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Washington Managing Broker Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Washington Managing Brokerexam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.

134questions
240 mintime limit
Scaled score of 75 required on each portion (national 90 scored + managing-broker state 44 scored); plain Broker passes at 70. Per WA REP Candidate Handbook (PSI, Rev. 9/1/2021).to pass
16content areas

Property Ownership

10% of the exam
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  • Real vs. Personal Property and the Bundle of Rights
  • Estates in Land
  • Forms of Co-Ownership

Land Use Controls and Regulations

5% of the exam
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  • Government Powers Over Land
  • Zoning and Public Land-Use Tools
  • Private Land-Use Controls

Valuation and Market Analysis

8% of the exam
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  • Value, Price, and Cost
  • The Three Approaches to Value
  • CMA, BPO, and the Limits of a License

Financing

9% of the exam
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  • Notes and Security Instruments
  • Loan Types and Common Clauses
  • Federal Lending Laws

Contracts

19% of the exam
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  • Essential Elements and Validity
  • Offer, Acceptance, and Counteroffers
  • Common Real Estate Contracts
  • Performance, Breach, and Remedies

General Principles of Agency

13% of the exam
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  • Creating Agency and Fiduciary Duties
  • Clients, Customers, Single and Dual Agency
  • Broker Supervision and Vicarious Liability

Property Disclosures

7% of the exam
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  • The Duty to Disclose Material Facts
  • Latent vs. Patent Defects
  • Federally Required Disclosures

Property Management

5% of the exam
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  • The Management Agreement and Trust Funds
  • Leasehold Estates and Lease Types
  • Landlord and Tenant Rights

Transfer of Title

6% of the exam
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  • How Title Transfers
  • Types of Deeds
  • Recording and Title Assurance

Practice of Real Estate

12% of the exam
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  • Brokerage Management and Supervision
  • Trust Accounts, Commingling, and Conversion
  • Fair Housing, Antitrust, and Risk Management

Real Estate Calculations

6% of the exam
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  • The Basic Percentage Formula
  • Area, Volume, and Investment Measures
  • Finance and Proration Calculations

Washington License Law and Firm Requirements (RCW 18.85)

25% of the exam
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  • The Department of Licensing and RCW 18.85
  • Broker, Managing Broker, and Designated Broker
  • Qualifying for the Managing Broker License

Supervision of Affiliated Licensees and Teams

25% of the exam
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  • The Duty to Supervise
  • Supervision of Teams
  • Managing Broker vs. Plain Broker Weighting

Washington Brokerage Relationships Act (RCW 18.86)

20% of the exam
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  • Duties Owed Under RCW 18.86
  • How Agency Is Created
  • Dual Agency

Trust Accounts, Records, and Audits

15% of the exam
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  • Depositing and Segregating Client Funds
  • Records and Reconciliation
  • Department Audits

Scenarios in Real Estate Practice (Managing Broker Only)

15% of the exam
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  • What the Scenario Block Tests
  • The Supervisory, Compliance-First Answer
  • Reasoning Through a Scenario

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