A dealer's license lets how many named owners or part owners act as salespersons without a salesperson license of their own?C.R.S. 44-20-108(1)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A person negotiates car sales for a dealer on occasional weekends, for commission. Is that person a "motor vehicle salesperson"?C.R.S. 44-20-102, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A salesperson leaves a dealership. What does the dealer who last employed the salesperson do with the license?C.R.S. 44-20-119(3), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A salesperson's license expired 20 days ago and the bond is still in force. What does the statute allow?C.R.S. 44-20-111(4)(d), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An applicant passes the examination but is not licensed within one year. What happens to the score?Regulation 44-20-104(3)(k), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An applicant withdraws a salesperson license application before the license is issued. What is refunded?C.R.S. 44-20-111(3), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
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Licenses, bonds and the exam, continued
How long does a Colorado dealer or salesperson license last, if it is not suspended or revoked first?C.R.S. 44-20-111(4)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
How long does the division give an applicant to complete the 60-question mastery examination?Auto Industry Division, Mastery Exam Instructions
How many of the nine members of the motor vehicle dealer board come from the public at large?C.R.S. 44-20-103(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
How many used motor vehicles sold in one calendar year is prima facie evidence that a person is in the business of selling them?C.R.S. 44-20-102, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
May a licensed wholesaler employ a licensed motor vehicle salesperson?Regulation 44-20-108(1)(e), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Under the board's regulation, a car transferred on a manufacturer's statement of origin is a "new motor vehicle" with fewer than how many miles?Regulation 44-20-102(20), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What does the division say about notes and study guides during the mastery examination?Auto Industry Division, Mastery Exam Instructions
What is a salesperson applicant examined on under 44-20-116?C.R.S. 44-20-116, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What is the amount of a motor vehicle salesperson's bond?C.R.S. 44-20-113(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What is the amount of the bond for a motor vehicle dealer or used motor vehicle dealer applicant?C.R.S. 44-20-112(2)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What share of the questions must an applicant answer correctly to pass Colorado's mastery examination?Regulation 44-20-104(3)(k), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
When does a salesperson's license let its holder do the work of a salesperson?C.R.S. 44-20-108(1)(c), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
When must a surety pay a person who claims under a salesperson's bond?C.R.S. 44-20-113(2), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Where must a salesperson keep a copy of the license?C.R.S. 44-20-110(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Who appoints the members of the motor vehicle dealer board?C.R.S. 44-20-103(2), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Discipline and penalties 15
A buyer defrauded by a salesperson sues. Is the recovery capped at the amount of the salesperson's bond?C.R.S. 44-20-131(1)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A check written to the board for a fee is dishonored. What does the regulation deem this to show?Regulation 44-20-121(7), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A license must be revoked or denied for an odometer fraud conviction within what previous period?C.R.S. 44-20-121(8)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A licensed salesperson is convicted of a felony. By when must the board receive written notice?Regulation 44-20-121, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A person surrenders a license to avoid discipline. How long before that person may apply for a new license under Part 1?C.R.S. 44-20-121(10), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A person with a revoked Colorado salesperson license keeps selling and points to a valid license from another state. Is that a defense?C.R.S. 44-20-123(1)(c)(IV), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A salesperson knows a car was used as a demonstrator. How may it not be represented or sold?C.R.S. 44-20-121(6)(m), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A salesperson licensed for one dealer negotiates sales for a second dealer on days off. What does 44-20-121(6) call this?C.R.S. 44-20-121(6)(f), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A vehicle is not equipped or in the condition Title 42 requires. On what terms may it still be sold to a retail customer?C.R.S. 44-20-121(6)(n), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
In the regulation on a "material misstatement" in a salesperson application, what does "material" mean?Regulation 44-20-121(6)(a), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
On its own initiative, how large an administrative fine may the Colorado dealer board impose for one offense?C.R.S. 44-20-104(3)(m), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What does a person who willfully violates Part 1 commit, apart from acting without a license?C.R.S. 44-20-128, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What fine does the Sunday closing law set for a violation?C.R.S. 44-20-303, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which Sunday activity does the Sunday closing law forbid at a dealership?C.R.S. 44-20-302, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which three kinds of "unfitness" does 44-20-121(7) list as grounds against any license?C.R.S. 44-20-121(7), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Advertising rules 13
A dealer advertises a car at a price with no intent to sell it at that price. What is this under 18-5-303?C.R.S. 18-5-303(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A dealer advertises a prize drawing. Which words must the ad carry in bold-faced type of at least ten points?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 16, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A photograph in an ad shows a higher trim than the vehicle offered at the price. What does Rule 4 require of a picture?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 4, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An ad for a new vehicle states a specific rebate. What must be conspicuously stated in the same ad?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 14, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An ad gives no end date for its price. For how long after the last day the ad ran must the unsold vehicle be shown and sold at that price?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 3, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An ad offers a "free" set of floor mats with the negotiated purchase of a car. How does Rule 9 treat the word?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 9, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An ad quotes a price for one specific vehicle. How must the vehicle be identified?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 3, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What is the smallest type a qualifying statement or disclosure in an ad may use under Rule 15?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 15, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What may any motor vehicle ad use in place of a dealer stock number?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 3, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What must every dealer ad offering a vehicle contain under 44-20-134?C.R.S. 44-20-134, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which cost may be left out of an advertised vehicle price under Rule 13?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 13, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which phrase does Rule 9 name as creating the false impression that the buyer sets the terms?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 9, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which words may not appear in a retail ad under Rule 11?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 11, 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Contracts and disclosures 12
A dealer tells a buyer that a car is sold "as is". What does that statement do under the regulation?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(h), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A dealer tells a buyer that financing is approved when the approval is not final, and the purchase depends on it. What is this under 6-1-708?C.R.S. 6-1-708(1)(a)(I), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A purchase depends on credit approval that has not yet come. What may the dealer not do with the buyer's trade-in?C.R.S. 6-1-708(1)(a)(II), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A salesperson makes an oral promise that conflicts with the written contract. What does the required contract form say about it?C.R.S. 44-20-104(3)(l)(I), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
The board's contract form must tell the purchaser that the form is a legal instrument. In what type?C.R.S. 44-20-104(3)(l)(I), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Financing cannot be arranged as agreed. Within how many days of the buyer signing the contract must the dealer notify the buyer?Regulation 44-20-104(3)(l), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
For which sale is the board's disclosure form not required?Regulation 44-20-104(3)(l), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Guaranteed financing falls through and the buyer returns the car. May the dealer keep part of the down payment as rent for the days the buyer had it?C.R.S. 6-1-708(2), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
How must the interest rate on the disclosure form compare with the rate in the retail installment sale contract for the same vehicle?Regulation 44-20-104(3)(l), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What are "material particulars" in the board's regulation?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(h), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which of these is on the regulation's list of material particulars?Regulation 44-20-121(3)(h), 1 CCR 205-1, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Who must read and initial the required contract information at the consummation of the sale?C.R.S. 44-20-104(3)(l)(II), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Titles, odometers, salvage and lemon law 11
A buyer was given no salvage disclosure affidavit and later learns the vehicle was rebuilt from salvage. What is the buyer entitled to?C.R.S. 42-6-206(3), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A dealer sells a lemon law buyback vehicle to a retail buyer without allowing a third-party inspection. What must the dealer provide instead?C.R.S. 42-10-108(1)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
An odometer is replaced and cannot show the old mileage. What must be done?C.R.S. 42-6-202(4), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
How many repair attempts on a safety-based nonconformity raise the presumption of a reasonable number of attempts?C.R.S. 42-10-103(2)(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
In which sale is a paper copy of the certificate of title necessary?C.R.S. 42-6-109(2), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What may a person recover in a civil action for an odometer violation done with intent to defraud?C.R.S. 42-6-204(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
What words must appear in bold print at the top of the disclosure affidavit for a rebuilt salvage vehicle?C.R.S. 42-6-206(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
When does a purchaser acquire right, title or interest in a motor vehicle under 42-6-109?C.R.S. 42-6-109(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Where does the "Lemon Law Buyback" decal go on a returned vehicle?C.R.S. 42-10-109(1)(b), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Within how many days after the sale must a dealer deliver, or facilitate delivery of, the certificate of title?C.R.S. 42-6-112(1), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Within what period must a consumer report a nonconformity for the lemon law repair duty to apply?C.R.S. 42-10-102, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Federal rules 10
A dealership receives cash from one buyer in a single transaction. Above what amount must it file IRS Form 8300?IRS Form 8300 Reference Guide, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A transferor knows the odometer reading differs from the miles the vehicle has traveled. What must the written disclosure say?49 U.S.C. 32705(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
A used car sale is conducted in Spanish. What does the Used Car Rule require of the window form?16 CFR 455.5(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
The Buyers Guide and the contract of sale disagree. Which controls?16 CFR 455.3(b), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
For how long must a dealer retain a copy of each odometer disclosure statement it issues and receives?49 CFR 580.8(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
For how long should a business keep a copy of each Form 8300 it files?IRS Form 8300 Reference Guide, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
How soon after receiving the reportable cash must a business generally file Form 8300?IRS Form 8300 Reference Guide, as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
In the Used Car Rule, a "dealer" is one who sells a used vehicle after selling or offering how many in the previous twelve months?16 CFR 455.1(d)(3), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Under the federal Used Car Rule, what must be displayed on a used vehicle before it is offered for sale to a consumer?16 CFR 455.2(a), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
Which term in a credit ad is a "triggering term" that requires further disclosures under Regulation Z?12 CFR 226.24(d), as printed in the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam Study Guide
How this list was compiled: State and Federal Statutes & Regulations related to the Auto Industry and Mastery Exam Study Guide, Colorado Department of Revenue, Auto Industry Division, revised 10/24/2025 (https://sbg.colorado.gov/sites/sbg/files/documents/AID-%20Study%20Guide_11_1_2025.pdf), read on October 12, 2026. The guide prints Colorado Revised Statutes Title 44, Article 20, the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board's regulations (1 CCR 205-1), the title, odometer, salvage and lemon law sections of Title 42, C.R.S. 6-1-708 and 18-5-303, and the federal rules the examination draws on (16 CFR Part 455, 12 CFR 226.24, 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327, 49 CFR Part 580 and the IRS Form 8300 Reference Guide). Exam format facts come from the division's Mastery Exam page (https://sbg.colorado.gov/mastery-exam-auto-industry-division), read the same day. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the statutes and regulations as the division's study guide prints them. Nothing comes from the mastery examination, a dealer association course, a prep course or a question pool.
How it works
This unofficial Colorado car sales license practice test asks 82 of our own questions on the law behind the state's salesperson Mastery Examination. Not affiliated with the Colorado Motor Vehicle Dealer Board or the Auto Industry Division of the Department of Revenue.
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What the Mastery Examination covers
The Auto Industry Division's study guide, revised October 24, 2025, prints the law the exam draws on: Title 44, Article 20 with the Dealer Board's regulations, the title, odometer, salvage and lemon law sections of Title 42, and federal rules such as the Buyers Guide.
Where it is taken
Online, supervised by a dealership licensed in Colorado or a third-party administrator the Dealer Board has approved. The division gives the password to that administrator, and an applicant may sit the examination twice in a calendar day.
What is left out
Part 4 on powersports vehicles, which repeats Part 1 nearly section for section, and the franchise sections written for manufacturers. The division's page gives no count of questions by subject.
A salesperson's bond is $15,000 and a dealer's is $50,000 (C.R.S. 44-20-113 and 44-20-112).
A dealer delivers the certificate of title, or facilitates its delivery, within 30 days after the sale (C.R.S. 42-6-112).
An ad with a price for one vehicle names its year, make and model, with the stock number or the full 17-digit VIN (Regulation 44-20-121(3)(i), Rule 3).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Colorado car sales license test?
Sixty, and every one must be answered, in at most 90 minutes, by the Auto Industry Division's Mastery Exam instructions. The passing score is 85 percent, which is 51 of the 60.
Is there a Colorado car sales license study guide?
Yes. The division publishes State and Federal Statutes & Regulations related to the Auto Industry and Mastery Exam Study Guide, free on its Mastery Exam page. Each question here names the section of that guide it was written from.
Is the Colorado salesperson mastery exam open book?
Yes. The division's instructions call it an open book examination, so notes and the study guide may be used. The applicant must still answer with no help from anyone else.
Do I have to retake the mastery exam to renew a Colorado sales license?
No. The division says a person who held a current license in the last 12 months need not retake it. A passing score is removed if no license is issued within one year (Regulation 44-20-104(3)(k)).