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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




NMLS SAFE MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERS
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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: Exam 7 & ***NMLS final exam ***
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EXAM CODE: NMLS SAFE MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINAT
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OR EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERS-101
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS: dd



1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. At the time of disclosure there was an unknown tax lien on the property, and that disqual
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ifies the borrower for a specific product but still qualifies for a different product with different
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charges, which of the following is true?
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[Verified Solution]: New information specific to the consumer or transaction that the lender did not re
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ly on when providing the disclosures is an acceptable changed circumstance
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Q2. HOEPA applies to
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[Verified Solution]: Purchase money loans, Refinances, and HELOCs.
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Q3. An MLO is looking to drive some business so he decides to specifically target an inner-
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city neighborhood in the hopes that he can get a ton of smaller loans, but he will charge them
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more than he charges his more local customers. This is an example of
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[Verified Solution]: Reverse Redlining dd dddd dd




Q4. A borrower purchases a loan for his brother, but says he will be the one occupying the pr
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operty. This is termed dd dd dd




[Verified Solution]: Occupancy fraud is a type of mortgage fraud, whereby the borrower lies about wh
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ether or not the home will be owner-occupied.
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Q5. RESPA is also known as
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[Verified Solution]: Reg X dd dddd dd

,Q6. A government agency can help with down payment assistance and can provide a borrowe
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r money for their down payment. Family members can gift a borrower funds for their down p
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ayment. The seller cannot......
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[Verified Solution]: help a borrower with their down payment, but they can help by giving the borrow
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er seller concessions
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Q7. If you refuse to take a loan application for a credit worthy applicant on a prohibited basi
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s, what law would you be violating?
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[Verified Solution]: ECOA dd dddd




Q8. ECOA requires a lender to provide the loan applicant with a credit decision within how
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many days of receiving sufficient information to make a credit decision
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[Verified Solution]: (30) days of receiving the completed application.
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Q9. If an MLO fails to renew their license, some states allow until when to renew with late fee
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.
[Verified Solution]: Most states who allow reinstatement, have a deadline of February 28th.
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Q10. Per FACTA, in a situation where a creditor discloses to a consumer credit reporting age
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ncy negative information the creditor must disclose that information to the consumer. The disc
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losure must be made to the consumer no later than:
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[Verified Solution]: No later than thirty (30) days after the negative information was provided to the c
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redit bureau(s). dd




Q11. The mortgage loan originator receives the required key pieces of information from the b
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orrower on Wednesday. The lender is not open on the weekend, when is the MLO required to
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provide the Loan Estimate by the end of what day of the week?
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[Verified Solution]: A business day is day on which the lender's offices are open to the public for carr
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ying out substantially all its business functions. Since the lender is not open on Saturday or Sunday, the
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dLE would need to go out by Monday. Do not count the day info is given!
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,Q12. MLO Joe is working with a borrower and has been for six months. Joe has yet to be abl
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e to find a loan product for this borrower, so he's decided to tell his borrower he can't help hi
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m, but he owes him $1,000 for his time. This act is.......
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[Verified Solution]: This is collecting a fee for best efforts and is unethical and illegal under the SAF
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E Act.
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Q13. Calculate the loan's Loan-to-
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Value? Appraisal value = $300,000; Purchase price = $295,000; Loan amount = $236,000
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[Verified Solution]: 000To determine a borrower's loan to value, the MLO or underwriter is going to t
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ake a loan amount and divide it by the borrower's purchase price or the property's appraised value (whic
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hever is lower). $236,000/$295,000 = 80%
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Q14. The MLO discovers after pulling the borrower's credit, that his credit score is too low to
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obtain a conforming loan. The MLO discourages the borrower from making application at thi
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s time, even though the borrower insists they want to try and qualify. What law has the MLO
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violated?
[Verified Solution]: ECOA prohibits discrimination.
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Q15. What would be considered a prohibited factor when the state agency reviews a mortgage
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banker license for financial responsibility?
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[Verified Solution]: What type of things they've done in other states if they were licensed in other stat
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es. Violations in another state could impact whether the new state will approve a license.
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Q16. When a mortgage loan originator closes a loan for a client on the do not call registry, th
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ey establish a client business relationship allowing you to solicit for
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[Verified Solution]: 18 months after the last transaction, even if the consumer is on the Do Not Call R
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egistry




Q17. Victor is working with borrower Jennifer. Jennifer is applying for a loan without a co-
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borrower. Jennifer never mentioned a spouse but is wearing a wedding ring, how can Victor a
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sk Jennifer if she is married or not?
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[Verified Solution]: Victor cannot ask about marital status unless the application is for joint credit
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, Q18. A CD is provided on a Thursday, what is the earliest that the loan can close?
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[Verified Solution]: Creditors are required to provide a Closing Disclosure (CD) at least three (3) busi
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ness days before consummation. All calendar days except Sundays and legal public holidays are Busine
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ss Days in the case of the Closing Disclosure.
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Q19. What is NOT a function of an escrow officer or title officer (depending on state laws)?
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[Verified Solution]: They are not licensed to explain loan programs and features.
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Q20. Which of the following fees can NOT change at all at settlement?
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[Verified Solution]: Origination charges are zero tolerance fees; they cannot change between the LE a
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nd the CD.dd dd




Q21. Which federal law enhanced privacy laws and added safe-
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guard requirements for borrower's non-public personal information?
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[Verified Solution]: GLBA includes the Safeguard Rule which adds requirements for how lenders prot
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ect a borrower's nonpublic personal information. REG P
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Q22. What law requires risk-
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based pricing notices to applications that were denied or who are going to receive less favorabl
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e offers of credit?
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[Verified Solution]: FCRA requires the provision of risk-
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based pricing notices and credit scores to consumers whose applications are denied or who receive less
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favorable offers of credit. dd dd dd




Q23. HMDA requires that financial institutions collect and report specific data. The data is co
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llected and analyzed to ......
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[Verified Solution]: to prevent and detect discriminatory lending practices and to determine whether a
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financial institution is lending fairly in all areas they serve.
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Q24. What is the name of the toolkit designed to guide consumers through the process of shop
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ping for a mortgage and buying a home?
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[Verified Solution]: The Home Loan Toolkit dd dddd dd dd dd

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