Real Estate Practice, Edition 9, Chapter 2 Quiz

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

All of these: report violations of the real estate law to the Bureau of Real Estate, submit all written offers in a prompt and timely manner, stay in close communication with clients or customers. (These are suggestions not necessarily legal duties.)

The Civil Rights Act that applied only to race was the

Civil Rights Act of 1866. (The Civil Rights Act of 1866 gave rights to recently freed slaves. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination in housing based on national original, race, religion, and color.)

Which of the following statements regarding ethics is TRUE?

Ethics tends to precede the law. (What is legal but unethical now might be illegal tomorrow.)

Redlining is prohibited by the

Holden Act. (And the Civil Rights Act of 1968.)

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

The Golden Rule (How would you want to be treated?)

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

Unruh Act. (Applies to businesses only.)

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibits

both blockbusting and steering. (As well as redlining.)

Redlining refers to a refusal to

loan in designated areas. (Prohibited by Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Holden Act.)

A broker may discriminate against a tenant who

neither has AIDS nor has a guide dog. (Both protected by 1988 Amendment.)

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. (Directing to properties based on race.)