Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions
12 questions
How many hours of approved prelicensing education must a Massachusetts real estate salesperson applicant complete?
- a.24 hours
- b.90 hours
- c.No education is required
- d.40 hours✓
Massachusetts requires 40 hours of approved prelicensing education for a salesperson applicant, who must also be at least 18 and pass the licensing examination administered on behalf of the Board.
To keep a Massachusetts real estate license active, licensees must complete continuing education and renew the license. Massachusetts licenses are renewed on which cycle?
- a.Annually
- b.Every 5 years
- c.Every 2 years✓
- d.Every 6 months
Massachusetts real estate licenses are renewed every two years, and licensees must complete the required continuing education hours to renew. Staying current keeps licensees informed about changes in law and practice.
A Massachusetts salesperson applying for a broker's license must show three years of affiliation with a broker and, beyond the salesperson coursework, must also complete:
- a.Two years of property ownership in the commonwealth
- b.24 additional classroom hours of approved courses
- c.40 additional classroom hours of approved courses✓
- d.A passing score on a national broker examination
M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87SS requires a broker applicant to prove three years of active association with a broker as a salesman and completion of additional approved real estate courses totaling 40 classroom hours — on top of the 40 hours the salesperson license required. Cite: M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87SS; mass.gov, Frequently Asked Questions: Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons.
254 CMR 2.00 measures the three years of experience a Massachusetts broker applicant needs as affiliation with a licensed broker for a minimum of:
- a.15 hours per calendar week
- b.20 hours per calendar week
- c.25 hours per calendar week✓
- d.35 hours per calendar week
254 CMR 2.00(6)(b) requires the salesperson to be employed by or affiliated with the licensed broker for a minimum of 25 hours per calendar week under that broker's supervision. Subsection (6)(a) supplies the three-year period and (6)(c) the two-year window after the affiliation ends. Cite: 254 CMR 2.00(6).
A Massachusetts salesperson with four years of qualifying experience leaves her brokerage. Under 254 CMR 2.00 she must obtain her broker's license within:
- a.One year of the date the affiliation ended
- b.Two years of the date the affiliation ended✓
- c.Three years of the date the affiliation ended
- d.Five years of the date the affiliation ended
254 CMR 2.00(6)(c) requires a salesperson to obtain licensure as a broker within two years of the date the qualifying employment or affiliation terminates. Experience that goes stale beyond that window no longer supports the application. Cite: 254 CMR 2.00(6)(c).
Under 254 CMR 2.00 the certification that a Massachusetts applicant finished the required prelicensure education stays valid for:
- a.6 months
- b.12 months
- c.24 months✓
- d.36 months
254 CMR 2.00(3) provides that the education certification submitted before the examination 'shall be valid for a period not to exceed 24 months following the date on which the education was completed.' An applicant who lets that window close must repeat the coursework. Cite: 254 CMR 2.00(3).
A Massachusetts candidate passes the salesperson examination but never pays the license fee. Under 254 CMR 2.00, once 30 days have run the candidate:
- a.Must be re-examined and pay the examination fee again✓
- b.Is licensed anyway, with the fee due at first renewal
- c.Receives the license on inactive status until it is paid
- d.May pay a late charge any time in the following year
254 CMR 2.00(5) requires payment of the prescribed fee within 30 days of notification of passing; if it is not paid in that period the individual must be re-examined and pay the examination fee, though the Board may waive this on a showing of good cause. Cite: 254 CMR 2.00(5).
254 CMR 2.00 requires a Massachusetts license application to be accompanied by recommendations from:
- a.One notary public who has verified the applicant's identity
- b.Two licensed brokers who have supervised the applicant
- c.Three former clients who dealt with the applicant directly
- d.Three reputable citizens not related to the applicant✓
254 CMR 2.00(7) requires recommendations from three reputable citizens, not related to the applicant, who reside or have their place of business in the commonwealth, each certifying the applicant's reputation for honesty and fair dealing. It implements the good moral character requirement of M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87TT. Cite: 254 CMR 2.00(7).
Continuing education required of a Massachusetts licensee for each two-year license term totals:
- a.6 hours
- b.8 hours
- c.12 hours✓
- d.20 hours
254 CMR 5.00(3) requires the licensee to certify at each renewal completion of the 12 hours of continuing education in the Board's published curriculum. M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87XX1/2 sets the statutory band of no fewer than six and no more than twelve hours, and the Board has set it at twelve. Cite: 254 CMR 5.00(3); M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87XX1/2.
A Massachusetts licensee who misses the continuing education deadline is renewed on inactive status. While inactive the licensee may:
- a.Hold client deposits for the broker
- b.Receive referral fees for procuring prospects✓
- c.Finish transactions that were pending at renewal
- d.Show listed property under a broker's supervision
M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87XX1/2 provides that an inactive licensee may not act as a broker or salesman but 'may assist with or direct the procuring of prospects and may receive referral fees for such procurement activities,' and is otherwise treated as unlicensed for purposes of Section 87RR. 254 CMR 5.00(4) says the same. Cite: M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87XX1/2; 254 CMR 5.00(4).
Which Massachusetts applicant is excused from the real estate licensing examination?
- a.An appraiser with ten years of experience
- b.A licensed insurance producer
- c.A holder of a degree in real estate finance
- d.An attorney at law of the commonwealth✓
M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87SS provides that an applicant who is an attorney at law of the commonwealth need not take the examination, and a resident broker applicant who is such an attorney is also excused from the one-year principal-place-of-abode requirement. 254 CMR 2.00(3) repeats the exemption for attorneys in good standing. Cite: M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87SS; 254 CMR 2.00(3).
M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87XX makes an individual's first Massachusetts license run until:
- a.Exactly 24 months after the date the license issued
- b.The birthday next falling more than 24 months after issue✓
- c.December 31 of the second year after the license issued
- d.The anniversary of the date the examination was passed
Section 87XX sets a two-year term generally but adds that the license originally issued to an individual 'shall be valid until the anniversary of the licensee's date of birth next occurring more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance,' which is why a first license runs slightly longer than two years. Cite: M.G.L. c. 112, Section 87XX.