A renewal specialist is updating Tennessee procedures for advertising and disclosure controls and flags advertising and consumer-protection controls. Which answer is accurate?
Correct Answer
C) Tennessee Chapter 0180-17 regulates brokerage or finder fees charged in connection with mortgage loan origination.
Tennessee Chapter 0180-17 regulates brokerage or finder fees charged in connection with mortgage loan origination.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
The correct response is "Tennessee Chapter 0180-17 regulates brokerage or finder fees charged in connection with mortgage loan origination." because Tennessee Chapter 0180-17 regulates brokerage or finder fees charged in connection with mortgage loan origination.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Use a verbal explanation instead of the required disclosure, record, or filing.
Use a verbal explanation instead of the required disclosure, record, or filing. is not correct because it does not apply the rule tested by this file scenario.
Option B: Keep only informal notes instead of the required state records or notices.
Keep only informal notes instead of the required state records or notices. is not correct because it does not apply the rule tested by this file scenario.
Option D: Apply a generic federal shortcut and ignore the state-specific condition.
Apply a generic federal shortcut and ignore the state-specific condition. is not correct because it does not apply the rule tested by this file scenario.
Memory Technique
Tennessee advertising and disclosure controls: identify the rule being tested, then choose the action that documents or applies that rule before the file moves forward.
Exam Tip
Match the file facts to Tennessee advertising and disclosure controls; do not choose an exception or shortcut that skips the required rule.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- -Choosing an internal exception instead of the governing rule
- -Treating preliminary or informal facts as a substitute for required documentation
- -Answering from a familiar but unrelated mortgage topic
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