fact in the universe.
Required disclosure
Confidentiality does not authorize concealment where law requires disclosure, including specified actually known adverse material facts.
Actual knowledge
BRRETA repeatedly uses actual knowledge. A broker is not assigned a universal duty to discover every unknown condition.
Company policy and imputation
A brokerage's written policy and designated relationships affect whose knowledge is attributed, but statutory disclosures and each designated licensee's duties remain controlling.
Decision rule
Georgia rule and national contrast
Worked Georgia example
Scenario. A seller asks the listing broker to keep a job transfer confidential but also reveals an actually known concealed foundation failure.
Reason it through. The motivation can be protected by express request. The adverse physical fact falls within the disclosure duty and cannot be hidden merely by calling it confidential.
Answer. Protect the job-transfer information but disclose the foundation fact as required.
Common exam traps
- Calling a required disclosure confidential
- Assuming every office employee knows every fact
- Inventing a duty to discover
- Treating termination as automatic permission to reveal secrets
Original practice questions with detailed explanations
These are original instructional questions mapped to the July 1, 2026 PSI outline. They are not copied from PSI or a live examination. Choose an answer before opening the explanation.
Question 1Which statement best states the Georgia rule for BRRETA Confidentiality, Actual Knowledge, and Company Policy?
- A. A client may make a legally required disclosure confidential by request.
- B. Every fact known by one person in a firm is always imputed to everyone.
- C. Classify the information as expressly confidential, legally required to disclose, actually known, attributed under the company structure, or merely suspected.
- D. A broker must discover every defect regardless of actual knowledge.
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Answer: C. Classify the information as expressly confidential, legally required to disclose, actually known, attributed under the company structure, or merely suspected.
The correct choice states the controlling rule. The other choices either remove a required element, replace Georgia authority with a generic assumption, or expand an exception beyond the cited source.
Question 2A seller asks the listing broker to keep a job transfer confidential but also reveals an actually known concealed foundation failure.
- A. Ignore the Georgia-specific fact because good intentions control.
- B. Apply the nearest national rule without checking Georgia authority.
- C. Let the participant with the strongest preference decide without following the required process.
- D. Protect the job-transfer information but disclose the foundation fact as required.
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Answer: D. Protect the job-transfer information but disclose the foundation fact as required.
The motivation can be protected by express request. The adverse physical fact falls within the disclosure duty and cannot be hidden merely by calling it confidential. The correct option follows that reasoning. The distractors ignore the controlling Georgia source, substitute intent for procedure, or give decision-making authority to the wrong person.
Question 3When solving BRRETA Confidentiality, Actual Knowledge, and Company Policy, what should a candidate identify first?
- A. Ask who knows the fact, how they learned it, whether the client expressly protected it, whether law compels disclosure, and whose knowledge BRRETA attributes.
- B. The answer choice that sounds most ethical, without classifying the actor or document.
- C. One familiar deadline, applied to every Georgia transaction regardless of the source.
- D. A national default, even when the stem identifies a Georgia statute or GREC rule.
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Answer: A. Ask who knows the fact, how they learned it, whether the client expressly protected it, whether law compels disclosure, and whose knowledge BRRETA attributes.
The decision rule identifies the facts that control this topic. The other choices reward tone, a memorized number, or a national default while skipping the Georgia actor, document, authority, or procedure.
Mastery tracking
Mark this Georgia lesson mastered only when every statement is true.
- State the direct answer and decision rule without notes.
- Explain all four concepts and identify the controlling Georgia source.
- Solve the worked example after changing one important fact.
- Reject every listed trap and explain what makes it tempting.
- Answer all three original questions correctly and explain every distractor.
- Repeat this topic in mixed Georgia practice on a later day.
Recommended next lesson
Continue with Georgia Sales Contracts and Due-Diligence Periods. Continue through the roadmap from lesson 146.
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