DC PROPERTY MANAGERS UPDATED TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Physical Inspections - ✔✔Is a method used to evaluate the property's condition &
equipment as well as being the first step to develop a plan to address any issues.
✔✔When should an inspection be performed after a resident has moved out? -
✔✔Ideally the same day.
✔✔Some areas to regular inspect include - ✔✔Roofs- look for pondering water, holes,
and debris; Parking Lots- look for pavement alligator, loose graveling, potholes Front
Entrance- look for trip hazards, cracked windows; Exterior Facades- failed caulking,
loose concrete, crack windows.
✔✔In order to generate a list of what to be inspected on a property - ✔✔A walk-through
of the property and all of the areas related to its mechanical, electrical, telephone, and
life safety equipment needs to be conducted. Frequency of inspections are determined
annually, semi-annually, quarterly, and monthly.
✔✔Request For Proposal or RPF - ✔✔To develop a clear and thorough specification for
contracts to bid on is called
✔✔What is included in an RPF? - ✔✔Scope of work, how is to be performed, frequency,
special requirements, work hours, timetable to complete, insurance requirements,
deadline for submission, number of personnel to be provided, warranty, & references.
✔✔Before marketing an available space or unit, - ✔✔Be sure that it is clean and
presentable and that the owner has approved all marketing plans.
✔✔What is a legal reason for a landlord to evict a tenant? - ✔✔Landlord wants to
occupy the rental unit.
, ✔✔All evictions except non-payment of rent must be filed with - ✔✔Rental
Accommodations Division (RAD)
✔✔A landlord may evict a tenant for only one of ten statutory reasons some of those
reasons include - ✔✔Nonpayment of rent, Violation of an obligation of tenancy, of which
the tenant failed to correct after notice; Tenant performed as illegal act within the rental
unit.
✔✔A property's foreclosure in not - ✔✔A legal basis to evict tenant. Should an eviction
occur, there is no change in tenant's rights.
✔✔Owners are required to - ✔✔File an income tax return, file & maintain accurate
records of all income and expenses.
✔✔Security Deposits - ✔✔Owner is required to pay interest on security deposits.
✔✔Smoke Detectors should be installed - ✔✔at least 1 smoke detector per sleeping
area, in the room used for sleeping and outside the bedroom but in the mediated vicinity
of the sleeping area.
✔✔Each owner should install smoke detectors an comply with the requirements of -
✔✔The Smoke Detector Act of 1978.
✔✔Smoke detectors should be directly wired to - ✔✔The power supply of the building.
✔✔The owner shall post in conspicuous places - ✔✔Instructions on the operation of the
fire alarm, whether the apartment building fire alarm is separate from or connected to
detectors in the individual unit or building, connected to Fire, Medical Services, and a
warning that in the event of a fire call 911.
✔✔No owner shall place in the lease or rental agreement a provision - ✔✔Waiving the
right of a tenant to a jury trail or that the tenant pay the owner's court cost or legal fees
✔✔Every employer shall pay all wages earned to his employees - ✔✔at lease twice
during each calendar month
✔✔Employee must receive compensation at a rate of - ✔✔1 1/2 times the regular rate
at which the employee is employed.
✔✔In accordance with the D.C. Human Right Act of 1977 - ✔✔DC does not discriminate
on the basis factual or perceived.
✔✔The Office of Human Rights was established - ✔✔In 1999
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Physical Inspections - ✔✔Is a method used to evaluate the property's condition &
equipment as well as being the first step to develop a plan to address any issues.
✔✔When should an inspection be performed after a resident has moved out? -
✔✔Ideally the same day.
✔✔Some areas to regular inspect include - ✔✔Roofs- look for pondering water, holes,
and debris; Parking Lots- look for pavement alligator, loose graveling, potholes Front
Entrance- look for trip hazards, cracked windows; Exterior Facades- failed caulking,
loose concrete, crack windows.
✔✔In order to generate a list of what to be inspected on a property - ✔✔A walk-through
of the property and all of the areas related to its mechanical, electrical, telephone, and
life safety equipment needs to be conducted. Frequency of inspections are determined
annually, semi-annually, quarterly, and monthly.
✔✔Request For Proposal or RPF - ✔✔To develop a clear and thorough specification for
contracts to bid on is called
✔✔What is included in an RPF? - ✔✔Scope of work, how is to be performed, frequency,
special requirements, work hours, timetable to complete, insurance requirements,
deadline for submission, number of personnel to be provided, warranty, & references.
✔✔Before marketing an available space or unit, - ✔✔Be sure that it is clean and
presentable and that the owner has approved all marketing plans.
✔✔What is a legal reason for a landlord to evict a tenant? - ✔✔Landlord wants to
occupy the rental unit.
, ✔✔All evictions except non-payment of rent must be filed with - ✔✔Rental
Accommodations Division (RAD)
✔✔A landlord may evict a tenant for only one of ten statutory reasons some of those
reasons include - ✔✔Nonpayment of rent, Violation of an obligation of tenancy, of which
the tenant failed to correct after notice; Tenant performed as illegal act within the rental
unit.
✔✔A property's foreclosure in not - ✔✔A legal basis to evict tenant. Should an eviction
occur, there is no change in tenant's rights.
✔✔Owners are required to - ✔✔File an income tax return, file & maintain accurate
records of all income and expenses.
✔✔Security Deposits - ✔✔Owner is required to pay interest on security deposits.
✔✔Smoke Detectors should be installed - ✔✔at least 1 smoke detector per sleeping
area, in the room used for sleeping and outside the bedroom but in the mediated vicinity
of the sleeping area.
✔✔Each owner should install smoke detectors an comply with the requirements of -
✔✔The Smoke Detector Act of 1978.
✔✔Smoke detectors should be directly wired to - ✔✔The power supply of the building.
✔✔The owner shall post in conspicuous places - ✔✔Instructions on the operation of the
fire alarm, whether the apartment building fire alarm is separate from or connected to
detectors in the individual unit or building, connected to Fire, Medical Services, and a
warning that in the event of a fire call 911.
✔✔No owner shall place in the lease or rental agreement a provision - ✔✔Waiving the
right of a tenant to a jury trail or that the tenant pay the owner's court cost or legal fees
✔✔Every employer shall pay all wages earned to his employees - ✔✔at lease twice
during each calendar month
✔✔Employee must receive compensation at a rate of - ✔✔1 1/2 times the regular rate
at which the employee is employed.
✔✔In accordance with the D.C. Human Right Act of 1977 - ✔✔DC does not discriminate
on the basis factual or perceived.
✔✔The Office of Human Rights was established - ✔✔In 1999
