Pennsylvania Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions

In Pennsylvania, a person who wishes to be licensed as a real estate salesperson must, before applying, complete how many hours of approved pre-licensure education?

• a.20 hours
• b.40 hours
• c.150 hours
• d.75 hours✓

Pennsylvania requires 75 hours of Commission-approved real estate instruction before a salesperson candidate may sit for the licensing examination. This covers real estate fundamentals and practice. The broker license requires substantial additional education and experience.

In Pennsylvania, a real estate salesperson's license must be:

• a.Held by and displayed at the office of the employing broker✓
• b.Held independently so the salesperson can work for any broker
• c.Kept in the salesperson's personal possession at all times
• d.Renewed only once every five years

A Pennsylvania salesperson must be employed by and licensed under a single broker, and the license is maintained by that broker. A salesperson cannot conduct licensed activity independently. This affiliation is the legal basis for the broker's supervisory responsibility.

How many hours of pre-licensure education must a Pennsylvania real estate salesperson candidate complete?

• a.Sixty hours, taken as two separate courses
• b.Ninety hours, taken as three separate courses
• c.Seventy-five hours, in two separate courses✓
• d.Forty-five hours, taken as one single course

The salesperson requirement is 75 hours, delivered as two courses: Real Estate Fundamentals at 30 hours (2 credits) and Real Estate Practice at 45 hours (3 credits). Cite: PA Department of State, Real Estate Commission education requirements.

How is Pennsylvania's 75-hour salesperson pre-licensure requirement divided between courses?

• a.45 hours Fundamentals, 30 hours Practice
• b.30 hours Fundamentals, 45 hours Practice✓
• c.25 hours Fundamentals, 50 hours Practice
• d.50 hours Fundamentals, 25 hours Practice

Real Estate Fundamentals is the 30-hour (2 credit) course and Real Estate Practice is the 45-hour (3 credit) course. Candidates often reverse the two. Cite: PA Department of State, Real Estate Commission education requirements.

When does a Pennsylvania real estate licence expire?

• a.December 31 of every odd-numbered year
• b.June 30 of every even-numbered calendar year
• c.May 31 of every odd-numbered calendar year
• d.May 31 of every even-numbered calendar year✓

Pennsylvania licences expire May 31 of every even-numbered year, making the licence period a two-year cycle such as 2026-2028. Cite: PA Department of State, Real Estate Commission renewal information.

How many hours of continuing education must a Pennsylvania broker or salesperson complete each licence period?

• a.Fourteen hours in each two-year licence period✓
• b.Twenty-four hours in each two-year licence period
• c.Seven hours in every one-year licence period
• d.Thirty hours in each two-year licence period

Section 404.1(a) of the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act requires 14 hours of Commission-approved continuing education during each two-year licence period. Cite: RELRA §404.1(a).

For the 2026-2028 Pennsylvania renewal period, how many of the 14 continuing education hours are on a mandatory topic?

• a.One hour of the fourteen required
• b.Four hours of the fourteen required
• c.Two of the fourteen required hours✓
• d.None; every hour may be elective

At its May 5, 2026 meeting the Commission acted under 49 Pa. Code §35.384(b) to require a minimum of 2 of the 14 hours on 'Protecting Consumer's Real Property, Personal Property and Information' for the 2026-2028 period. Cite: 49 Pa. Code §35.384(b); PA Real Estate Commission announcements.

Which mandatory continuing education topic did the Pennsylvania Commission set for the 2026-2028 renewal period?

• a.Fair housing law and unlawful discriminatory practice
• b.Escrow accounting and broker record-retention duties
• c.Protecting consumer real property and information✓
• d.Agency relationships and the required Consumer Notice

The Commission named 'Protecting Consumer's Real Property, Personal Property and Information' as the mandatory topic, at a minimum of 2 of the 14 hours. Mandatory topics are set per renewal period, so an older topic is not the current answer. Cite: 49 Pa. Code §35.384(b).

What continuing education must a Pennsylvania licensee complete at a first-time renewal?

• a.A specific set of Commission-required modules✓
• b.Any fourteen hours chosen from approved electives
• c.No education at all, the licence being newly issued
• d.Double the standard requirement, twenty-eight hours

First-time renewal is not satisfied by ordinary electives: the licensee must complete the specific set of continuing education modules the Commission requires, through approved providers. Cite: PA Department of State, Real Estate Commission education requirements.

Pennsylvania licenses rental listing referral agents separately from brokers. How many offices may one rental listing referral agent supervise?

• a.Any number of offices in this Commonwealth
• b.Only one office, and no more than one✓
• c.Up to three offices within a single county
• d.Offices only where a broker also supervises

The office of a rental listing referral agent must be under the direction of a rental listing referral agent, and the same subsection adds that such an agent may not supervise more than one office. A broker faces no comparable numeric cap and may run a main office plus licensed branch offices. Cite: 49 Pa. Code § 35.244(e).

Before starting onsite training, a Pennsylvania time-share salesperson candidate must complete the Commission-developed course titled Time Share Sales. That course carries:

• a.One credit, fifteen hours
• b.Three credits, forty-five hours
• c.Two credits, thirty hours✓
• d.Four credits, sixty hours

Time Share Sales is the two-credit, 30-hour Commission-developed course, and it must be taken before the candidate's onsite training begins. The campground membership salesperson's course is the shorter one, at one credit and 15 hours. Cite: 49 Pa. Code § 35.229(a)(2).

A Pennsylvania campground membership salesperson applicant must complete 30 days of onsite training at a campground membership facility. Those 30 days must fall within:

• a.A 90-day window, in the 3 years before applying✓
• b.A 30-day window, in the year before applying
• c.A 180-day window, in the 5 years before applying
• d.Any window, so long as a broker supervised it

The 30 days of onsite training must be completed during a 90-day period that falls within the 3 years before the licence application is submitted, and the trainee must be actively supervised and trained by a broker. The time-share salesperson rule uses the same 30-day/90-day/3-year structure. Cite: 49 Pa. Code § 35.228(a)(3).

How many hours of real estate instruction must a Pennsylvania broker candidate complete before taking the broker examination?

• a.75 hours of real estate instruction
• b.120 hours of real estate instruction
• c.360 hours of real estate instruction
• d.240 hours of real estate instruction✓

RELRA requires the broker applicant to complete 240 hours, which the Commission counts as 16 credits, and separately to have worked three years as a licensed salesperson or hold equivalent qualifications. The 75-hour figure is the salesperson requirement, not the broker one. Cite: RELRA § 511(3), 63 P.S. § 455.511(3).

A candidate passes the Pennsylvania salesperson examination but delays applying. The Commission must receive the licence application within:

• a.Six months of the examination date
• b.Three years of the examination date✓
• c.One year of the examination date
• d.Five years of the examination date

RELRA gives both salesperson and broker candidates three years from the date they passed the examination for the Commission to receive the application. Let that run out and the candidate sits the examination again. Cite: RELRA § 522(c), 63 P.S. § 455.522(c).

An individual whose Pennsylvania real estate licence has been revoked wants to be licensed again. Under the Commission's rules the individual may:

• a.Petition after 5 years, with relicensure discretionary✓
• b.Reapply after 2 years, and be relicensed automatically
• c.Reapply at once, because revocation is not permanent
• d.Never be relicensed; a revocation is final in this state

The Commission will not authorise relicensure for at least 5 years from the date the revocation begins. After that the individual may petition, but the decision stays within the Commission's discretion, and current licensure requirements must be met before a licence issues. Cite: 49 Pa. Code § 35.251.

A Pennsylvania broker runs the brokerage out of a room in her house. The Commission's office rules require that:

• a.The office sit in a detached building on the lot
• b.The office stay open to the public six days a week
• c.The office entrance be separate from the home's✓
• d.The broker first obtain a home-office waiver

Where a broker's office is located in a private residence, the entrance to the office must be separate from the entrance to the residence. The same section requires the licensed business name to be displayed prominently and permanently outside the office. Cite: 49 Pa. Code § 35.242(b) and (c).

A Pennsylvania broker who was a sole proprietor dies, and the estate appoints another licensed broker to wind the business down. Unexpired listing agreements:

• a.Pass automatically to the nearest licensed branch office
• b.End the moment the broker's death is reported to the Commission
• c.May be renewed once by the broker the estate appointed
• d.Expire 90 days after the death and may not be renewed✓

During the termination period the appointed broker may promote unexpired listings unless the seller cancels, but those listings expire automatically 90 days after the broker's death and cannot be renewed. No new listings may be signed and no new licensees hired. The estate has 15 days to notify the Commission of the appointment. Cite: 49 Pa. Code § 35.252.