Definitions & Roles
Qualifications & Requirements
Standards of Practice (NRS 116A.630)
Prohibited Acts & Discipline (NRS 116A.640 / NAC 116A.345)
100

A. Any employee of a management company
B. A person with a certificate or temporary certificate who manages a common-interest community
C. A volunteer board member
D. An owner serving on a committee

What is B. A person with a certificate or temporary certificate who manages a common-interest community?

100

NAC 116A.120 outlines requirements for:
A. Continuing education
B. Educational prerequisites for certification
C. Licensing attorneys
D. Reserve fund audits

What is B. Educational prerequisites for certification?

100

A community manager must always act as:
A. A notary for board documents
B. A fiduciary in client relationships and exercise reasonable care
C. A mediator in all disputes
D. The board’s financial guarantor

What is B. A fiduciary in client relationships and exercise reasonable care?

100

Which is a prohibited act?

A. Providing continuing education
B.Recommending client compliance with laws
C. Uniformly enforcing governing documents
D. Commingling client funds with personal funds

What is D. Commingling client funds with personal funds?

200

NAC 116A.070 defines “Management of a common-interest community” as:
A. Serving as the HOA president
B. Handling physical, administrative, or financial maintenance for compensation
C. Performing only financial audits
D. Overseeing legal disputes

What is B. Handling physical, administrative, or financial maintenance for compensation?

200

NAC 116A.110 requires that:
A. The Division must issue certificates within 60 days
B.Board approval is required before application
C. Provisional managers cannot apply
D. Applicants bear the burden of proof for certification requirements

What is D. Applicants bear the burden of proof for certification requirements?

200

A manager must advise a client to obtain expert advice when:
A. The board requests legal counsel
B. Matters are beyond the manager’s expertise
C. Preparing annual budgets
D.Both A and B

What is D.Both A and B?

200

Community managers may not:
A. Sign withdrawals from reserve accounts
B. Recommend a reserve study specialist
C. Provide budgets to owners
D. Serve as a witness in hearings

What is A. Sign withdrawals from reserve accounts?

300

A Supervising Community Manager (NAC 116A.090) is responsible for:
A. All reserve studies
B.  Serving as board president
C. Signing reserve withdrawals
D.Supervision of one or more provisional or certified managers

What is D.Supervision of one or more provisional or certified managers?

300

NAC 116A.340 requires managers to notify the Division of changes in name, address, or association within:
A. 30 calendar days
B. 15 business days
C. 10 business days
D. 60 days

?What is C. 10 business days?

300

Community managers must ensure financial transactions are:
A. Reviewed quarterly by the board
B. Current, accurate, and properly documented
C. Outsourced to a CPA at all times
D. Approved only by the Ombudsman

What is B. Current, accurate, and properly documented?

300

Accepting compensation or gifts is permitted only if:
A. It is under $50
B. It complies with NRS 116.31185 and is disclosed in writing with client consent
C. The board verbally approves
D. It is from a vendor with whom the manager has no contract

What is B. It complies with NRS 116.31185 and is disclosed in writing with client consent?

400

What is a Temporary Certificate under NAC 116A.093?
A. Valid for 5 years
B. Issued only to supervising managers
C. Valid for 1 year, issued under NRS 116A.410
D. Available only for timeshare managers

What is C. Valid for 1 year, issued under NRS 116A.410?

400

NAC 116A.330 requires written disclosure of:
A. Compensation from vendors, affiliations, and personal relationships with owners or board members
B. Reserve study results
C. Upcoming board meeting agendas
D. Confidential board deliberations

What is A. Compensation from vendors, affiliations, and personal relationships with owners or board members?

400

A manager must obtain:
A. At least one bid for major services
B.Written consent before talking to a homeowner
C. At least three bids for capital improvements when practicable
D. Pre-approval from the Division for contracts

What is C. At least three bids for capital improvements when practicable?

400

Under NAC 116A.345, managers cannot:
A. Provide services outside their field of competence unless disclosed and supported by a qualified authority
B. Provide training to board members
C. Review governing documents
D. Use Division-issued forms

What is A. Provide services outside their field of competence unless disclosed and supported by a qualified authority?

500

A Provisional Community Manager may:
A. Operate independently without oversight
B. Manage only single-family homes
C. Work under the supervision of a supervising community manager
D. Skip educational requirements

What is C. Work under the supervision of a supervising community manager?

500

NAC 116A.335 requires community managers to:
A. Provide homeowners with a copy of the management contract
B. Display their certificate or temporary certificate in their office
C. Submit quarterly reports to the Ombudsman
D. Report gift receipts over $100

What is B. Display their certificate or temporary certificate in their office?

500

Community managers must maintain:
A. Combined financial accounts for efficiency
B. Client funds in separate accounts in the association’s name
C. All records in a locked filing cabinet only
D. Reserve funds in personal trust accounts

What is B. Client funds in separate accounts in the association’s name?

500

Failure to notify the Division of a change of supervising community manager for a provisional manager may result in:
A. A fine of $50
B. Involuntary inactivation of the certificate
C. Permanent revocation of all licenses
D. No consequence if corrected within 90 days

What is B. Involuntary inactivation of the certificate?

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