A fiduciary relationship in which a broker owes duties of loyalty, obedience, disclosure, confidentiality, accounting, and reasonable care/skill to a principal is best described as which of the following?
A. Agency
B. Puffing
C. Steering
D. Novation
Source: PSI National Real Estate Salesperson Exam Content Outline; general real estate principles
A seller signs a listing agreement giving one broker the exclusive right to sell the property, and the broker earns a commission regardless of who procures the buyer, even the seller. This is which type of listing?
A. Open listing
B. Exclusive agency listing
C. Exclusive right to sell listing
D. Net listing
Source: PSI National Real Estate Salesperson Exam Content Outline; general real estate principles
Which agency relationship exists when a broker represents both the buyer and the seller in the same transaction, with the informed consent of both parties?
A. Subagency
B. Dual agency
C. Designated agency
D. Ostensible agency
Source: PSI National Real Estate Salesperson Exam Content Outline; general real estate principles
A customer, as opposed to a client, is best described as a party who:
A. Has signed a written agency agreement with a brokerage
B. Receives real estate services without an agency relationship
C. Pays the broker's commission directly
D. Is always the buyer in a transaction
Source: PSI National Real Estate Salesperson Exam Content Outline; general real estate principles
An agency relationship that is created by the actions or conduct of the parties rather than by an express written agreement is known as:
A. Agency by ratification
B. Implied agency
C. Agency coupled with an interest
D. Universal agency
Source: PSI National Real Estate Salesperson Exam Content Outline; general real estate principles