Maryland Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions
10 questions
To qualify for a Maryland real estate salesperson license, an applicant must complete an approved pre-license course of:
- a.60 hours✓
- b.30 hours
- c.120 hours
- d.90 hours
Maryland requires 60 hours of Commission-approved pre-license education before an applicant may sit for the salesperson examination. After passing the exam, the applicant must be affiliated with a licensed broker to activate the license and complete continuing education to renew.
Maryland's prelicensing course in Real Estate Principles and Practices for Salespersons must consist of at least how many clock hours?
- a.45 clock hours
- b.75 clock hours
- c.60 clock hours✓
- d.90 clock hours
A Maryland salesperson applicant must file evidence of a Commission-approved course of a minimum of 60 clock-hours. The regulation then lists the 15 areas the 60 hours must cover, including Maryland Real Estate License Law, Regulations of the Real Estate Commission, and Property Condition Disclosure and Latent Defects; anything else is taught in addition to, not as part of, the 60 hours. Cite: COMAR 09.11.01.09.
How long is the broker prelicensing course of instruction Maryland requires of a real estate broker applicant?
- a.60 clock hours, or 4 semester credit hours
- b.135 clock hours, or 9 semester credit hours✓
- c.90 clock hours, or 6 semester credit hours
- d.180 clock hours, or 12 semester credit hours
Maryland has required the 135 clock-hour or 9 semester credit hour broker course since January 1, 1979, and a semester credit hour means not less than 15 standard 50-minute classroom hours. The salesperson and broker courses are not interchangeable in either direction. Cite: COMAR 09.11.01.12.
Besides the broker course, what practice experience does Maryland require of a real estate broker applicant?
- a.Three years of active brokerage practice as a licensed salesperson✓
- b.One year of active licensure plus a Commission-approved apprenticeship
- c.Two years of active licensure as a real estate salesperson
- d.Five years of licensure in any real-estate-related occupation
The applicant must have completed a Commission-approved broker course that includes a 3 clock hour real estate ethics course, and must have been a licensed real estate salesperson who actively and lawfully provided real estate brokerage services for at least 3 years. Cite: Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-305(d)(1).
Which Maryland broker license requirements does the Commission waive for an applicant qualified to practice law in this State?
- a.Examination only
- b.Education only
- c.Examination and experience
- d.Education and experience✓
The waiver reaches the education and experience requirements of subsection (d)(1) only. The lawyer still sits the broker examination and must still satisfy the good character, age and other Commission requirements. Cite: Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-305(d)(2), (e).
How much continuing education must a Maryland licensee complete to qualify for renewal?
- a.At least 9 clock hours during the preceding 2-year term
- b.At least 15 clock hours in the preceding 2-year term✓
- c.At least 12 clock hours during the preceding 2-year term
- d.At least 22.5 clock hours during the preceding 3-year term
The statute sets 15 clock hours per 2-year term and then dictates the distribution, including a 3 clock hour legislative-update course, a 2 clock hour fair housing course, a 3 clock hour ethics course covering the Maryland Code of Ethics, and a 3 clock hour course on brokerage relationships and disclosures. Cite: Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-315(a), (b).
A Maryland licensee who provides brokerage services solely in connection with nonresidential real estate must devote 2 of the required continuing education clock hours to a course on what subject?
- a.Commercial lease negotiation
- b.Federal, State and local fair housing law and regulations
- c.Maryland's Code of Ethics
- d.The federal Americans with Disabilities Act✓
Commercial-only licensees swap one requirement for another: 2 of the 15 clock hours go to an Americans with Disabilities Act course, and the 2 clock hour fair housing requirement that binds other licensees does not apply to them. Cite: Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-315(a)(2), (b)(4).
After finishing the prelicensing course, how long does a Maryland salesperson applicant have to pass both portions of the licensing examination?
- a.Six months from the course completion date
- b.Two years from the course completion date
- c.One year from the course completion date✓
- d.Three years from the course completion date
An applicant who does not pass both portions within 1 year of course completion must take a new prelicensing course to be eligible to retake the examination. A separate rule gives an applicant who has passed both parts 1 year to apply for licensure before the test results go stale. Cite: COMAR 09.11.01.09F, G.
With which states has the Maryland Real Estate Commission signed reciprocal licensing agreements?
- a.Pennsylvania and Oklahoma✓
- b.Virginia and the District of Columbia
- c.Delaware and West Virginia
- d.Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware
Those are the only two signed agreements; applicants from every other state go through out-of-state license recognition instead. A licensee under the Maryland-Pennsylvania agreement is excused from both examination and continuing education, while one under the Maryland-Oklahoma agreement must pass the state portion of the exam but is excused from continuing education. Cite: Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. Title 17, Subtitle 3A; Maryland Real Estate Commission, Apply for a Reciprocal License.
A licensee newly designated as a broker, branch office manager, or team leader must complete the 1.5 clock-hour broker supervision course within what time?
- a.30 days of the effective date of the designation
- b.90 days of the effective date of the designation✓
- c.Six months of the effective date of the designation
- d.The 2-year renewal term in which the designation occurs
The course is excused only if the licensee completed it during the previous four years. This regulation was amended effective April 27, 2026. Cite: COMAR 09.11.01.23.