Kansas Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions

Which best describes the education path for a new Kansas salesperson?

• a.A single continuing-education class with no exam
• b.Complete an approved principles/pre-license course and pass the exam, then complete additional required Kansas coursework to activate and maintain the license✓
• c.A four-year real estate degree only
• d.No coursework if sponsored by a broker

Kansas requires a candidate to complete an approved pre-license (principles) course and pass the licensing examination, and to complete additional required Kansas coursework as part of activating and maintaining the salesperson license. Applicants must also affiliate with a supervising broker and complete ongoing continuing education to renew.

Where must a licensed Kansas resident broker keep the firm's primary office?

• a.Anywhere in the United States
• b.Only inside Kansas
• c.In Kansas or an adjoining state✓
• d.In the county where most listings are

A licensed resident broker must have and maintain a primary office in Kansas or in an adjoining state; a nonresident broker keeps one in the state of residence or in Kansas. That office may be in the supervising broker's residence. Cite: K.S.A. 58-3060(a) and (f).

A Kansas supervising broker moves the office and names a new branch broker. How fast must the commission be told?

• a.Within 24 hours
• b.Written notice within five days✓
• c.Written notice within 30 days
• d.At the next license renewal

The supervising broker must give the commission written notice within five days of a change in the broker's name, business name, trade name, office location, or designated branch or supervising broker, and within five days of closing an office. Cite: K.S.A. 58-3060(c) and (d).

A Kansas supervising broker wants to operate under a trade name and open a branch office. What does the license act require?

• a.File the name with the secretary of state only
• b.Use a different trade name at each office
• c.Register the name once the branch office opens
• d.Get commission approval and reuse it at the branch✓

A trade or business name other than the broker's own must be registered with and approved by the commission, which may refuse a name that is misleading or that duplicates one used in the same marketing area within the past two years; a branch office uses the primary office's name. Cite: K.S.A. 58-3079(a) and (b).

A Kansas supervising broker fires a salesperson for violating the license act. What does the broker owe the commission?

• a.Immediate notice plus a written statement in 10 days✓
• b.A written statement of the alleged facts within 30 days
• c.Notice at the salesperson's next license renewal
• d.Nothing, unless a consumer files a complaint

The supervising or branch broker must immediately notify the commission of the termination and request deactivation, and when the termination is for a violation must also submit a written statement of the alleged facts within 10 days. Cite: K.S.A. 58-3047(c) and (d).

A Kansas supervising broker's license is revoked and no replacement broker is authorized. What happens to the firm's signage and advertising?

• a.It may stay up until the pending closings are finished
• b.It may stay up for 30 days after the order
• c.It must be removed or covered within five calendar days✓
• d.It must be removed before the order takes effect

Unless the commission has authorized another broker to serve, all advertising under the broker's name or trade name, signage included, must come down or be covered within five calendar days after the expiration, deactivation, suspension or revocation takes effect. Cite: K.S.A. 58-3085(a).