Chapter 2 Ethics, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, and Other Legal Issues

The Real Estate Commissioner's suggestions for professional conduct include that the agent _______.

All of these (stay in close communication with clients or customers, submit all written offers in a prompt and timely manner, report violations of the real estate law to the Bureau of Real Estate).

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibits _________.

Both blockbusting and steering.

The Civil Rights Act that applied only to race was the ________.

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Which of the following statements regarding ethics is TRUE?

Ethics tends to precede the law.

Redlining is prohibited by the ________.

Holden Act

Redlining refers to a refusal to _______.

Loan in designated areas.

A broker may discriminate against which type of tenant?

None of these (one who has a guide dog, one who has children, one who has AIDS).

Advertising a home in an area occupied solely by members of a minority group only in newspapers directed toward that minority group would be regarded as _________.

Steering

What is the best test to evaluate if an act is ethical?

The Golden Rule

The California Act that prohibits discrimination by all California businesses is the ________.

Unruh Act