A complaint against a salesperson is set for hearing. Besides the salesperson, to whom must the Commission mail a copy of the hearing notice?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.25(2)
After being served with a complaint and notice, how long does a licensee have to file a sworn answer?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.26
The Commission finds a licensee guilty on a complaint and imposes a civil fine. What is the most the total fine for that complaint may be?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.10(1)
The Commission stays a suspension and places the licensee on probation for the suspension period. What happens if the licensee violates the Act during probation?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.29
Who serves as chairperson of the Nebraska State Real Estate Commission?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.07(1)
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Licensing 8
A broker charges a separate fee for a broker's price opinion. What does the License Act require of the opinion?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.16(2)
A broker opens a second place of business in Nebraska and obtains a branch office license. Who must manage the branch office?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.19(2)
A licensee who carries errors and omissions insurance outside the Commission's group policy has no certificate of coverage on file. What does the Commission do?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.55(3)
A person has just been issued a broker's license. What must come before that person acts as designated broker for another licensee?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.13(4)
An unlicensed person makes first-contact calls for a broker under the exemption in the License Act. What may that person not discuss with the potential client?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.04(9)
Apart from the hardship route, what must an applicant for a Nebraska broker's license show beyond the salesperson's course hours?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.13(3)
Before the Commission issues a license to a nonresident applicant, the applicant files proof of licensure at home and pays the fee. What else must the applicant show?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.17(3)
Which of these people may act without a real estate license under the exceptions in the License Act?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.04(4)
Statutory requirements for licensees 17
A broker keeps an interest-bearing trust account. To whom may the interest go?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.21(6)
A broker prepares a land contract for use in closing a sale. What do the rules require before it is used?299 NAC 5-003.01
A brokerage has several teams. Who is responsible for supervising the real estate activities of a team?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.56
A buyer offers a promissory note as earnest money. What do the rules require of the licensee?299 NAC 5-003.13
A house is exclusively listed with another broker. When may a second broker discuss with the owner the terms of a future listing after the present one expires?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.24(15)
A Nebraska broker wants to pay a referral fee to a person who holds no Nebraska license. When does the License Act allow it?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.24(18)
A purchase agreement is silent on timing. By when must the earnest money deposit be deposited after the offer is accepted in writing?299 NAC 5-003.14
A sale closes. For how long must the designated broker preserve the records of that transaction?299 NAC 3-003.01
A salesperson advertises her own house for sale under her own name. What must the advertising disclose?299 NAC 2-006
A team runs a yard sign with its team name. How must the supervising broker's business name appear on it?299 NAC 2-004.07b
A trust account holds money that will ultimately belong to the broker. How do the rules treat it?299 NAC 3-005
An associate broker wants to accept a fee from someone other than the employing broker. In what form must the employing broker's consent be given?299 NAC 2-010
Buyer and seller both claim an earnest deposit held by a broker, and no lawsuit has been filed. What must the broker do with it?299 NAC 3-008
Two brokers disagree over how a commission should be divided and ask the Commission to settle it. What do the rules say?299 NAC 5-001
Under the unfair trade practices list, who must maintain a record of all team leaders and team members working under a brokerage?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.24(32)
Which of these would be an acceptable real estate team name under the Commission's rules?299 NAC 2-004.08
Which sales inducement does the License Act list as an unfair trade practice?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.24(17)
Agency 15
A broker closes a sale. What must the broker deliver to the seller at the time the transaction is consummated?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.24(21)
A brokerage relationship has ended. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, which duties does the licensee still owe the former client?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2423(2)
A buyer client writes an offer on a single-family house. What must the licensee give the buyer at that time, apart from the offer itself?299 NAC 5-003.11
A designated broker appoints, in writing, one affiliated licensee to act as the seller's limited agent to the exclusion of all others. Is the designated broker a dual agent because of the appointment?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2427
A designated broker will be paid by both the seller and the buyer in one transaction. What does the agency law require?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2424(5)
A licensee begins working with a buyer and no written agreement of any kind has been signed. What is the licensee considered to be?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2416(2)
A licensee is selling a property in which the licensee has an ownership interest. When must the interest be made known in writing to the buyer?299 NAC 5-003.04
A licensee offers brokerage services to a seller who has no written agreement with any designated broker. What must the licensee provide at the earliest practicable opportunity during or following the first substantial contact?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2421(1)
A listed house is under a contract for sale when another written offer arrives. What must the seller's agent do?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2417(1)
A listing broker has made a unilateral offer of subagency. How may another designated broker enter into the subagency relationship?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2422(5)
By when must the seller's agent assure that the Seller Property Condition Disclosure Statement is delivered to the purchaser or the purchaser's agent?299 NAC 5-003.22
For which buyer must a designated broker acting as a single agent enter into a written agency agreement before acting?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2422(3)
What does a seller's agent owe a prospective buyer who is not a client?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2417(3)
Which information may a dual agent not disclose without the informed written consent of the client it concerns?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2419(4)
Which item must a written seller's agency agreement include under the agency relationships law?Neb. Rev. Stat. 76-2422(2)
Additional topics 5
A person publicly markets for sale an equitable interest in a contract to buy a house from its owner. How does the License Act treat that activity?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.02(2)
A subdivision sales contract must give a purchaser who has not seen the land an unconditional right of refund. Within how many days after inspecting the land must the right be exercised?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.34(10)
The Nebraska Fair Housing Act lets a person refuse to rent rooms in his or her own home. At what point does that exception stop applying?Neb. Rev. Stat. 20-322(3)
Real estate located outside Nebraska counts as a subdivision under the License Act when it is divided or proposed to be divided into at least how many lots, parcels or units?Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885.01(19)
Which of these does the Nebraska Fair Housing Act name among the grounds on which it is unlawful to refuse to sell or rent a dwelling?Neb. Rev. Stat. 20-318
How this list was compiled: Written from the Nebraska Real Estate License Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. 81-885 to 81-885.56), the agency relationships sections (76-2401 to 76-2430), the seller disclosure section (76-2,120) and the Nebraska Fair Housing Act (20-318, 20-322), as published by the Nebraska Legislature at https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php, and from Title 299 of the Nebraska Administrative Code, chapters 2, 3 and 5, in the copy the Nebraska Real Estate Commission publishes in its License Manual (https://nrec.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/Legal/License%20Manual%20PDF/2licensemanualrulestitle299.pdf), all read 2026-10-13. The spread of topics follows the Nebraska Real Estate Broker Licensing Examination Content Outline, effective September 1, 2023, published with the Nebraska Real Estate License Examinations Candidate Handbook of April 2025 for the Nebraska Real Estate Commission (outline: https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/092801.pdf; handbook: https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/092800.pdf), whose pages are at https://nrec.nebraska.gov/. 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 Nebraska real estate broker practice exam has 50 of our own state questions, most from the Nebraska Real Estate License Act and the agency relationships statutes. It is not affiliated with the Nebraska Real Estate Commission.
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The broker's state outline
The Nebraska Real Estate Broker Licensing Examination Content Outline, effective September 1, 2023, gives brokers 50 scored state questions: duties and powers of the Commission 5, licensing 7 to 8, statutory requirements governing licensees 17 to 18, agency 15, additional topics 5. This bank holds 5, 8, 17, 15 and 5.
Limited agency, Nebraska's own rule
Sections 76-2401 to 76-2430 replaced common-law agency with limited agency: a licensee is the buyer's limited agent unless a written agreement says otherwise.
Designated brokers and teams
The designated broker answers for associate brokers, salespersons and teams, keeps a record of every team leader and member, and sees that the firm's name stands beside any team name.
Earnest money is deposited within 72 hours or before the end of the next banking day after written acceptance (299 NAC 5-003.14).
A new broker takes postlicensure courses in trust accounting, brokerage finance, business ethics and risk management before acting as a designated broker (81-885.13).
Records of a closed transaction are kept five years (299 NAC 3-003.01).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Nebraska real estate broker exam?
The Candidate Handbook of April 2025 lists 80 national questions in 2.5 hours and 50 state questions in 1.5 hours, four hours in all, with five to ten unscored pretest questions added.
What score passes the Nebraska broker exam?
The handbook sets a pass mark of 75 percent on each examination, for brokers and salespersons alike. A broker candidate who fails either part retakes the entire test.
What are the requirements for a Nebraska broker license?
Section 81-885.13 asks for age 19, a high school diploma or its equivalent, two years of active service as a licensed salesperson or broker, 60 class hours beyond the salesperson's courses, and the broker examination.
Are these the real Nebraska broker exam questions?
No. Each was written for this page from the Nebraska statutes and the Commission's rules, and the real exam is closed. No licensed Nebraska broker or attorney has reviewed the bank yet. The national part and its arithmetic are outside this page.