Arizona Real Estate State and National Practice Test: State Part

The State part of Arizona's two-part exam, with the statute or rule behind every answer.

How many continuing education credit hours must a salesperson show for each twenty-four-month license period?

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with the Arizona Department of Real Estate. Bank checked October 8, 2026.

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Regulatory framework 5

  • How long is the real estate salesperson's prelicensure course an applicant must complete? A.R.S. 32-2124
  • How many continuing education credit hours must a salesperson show for each twenty-four-month license period? A.R.S. 32-2130
  • Under Article 26 of the Arizona Constitution, what may a licensed broker or salesperson do when acting for a party to a sale? Arizona Constitution, Article 26, section 1
  • What is the most the real estate recovery fund may pay for one transaction? A.R.S. 32-2186
  • When is the real estate commissioner required to investigate the actions of a broker or salesperson? A.R.S. 32-2108

Consumer protection laws 5

  • A broker sells a house under an oral listing and the owner refuses to pay. What does the statute of frauds say about the broker's claim? A.R.S. 44-101
  • A seller conceals a material fact in connection with a sale, intending the buyer to rely on the omission. Under the Consumer Fraud Act, must anyone in fact be misled for this to be an unlawful practice? A.R.S. 44-1522
  • What value does A.R.S. 33-1101(A) name for the homestead an Arizona resident may hold exempt from attachment, execution and forced sale, before the yearly cost-of-living adjustment? A.R.S. 33-1101
  • Which lease falls within Arizona's statute of frauds and so must be in writing to support a court action? A.R.S. 44-101
  • Which of these is a ground on which A.R.S. 41-1491.14 forbids refusing to sell or rent a dwelling? A.R.S. 41-1491.14
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Promotion and marketing 5

  • A licensee may use the term "acre" only for an area of at least how many square feet? A.A.C. R4-28-502
  • A salesperson markets her own house for sale. What words must the marketing carry? A.A.C. R4-28-502
  • What must a licensee secure before placing a For Sale sign on a specific property? A.A.C. R4-28-502
  • What must all of a licensee's marketing identify in a clear and prominent manner? A.A.C. R4-28-502
  • Within a brokerage, who is responsible for the promotion of all its real estate activity? A.A.C. R4-28-502

Arizona agency 6

  • A licensee owes the client a fiduciary duty. What does the rule say the licensee owes the other parties to the transaction? A.A.C. R4-28-1101
  • A seller is already under an exclusive employment agreement with another broker. What must a second licensee receive before procuring one of his own from that seller? A.R.S. 32-2151.02
  • An employing broker wants to hand a listing to another broker. What is needed to assign the employment agreement? A.R.S. 32-2151.02
  • Is a real estate employment agreement required before a licensee may represent a party in a transaction? A.R.S. 32-2151.02
  • What must a licensee have before representing more than one party to a transaction? A.A.C. R4-28-1101
  • What must every real estate employment agreement show about its length? A.R.S. 32-2151.02

Licensee duties and obligations 6

  • A listing salesperson learns that the buyer may be unable to perform. What does the Commissioner's rule require? A.A.C. R4-28-1101
  • A residential salesperson is asked to handle a type of property outside her field of competence. Besides engaging a competent person to assist, how may she lawfully take the work? A.A.C. R4-28-1101
  • The buyer of a listed home is a member of the listing licensee's immediate family. What must the licensee do? A.A.C. R4-28-1101
  • By when must a broker disclose in writing the name of each employing broker who represents a party and will be paid from the transaction? A.A.C. R4-28-701
  • For failing to disclose which fact may no action be brought against a seller or a licensee? A.R.S. 32-2156
  • Two agents on opposite sides of a sale are in a dispute over the commission split. What does the rule say about the sale itself? A.A.C. R4-28-1101

Licensee competencies and duties 6

  • A buyer is about to sign a contract for a lot in a development that requires a public report. What must the developer give the buyer first? A.A.C. R4-28-803
  • A property management agreement may renew automatically on what condition? A.R.S. 32-2173
  • A seller of five or fewer parcels of unsubdivided land in an unincorporated area must furnish the buyer an affidavit of disclosure how long before the transfer? A.R.S. 33-422
  • A timeshare buyer may rescind the purchase agreement without cause by midnight of which calendar day after signing? A.R.S. 32-2197.03
  • For how long after a residential rental agreement expires must a property management firm keep it, unless it is given to the owner first? A.R.S. 32-2175
  • Land divided for sale into at least how many lots, parcels or fractional interests is a "subdivision" under the real estate chapter? A.R.S. 32-2101

Reasonable skill and care 6

  • A buyer discovers an open well on newly bought land. Within how many days after the change of ownership must the new owner notify the director of water resources in writing? A.R.S. 45-593
  • A salesperson finds she cannot perform an act that a rule requires of her. Whom must she notify, expeditiously? A.A.C. R4-28-1101
  • After the affidavit of disclosure for a parcel of unsubdivided land is furnished, for how long may the buyer rescind the sale? A.R.S. 33-422
  • On which date is the first half of the tax on real property due and payable? A.R.S. 42-18052
  • The second half of the real property tax, if unpaid, is delinquent after 5:00 p.m. on which date? A.R.S. 42-18052
  • What does the Commissioner's rule require of a licensee about information material to a client's interests? A.A.C. R4-28-1101

Contracts 8

  • A broker receives earnest money and does not immediately place it with a neutral escrow depository. Unless all parties provide otherwise in writing, where must it go on receipt? A.R.S. 32-2151
  • A salesperson sues to collect compensation earned. What must the complaint allege? A.R.S. 32-2152
  • A seller has accepted an offer and a later offer arrives before closing. Absent written instructions from the client or a contract term to the contrary, what does the listing licensee do? A.A.C. R4-28-802
  • As a rule, from whom may a salesperson accept compensation as a licensee? A.R.S. 32-2155
  • For how long must an employing broker keep the records of each transaction, including sales contracts and closing statements? A.R.S. 32-2151.01
  • The parties have just signed a purchase contract. What must the licensee do with it? A.A.C. R4-28-802
  • When may a listing licensee tell every offeror the existence and terms of the other offers on the property? A.A.C. R4-28-802
  • Which of these does the statute require of every real estate employment agreement? A.R.S. 32-2151.02

Critical business services 5

  • An escrow agent sends a secured lender a written demand for a payoff statement. Within how many days of receipt must the lender deliver it? A.R.S. 33-715
  • As Arizona's insurance code defines it, what does title insurance insure against? A.R.S. 20-1562
  • How must an escrow agent hold the monies deposited in escrow, unless all parties instruct otherwise in writing? A.R.S. 6-834
  • Unless all parties to the escrow instruct otherwise in writing, where must an escrow agent deposit the monies placed in escrow? A.R.S. 6-834
  • Which of these describes an "escrow" as Arizona's escrow agent law defines it? A.R.S. 6-801

Ownership and encumbrances 5

  • A home in a planned community of 120 properties is under contract. Who must deliver the resale documents to the buyer, and by when? A.R.S. 33-1806
  • How may a married couple take title as community property so that the survivor owns the whole on the first death? A.R.S. 33-431
  • No notice of completion has been recorded. Within how many days after completion of a building must a claimant record a notice and claim of mechanic's lien? A.R.S. 33-993
  • One spouse alone signs a deed to the couple's community real property. What is the effect? A.R.S. 33-452
  • Which property that a spouse acquires during the marriage is NOT community property? A.R.S. 25-211

Foreclosure 3

  • A house on one acre, used as a single one-family dwelling, is sold at a trustee's sale for less than the debt. May the lender sue for the difference? A.R.S. 33-814
  • A trustee's sale under a deed of trust may be set no sooner than which day after the notice of sale is recorded? A.R.S. 33-808
  • After a judicial foreclosure sale of a home that was not found abandoned, how long does the judgment debtor have to redeem? A.R.S. 12-1282

How this list was compiled: Written from the Arizona Revised Statutes (Title 32, Chapter 20 and sections of Titles 6, 12, 20, 25, 33, 41, 42, 44 and 45) and Article 26 of the Arizona Constitution, as published by the Arizona Legislature at https://www.azleg.gov/arstitle/, and from the Commissioner's Rules, A.A.C. Title 4, Chapter 28, as printed in the Arizona Department of Real Estate's 2026 Arizona Real Estate Law Book (linked from https://azre.gov/about/laws-rules-policy-statements-and-advisories), all read 2026-10-08. The spread of topics follows the Arizona Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Examination Content Outline, effective January 1, 2026, published with the Arizona Real Estate Candidate Handbook; the Department's own Salesperson License Exam Curriculum Outline, with the same eleven sections, is linked from https://azre.gov/divisions/education/education-forms-resources. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute and rule text; nothing is copied from another practice test, a prep book or the state exam. Short quotations from the statutes and rules are marked.

How it works

Arizona's salesperson exam has a national part and a State part. This unofficial practice test has 60 of our own questions on the State part. It is not affiliated with the Arizona Department of Real Estate. Checked October 8, 2026.

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Arizona real estate state and national practice test: what each part asks

The Arizona Real Estate Candidate Handbook lists two salesperson exams: Sales General, 80 scored questions in 150 minutes, and Sales State, 60 scored questions in 90 minutes. This bank is the State part and follows its eleven outline sections in their counts, from the regulatory framework to foreclosure.

Use it as an Arizona real estate salesperson study guide

Each explanation names the Arizona Revised Statutes section or the Commissioner's rule in R4-28 it rests on and links to the text. Exam mode gives all 60 in 90 minutes with a pass mark of 75 percent.

  • A licensee marketing a property the licensee owns adds the words owner/agent (R4-28-502).
  • The recovery fund pays up to $30,000 for each transaction and $90,000 for each licensee (A.R.S. 32-2186).
  • After a trustee's sale of a one-family home on two and one-half acres or less, no action lies for the difference (A.R.S. 33-814).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the Arizona real estate exam?

The Arizona Real Estate Candidate Handbook lists 80 scored and 5 pretest questions for Sales General, in 150 minutes, and 60 scored and 5 pretest questions for Sales State, in 90 minutes.

What is the passing score on the Arizona real estate exam?

The handbook says 75% of questions must be answered correctly to pass an examination. The score is reported as the percent of questions answered correctly.

Does this page cover the national part of the Arizona exam?

No. It holds the State part only, and the questions are our own. This site has never seen the exam, and no licensed Arizona broker or attorney has reviewed the answers yet.