Legislation: RES exam practice questions

When the strata title plan of a new condominium is registered, a management corporation is constituted. Its members are __________.

1. Aall the subsidiary proprietors of the lots in the strata title plan
2. Bthe council members elected at each annual general meeting
3. Cthe developer and the managing agent it has appointed
4. Dall residents of the development, including tenants

Using the standard residential share value guideline (5 for 50 m² or less, 6 for 51–100 m², and 1 more for each further 50 m²), a 135 m² apartment has a share value of __________.

1. A7
2. B6
3. C8
4. D13

A motion is passed as a special resolution if, on a poll, the share values of the lots voting for it are at least __________ of the share values of all lots for which valid votes are cast by owners present in person or by proxy.

1. A75%
2. B50%
3. C80%
4. D90%

To make a new by-law, for example on the keeping of pets, a management corporation must pass __________ and lodge a copy with the Commissioner of Buildings.

1. Aa special resolution
2. Ban ordinary resolution
3. Ca 90% resolution
4. Da unanimous resolution

According to SLA, the main criteria for a foreign person’s application to buy a landed home on the main island are that he __________.

1. Ahas been a Singapore PR for at least 5 years and makes an exceptional economic contribution to Singapore
2. Bhas lived in Singapore for at least 2 years on any long-term pass and has no criminal record here or overseas
3. Cholds an Employment Pass and agrees to pay the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty
4. Dis married to a Singapore citizen, whatever his own residency status

A Singapore citizen who bought a landed house and later renounces his citizenship must sell it to a citizen or approved purchaser within __________ of ceasing to be a citizen, unless the Minister allows a longer period.

1. A2 years
2. B6 months
3. C5 years
4. D10 years

Tan Mei Ling, 34, a salesperson with a mid-sized estate agency, has just been appointed by Mr and Mrs Subramaniam to sell their newly renovated 3-room resale flat in Clementi, a short walk from the MRT station. Keen to generate interest before an open house on Saturday, 10 October 2026, she pays an online vendor $300 for a list of 2,000 mobile numbers said to belong to “Clementi homeowners”. The vendor’s website describes its lists as “PDPA-friendly”. Mei Ling has had no previous dealings with any of the owners on the list. She drafts an SMS describing the flat, its asking price of $520,000 and her contact details, ending with the line “Reply STOP to opt out”, and plans to send it to every number that evening.

Before sending the SMS messages, what should Mei Ling do to comply with the Do Not Call provisions of the PDPA?

1. ACheck each number against the No Text Message Register, relying only on a result obtained within the 21 days before sending, and leave out listed numbers unless the owner has clearly consented
2. BRely on the vendor’s assurance that the list is “PDPA-friendly”, since a person who buys a list from a vendor is not the party responsible for complying with the DNC rules
3. CCheck each number against the No Voice Call Register within the 21 days before sending and skip listed numbers, since a text message about a listing is treated in the same way as a telephone call
4. DAdd a clear opt-out line to every message and stop messaging any owner within 21 days of a request, since an opt-out facility takes the place of a registry check

Mr Julien Laurent, 45, a French national, has been a Singapore permanent resident for 7 years and is a senior banker whose high income is taxed in Singapore. He and his wife, also a French national, have two young children at an international school. The family already owns a condominium unit at Tanjong Rhu, which they plan to keep and let out once they move. Mr Laurent now wants to buy a detached house at Sentosa Cove with a land area of 1,650 m², for the family to live in. A friend who bought a Sentosa Cove apartment two years ago tells him that “everything at Sentosa Cove is open to foreigners, so no approval is needed”, and offers to introduce him to her own lawyer.

What should Mr Laurent’s salesperson advise him about the Sentosa Cove house?

1. AHe needs LDAU approval, as the house is restricted residential property, and at 1,650 m² the plot is within the 1,800 m² land area limit that applies at Sentosa Cove
2. BHe needs no approval, as Sentosa Cove has been set aside for foreign buyers, so his friend is right that its landed homes are open to him in the same way as its apartments
3. CHe needs LDAU approval, but at 1,650 m² the plot exceeds the 15,000 sq ft guide, which SLA applies at Sentosa Cove in the same way as on the main island
4. DHe needs approval from the Sentosa Development Corporation, which decides all applications by foreign persons to buy landed homes at Sentosa Cove, up to a limit of 1,800 m²

Mr Seah Boon Kiat, 67, lets the common bedroom of his 5-room flat in Ang Mo Kio to Mr Rahim, a construction worker from Bangladesh, at $700 a month. Before the tenancy began in September 2025, Mr Seah inspected Mr Rahim’s original Work Permit card, matched it with his passport and verified it with the SGWorkPass app, and he kept copies of all three. Mr Rahim has always paid the rent on time and gets on well with Mr Seah’s wife. In August 2026, while helping Mr Rahim fill in a form, Mr Seah notices that the Work Permit expired two months earlier. Mr Rahim says his employer is “sorting it out”, and Mr Seah, not wanting to lose a reliable tenant, lets him stay on.

What is Mr Seah’s position under the Immigration Act?

1. AHe risks prosecution for harbouring knowingly or with reckless disregard, with a presumptive minimum of 6 months’ jail and up to 2 years, and a fine of up to $6,000
2. BHe risks prosecution only for negligent harbouring, with a fine of up to $6,000, up to 12 months’ jail, or both, because he made all three checks at the start
3. CHe commits no offence, because he carried out all three prescribed checks when the tenancy began and kept copies of the card, passport and app result as evidence of his due diligence
4. DHe commits no offence, because the employer rather than the landlord is responsible for a worker whose Work Permit has expired while a renewal is still being sorted out

Ms Kavitha Rao, 38, a teacher, has been granted an option to purchase a 3-bedroom unit at Sunview Gardens, a 20-year-old condominium in Pasir Ris, for $1,280,000. During a second viewing, her salesperson, Daniel Koh, chats with a neighbour at the lift lobby, who says the seller “hasn’t paid the maintenance fees since the start of the year” and that the MCST has put up a notice about arrears. The seller’s salesperson assures Daniel in a WhatsApp message that “everything is paid up”. Ms Rao, who is also considering a cheaper unit two blocks away and has already obtained approval in principle for her loan, asks Daniel how she can be sure she will not end up paying the seller’s arrears after she takes over the unit.

What should Daniel advise Ms Rao to do?

1. AHave her lawyer apply to the MCST for a section 47 certificate of contributions and arrears, which is conclusive evidence in her favour as a purchaser as at its date
2. BDo nothing further, since unpaid contributions remain the seller’s personal debt to the MCST and cannot become the liability of a buyer who later takes over the unit from him
3. CRely on the WhatsApp message, since a written confirmation from the seller’s salesperson binds the MCST as to the amount of any arrears on the unit
4. DSearch SLA’s title records, since unpaid MCST contributions must be registered against the strata title of the unit before the MCST can recover them