Kansas Real Estate Broker Exam — All Questions

Under Kansas law, when a brokerage operates a branch office, that branch must:

• a.Be run entirely by unlicensed staff
• b.Share a single license with the main office and need no separate oversight
• c.Have a branch or supervising broker responsible for the licensees and records at that location✓
• d.Report directly to the Kansas Association of Realtors

Kansas requires each branch office to be supervised by a broker responsible for the licensees and records at that location, and branch offices are separately registered. This ensures that trust funds, advertising, and licensee conduct at every office are overseen by a qualified broker rather than by unlicensed staff.

A Kansas supervising broker's duty to supervise affiliated licensees includes ensuring that they:

• a.Never negotiate their commission with the firm
• b.Follow BRRETA relationship disclosures, advertising rules, and proper handling of client funds✓
• c.Personally hold client earnest money in their own accounts
• d.Avoid completing any continuing education

The supervising broker is responsible for making sure affiliated licensees comply with license law, including BRRETA brokerage-relationship disclosures, truthful advertising, and delivering client funds to the broker's trust account. Salespersons may not hold client money personally, and licensees must complete continuing education. Failure to supervise can lead to broker discipline.

A Kansas supervising broker learns a salesperson placed a misleading advertisement omitting the brokerage's name. The broker should:

• a.Ignore it because advertising is the salesperson's own business
• b.Wait for KREC to send a complaint before acting
• c.Instruct the salesperson to keep running the ad
• d.Ensure the advertising is corrected to comply with KREC rules and address the licensee's conduct✓

Kansas requires advertising to be truthful and to identify the brokerage, and the supervising broker is responsible for the advertising of affiliated licensees. On learning of a noncompliant ad, the broker must ensure it is corrected and address the licensee's conduct. Ignoring the violation could expose both the licensee and the broker to KREC discipline.