SC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EXAMS SET 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔blockbusting - ✔✔"panic selling" encouraging consumers to move out by saying a
certain "protected class" is moving to the area
✔✔Equal Housing Logo - ✔✔must be displayed at property and in advertisements
✔✔Employer - ✔✔Individual or company who pays people to work for them. Are
classified by # of employees, working conditions, and wages paid
✔✔Duplex - ✔✔2 unit apartment building
✔✔Disability - ✔✔any physical or mental impairment that limits a persons life activities
✔✔Deferred Maintenance - ✔✔physical depreciation caused by postponed
maintenance
✔✔depreciation - ✔✔loss of value do to physical deterioration
✔✔What are seasonal variations? - ✔✔changes occurring at regular intervals due to
custom or nature
✔✔constructive eviction - ✔✔situation where a tenant must abandon premises due to
owner's negligence in providing essential services
✔✔familial status - ✔✔Any household with 1 member being under 18 years old or a
pregnant woman
✔✔foreign trading zone - ✔✔area designated to permit DUTY-FREE goods
✔✔independent contractor - ✔✔workers who control their own work and pay their own
taxes
✔✔Industrial Property - ✔✔Type of property that converts raw materials into finished
product. also, goods distribution
✔✔Lease - ✔✔written or oral contract between landlord & tenant that transfers right of
possession for a specific time.
✔✔liability insurance - ✔✔insurance protecting property owner against damages due to
neglect
, ✔✔loft - ✔✔low rent apartments that were converted from a manufacturing or storage
facility
✔✔Megan's Law - ✔✔Laws requiring sex offenders to register with local law
enforcement
✔✔mold - ✔✔microscopic organism that exists in and out doors, requires moisture, and
causes air-quality issues
✔✔partial eviction - ✔✔situation where landlords negligence renders part of the
premises unusable to tenant.
✔✔Prime Contractor - ✔✔construction supervisor contracted to over-see a job
✔✔Property Analysis - ✔✔study made to familiarize pm with the property condition
✔✔Real Property - ✔✔earth surface extending downward to center & upward into
space, includes anything permanently attached
✔✔recession - ✔✔the PEAK of the business cycle
Supply = Demand
✔✔reserve funds - ✔✔monies set aside for an operating budget
✔✔land lord tenant act doesn't have jurisdiction over what types of property? - ✔✔under
contract for sale, social organizations, hotels, employee of landlord, owner of a confo,
agricultural land, time-share, shelters
✔✔Unsigned leases will be accepted by...? - ✔✔rental payment & possession of
property
✔✔How long is a lease if no time is specified? - ✔✔1 year
✔✔What are the damages rewarded to tenant when security deposit is not returned in
30days? - ✔✔up to 3 times the original amount $
✔✔What must be returned with the security deposits? - ✔✔an itemized deduction, if any
✔✔When may a landlord enter a unit without consent? - ✔✔1. emergency 2. 9a-6p for
routine maintenance 3. 8a-8p for requested service 4. court order 5. safety violations 6.
for law enforcement 7. tenant abandonment
✔✔landlords must give ___ hrs notice before entering unit. - ✔✔24
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔blockbusting - ✔✔"panic selling" encouraging consumers to move out by saying a
certain "protected class" is moving to the area
✔✔Equal Housing Logo - ✔✔must be displayed at property and in advertisements
✔✔Employer - ✔✔Individual or company who pays people to work for them. Are
classified by # of employees, working conditions, and wages paid
✔✔Duplex - ✔✔2 unit apartment building
✔✔Disability - ✔✔any physical or mental impairment that limits a persons life activities
✔✔Deferred Maintenance - ✔✔physical depreciation caused by postponed
maintenance
✔✔depreciation - ✔✔loss of value do to physical deterioration
✔✔What are seasonal variations? - ✔✔changes occurring at regular intervals due to
custom or nature
✔✔constructive eviction - ✔✔situation where a tenant must abandon premises due to
owner's negligence in providing essential services
✔✔familial status - ✔✔Any household with 1 member being under 18 years old or a
pregnant woman
✔✔foreign trading zone - ✔✔area designated to permit DUTY-FREE goods
✔✔independent contractor - ✔✔workers who control their own work and pay their own
taxes
✔✔Industrial Property - ✔✔Type of property that converts raw materials into finished
product. also, goods distribution
✔✔Lease - ✔✔written or oral contract between landlord & tenant that transfers right of
possession for a specific time.
✔✔liability insurance - ✔✔insurance protecting property owner against damages due to
neglect
, ✔✔loft - ✔✔low rent apartments that were converted from a manufacturing or storage
facility
✔✔Megan's Law - ✔✔Laws requiring sex offenders to register with local law
enforcement
✔✔mold - ✔✔microscopic organism that exists in and out doors, requires moisture, and
causes air-quality issues
✔✔partial eviction - ✔✔situation where landlords negligence renders part of the
premises unusable to tenant.
✔✔Prime Contractor - ✔✔construction supervisor contracted to over-see a job
✔✔Property Analysis - ✔✔study made to familiarize pm with the property condition
✔✔Real Property - ✔✔earth surface extending downward to center & upward into
space, includes anything permanently attached
✔✔recession - ✔✔the PEAK of the business cycle
Supply = Demand
✔✔reserve funds - ✔✔monies set aside for an operating budget
✔✔land lord tenant act doesn't have jurisdiction over what types of property? - ✔✔under
contract for sale, social organizations, hotels, employee of landlord, owner of a confo,
agricultural land, time-share, shelters
✔✔Unsigned leases will be accepted by...? - ✔✔rental payment & possession of
property
✔✔How long is a lease if no time is specified? - ✔✔1 year
✔✔What are the damages rewarded to tenant when security deposit is not returned in
30days? - ✔✔up to 3 times the original amount $
✔✔What must be returned with the security deposits? - ✔✔an itemized deduction, if any
✔✔When may a landlord enter a unit without consent? - ✔✔1. emergency 2. 9a-6p for
routine maintenance 3. 8a-8p for requested service 4. court order 5. safety violations 6.
for law enforcement 7. tenant abandonment
✔✔landlords must give ___ hrs notice before entering unit. - ✔✔24
