Agency law, license law and operating an office 17
A broker relies on a written independent contractor agreement with a sales associate under Labor Law 511(19). How recently must it have been executed?Labor Law section 511
A broker was licensed on a claim of experience that proves false. What does Part 179 allow the Department to do?19 NYCRR 179.2
A farm parcel inside an agricultural district is being sold. Who signs the agricultural district disclosure notice before the sale?Real Property Law section 333-c
A salesperson closes the sale of a single-family house. How many points does that sale earn toward the broker's license on the experience schedule?19 NYCRR 179.3
A seller willfully fails to perform the requirements of the Property Condition Disclosure Act. For what is the seller liable under section 465?Real Property Law section 465
An agent lists a house for its seller. What does section 466 of the Real Property Law require of that agent?Real Property Law section 466
Before any contract is signed, a prospective purchaser asks the seller in writing for the heating bills of a house. Within how many days must the seller furnish them?Energy Law section 17-103
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Agency law, license law and operating an office, continued
For a broker's sales associate to fall outside "employment" under Labor Law 511(19), which term must the written contract contain?Labor Law section 511
For attendance at a qualifying course, how many minutes of instruction count as one hour?19 NYCRR 176.5
How many hours of instruction does the broker's course of study run, before its final examination?19 NYCRR 176.4
How many times may one continuing education course be counted for credit within a two-year renewal cycle?19 NYCRR 177.18
In the Property Condition Disclosure Act, what does a seller's "knowledge" mean?Real Property Law section 461
Land is offered for sale with no utility electric service to it. By when must the seller give the prospective purchaser written notice of that?Real Property Law section 242
On the Department's point system, how many experience points equal two years of full-time work as a licensed salesperson?19 NYCRR 179.2
The Property Condition Disclosure Act exempts fourteen kinds of transfer. Which of these is one?Real Property Law section 463
The seller of a one-family house completes and signs the property condition disclosure statement. It must reach the buyer or the buyer's agent before what?Real Property Law section 462
Two brokerages are sued for damages under New York's antitrust statute. Within how many years of the cause of action must the suit begin?General Business Law section 340
Real estate finance 5
A lender not authorized by law knowingly charges interest on a loan. Above what yearly rate is this criminal usury in the second degree?Penal Law section 190.40
A mortgage is paid in full and the certificate of discharge is signed. Within how many days must it be presented for recording?Real Property Law section 275
After a foreclosure sale the lender wants a deficiency judgment. The motion goes with the motion to confirm the sale, made within how long after the deed is delivered to the purchaser?Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law section 1371
At least how many days before starting a foreclosure action on a home loan must the lender send the borrower the statutory notice?Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law section 1304
What maximum yearly rate of interest does the Banking Law set for General Obligations Law section 5-501?Banking Law section 14-a
Real property investment 3
In the reconstructed income statement the syllabus sets out, which line comes directly after net operating income?DOS Real Estate Broker Syllabus, chapter 3
In the syllabus's formula for a property's taxable income, which item is added to net operating income?DOS Real Estate Broker Syllabus, chapter 3
Over which two periods does the Department's broker syllabus have a broker compute yearly straight-line depreciation?DOS Real Estate Broker Syllabus, chapter 3
General business law 2
A landlord takes security deposits for a building. From how many family dwelling units up must the deposits go into an interest-bearing bank account?General Obligations Law section 7-103
After a tenant of an apartment that is not rent stabilized leaves, how many days does section 7-108 give the landlord to send the itemized statement and refund the balance of the deposit?General Obligations Law section 7-108
Construction and development 2
A sponsor plans a public offering of cooperative interests in a new building. What must be filed with the Department of Law before the offering?General Business Law section 352-e
Under the housing merchant implied warranty, for how long from the warranty date must a new home be free from material defects?General Business Law section 777-a
Conveyance of real property 3
A married couple take title to a house by a deed that does not say what kind of tenancy they hold. What estate does New York law give them?Estates, Powers and Trusts Law section 6-2.2
The additional one percent tax on a conveyance of residential real property applies when the consideration for the whole conveyance is at least how much?Tax Law section 1402-a
Tax Law section 1402 taxes each conveyance of real property where the consideration exceeds $500. At what rate?Tax Law section 1402
Real property management 3
A late fee on residential rent may not exceed five percent of the monthly rent or what dollar amount, whichever is less?Real Property Law section 238-a
A residential tenant moves out before the lease ends, in breach of it. What must the landlord do under section 227-e?Real Property Law section 227-e
After more than two years in the same unit, a tenant is to get a rent increase of five percent or more. How much written notice does section 226-c require?Real Property Law section 226-c
Taxes and assessments 2
A homeowner's complaint to the board of assessment review fails, and the owner turns to small claims assessment review. Within how many days after the final assessment roll is completed and filed must the petition be filed?Real Property Tax Law section 730
Where a municipality adopts it, real property owned by persons 65 or over may be exempt from taxation up to what share of its assessed valuation?Real Property Tax Law section 467
Advanced fair housing and fair lending 9
A building has a no-pets rule. A tenant with a disability keeps an animal that eases the disability's effects. What does Executive Law 296(18) call letting the animal stay?Executive Law section 296
A buyer believes a broker discriminated in a showing. How long after the practice does Executive Law 297 allow for filing a complaint with the Division of Human Rights?Executive Law section 297
A landlord turns away every applicant who would pay part of the rent with a housing voucher. Which protected basis in Executive Law 296(5) does that policy concern?Executive Law sections 296 and 292
A tenant with a disability needs grab bars fixed to the bathroom walls of a rented apartment. At whose expense does Executive Law 296(18) have reasonable modifications made?Executive Law section 296
Section 296-a of the Executive Law reaches discrimination on applications for credit to buy or repair housing. Whose conduct does it govern?Executive Law section 296-a
Solely as to age and familial status, housing may be restricted exclusively to persons of at least what age and their spouses?Executive Law section 296
Which conduct does Executive Law 296(3-b) forbid a real estate broker?Executive Law section 296
Which of these is a protected basis in housing under the present text of Executive Law 296(5)?Executive Law section 296
Which rental is outside the ban on refusing to rent in subparagraphs one and two of Executive Law 296(5)(a)?Executive Law section 296
Local issues and concerns 2
A nonsolicitation area is described by its boundary streets. Which properties on a boundary street lie inside the area?19 NYCRR 178.4
A nonsolicitation order covers a neighborhood. Which way of seeking listings there does Part 178 leave open?19 NYCRR 178.5
How this list was compiled: Written from the New York Department of State's booklet Real Estate License Law (March 2026), https://dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/03/real-estate-license-law_03.2026.pdf (Real Property Law sections 242 and 333-c and Article 14, and 19 NYCRR Parts 176 to 179); from the Department's Real Estate Broker Syllabus, https://dos.ny.gov/real-estate-broker-75-hour-curriculum-eff-12212022; and from the Consolidated Laws on the Senate's legislation site, where 39 sections were opened and 25 are cited, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ (Executive Law 292, 296, 296-a and 297, the General Obligations, General Business, Real Property, Real Property Actions and Proceedings, Real Property Tax, Tax, Banking, Penal, Labor, Energy and Estates, Powers and Trusts Laws), all read 2026-10-15. The spread of topics follows the hours of the broker's course in 19 NYCRR 176.4 and the syllabus, on which the Department's page https://dos.ny.gov/become-real-estate-broker says the examination is based. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute, regulation and syllabus text; nothing is copied from another practice test, a prep book or the state exam.
How it works
This unofficial NYS broker practice test has 48 of our own questions for the real estate broker examination, on the subjects the broker's course adds. It is not affiliated with the New York Department of State.
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New York State real estate brokers practice test, by the course's hours
The Department of State bases the exam on the 152-hour curriculum. This bank follows the 75-hour broker's course in 19 NYCRR 176.4: the office and license law chapter 17 questions, finance 5, investment 3, business law 2, construction 2, conveyance 3, management 3, taxes 2, fair housing 9, local issues 2.
Use it as a New York real estate broker exam study guide
Each explanation names its section, so the questions you miss read as an NY real estate broker study guide by statute: the Human Rights Law, the Property Condition Disclosure Act, deposits and fees, foreclosure notices. Article 12-A, the license law, is on our salesperson page. Transaction analysis is not covered.
On the Department's schedule, 3,500 experience points equal two years of full-time work as a salesperson (19 NYCRR 179.2).
A deposit comes back with an itemized statement within 14 days after the tenant moves out (General Obligations Law 7-108).
A Human Rights Law complaint is filed within three years of the practice complained of (Executive Law 297).
Questions and answers
How long is the NYS real estate broker exam?
The Department of State allows 2 1/2 hours for the written, multiple-choice exam, which it bases on the 152-hour curriculum. Its broker page prints no question count and no passing score, so this page does not guess them.
How is the New York broker exam scored?
The Department reports every result as passed or failed, with no numerical score. A passed result is valid for two years.
What does a New York broker license require?
The Department lists age 20, two years as a licensed salesperson or three years in the general real estate field, the minimum experience points, 152 hours of approved qualifying education and its own examination.
Are these the real NYS broker exam questions?
No. Every question was written for this page from New York statutes, the Department's rules and its broker syllabus, and each answer is checked against the section it cites. License law and arithmetic are on other pages.