A broker served with a Commission subpoena duces tecum does not comply. What may the Commission do?Arkansas Code 17-42-205
A complaint is served on a broker. Within what time must the broker file a written answer, signed under oath?17 CAR 220-902(b)
A salesperson shows property while his license is expired. Under the alternate disciplinary procedures, who may be issued a citation?17 CAR 220-909(b)
After notice and a hearing, the Commission finds that a person engaged in unlicensed real estate activity. What is the largest civil penalty it may impose?Arkansas Code 17-42-109
The Commission pays an aggrieved party from the Recovery Fund because of a broker's violation. What happens to the broker's license?Arkansas Code 17-42-409
The executive director dismisses a complaint without a hearing. By when must the complainant's written request for appeal reach the Commission?17 CAR 220-904(b)
What damages may the Commission award an aggrieved party in a disciplinary hearing?Arkansas Code 17-42-407
What is the most the Real Estate Recovery Fund is obligated to pay with respect to the acts of any one licensee?Arkansas Code 17-42-406(c)
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Requirements governing licensure 9
A broker candidate passes the examination. Within what time must the license fee and recovery fund fee be paid before the results become null and void?17 CAR 220-403(c)
A broker initially licensed in that capacity has not yet completed the broker post-license course. What may the broker not do?17 CAR 220-1105(g)
A broker lets the license expire and does not apply to renew it within the time the expired license rule allows. How is the former licensee then regarded?17 CAR 220-603(e)
By what date must a broker's renewal application and fee be filed with the Commission?17 CAR 220-601(b)
For how long is a temporary interim license valid, pending issuance of the permanent license and pocket card?17 CAR 220-702(b)
For how long must a broker applicant have held a salesperson license as an active bona fide apprenticeship?17 CAR 220-401(b)
How is the Arkansas real estate broker examination structured under the Commission's rules?17 CAR 220-402
How many classroom hours is the post-license course for a newly licensed real estate broker?17 CAR 220-1105(c)
Of the 60 classroom hours of education a real estate broker applicant completes, how many must be in a course developed by the Commission?17 CAR 220-401(b)
Other statutory requirements: auctions and time-share 7
A bidder retracts her bid before the auctioneer announces completion of the auction. What is the effect on the previous bid?17 CAR 220-1402(c)
In an absolute auction, when may the seller bid on the seller's own real estate?17 CAR 220-1403(b)
In the auction rules, what is a shill?17 CAR 220-1401
May the purchaser of a time-share interest from a developer waive the right to cancel the purchase contract?17 CAR 220-1304(a)
Real estate is offered at auction with no statement about reserve. What kind of auction is it?17 CAR 220-1402(a)
Under the Commission's auction rules, who is an auctioneer of real estate?17 CAR 220-1401
When must an auctioneer disclose a buyer's premium?17 CAR 220-1404
Broker operations and responsibilities 22
A branch office maintains its own trust account. Who is responsible and accountable for the trust funds the branch receives?17 CAR 220-704(b)
A broker charges an advance fee to advertise a listing. What must be done with it?17 CAR 220-1006(a)
A broker takes part in the interest on real estate brokers' trust accounts program. What must the broker post?Arkansas Code 17-42-602
A firm's principal broker dies. On what terms may the firm continue to operate?17 CAR 220-707
A principal broker designates two executive brokers. What becomes of the principal broker's responsibility?17 CAR 220-1003(a)
A principal broker opens a branch office at which licensees will be licensed. Who must be designated to be in charge of it?17 CAR 220-704(a)
A principal broker with no ownership interest is terminated by the firm's owner. What must the broker do?17 CAR 220-705(e)
A real estate firm closes its office and ceases to do business. What must the last principal broker do about the firm's records?17 CAR 220-1006(c)
A salesperson's association with the firm ends. Within what time must the principal broker notify the Commission and return the license and pocket card?17 CAR 220-705(a)
A seller already has an exclusive listing in force with another firm. Before entering into another agency agreement with that seller, what must the licensee do?17 CAR 220-1012(b)
An associate broker is owed a commission on a closed sale. Against whom may the associate broker sue for it in his or her own capacity?Arkansas Code 17-42-107(b)
The buyer and seller select a title company to close the sale. What must the principal broker, designated executive broker or assigned licensee do?17 CAR 220-1003(e)
By when, in all cases, must the supervising brokers of the selling licensee and the listing licensee have reviewed and signed the real estate contract?17 CAR 220-1011(b)
How often must trust account bank statements be reconciled in writing?17 CAR 220-1007(g)
In which of these circumstances is a principal broker who disburses trust funds deemed to have properly accounted for them?17 CAR 220-1008(c)
Trust funds are delivered to an escrow agent. When is the principal broker responsible and accountable for them?17 CAR 220-1007(c)
Under what name may a principal broker and the firm's licensees advertise and conduct brokerage business?17 CAR 220-1004(b)
What must a principal broker furnish to the Commission about the sign at the place of business?17 CAR 220-703(a)
What must a principal broker submit in writing to the Commission for each separate trust account?17 CAR 220-1007(e)
Which of these may a designated executive broker do?17 CAR 220-1003(a)
Which supervision arrangement do the rules forbid?17 CAR 220-1003(c)
Whose names and signatures must a broker's price opinion report carry?17 CAR 220-1014(a)
Client relationships and agency disclosures 5
A licensee represents a client under a signed waiver of duties. What must the licensee make all reasonable efforts to tell other licensees about money?Arkansas Code 17-42-319(b)
A listed property goes under a contract of sale. Must the seller's agent keep seeking additional offers?Arkansas Code 17-42-317(a)
A seller's agent discloses the agency relationship to the buyer's licensed agent. Whose duty is it to convey the disclosure to the buyer?17 CAR 220-801(a)
A seller's agent shows a prospective buyer other properties as well as the client's listing. Has the licensee breached a duty to the seller?Arkansas Code 17-42-317(b)
From whom may a salesperson or associate broker accept a commission in connection with a real estate transaction?17 CAR 220-803(b)
Property management 7
A property manager accepts rent in cash. What form must the cash receipts take?17 CAR 220-1022(c)
A property manager hires a repair business that the manager co-owns to do billable work on a managed house. What do the rules require?17 CAR 220-1019(b)
An owner's roof needs repair and the owner's account is short. May the property manager pay for it from tenants' security deposits?17 CAR 220-1018(d)
How often, at a minimum, must a property manager give the owner a report of all receipts and disbursements?17 CAR 220-1020(g)
In the property management rules, who is an occupant?17 CAR 220-1016(a)
What must each residential lease for property managed by a property manager say about security deposits?17 CAR 220-1018(b)
Which of these must a property management agreement include?17 CAR 220-1017(a)
How this list was compiled: Written from the Arkansas Real Estate License Law (Arkansas Code 17-42-101 to 17-42-702) in the Arkansas Real Estate Commission's own edition, current through the 2025 Regular Session, https://arec.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/AR-Real-Estate-License-Law-April-2026.pdf, and from the Commission's rules, 17 CAR Part 220 (August 2026), https://arec.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/17CAR-220-AREC-FINAL-RULES.pdf, both read 2026-10-13. The spread of topics follows the Arkansas Unified Real Estate Broker examination content outline, effective December 1, 2025, in the exam content outlines the Commission links from https://arec.arkansas.gov/licensing/exam-information/. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the text of the law and rules; nothing is copied from another practice test, a prep book or the state exam. Short quotations from the rules are marked.
How it works
This unofficial Arkansas real estate broker practice test has 58 of our own questions on the License Law and the Commission's rules, 17 CAR Part 220. It is not affiliated with the Arkansas Real Estate Commission.
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Arkansas real estate broker law practice test
Every question rests on the Arkansas Code, Title 17, Chapter 42, or on a Commission rule, and its explanation names the section. General real estate, federal law and arithmetic are left out.
One unified broker exam
Brokers sit a single examination that mixes general real estate with Arkansas law. Broker operations and responsibilities is its largest section at 18 percent, and the largest topic here: 22 questions.
What the salesperson exam does not ask
Designating executive brokers, branch offices and their trust accounts, closing a firm, monthly reconciliations, auctions, and the owner and tenant ledgers of property management.
The Recovery Fund pays up to $25,000 for one violation and $75,000 for the acts of one licensee (Arkansas Code 17-42-406).
A new broker cannot become an executive or principal broker until the 30-hour post-license course is on file (17 CAR 220-1105).
Trust account bank statements are reconciled in writing at least monthly (17 CAR 220-1007).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Arkansas real estate broker exam?
The content outline effective December 1, 2025 gives the unified broker examination 120 scored questions and ten unscored pretest questions. The Candidate Handbook allows two to four hours for an exam.
What is a passing score on the Arkansas broker exam?
Commission rule 17 CAR 220-402 requires a minimum score of 70 on the broker examination. The handbook reports it as a scaled score, not a percent of questions, so this page shows your count right only.
How long must I be licensed before taking the Arkansas broker exam?
Rule 220-401 asks for a license held at least 24 months within the previous 48, and 60 classroom hours of education within 36 months, 45 of them in the course the Commission developed.
Are these the questions on the real Arkansas broker exam?
No. They are our own, written from the License Law and the rules as the Commission publishes them. The real exam also asks general real estate, federal law and math, which this page leaves out.