A broker applicant must have been an active salesperson under a supervising licensee for three years before applying. For how many hours must the applicant have engaged in the real estate business in that period?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-314(d)
A business entity with a broker license changes its designated broker. How soon must it notify the commission?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-312(c)
A limited liability company that is not publicly traded wants a real estate broker license. What share of the interest in it must licensed brokers own or control?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-312(b)
Besides suspending or revoking a license, what fine may the commission or the department impose on a licensee?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320(a)
How is the eight-member Connecticut Real Estate Commission made up?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-311a(b)
How many hours of approved continuing education classroom study satisfy the requirement for a two-year renewal license?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-319(b)
The licensing chapter does not reach certain people who deal with an owner's own property in the course of managing it. Which of these is one of them?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-329
What is the most the Real Estate Guaranty Fund may pay in connection with any one real estate transaction or claim?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-324a
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Laws governing the activities of licensees 13
A broker accepts a buyer's deposit on a purchase. By when must it be in the broker's escrow or trust account?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-324k(c)
A buyer making a bona fide offer tells the owner's agent in writing that knowing of any homicide or suicide at the property is important to the decision. The owner refuses to say. What must the agent do?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-329ee
A house was once suspected to have been the site of a death. Under the nonmaterial fact sections, must that be disclosed in a sale?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-329dd
A licensee collects a fee in advance for marketing services. The client later demands to know how it was spent. What does the licensing law require?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320(a)(9)
A licensee prepares a listing agreement and the seller signs it. When must the seller get a copy?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320(a)(7)
A licensee sends buyers to a particular closing attorney, who offers a fee for each referral. May the licensee accept it?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320a
A salesperson moves from one broker to another. What must the salesperson do with the department?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-319a(a)
A salesperson quietly handles a sale for a second broker while still affiliated with her own supervising licensee. When is that a ground for discipline?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320(a)(4)
A third party sues a salesperson who is affiliated with a broker as an independent contractor. To what extent is the broker liable?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-312a
An exclusive listing contract has a fixed termination date. Which clause in it would be a ground for discipline?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320(a)(6)
To support an action for a commission, a listing contract for real property must be in writing and signed. Which statement must it also include?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325a(b)
What notice must appear, in at least ten point boldface, before the compensation provision of a written listing agreement?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325b
Which name could a registered team lawfully use in its advertisements?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-312(e)
Connecticut real estate agency 11
A broker designates one affiliated salesperson to represent the seller and another to represent the buyer in the same sale. Are those two individuals dual agents?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325i
A licensee acts as agent for both buyer and seller in one transaction. When is that a ground for discipline?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-320(a)(3)
A listing broker wants to offer subagency to every broker who brings a buyer. What does the statute say?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325f
An unrepresented seller asks the buyer's agent whom the agent represents. What must the agent do?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325d(a)
By when must a licensee give a prospective party the written disclosure of the types of agency relationships available?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325d(b)
The disclosure made at the first personal meeting warns a prospective party not to share confidential information with the licensee until when?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325d(b)
For which purpose may a licensee use confidential information about a former client?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325h
In a residential transaction, what else must a licensee provide to a prospective party not later than the first personal meeting?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325d(b)
In the chapter's definitions, "designated agency" is the appointment by a real estate broker ofConn. Gen. Stat. 20-311(10)
When must the statutory Dual Agency Consent Agreement be executed for the conclusive presumption of informed consent to apply?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325g
Which fact about a seller is "confidential information" as the chapter defines it, where the seller has not authorized its release?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-311(7)
Connecticut-specific real estate laws 9
A buyer of a resale condominium unit is handed the resale certificate and documents. Until when may the buyer void the purchase contract?Conn. Gen. Stat. 47-270(c)
A buyer uses a cousin as interpreter during negotiations. What must the real estate licensee do?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-327i
A seller fails to furnish the residential condition report. What must the purchase agreement give the purchaser at closing?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-327c(a)
After a tenancy ends, by when must the landlord deliver the security deposit, or the balance after damages, with accrued interest?Conn. Gen. Stat. 47a-21(d)
By when must a person offering residential property for sale give the prospective purchaser the written residential condition report?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-327b(a)
The real estate conveyance tax applies to a deed when the consideration equals or exceeds what amount?Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-494(a)
What is the largest security deposit a landlord may demand from a tenant who is 62 or older?Conn. Gen. Stat. 47a-21(b)
Which of these is a basis on which Connecticut law forbids refusing to sell or rent a dwelling?Conn. Gen. Stat. 46a-64c(a)
Within how many years must an owner make entry to recover land from a person in adverse possession?Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-575(a)
Brokers exam only 9
A broker dies and the department appoints a custodial broker. Unless the department extends it on a hardship application, how long may the custodial broker serve?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-329hh(a)
A broker is owed a commission under a written listing contract. For the broker's lien to attach, where and when must the claim for lien be recorded?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325a(f)
A broker is owed lease commissions by a commercial landlord. To bind the landlord's successors, by when must the notice of commission rights be recorded in the land records?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325k(b)
A broker who earns a commission on a home sale also finds the buyer a first mortgage, with the required disclosure. How must the fee for that be paid?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325c(a)
A business entity holds a broker license. As the chapter defines the term, what is its "designated broker"?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-311(11)
An out-of-state broker wants to handle a commercial transaction in Connecticut. Which condition must be met?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325l(a)
For how long must a broker retain purchase contracts, listing agreements and escrow account records after a transaction closes, the escrow funds are disbursed or the agreement expires, whichever is later?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325m(a)
When may the commission examine and audit a broker's escrow or trust account?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-324k(b)
Where must a broker who holds money for clients keep the escrow or trust account?Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-324k(a)
How this list was compiled: Written from the Connecticut General Statutes, chapter 392 (Real Estate Licensees, sections 20-311 to 20-329hh) and sections 12-494, 46a-64c, 47-270, 47a-21 and 52-575, as published by the General Assembly at https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_392.htm, all read 2026-10-13. The spread of topics follows the State Portion Content Outline printed in the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Real Estate Salesperson and Broker Licensing Candidate Information Bulletin (https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/1007), which the testing page for Connecticut real estate, https://test-takers.psiexams.com/ctre, serves for the broker examination of the Department of Consumer Protection and the Connecticut Real Estate Commission. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute text; nothing is copied from another practice test, a prep book or the state exam. Short quotations from the statutes are marked.
How it works
This unofficial Connecticut real estate broker practice exam has 50 of our own state-portion questions, most from chapter 392 of the General Statutes. It is not affiliated with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection or its Real Estate Commission.
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The state portion, section by section
The Candidate Information Bulletin gives the broker state portion 45 questions: licensing requirements 7, laws governing licensees 12, agency 10, Connecticut-specific laws 8 and a brokers only section of 8. The bank keeps those shares across 50 questions.
Brokers exam only
Nine questions on topics the salesperson outline leaves out: seven years of records, escrow accounts, the broker's lien, notice of commission rights in commercial leases, out-of-state brokers, supervision, mortgage brokerage fees and the custodial broker.
Connecticut's own property law
Fifteen years for adverse possession, the conveyance tax, the residential condition report and its $500 credit, security deposits, resale certificates and the fair housing statute.
A deposit goes into the escrow account within three banking days after all parties sign (Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-324k).
A broker keeps transaction and escrow records for at least seven years (Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-325m).
A custodial broker serves no more than 180 days unless the department extends the term (Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-329hh).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Connecticut real estate broker exam?
The Candidate Information Bulletin lists 75 questions (80 points) in 120 minutes on the general portion and 45 questions (40 points) in 60 minutes on the state portion. Five to ten unscored experimental questions may be added.
What score passes the Connecticut broker exam?
The bulletin says that to pass the broker examinations you must receive a score of at least 75 percent; salespersons need 70 percent. Exam mode here uses 75 percent of 45 questions as its mark.
What do you need before the Connecticut broker exam?
Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-314 asks for three years as an active salesperson with at least 1,500 hours, four closed transactions, and courses of 60, 15 and 15 hours plus two 15-hour electives, or equivalent experience or education.
Are these the questions on the real Connecticut broker exam?
No. They are our own, written from the General Statutes, and the real exam is not public. No question here rests on the state regulations, and the general portion and its arithmetic are outside this page.