A broker is under investigation for possible violations of the license law. Whose investigation must the broker cooperate with under the Commission's rules?876 IAC 8-1-14
How many citizen members at large sit on the Indiana Real Estate Commission?Indiana Code 25-34.1-2-1
The recovery fund pays a claim against a broker. When may that broker be licensed again?Indiana Code 25-34.1-7-10
What is the largest civil penalty that may be assessed against an individual licensee for each violation?Indiana Code 25-1-11-12
What is the most the real estate recovery fund may pay on one judgment against a licensee?Indiana Code 25-34.1-7-4
Which of these is among the powers the license law gives the Commission?Indiana Code 25-34.1-2-5
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Licensing 11
A broker leaves a broker company. Within how many business days must the broker send the Commission a reassignment application?876 IAC 8-1-4
A licensee is convicted of a crime. Within how many days must copies of the charging document and the judgment go to the Commission?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-12
A newly licensed broker must pass how many hours of postlicensing education during the first two years?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-4.1
After passing the Commission examination, how long does an applicant have to submit the license fee before the application is voided?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-4.1
An owner who rents out only apartments that the owner owns and manages is outside the license law up to how many units on one parcel or on contiguous parcels?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-2
The approved course of study for an Indiana broker license must total at least how many hours?Indiana Code 25-34.1-5-5
For what term are Indiana broker licenses issued?Indiana Code 25-34.1-1-4
How many hours of approved continuing education must a broker complete each year?Indiana Code 25-34.1-9-11
Room rentals by a commercial hotel or motel are outside the license law when each rental period is shorter thanIndiana Code 25-34.1-3-2
Which of these, done for another person for pay, requires an Indiana broker license?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-2
Which statement about a broker who holds an inactive Indiana license is correct?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-10
Statutory and regulatory requirements 14
A broker company may pay compensation directly to a business entity formed by one of its brokers. Who may own that entity?Indiana Code 25-34.1-3-4.5
A buyer asks a listing broker directly whether anyone died in the house. What does the psychologically affected property law require?Indiana Code 32-21-6-6
A licensed broker appraises real estate in Indiana. Which standard must the broker follow?876 IAC 8-2-8
A listing broker offers part of the commission to induce other brokers to sell a property. To whom must that share be paid?876 IAC 8-1-9
A sale falls through and the offer says nothing about the earnest money. The broker holding it sends certified letters naming who will receive it. The broker may release it if no party sues or signs a release within876 IAC 8-2-2
A seller wants a listing that guarantees a net return. A broker company may accept it only if the agreement876 IAC 8-2-1
A yard sign carries the name of an Indiana broker. What else must it show?876 IAC 8-1-8
After a listing agreement is signed, a copy must go to the owner withinIndiana Code 25-34.1-12-1
After an offer is accepted, the buyer receives a disclosure form that reveals a defect. Within how many business days may the buyer nullify the contract?Indiana Code 32-21-5-13
By when must a listing broker deposit earnest money received with an offer?876 IAC 8-2-2
The seller's residential real estate sales disclosure law applies to property that contains no more than how many dwelling units?Indiana Code 32-21-5-1
When must the owner give a prospective buyer the completed and signed disclosure form?Indiana Code 32-21-5-10
Where must the original of a written buyer agency agreement be retained?Indiana Code 25-34.1-12-2
Which of these breaks the Commission's rule on promoting property?876 IAC 8-1-8
Statutes and rules governing licensees 20
A broker company that may be paid for referring a client to another broker company must tell the clientIndiana Code 25-34.1-10-18
A broker gives a seller a rebate to win the listing. When is that incompetent practice under the Commission's rules?876 IAC 8-2-7
A broker sells a house that the broker owns. What must the broker disclose in writing to all parties?876 IAC 8-2-6
A broker wants to buy a property listed with the broker's own company. What must happen first?876 IAC 8-2-5
A licensee represents a buyer. A second buyer client wants to see the same house. Under the agency chapter the licenseeIndiana Code 25-34.1-10-11
A licensee who personally represents both the seller and the buyer in one sale isIndiana Code 25-34.1-10-12.5
A seller has accepted an offer and given no other direction. A second offer arrives. What must the seller's licensee do with it?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-10
A seller pays the commission of the broker who works with the buyer. Does that payment make the broker the seller's agent?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-13
After an agency relationship ends, which duty does the licensee still owe the former client unless otherwise agreed in writing?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-14
For the seller's benefit, must a buyer's licensee look into whether the buyer can afford the purchase?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-11
In an in-house agency relationship, whom does the managing broker represent?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-12.5
In the agency chapter, a person who receives a licensee's services in the ordinary course of business but is not a client is called aIndiana Code 25-34.1-10-6
May an Indiana licensee offer subagency through a multiple listing service?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-17
Two brokers at one broker company each represent a different party to the same sale. The statute calls thisIndiana Code 25-34.1-10-6.5
What does a licensee who represents the seller owe a prospective buyer?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-10
What does a person commit by performing the acts of a broker without a broker license?Indiana Code 25-34.1-6-2
When must a licensee disclose the broker company's written office policy on agency to a prospective client?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-13
Who must develop and enforce a broker company's written office policy on agency relationships?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-13
With no written agreement to the contrary, a licensee working with an individual for compensation has what relationship with that individual?Indiana Code 25-34.1-10-9.5
Without the seller's informed written consent, a licensee representing the seller may not tell a buyerIndiana Code 25-34.1-10-10
Real estate office procedures 9
A broker leaves a broker company and no written contract covers the point. What happens to the listings the broker obtained there?876 IAC 8-1-6
A sole proprietor broker company's owner dies. What happens to the company's trust accounts?Indiana Code 25-34.1-4-5
How long must listing and selling brokers keep copies of the closing statements they deliver to clients?876 IAC 8-2-3
The rule that the listing and selling brokers attend the closing, or send another broker, does not apply to876 IAC 8-2-4
What must a broker company do before it opens a branch office?876 IAC 8-1-2
Which funds may a broker company keep in its trust account?Indiana Code 25-34.1-4-5
Which task may a broker give to an unlicensed assistant?876 IAC 8-1-7
Who is responsible under the license law for the actions of a broker associated with a broker company?Indiana Code 25-34.1-4-1
With no written contract saying otherwise, what relationship does a broker's association with a broker company create?Indiana Code 25-34.1-4-4
How this list was compiled: Written from Indiana Code 25-34.1 (the Real Estate Broker Licensing Act: chapters 1 to 7, 9, 10 and 12), Indiana Code 25-1-11-12 and 32-21-5 and 32-21-6, as published by the Indiana General Assembly at https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/25, and from 876 IAC 8 as published in the Indiana Administrative Code at https://iar.iga.in.gov/code/current/876/8, all read 2026-10-08. The spread of topics follows the Indiana broker state content outline, effective March 1, 2025, in the content outlines published with the Indiana Real Estate Candidate Handbook (March 2025); the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency links the exam page that holds both from https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/real-estate-home/real-estate-licensing-information/. 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
This unofficial Indiana state real estate license practice test has 60 of our own questions on the state part of the broker exam. It is not affiliated with the Indiana Real Estate Commission. Checked October 8, 2026.
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An Indiana real estate license law practice test by outline section
The questions follow the state content outline of the Indiana Real Estate Candidate Handbook, in its proportions: the Commission, licensing, statutory and regulatory requirements, statutes and rules governing licensees, and office procedures. Indiana licenses brokers only, so this Indiana real estate agent practice test is the state part of the broker exam. National topics and math are left out.
Use it as an Indiana real estate law study guide
Each explanation names the section of the Indiana Code or of 876 IAC 8 it rests on and links to the text. Exam mode gives 60 questions in 90 minutes, the length of the state-only sitting.
Earnest money goes into the trust account, or to the holder the purchase agreement names, within two banking days of final acceptance (876 IAC 8-2-2).
A listing agreement shows a definite expiration date, and the owner gets a copy within three business days of signing (IC 25-34.1-12-1).
Two brokers of one company on opposite sides is an in-house agency relationship; one broker on both sides is a limited agent (IC 25-34.1-10).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Indiana real estate exam?
The Indiana Real Estate Candidate Handbook of March 2025 lists 145 questions in 240 minutes for the broker exam. Its state outline has 50 scored items, and the state-only exam is 60 questions in 90 minutes.
What score do you need to pass the Indiana real estate exam?
The handbook gives a passing score of 75 on a scaled score, which is not a percent of questions. This page shows how many you got right and makes no pass or fail call.
Is this an Indiana real estate license practice test for the whole exam?
No. It is the state law part only, and the questions are our own: this site has never seen the exam, and no licensed Indiana broker or attorney has reviewed the answers yet. The national part and its math are outside this page.