Sixty state portion questions for the Massachusetts broker exam, each tied to a General Laws section or a Board regulation.
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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons. Bank checked October 12, 2026.
A broker's license is revoked after a hearing and the broker appeals to the superior court. What happens to the revocation while the appeal is pending?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87BBB
Before the Board suspends or revokes a license it must hold a hearing. How much written notice of the hearing is the licensee owed?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87BBB
Three of the five members of the Board must be licensed brokers who have worked in real estate as a full-time occupation. For at least how many years before appointment?M.G.L. c. 13, § 54
Licensing requirements 6
A broker's license is on inactive status. Which real estate activity does the statute still allow?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87XX 1/2
A corporation applies for a broker's license. What must be true of the officer it designates as its representative?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87UU
A licensed broker who is the sole proprietor of a real estate business dies. For how long may a temporary license let the legal representative carry on the business?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87TT
Before taking the broker examination, for how long must an applicant have been actively associated with a real estate broker as a salesperson?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87SS
What must a non-resident file with the chairman of the Board before a license is issued?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87WW
What must an applicant give the Board before a broker's license is issued or renewed?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87TT
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Requirements governing licensees 21
A broker appoints a designated agent for a buyer. What does the statute say about information the designated agent knows or acquires?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA 3/4
A broker engages a salesperson as an independent contractor paid by commission only. What does the license law say about the broker's responsibility?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87RR
A broker has been working with a buyer as a non-agent facilitator. How may that relationship become an agency relationship?254 CMR 3.00
A broker keeps deposits in an interest-bearing escrow account. What does the regulation require about the interest?254 CMR 3.00
A broker places an advertisement that gives only a telephone number and a street address. What does the Board's regulation say?254 CMR 3.00
A broker receives notice that the Board has suspended his license. Within how many days must he deliver the license to the Board's offices?254 CMR 3.00
A broker rents apartments. From what date does the three years for keeping rental listings and proof that an apartment was available when advertised run?254 CMR 7.00
A broker shows a prospective tenant five apartments and no tenancy results. When may the broker charge that person a fee?254 CMR 7.00
A broker sues in a Massachusetts court for a commission on a sale made in the commonwealth. What must have been true when the services were performed?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87RR
A broker takes on a new salesperson. What must the broker furnish to the Board, and when?254 CMR 3.00
A licensed broker works for another broker's firm. May she have salespersons affiliated with her inside that firm?254 CMR 3.00
A Massachusetts broker splits a commission with a person in another state who acted as a broker there without the license that state requires. What does § 87AAA provide?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA
A seller consented to dual agency in the listing agreement, months before any buyer appeared. A buyer client of the same broker now wants the house. What more is required?254 CMR 3.00
An owner approaches a broker to sell a parcel, and the broker decides to take an option on it for himself. What must the broker do first?254 CMR 3.00
Before a broker offers sub-agency to other brokers on a seller's listing, what must the seller be told in writing?254 CMR 3.00
Besides the amount of the fee and how and when it is paid, what must the written rental fee notice to a prospective tenant state?254 CMR 7.00
For how long must a broker keep a copy of each check deposited into and withdrawn from the escrow account?254 CMR 3.00
For how long must a copy of the signed agency disclosure notice be kept with the licensee's records?254 CMR 3.00
What may a designated agent share with other agents even though it could harm the client's interest in the transaction?254 CMR 3.00
What must every advertisement about the availability of an apartment disclose, in print no smaller than that used for the apartment itself?254 CMR 7.00
When may a broker directly recommend a specific home inspector to a buyer?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87YY 1/2
Contracts 3
A landlord and tenant agree by word of mouth to a three-year lease, and nothing is signed. What estate does the tenant have?M.G.L. c. 183, § 3
For which purpose may a residential lease let the lessor enter the premises before the lease ends?M.G.L. c. 186, § 15B
In which document may a seller give consent to designated agency?254 CMR 3.00
Consumer protection laws 6
A broker promotes lots in an out-of-state land development to Massachusetts buyers. What may the broker NOT say about the property?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA
A broker receives a chapter 93A demand letter and, within thirty days, makes a written tender of settlement that the claimant rejects. What may that tender do in a later suit?M.G.L. c. 93A, § 9
A consumer wins a chapter 93A, section 9 action and the violation was not willful or knowing. What is the recovery?M.G.L. c. 93A, § 9
A listing broker knows that a past occupant of a house was infected with HIV. Is that a material fact the broker must disclose to buyers?M.G.L. c. 93, § 114
A seller's broker knows there is dangerous lead paint in a house. Besides the notification form, what does the lead law require of the broker?M.G.L. c. 111, § 197A
The attorney general sues under chapter 93A and the court finds the defendant knew or should have known the practice was unlawful. What civil penalty may the court order for each violation?M.G.L. c. 93A, § 4
Environmental issues and hazardous materials 6
A conservation commission receives a notice of intention under the wetlands protection law. Within how many days must it hold a public hearing?M.G.L. c. 131, § 40
A house is to be sold. Who inspects it for compliance with the carbon monoxide alarm requirements?M.G.L. c. 148, § 26F 1/2
A landlord turns away every family with young children so that the lead law's duties never arise. How does the statute treat this?M.G.L. c. 111, § 199A
Premises with dangerous levels of lead change hands, and a child under six will live there. How long does the new owner have to contain or abate the lead?M.G.L. c. 111, § 197
When may a Title 5 septic inspection made up to three years before a transfer of title be used?310 CMR 15.301
Which residential building must be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms?M.G.L. c. 148, § 26F 1/2
Massachusetts fair housing law 6
A person files a housing complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Without a commissioner's written assent, how soon may that person bring a civil action in court?M.G.L. c. 151B, § 9
A tenant with a disability needs a reasonable modification to an apartment. In which housing does chapter 151B put the cost on the owner?M.G.L. c. 151B, § 4
An owner refuses to sell to a couple with a toddler because the house may contain lead paint. Under which law is that an unlawful practice?M.G.L. c. 111, § 199A
The Commission Against Discrimination makes a final finding against a broker within two years of a prior final finding under chapter 151B. For how long must the Board suspend the license?M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA
In chapter 151B, "contiguously located housing" includes housing offered by a person who controls the sale of at least how many housing accommodations on contiguous land?M.G.L. c. 151B, § 1
Which of these is a class protected in the sale or rental of housing by chapter 151B, section 4, paragraph 6?M.G.L. c. 151B, § 4
Landlord tenant law 6
A lessor fails to return a security deposit within thirty days after the tenancy ends. What damages does the statute award the tenant?M.G.L. c. 186, § 15B
A tenant at will pays rent monthly. How much written notice ends the tenancy, apart from nonpayment of rent?M.G.L. c. 186, § 12
A tenant receives the lessor's statement of the condition of the premises and finds it leaves out damage. How long does the tenant have to return it with a separate signed list?M.G.L. c. 186, § 15B
A tenant reports a code violation to the board of health. Four months later the landlord sends a notice of rent increase. What does the reprisal statute presume?M.G.L. c. 186, § 18
An operator rents out a short-term rental for only part of the year and has registered and filed the required declaration. Up to how many days in a calendar year may it be rented with no room occupancy excise?M.G.L. c. 64G, § 3
Under the State Sanitary Code, between which dates must an owner provide heat in every habitable room?105 CMR 410.180
Additional topics 3
A husband who owns a house alone deeds it to himself and his wife as tenants by the entirety. What does the deed create?M.G.L. c. 184, § 8
A neighbor has openly used a strip of registered land for twenty-five years. What title can the neighbor gain by adverse possession?M.G.L. c. 185, § 53
At a condominium closing the buyer asks for the statement of unpaid common expenses from the organization of unit owners. What does that statement do once it is recorded?M.G.L. c. 183A, § 6
How this list was compiled: Written from the Massachusetts General Laws as published by the General Court at https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws (chapter 112, sections 87PP to 87DDD 1/2; chapter 13, section 54; chapters 64G, 93, 93A, 111, 131, 148, 151B, 183, 183A, 184, 185 and 186), and from the Board's regulations 254 CMR 3.00 and 7.00, Title 5 of the State Environmental Code (310 CMR 15.301) and the State Sanitary Code (105 CMR 410.180) as published on mass.gov, all read 2026-10-12. The spread of topics follows the broker counts of the state portion content outline in the Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons Examination Candidate Information Bulletin, at https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/4460; the Board's page is https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-real-estate-brokers-and-salespersons. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute and regulation text; nothing is copied from another practice test, a prep book or the state exam.
How it works
This unofficial Massachusetts real estate broker practice test asks 60 of our own state portion questions, the bond, escrow records and supervision among them. It is not affiliated with the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons.
Read the full guide
Brokers practice test in Massachusetts, by outline section
The state outline in the Board's Examination Candidate Information Bulletin gives brokers 40 questions in nine sections: requirements governing licensees 14; licensing, consumer protection, environmental issues, fair housing and landlord tenant law 4 each; the Board, contracts and additional topics 2 each. The bank holds one and a half times each count.
What the broker's state portion adds
The outline marks record keeping as broker only. Around it sit the things only a broker does: the $5,000 bond, the escrow account and its check records, a corporation's designated officer, and shared responsibility for a salesperson's violations.
A broker applicant needs three years of active association with a broker as a salesperson and 40 more classroom hours (c. 112, § 87SS).
A copy of every check into and out of the escrow account is kept three years from its date of issuance (254 CMR 3.00).
On notice of a suspension or revocation, the license goes back to the Board's offices within seven days (254 CMR 3.00).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Massachusetts real estate broker exam?
The Board's bulletin lists a general portion of 75 questions worth 80 points in 150 minutes and a state portion of 40 questions in 90 minutes for brokers. Five to ten experimental questions, which are not scored, may be given as well.
What is the passing score on the Massachusetts broker exam?
A minimum score of 70% passes, the bulletin says, and the score appears on screen when the examination ends.
Is there a Massachusetts real estate broker study guide for the state portion?
The bulletin's outline is the list of topics, and the law behind it is public: chapter 112, sections 87PP to 87DDD 1/2, and 254 CMR 3.00 and 7.00. Each explanation names its section, so a missed question points to the text to read.
Are these the real Massachusetts broker exam questions?
No. All 60 were written for this page from the statute or regulation each one cites. This site has not seen the exam, and no licensed Massachusetts broker or attorney has reviewed the answers yet. The general portion is not on this page.