Free Kansas Agency Practice Test — LicenseIQ

Question 1

A licensee never signs a buyer agreement but repeatedly gives a buyer negotiating advice and acts on his behalf. An agency relationship may have been created by:

Accepted Answer

Implied agency arises from conduct; the agent then owes full fiduciary duties. Express agency is created by stated agreement, ideally in writing.

Question 2

Which duty does a seller's agent owe to a buyer who is a customer, not a client?

Accepted Answer

Customers are owed HARD duties - Honesty, Accounting, Reasonable skill and care, and Disclosure of material facts - but not loyalty, obedience or confidentiality.

Question 3

At an open house, a buyer begins telling the listing agent the most he could pay. The agent should first:

Accepted Answer

Agents must disclose up front whom they represent so customers don't mistakenly share confidential information - anything the agent learns must be shared with the client.

Question 4

Which item must every Kansas agency agreement contain?

Accepted Answer

58-30,103 requires a fixed expiration date, and K.A.R. 86-3-8 bars automatic extension. Agreements also may not make the broker the client's attorney-in-fact.

Question 5

Which fiduciary duty continues even after the agency relationship has ended?

Accepted Answer

Most fiduciary duties end with the agency, but the agent must continue to keep the former client's confidential information private.

Question 6

A buyer's agent's brother owns a home that fits the buyer's needs. Before showing it, the agent must:

Accepted Answer

Any personal or financial interest of the agent or family must be disclosed up front so the client can make an informed decision.

Question 7

An agent tells a buyer he will show homes only if the buyer uses the agent's brother as mortgage broker. This is an illegal:

Accepted Answer

Conditioning one service on the purchase of another is a tying arrangement prohibited by antitrust law.

Question 8

When a broker appoints one salesperson to represent the seller and another salesperson in the same office to represent the buyer, this is:

Accepted Answer

Designated agency assigns separate agents within one brokerage; the broker is still a dual agent and written consent is required.

Question 9

When a firm acts as an in-house transaction broker without designated agents, the transaction broker addendum must be signed by the buyer:

Accepted Answer

58-30,109(a) requires the buyer to sign before writing the offer and the seller before signing the contract. Signing after acceptance would make the consent meaningless.

Question 10

A buyer's agent calls the listing agent to schedule a showing. When must the buyer's agent disclose the representation?

Accepted Answer

58-30,110 requires disclosure at the time of initial contact with the other party's licensee, orally or in writing. Waiting for the offer is too late.

Question 11

A seller has already accepted an offer, and another buyer submits a higher offer. The listing agent should:

Accepted Answer

Listing agents must present all offers through closing, but should not give legal advice about the seller's obligations under the existing contract.

Question 12

A Kansas broker works with a buyer but has no agency agreement and has not accepted subagency. The broker is:

Accepted Answer

58-30,103(c) makes the broker a transaction broker unless an agency relationship is established or subagency is accepted. Implied buyer agency is not the default.

Question 13

Which of the following is a fiduciary duty an agent owes the principal?

Accepted Answer

Fiduciary duties are Confidentiality, Obedience, Accounting, Loyalty and Disclosure (COALD), plus reasonable care.

Question 14

A seller instructs her listing agent not to show the home to buyers of a certain national origin. The agent should:

Accepted Answer

Obedience requires following lawful instructions only. Discriminatory instructions violate fair housing laws and must be refused.

Question 15

Which provision may NOT be included in a Kansas agency agreement?

Accepted Answer

Agreements may not authorize the broker to sign or initial for the client or to act as attorney-in-fact. A confidentiality limit is a permitted, even required, term.

Question 16

Under BRRETA, may a Kansas licensee act as a dual agent with the informed written consent of both parties?

Accepted Answer

58-30,103(a) prohibits dual agency in any transaction. Kansas uses transaction brokerage or designated agency instead; consent-based dual agency is a rule from other states.

Question 17

Which statement about dual agency is correct?

Accepted Answer

Dual agency creates an inherent conflict; with informed written consent, the agent provides limited representation and must keep each party's confidences.

Question 18

A seller's agent negligently misstates a home's square footage without the seller's knowledge. Under K.S.A. 58-30,111, the seller:

Accepted Answer

58-30,111(a) protects clients and customers from liability for their agent's or transaction broker's misrepresentation unless they knew of it. This reverses the common-law imputed-knowledge rule many candidates expect.

Question 19

The client a broker represents is the:

Accepted Answer

The principal is the client to whom the agent owes fiduciary duties; a customer is a party the agent works with but does not represent.

Question 20

After a Kansas agency relationship ends at closing, which duty continues unless the parties agree otherwise in writing?

Accepted Answer

58-30,104 continues the duties to account for money and property and to keep confidences after termination. Other duties end.

Question 21

An agency relationship can be terminated by all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Agency ends by performance, expiration, mutual agreement, operation of law, death or incapacity, or destruction of the property - not by the wish of an unrepresented customer.

Question 22

Which Kansas broker duty may be satisfied by statements prepared by an escrow or title agent?

Accepted Answer

58-3062(c)(2) requires closing statements to both parties with copies kept, and lets an escrow agent's statements satisfy the duty. Supervision cannot be outsourced away.

Question 23

A designated agent's buyer client wants to see a home the broker personally listed. The broker may designate another licensee to represent the seller only if:

Accepted Answer

58-30,109(b) requires the seller's written consent identifying the prospective buyer, signed before presentation of any offer. Commission approval is not part of the process.

Question 24

An agent authorized to perform a single specific act for a principal is a:

Accepted Answer

A special (limited) agent has authority for a specific task, typical of a listing agent. A property manager is usually a general agent.

Question 25

During a listing walk-through, the agent notices fresh paint on one ceiling area and a musty odor. The agent should:

Accepted Answer

Agents are not inspectors, but must recognize red flags (stains, odors, cracks) and disclose them for further investigation.

Kansas real estate agency practice test

1. A licensee never signs a buyer agreement but repeatedly gives a buyer negotiating advice and acts on his behalf. An agency relationship may have been created by:

2. Which duty does a seller's agent owe to a buyer who is a customer, not a client?

3. At an open house, a buyer begins telling the listing agent the most he could pay. The agent should first:

4. Which item must every Kansas agency agreement contain?

5. Which fiduciary duty continues even after the agency relationship has ended?

6. A buyer's agent's brother owns a home that fits the buyer's needs. Before showing it, the agent must:

7. An agent tells a buyer he will show homes only if the buyer uses the agent's brother as mortgage broker. This is an illegal:

8. When a broker appoints one salesperson to represent the seller and another salesperson in the same office to represent the buyer, this is:

9. When a firm acts as an in-house transaction broker without designated agents, the transaction broker addendum must be signed by the buyer:

10. A buyer's agent calls the listing agent to schedule a showing. When must the buyer's agent disclose the representation?

11. A seller has already accepted an offer, and another buyer submits a higher offer. The listing agent should:

12. A Kansas broker works with a buyer but has no agency agreement and has not accepted subagency. The broker is:

13. Which of the following is a fiduciary duty an agent owes the principal?

14. A seller instructs her listing agent not to show the home to buyers of a certain national origin. The agent should:

15. Which provision may NOT be included in a Kansas agency agreement?

16. Under BRRETA, may a Kansas licensee act as a dual agent with the informed written consent of both parties?

17. Which statement about dual agency is correct?

18. A seller's agent negligently misstates a home's square footage without the seller's knowledge. Under K.S.A. 58-30,111, the seller:

19. The client a broker represents is the:

20. After a Kansas agency relationship ends at closing, which duty continues unless the parties agree otherwise in writing?

21. An agency relationship can be terminated by all of the following EXCEPT:

22. Which Kansas broker duty may be satisfied by statements prepared by an escrow or title agent?

23. A designated agent's buyer client wants to see a home the broker personally listed. The broker may designate another licensee to represent the seller only if:

24. An agent authorized to perform a single specific act for a principal is a:

25. During a listing walk-through, the agent notices fresh paint on one ceiling area and a musty odor. The agent should:

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