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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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EXAM CODE: NMLS SAFE ACT EXAM QUESTIONS ANSW
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ERS-101




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. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) (X)
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[Verified Solution]: Was passed with a goal of reforming the settlement process "to ensure that consu
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mers throughout the nation are provided with greater and more timely information on the nature and cos
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ts of the settlement process and are protected from unnecessarily high settlement charges caused by cert
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ain abusive practices..."
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Q2. RESPA seeks to:
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[Verified Solution]: Require effective advance disclosure of costs Eliminate kickbacks and referral fee
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s Limit amounts held in escrow or reserve accounts, and Reform recordkeeping of local land title infor
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mation




Q3. Federally related mortgage loan
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[Verified Solution]: is any loan secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential property designed
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for the occupancy of one to four families made by any lender
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Q4. Whether or not the servicing of a mortgage loan may be transferred must be disclosed to
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the borrower no later than _____ days after a creditor's receipt of the application. This disclos
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ure is set forth in the Loan Estimate
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[Verified Solution]: 3 days dd dddd dd

,Q5. If the servicing is transferred, notice must be given to the borrower by the transferring e
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ntity no less than ____days before the effective date of the transfer
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[Verified Solution]: 15 days dd dddd dd




Q6. The notice of Servicing Transfer must include the following:
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[Verified Solution]: Effective date of the transfer Contact information and a toll-
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free or collect number for both the transferring servicer and the new servicer which the borrower may u
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se to submit inquiries The date on which the old servicer will cease accepting payments Any informatio
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n regarding mortgage life or disability insurance A statement advising the borrower that the terms of the
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ir loan will not change
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Q7. Aggregate Escrow Analysis
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[Verified Solution]: Is to ensure that the proper amount is being held in escrow or reserve accounts (i.
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e., accounts to hold funds on behalf of borrowers for the payment of taxes and insurance).
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Q8. Escrow accounts must be analyzed once every ___ __
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[Verified Solution]: 12 months dd dddd dd




Q9. Any overage for escrow accounts over $50 is refunded to the borrower within ____ or cre
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dited towards the borrower's escrow payments
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[Verified Solution]: 30 days dd dddd dd




Q10. If the escrow account is short by less than one month's escrow payment, the servicer ma
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y:
[Verified Solution]: Do nothing Require the borrower to repay the shortage within 30 days, or Require
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the borrower to repay the shortage in two or more equal monthly payments
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Q11. If the escrow shortage is an amount equal to one month or more of escrow payment, the
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servicer may:
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[Verified Solution]: Do nothing, or Allow the borrower to repay it over a minimum 12-month period
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Q12. Kickbacks
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[Verified Solution]: No person may give or receive anything of value arising from the referral of settl
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ement services that are part of a federally-regulated mortgage settlement
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, Q13. Referral
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[Verified Solution]: Includes any oral or written action directed to a person that has the effect of affir
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matively influencing the person's selection of a settlement service provider when the person will pay for
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that service or pay a charge attributable in whole or in part to the service.
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Q14. Thing of value
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[Verified Solution]: Money, things, discounts, salaries, commissions, fees, stocks, and dividends Distri
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butions of partnership profits Franchise royalties Services or sales/rentals at special prices or rates Trips
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and/or payments of another person's expenses Credits against existing obligations
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Q15. Affiliated Business Arrangement (ABA)
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[Verified Solution]: Person who is in a position to refer business...or an associate of that person has ei
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ther an affiliate relationship with or a direct or beneficial ownership interest of more than 1% in a provi
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der of settlement services and refers business to that provider or affirmatively influences selection of tha
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t provider"
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Q16. Settlement Services
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[Verified Solution]: Title searches Title examinations Title insurance Attorney services Preparation of
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documents Surveys Credit reports Appraisals Pest inspections Real estate services Loan origination Proc
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essing mortgages Closing or settling mortgages
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Q17. Associate
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[Verified Solution]: A person who has one or more of the following relationships with a person in a p
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osition to refer settlement business: A spouse, parent, or child A corporation or business entity that cont
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rols, is controlled, or is under common control with such person An employer, officer, director, partner,
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dfranchisor, or franchisee of such person, or Anyone who has an agreement, arrangement, or understandi
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ng with such person, the purpose or substantial effect of which is to enable the referrer to benefit financ
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ially from providing referrals
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Q18. If one affiliate is referring business to another, the referring affiliate must, at the time of
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the referral, make a ______ to the borrower regarding the affiliate relationship and advise the
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borrower that he or she is not required to use any particular provider of settlement services
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[Verified Solution]: written disclosure
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