Maine Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions

Which best describes how a person becomes and advances as a licensee in Maine?

• a.Join a Realtor board to receive an automatic license
• b.Complete the required Sales Agent pre-license course and pass the exam, then affiliate with a designated broker, with additional education and experience required to advance to Associate Broker and Broker✓
• c.One exam grants a broker license valid for life
• d.No coursework is required if sponsored

A Maine candidate must complete the required Sales Agent pre-license course, pass the licensing examination, and affiliate with an agency under a designated broker to activate the Sales Agent license. To advance, the licensee completes additional education and gains experience to qualify for Associate Broker and then Broker. Ongoing continuing education is required to renew.

What is the minimum age for a Maine real estate license applicant?

• a.The applicant must have reached age 21 at the time of application
• b.The applicant must have reached age 18 at the time of application✓
• c.There is no minimum age if the designated broker signs the application
• d.The applicant must be 18 to be a sales agent and 21 to be a broker

Maine's general qualifications require that the applicant have reached his or her 18th birthday at the time of application, with the same age floor for every individual license type. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13191(2).

Maine's general qualifications for an individual real estate license include which educational credential?

• a.An associate degree or 60 college credit hours
• b.No credential; the qualifying course stands in its place
• c.High school graduation or an equivalency certificate✓
• d.A high school diploma earned in the State of Maine itself

Along with the application and fee, proof of legal residence, and a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness, fair dealing and competency, the applicant must be a high school graduate or hold an equivalency certificate. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13191(4).

A Maine real estate sales agent license is issued for two years and may not be renewed. If the licensee lets it lapse without advancing, when may a new sales agent license be issued?

• a.Immediately, on payment of a reinstatement fee set by the Commission
• b.After one year, if the applicant retakes the sales agent course
• c.After two years, if the applicant passes the associate broker exam
• d.Not within five years of the date the previous license was issued✓

Sales agent licenses are issued for 2 years and may not be renewed, and a new sales agent license may not be reissued within 5 years following the date the previous sales agent license was issued; the Commission may grant waivers for extenuating circumstances. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13200(4) and (5).

To qualify for a Maine associate broker license, an applicant must have been licensed and affiliated with an agency as a sales agent for:

• a.two years within the five years immediately preceding application✓
• b.one year within the three years immediately preceding application
• c.three years within the seven years immediately preceding the application
• d.two years, with no requirement that the time be recent at all

The applicant must have been a licensed real estate sales agent affiliated with a real estate brokerage agency for 2 years within the 5 years immediately preceding application, and the Commission may not issue the license until 2 years as a sales agent are complete. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13199(2-A); 02-039 C.M.R. ch. 390, sec. 1(2) (rules adopted Oct. 26, 2025).

A Maine applicant for a broker license must show prior licensure as:

• a.a sales agent for two of the preceding five years
• b.a sales agent or associate broker for any four years
• c.an associate broker for two of the preceding five years✓
• d.an associate broker in Maine or any other state for three years

A broker applicant must have been licensed as an associate broker affiliated with a real estate brokerage agency for 2 years within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of application, and must complete the Broker/Designated Broker Course. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13198(2)(A).

A Maine candidate finished the Sales Agent Course and passed the licensing examination. How long does the candidate have to apply for the license?

• a.Six months from the date the examination was passed
• b.One year from the date the examination was passed✓
• c.Two years from the date the examination was passed
• d.There is no deadline once the examination has been passed

The application must be filed within one year of the date of passing the examination; separately, the applicant must take and pass the examination within one year of completing the course, each with a minimum grade of 75%. Cite: 02-039 C.M.R. ch. 390, sec. 1(3) (rules adopted Oct. 26, 2025).

How much continuing education must a Maine licensee complete to renew a license?

• a.21 clock hours within the 2 years before the application✓
• b.14 clock hours within the 2 years before the application
• c.30 clock hours within the 3 years before the application date
• d.12 clock hours each year of the biennial license period

As a prerequisite to renewal an applicant must complete 21 clock hours of Commission-approved continuing education within the 2 years before the date of application; agency and company licenses are excluded. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13197(1).

Of the continuing education hours a Maine licensee needs for renewal, the mandatory core course accounts for:

• a.6 clock hours, with 15 hours of electives remaining
• b.no fixed number; the Commission sets it each renewal cycle
• c.the entire requirement whenever the Commission designates a topic
• d.3 clock hours, with 18 hours of electives remaining✓

The Commission's rule defines the core course as a mandatory 3 clock hour course and requires 3 of the 21 renewal hours to be that core course, leaving 18 elective hours. Cite: 02-039 C.M.R. ch. 370, secs. 2(5) and 8(1); see also 32 M.R.S. sec. 13197(3).

A Maine licensee who has been on inactive status for three years wants to return to active status without taking an examination. The licensee must complete:

• a.21 clock hours of continuing education in the previous biennium
• b.36 clock hours of continuing education in the previous biennium
• c.28 clock hours of continuing education in the previous biennium✓
• d.the full qualifying course over again before reactivating the license

Maine scales the reactivation requirement: 21 hours for up to 2 years inactive, 28 hours for more than 2 but less than 4 years, and 36 hours for more than 4 but less than 6 years; at 6 years or more, only the designated examination will do. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13196(2).

While a Maine license is on inactive status, the licensee:

• a.need not renew until the license is returned to active status
• b.must still renew biennially but need not meet the education requirement✓
• c.must renew biennially and must still complete 21 clock hours each cycle
• d.keeps the license indefinitely without renewal or continuing education

During inactive status the licensee is required to renew the license biennially, but is not required to maintain a place of business or to meet the continuing education provisions of section 13197. Cite: 32 M.R.S. sec. 13196(1).

Under the Maine Commission's rules, how early may an associate broker file the application for a broker license?

• a.No sooner than 30 days before the initial license term expires✓
• b.No sooner than 90 days before the initial license term expires
• c.At any time after the required course has been completed
• d.Only during the 10 business days following the license expiration

The rule bars an applicant from submitting the broker application any sooner than thirty (30) days before the expiration date of the initial associate broker license term, and the course completion certificate is valid for one year from the completion date. Cite: 02-039 C.M.R. ch. 390, sec. 1(1)(B) and (C) (rules adopted Oct. 26, 2025).