What is the exam-ready answer?
| Roadmap lesson | 145 of 500 |
|---|---|
| Official syllabus topic | Real Estate Practice in Georgia: Listings and Agency; Real Estate Practice |
| 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.
Transaction broker
The transaction broker has no client in the transaction but still must timely account for money and property, disclose actually known adverse material facts, and assist honestly under the statute.
Ministerial acts
Examples include factual property identification, statistics, forms, scribing party instructions, locating professionals, and reporting service providers.
Judgment boundary
Recommending price, selecting a protective contingency, interpreting legal effect, or advising negotiation strategy requires judgment and is not merely ministerial.
False information
A transaction broker or licensee must not knowingly provide false information. Source attribution matters when passing along third-party information.
Decision rule
Georgia rule and national contrast
Worked Georgia example
Scenario. A transaction broker gives both parties a blank inspection amendment and types the language they dictate, then one asks which repair demand will create more leverage.
Reason it through. Supplying the form and acting as a scribe can be ministerial. Recommending leverage is strategic judgment and advocacy.
Answer. The broker may record the parties' choices but should not recommend the negotiating demand as a transaction broker.
Common exam traps
- Saying Georgia has no transaction brokers
- Calling all assistance agency
- Treating advice as ministerial
- Ignoring required accounting and adverse-fact disclosure
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 Georgia Transaction Brokers and Ministerial Acts?
- A. Georgia does not recognize transaction brokers.
- B. Ask whether any party is a client and whether the requested act requires discretion, recommendation, negotiation, or judgment.
- C. Any use of a contract form creates a client relationship.
- D. Negotiation advice is a ministerial act when given to both sides.
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Answer: B. Ask whether any party is a client and whether the requested act requires discretion, recommendation, negotiation, or judgment.
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 transaction broker gives both parties a blank inspection amendment and types the language they dictate, then one asks which repair demand will create more leverage.
- A. Ignore the Georgia-specific fact because good intentions control.
- B. Apply the nearest national rule without checking Georgia authority.
- C. The broker may record the parties' choices but should not recommend the negotiating demand as a transaction broker.
- D. Let the participant with the strongest preference decide without following the required process.
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Answer: C. The broker may record the parties' choices but should not recommend the negotiating demand as a transaction broker.
Supplying the form and acting as a scribe can be ministerial. Recommending leverage is strategic judgment and advocacy. 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 Georgia Transaction Brokers and Ministerial Acts, what should a candidate identify first?
- A. The answer choice that sounds most ethical, without classifying the actor or document.
- B. One familiar deadline, applied to every Georgia transaction regardless of the source.
- C. A national default, even when the stem identifies a Georgia statute or GREC rule.
- D. Replace the word helpful with a task analysis: fact or form may be ministerial; recommendation, discretion, negotiation, or advocacy is not.
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Answer: D. Replace the word helpful with a task analysis: fact or form may be ministerial; recommendation, discretion, negotiation, or advocacy is not.
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 BRRETA Confidentiality, Actual Knowledge, and Company Policy. Continue through the roadmap from lesson 145.
Return to the Real Estate Practice in Georgia hub for the complete official branch and every canonical lesson in this Georgia group.