Idaho Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions

A person who passes the Idaho salesperson examination may begin practicing real estate when:

• a.The exam results are posted
• b.The applicant joins a trade association
• c.The license is placed with and supervised by a designated broker✓
• d.The applicant completes continuing education

Passing the exam is one step; an Idaho salesperson may conduct licensed activity only after the license is placed with a designated broker who supervises the salesperson and accepts responsibility for the licensed activity and trust account. Without a designated broker, the license is not active.

How many classroom hours of commission-approved prelicense study must an Idaho real estate salesperson applicant complete?

• a.30 classroom hours of approved real estate study
• b.60 classroom hours of approved real estate study
• c.90 classroom hours of approved real estate study✓
• d.120 classroom hours of approved real estate study

Idaho sets the salesperson prelicense requirement at a total of ninety (90) classroom hours of current commission-approved and accredited real estate courses. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2022(1)(a) (last amended 2020, ch. 87, sec. 2).

An Idaho salesperson applying for a broker or associate broker license must complete how much prelicense education beyond the salesperson requirement?

• a.45 additional classroom hours, for 135 hours total
• b.90 additional classroom hours, for 180 hours total✓
• c.60 additional classroom hours, for 150 hours total
• d.None; the advanced broker course replaces the salesperson courses

A broker or associate broker applicant must meet the salesperson education requirement and, in addition, complete specified advanced real estate courses of at least ninety (90) additional classroom hours. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2022(1)(b) (last amended 2020, ch. 87, sec. 2).

How recently must an Idaho applicant have completed the required prelicense courses?

• a.Within one (1) year before the date of the license application
• b.Within two (2) years before the date of the license application
• c.Within five (5) years before the date of the license application
• d.Within three (3) years before the date of the license application✓

Prelicense courses must be completed no more than three (3) years before the license application date, although the commission may waive or modify that window on written request for special consideration. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2022(2).

Idaho's experience requirement for a broker or associate broker license is satisfied by:

• a.two years full time as a licensed salesperson within the last five years✓
• b.one year full time as a licensed salesperson within the last three years
• c.three years full time as a licensed salesperson within the last ten years
• d.four years of licensed real estate activity, with no time limit at all

The applicant must show that he or she was actively engaged on a full-time basis for two (2) years as a licensed real estate salesperson within the five (5) years immediately before application, and that the activity was productive. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2012(2)(a); Idaho Real Estate License Law and Rules booklet (DOPL, July 2025) at 54-2012.

An Idaho license applicant must have taken and passed the required exam within what period immediately preceding the license application?

• a.six (6) months
• b.nine (9) months
• c.twelve (12) months✓
• d.twenty-four (24) months

The applicant must pass the required portion or portions of the exam within no more than twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of the license application. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2014(1).

Unless a written certificate of waiver is obtained, the Idaho licensing exam an applicant must pass consists of:

• a.the Idaho state portion only, for every applicant
• b.a national portion and an Idaho state portion✓
• c.a national portion only, with Idaho law tested in the post license course
• d.an Idaho state portion plus an oral interview before the commission

An applicant must take and pass both the national portion and the Idaho state portion of a commission-approved exam; a commission waiver certificate can excuse the national portion only. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2014(1) and (3).

Errors and omissions insurance in Idaho is:

• a.required only of designated brokers and branch office managers
• b.optional, although a licensee without it may not hold client funds
• c.required only of licensees who personally handle trust accounts
• d.required of every licensee who holds an active Idaho license✓

Carrying and maintaining errors and omissions coverage is a condition of active licensure for every licensee; the licensee may take the commission's group policy or obtain independent coverage meeting the commission's minimums. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2013(1) and (4).

When the Idaho commission is asked to waive a prelicense course based on similar study completed elsewhere, "satisfactory completion" of that course means the applicant:

• a.regularly attended the course and received a final grade of "C" or better✓
• b.received any passing grade that the other jurisdiction accepts for licensure
• c.completed the course within the previous twelve (12) months
• d.passed that state's licensing examination on the first attempt

The waiver request must come with an official transcript, a description of subjects and classroom hours, and "satisfactory completion" is defined as regular attendance plus a final grade of "C" or better. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2022(6).

To renew an Idaho license on active status (other than a salesperson's first active renewal), the licensee must complete:

• a.two (2) commission core courses and nothing further
• b.two (2) commission core courses plus twelve (12) classroom hours✓
• c.sixteen (16) classroom hours, of which four (4) must be core
• d.twenty-four (24) classroom hours with no mandatory core course

Idaho's continuing education requirement for active renewal is two (2) commission core courses plus twelve (12) classroom hours of continuing education credit. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2023(1); Idaho Real Estate License Law and Rules booklet (DOPL, July 2025) at 54-2023.

For an Idaho salesperson's FIRST active renewal, the education requirement is:

• a.two (2) core courses plus twelve (12) elective classroom hours
• b.the post license course only
• c.two (2) commission core courses plus the post license course✓
• d.twelve (12) classroom hours plus a business conduct course

A salesperson renewing on active status for the first time, or activating for the first time after the initial license period, completes two (2) commission core courses plus the post license course. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2023(1)(a).

An Idaho licensee completes 20 classroom hours of continuing education in a license period in which 12 hours are required. The 8 extra hours:

• a.do not accumulate or count toward the next license period✓
• b.carry forward to the next renewal period automatically
• c.carry forward only if the commission approves in advance
• d.may later be used to activate an inactive license instead

Classroom hours apply to the license period in which the course is completed; hours in excess of those required do not accumulate or get credited toward a later renewal period. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2023(4).

An Idaho license that expires and is not renewed within one (1) year of the expiration date is:

• a.placed on inactive status by the commission
• b.renewable at any later time on payment of a late fee
• c.reinstated only after the licensee retakes the prelicense courses
• d.automatically terminated and may not be renewed✓

The commission may accept a late renewal subject to conditions such as a late fee, but an expired license not renewed within one (1) year of expiration is automatically terminated. Cite: Idaho Code 54-2018(3).