A homebuyer wants the Commission to look into a salesperson's conduct. What form must the complaint take?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-16
The Commission sues in district court to enjoin a violation of the license law. What bond must the Commission give?N.D.C.C. 43-23-18
During an investigation the Commission demands a salesperson's records of the transaction. The salesperson refuses. What does the statute make of the refusal?N.D.C.C. 43-23-11.1(1)(h)
For what term does the governor appoint each member of the North Dakota Real Estate Commission?N.D.C.C. 43-23-02
Two salespersons at different firms quarrel over who is owed part of a fee. What will the Commission do with the dispute?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-17
What must happen before the Commission may suspend a license or impose a fine?N.D.C.C. 43-23-11.1(3)
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Licensing requirements 13
A broker associate holds a broker's license, has no office in her own name, and is affiliated with another broker. What may she not do?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-09
A new salesperson has passed both portions and paid the fees. When may the salesperson begin work?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-10
A person performs one of a broker's acts for another, for a fee, one time only. Is a license required?N.D.C.C. 43-23-06.1(9)
A salesperson licensed in a state that has no reciprocal agreement with North Dakota applies here, having passed that state's licensing examination. What must the applicant take?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-06
An applicant has not finished the prelicense courses. May the applicant sit the licensing examination?N.D.C.C. 43-23-08(4)
An unlicensed person signs a contract to buy a house, then publicly markets that contract to other buyers for a fee. How does the license law treat the marketing?N.D.C.C. 43-23-06.1(9)(i)
The Commission tells an applicant she is qualified to take the examination, and she does not take it. After how long must she file a new application with fees?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-03
Each continuing education period, a North Dakota salesperson owes how many hours of approved courses?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-04-02
Errors and omissions insurance is a condition of licensure in North Dakota. Whom does the statute except?N.D.C.C. 43-23-19
For how long does a completed prelicensure course count toward a license application?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-03
How long may a salesperson keep a license on inactive status, and on what condition?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-05
The license law reaches 'any interest or estate in land'. Which of these does it leave out?N.D.C.C. 43-23-06.1(8)
The statute makes a set number of hours of Commission-approved study a prerequisite for a salesperson's license. What is the number?N.D.C.C. 43-23-08(4)
Activities: promotion, listings and offers 13
A buyer offers a collector car, not readily negotiable, as the deposit with an offer. What does the salesperson need before accepting it?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-14
A grateful seller hands a salesperson a bonus check for selling the house. What does the license law say about taking it?N.D.C.C. 43-23-11.1(1)(q)
A prospective buyer makes an oral offer and asks the salesperson to submit it to the seller. What must the salesperson do?N.D.C.C. 43-23-11.1(1)(t)
A salesperson buys a rental house for his own account from a private seller. What must he disclose to the seller, and how?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-16
A salesperson designs her own social media ad for a listing. Under whose supervision must a licensee's advertising be done?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-02.1
A salesperson receives earnest money on the day before a holiday, and the bank that holds the trust account is closed. By the statute, when must the money be deposited?N.D.C.C. 43-23-11.1(1)(s)
A salesperson wants to place a For Sale sign on a lot the firm hopes to list. What is needed first?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-10
A seller's changes to a buyer's written offer are material and extensive. What does the Commission's rule say should be done?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-06
A wholesaler under contract to buy a house fails to give the written disclosure the statute requires. What may the seller do?N.D.C.C. 43-23-24
An owner with an unexpired exclusive right to sell listing at another firm telephones a salesperson and asks to list with her firm. What does the rule allow?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-11
Before a three-family home is advertised or offered for sale, what must the licensee have from the seller?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-04
Before doing anything as a buyer's representative on a single-family home, what must a licensee obtain?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-05.1
When may a salesperson handle the closing of a real estate transaction?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-14
Activities: brokerage relationships 8
A licensee will work with a buyer as a customer, not a client. What must be done before any services are performed?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-15.2
A salesperson represents a buyer. Without the buyer's informed, written consent, what may the salesperson not reveal?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-15.1
A salesperson's first substantive contact with an absent seller is by telephone, so a signed disclosure cannot be had at that moment. What satisfies the rule?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-15.1
An appointed agent needs advice about something a client told her in confidence. To whom may she reveal it?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-17
For a single-family home, when must a licensee who will represent the seller make the written agency disclosure?N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-15.1
One salesperson at a firm knows a fact about a house. Another salesperson at the same firm, who does not know it, handles the sale alone. Is the first one's knowledge imputed to the second?N.D.C.C. 43-23-12.1(4)
Under the license law, who is a 'client' of a real estate brokerage firm?N.D.C.C. 43-23-06.1(2)
Unless agreed otherwise in writing, which of these is a brokerage firm not obligated to do for a client?N.D.C.C. 43-23-12.1(3)
Additional topics 4
A court orders the recovery fund to pay a claim arising from a salesperson's fraud, and the license is suspended. On what terms may it be reinstated?N.D.C.C. 43-23.2-09
A lot in an out-of-state subdivision is sold in North Dakota in violation of the Subdivided Lands Disposition Act. Where does that leave the purchaser?N.D.C.C. 43-23.1-18
A North Dakota buyer is sold a lot in a registered out-of-state subdivision. What must the purchaser be given before the sale?N.D.C.C. 43-23.1-04
How much does a person licensed as a salesperson for the first time pay into the real estate education, research, and recovery fund?N.D.C.C. 43-23.2-02
How this list was compiled: Written from North Dakota Century Code chapters 43-23 (real estate licensing), 43-23.1 (subdivided lands) and 43-23.2 (the real estate education, research, and recovery fund), as published by the North Dakota Legislative Branch at https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t43c23.pdf, t43c23-1.pdf and t43c23-2.pdf, and from North Dakota Administrative Code chapters 70-02-01, 70-02-03 and 70-02-04 at https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/html/70-02.html, all read 2026-10-14. The topics follow the state portion outline in the Real Estate Salesperson and Broker Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (dated 10/1/2025) published for the North Dakota Real Estate Commission (https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/4652), whose pages are at https://www.realestatend.org/. 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 ND state practice test for the real estate salesperson exam has 44 of our own questions on North Dakota license law and the Commission's rules. It is not affiliated with the North Dakota Real Estate Commission.
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ND state practice test for real estate: what the state portion asks
The Candidate Information Bulletin dated October 1, 2025 gives the salesperson state portion 40 questions over four sections and prints no count for a section. The split of this bank is ours: Commission 6, licensing 13, statutory requirements governing licensees 21, additional topics 4. Branch offices, trust accounts, record keeping and closing statements are marked broker only and are not asked here.
Use it as a real estate study guide for North Dakota
Each explanation names its Century Code section or its rule in Administrative Code article 70-02 and links to the Legislative Branch's copy. Licensing is the topic a new applicant meets first: 90 hours of approved courses, an examination that may be taken before the courses are finished, and twelve hours of continuing education in each period.
A salesperson starts work only when the broker has the Commission's notification of licensure (N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-01-10).
A commission reaches a salesperson only through the broker under whom the salesperson is licensed (N.D.C.C. 43-23-11.1).
For one to four dwelling units, a signed buyer's broker agreement comes before any act as the buyer's representative (N.D. Admin. Code 70-02-03-05.1).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the North Dakota real estate salesperson exam?
The bulletin's table gives the national portion 100 questions in 150 minutes and the state portion 40 questions in 90 minutes. Experimental questions may be added; they are not scored and they count against the time.
What score passes the North Dakota real estate exam?
For a salesperson the table lists 70 on the 100-point national portion and 30 on the 40-point state portion. A candidate who passes one portion keeps it by passing the other within twelve months of the first examination (rule 70-02-01-03).
What does North Dakota real estate exam prep cover for the state portion?
The outline's four sections: duties and powers of the Commission, licensing requirements, statutory requirements governing the activities of licensees, and additional topics, which are out-of-state subdivided land and the education, research, and recovery fund.
Are these the real North Dakota real estate exam questions?
They are not. The real examination is not published. Every question on this page was written from the Century Code and the Commission's rules, with its answer checked against the cited section. The national portion and its arithmetic are left out.