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FLORIDA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGER PRELICENSURE
COURSE MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH
RATIONALES
1. After purchasing the mobile home park, residents form a community association and
hire a paid manager. The manager must be licensed under Part VIII of Chapter 468 if the
association budget exceeds:
A. $50,000
B. $75,000
C. $100,000 (Correct)
D. $125,000
Rationale: Florida requires licensing of managers under Part VIII when budgets exceed
$100k.
2. A form of joint ownership where legal title isn't vested in individuals but they have rights
to occupy a unit is a:
A. Mobile home
B. Cooperative (Correct)
C. Mandatory homeowners' association
D. Condominium
Rationale: In co-ops, the corporation owns property; residents hold shares and
occupancy rights.
3. A community association that allows individual units to be owned/occupied by different
people during the year is a:
A. Time-share property (Correct)
B. Cooperative
C. Phase condominium
D. Townhouse
Rationale: Time-shares permit fractional/periodic ownership/use.
4. Appurtenances in a condo or co-op typically include rights to:
A. Use and access to all individual units
B. Liens
C. The association’s records
D. Use/access to easements, membership, assigned percent ownership of common
areas, and club rights (Correct)
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Rationale: Appurtenances are rights/benefits attached to unit ownership (common
elements, memberships).
5. Any person or firm licensed under Part VIII of Chapter 468, F.S., is considered:
A. Responsible for management
B. Capable of performing community association management services (Correct)
C. Capable of transferring cooperative property ownership
D. An officer of the association
Rationale: Part VIII licensing qualifies individuals to perform community association
management.
6. A mandatory homeowners' association (not condo or coop) is regulated by which Florida
statute?
A. 648, F.S.
B. 720, F.S. (Correct)
C. 721, F.S.
D. 735, F.S.
Rationale: Chapter 720 covers homeowners’ associations in Florida.
7. A board member may not accept items of value from vendors for personal/family
benefit except:
A. Items received at trade fairs or educational programs (Correct)
B. When fully disclosed to other board members
C. From a vendor who is a relative
D. Items valued under $500
Rationale: Limited exceptions (e.g., nominal promotional items at educational events)
exist.
8. The document that creates covenants and restrictions establishing homeowner
rights/responsibilities is the:
A. Charter
B. Bylaws
C. Articles
D. Declaration (Correct)
Rationale: The declaration records the covenants, easements, and restrictions for the
community.
9. Florida’s Condominium Act and Not-For-Profit Act require which document for day-to-
day operations?
A. Charter
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B. Bylaws (Correct)
C. Declaration
D. Articles
Rationale: Bylaws set operational procedures for an association.
10. The Condominium Act specifies items reserved for exclusive use of certain owners are:
A. Common areas
B. Limited common elements (Correct)
C. Recreation areas
D. Elevators
Rationale: Limited common elements (e.g., assigned parking) are for specific owners’
exclusive use.
11. Association governing documents must be recorded with which office to be effective?
A. Department of Business & Professional Regulation
B. The clerk of the circuit court
C. The recording office (Correct)
D. Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes
Rationale: Documents must be recorded in the public land records (clerk/recording
office).
12. Which body enforces compliance with the Condominium Act?
A. Department of State
B. Association directors
C. Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes (Correct)
D. Clerk of the circuit court
Rationale: The Division enforces statutes and issues guidance.
13. When a rental property converts to a condominium, each tenant has:
A. Statutory right to sue the developer
B. Been notified of eviction
C. The right to extend his/her lease (Correct)
D. Right to purchase at discount automatically
Rationale: Tenants often have rights to extend or receive notices per conversion rules.
14. Amendments to a homeowners' association declaration become effective when:
A. Recorded with the clerk of the circuit court (Correct)
B. Recorded with the Department of State
C. Recorded with the board
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D. Recorded with DBPR
Rationale: Amendments take effect on recording in the public record.
15. Before removing a common element (pool), the association should:
A. Rely only on officer decision
B. Check the declaration regarding material modifications (Correct)
C. Require only majority vote of quorum by statute
D. Never remove per F.S. 719
Rationale: Declaration and governing docs dictate procedures for material changes to
common elements.
16. To set exclusive-use clubhouse policies, the board should consult:
A. Articles of incorporation
B. The declaration (Correct)
C. DBPR declaratory statements
D. Florida statute on private parties
Rationale: Declaration/bylaws grant authority and set limitations for common element
use.
17. Rules adopted by the Division are incorporated into:
A. Chapter 723 F.S.
B. Chapter 718 F.S.
C. Chapter 719 F.S.
D. The administrative code (Correct)
Rationale: Agency rules are published in the Florida Administrative Code.
18. In a mandatory homeowners' association, the board must give members notice of a
board meeting at least:
A. 20 days in advance
B. 48 hours in advance (Correct)
C. 5 days in advance
D. 4 days in advance
Rationale: Chapter 720 requires 48 hours’ notice for board meetings.
19. The federal authority making discrimination unlawful in housing (race, color, familial
status, etc.) is the:
A. Equal Opportunity Act
B. Real Estate Sales Act
C. Fair Housing Act (Correct)
FLORIDA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGER PRELICENSURE
COURSE MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH
RATIONALES
1. After purchasing the mobile home park, residents form a community association and
hire a paid manager. The manager must be licensed under Part VIII of Chapter 468 if the
association budget exceeds:
A. $50,000
B. $75,000
C. $100,000 (Correct)
D. $125,000
Rationale: Florida requires licensing of managers under Part VIII when budgets exceed
$100k.
2. A form of joint ownership where legal title isn't vested in individuals but they have rights
to occupy a unit is a:
A. Mobile home
B. Cooperative (Correct)
C. Mandatory homeowners' association
D. Condominium
Rationale: In co-ops, the corporation owns property; residents hold shares and
occupancy rights.
3. A community association that allows individual units to be owned/occupied by different
people during the year is a:
A. Time-share property (Correct)
B. Cooperative
C. Phase condominium
D. Townhouse
Rationale: Time-shares permit fractional/periodic ownership/use.
4. Appurtenances in a condo or co-op typically include rights to:
A. Use and access to all individual units
B. Liens
C. The association’s records
D. Use/access to easements, membership, assigned percent ownership of common
areas, and club rights (Correct)
,ESTUDYR
Rationale: Appurtenances are rights/benefits attached to unit ownership (common
elements, memberships).
5. Any person or firm licensed under Part VIII of Chapter 468, F.S., is considered:
A. Responsible for management
B. Capable of performing community association management services (Correct)
C. Capable of transferring cooperative property ownership
D. An officer of the association
Rationale: Part VIII licensing qualifies individuals to perform community association
management.
6. A mandatory homeowners' association (not condo or coop) is regulated by which Florida
statute?
A. 648, F.S.
B. 720, F.S. (Correct)
C. 721, F.S.
D. 735, F.S.
Rationale: Chapter 720 covers homeowners’ associations in Florida.
7. A board member may not accept items of value from vendors for personal/family
benefit except:
A. Items received at trade fairs or educational programs (Correct)
B. When fully disclosed to other board members
C. From a vendor who is a relative
D. Items valued under $500
Rationale: Limited exceptions (e.g., nominal promotional items at educational events)
exist.
8. The document that creates covenants and restrictions establishing homeowner
rights/responsibilities is the:
A. Charter
B. Bylaws
C. Articles
D. Declaration (Correct)
Rationale: The declaration records the covenants, easements, and restrictions for the
community.
9. Florida’s Condominium Act and Not-For-Profit Act require which document for day-to-
day operations?
A. Charter
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B. Bylaws (Correct)
C. Declaration
D. Articles
Rationale: Bylaws set operational procedures for an association.
10. The Condominium Act specifies items reserved for exclusive use of certain owners are:
A. Common areas
B. Limited common elements (Correct)
C. Recreation areas
D. Elevators
Rationale: Limited common elements (e.g., assigned parking) are for specific owners’
exclusive use.
11. Association governing documents must be recorded with which office to be effective?
A. Department of Business & Professional Regulation
B. The clerk of the circuit court
C. The recording office (Correct)
D. Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes
Rationale: Documents must be recorded in the public land records (clerk/recording
office).
12. Which body enforces compliance with the Condominium Act?
A. Department of State
B. Association directors
C. Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes (Correct)
D. Clerk of the circuit court
Rationale: The Division enforces statutes and issues guidance.
13. When a rental property converts to a condominium, each tenant has:
A. Statutory right to sue the developer
B. Been notified of eviction
C. The right to extend his/her lease (Correct)
D. Right to purchase at discount automatically
Rationale: Tenants often have rights to extend or receive notices per conversion rules.
14. Amendments to a homeowners' association declaration become effective when:
A. Recorded with the clerk of the circuit court (Correct)
B. Recorded with the Department of State
C. Recorded with the board
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D. Recorded with DBPR
Rationale: Amendments take effect on recording in the public record.
15. Before removing a common element (pool), the association should:
A. Rely only on officer decision
B. Check the declaration regarding material modifications (Correct)
C. Require only majority vote of quorum by statute
D. Never remove per F.S. 719
Rationale: Declaration and governing docs dictate procedures for material changes to
common elements.
16. To set exclusive-use clubhouse policies, the board should consult:
A. Articles of incorporation
B. The declaration (Correct)
C. DBPR declaratory statements
D. Florida statute on private parties
Rationale: Declaration/bylaws grant authority and set limitations for common element
use.
17. Rules adopted by the Division are incorporated into:
A. Chapter 723 F.S.
B. Chapter 718 F.S.
C. Chapter 719 F.S.
D. The administrative code (Correct)
Rationale: Agency rules are published in the Florida Administrative Code.
18. In a mandatory homeowners' association, the board must give members notice of a
board meeting at least:
A. 20 days in advance
B. 48 hours in advance (Correct)
C. 5 days in advance
D. 4 days in advance
Rationale: Chapter 720 requires 48 hours’ notice for board meetings.
19. The federal authority making discrimination unlawful in housing (race, color, familial
status, etc.) is the:
A. Equal Opportunity Act
B. Real Estate Sales Act
C. Fair Housing Act (Correct)
