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Delaware Real Estate Broker Licensing Exam — State Practice Test

What This Practice Exam Covers

The Delaware Real Estate Broker state exam consists of 50 questions answered in 60 minutes, with a passing score of 70% (35 correct). This practice test targets the Delaware-specific portion only — the five topic areas tested by the state, from Commission duties to broker-only responsibilities.

Free practice exam: 10 questions per attempt, drawn from a limited pool. You can retake it as many times as you like to get a feel for the question style and time pressure — no purchase required.

Full practice exam (paid): Mirrors the real exam exactly — 50 questions, 60-minute timer, drawn from a pool of 314+ questions. Every attempt pulls a unique set, so you won't memorize a fixed question order. Questions are built from the exact topic weights provided by the official test provider, giving you the most realistic preparation available.

Start with the free exam to benchmark yourself, then move to the full exam when you're ready to simulate real conditions.

What You'll Be Tested On

Duties and Powers of the Real Estate Commission — 4 Items

Four questions cover how Delaware's Real Estate Commission is structured and what it can do. You need to know the Commission's purpose and composition under 24 Del. C. §2901(a) and §2902(a), including who sits on it and their qualifications. Questions probe the investigation and hearing process — how complaints are initiated, what procedural rights licensees have, and how appeals work. The sanctions section is tested at the rule level: know the difference between a reprimand, probation, suspension, and revocation, and which violations trigger which. The Guaranty Fund — how it is funded, what claims it covers, and what limits apply — appears here, not in the broker-only section.

Licensing Requirements — 3 Items

Three questions cover who must hold a license and what kind. Know which activities require a license and which are exempt. Understand the types of licenses (salesperson, associate broker, broker) and what distinguishes them. Eligibility requirements — age, experience, education — are fair game, as are the mechanics of license renewal, continuing education hours, and changes in license status such as switching brokers or going inactive. Delaware Administrative Code 2900, Rule 1.3.3 and Delaware Code Title 24, §2919(d) are among the cited provisions in this area.

Statutory Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees — 17 Items

This is the heaviest section by far — more than a third of the exam. Expect questions across six distinct subtopic clusters:

• Advertising: What must and must not appear in ads; broker identification requirements. See Delaware Administrative Code 2900, Rule 6.1, Rule 6.2, and Rule 6.3.
• Broker/Associate Broker/Salesperson relationship: Supervision obligations, how compensation flows, and what a salesperson can and cannot do independently.
• Disclosures: This is the most detailed cluster. Know the three Seller's Disclosure of Real Property Condition Report forms and the Exemption Property Certification form. Know radon disclosure rules and which properties are exempt. Understand lease-related disclosures, agricultural disclosures, and the Psychologically Impacted Properties rule — Delaware law specifies what sellers and licensees must and need not disclose about stigmatized properties.
• Handling of documents: Timing of delivery, what happens to signed contracts, and record retention rules under provisions such as Delaware Administrative Code 2900, Rule 8.4.1.
• Handling of monies: When earnest money must be deposited, commingling prohibitions, and what constitutes conversion of client funds.
• Public responsibility: Three specific prohibitions appear here — unfair inducements, unauthorized practice of law, and unauthorized appraisals and CMAs. Know what a licensee may and may not say when preparing a comparative market analysis and what crosses into an appraisal.

Additional State Topics — 16 Items

Sixteen questions spread across six distinct bodies of Delaware law:

• Unit Property Act (condos): Delaware's condominium statute — definitions, owner rights, and governance provisions found in Delaware Code Title 25.
• DUCIOA (Delaware Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act): Heavily tested. Know the resale certification form and its required contents under 25 Del. C. § 81-409(a) and § 81-409(b), which associations DUCIOA applies to, and the escrow deposit rules for homebuilders under § 81-410. Definitions under § 81-103 (common interest community, unit, declarant, etc.) appear frequently.
• Landlord-Tenant code: Delaware Code Title 25, Chapter 51 provisions — lease requirements, security deposit limits, notice periods, and tenant and landlord duties found across §§ 5102–5313.
• Transfer taxes: Know the rate structure under Delaware Code Title 30, § 5401(1)(w) and § 5402(g), how the tax is split, and which transfers are exempt.
• Ownership and deeds: Title concepts, forms of ownership (joint tenancy, tenancy in common), deed types, and the Notice to Buyer Regarding Sewer/Water that must accompany unimproved land transactions.
• Delaware Fair Housing Act: Protected classes under Delaware Code Title 6, § 4601 and § 4602(29), enforcement procedures, and which exemptions apply. Know the difference between federal protected classes and additional classes Delaware recognizes.

Broker Only — 10 Items

Ten questions are exclusively for broker candidates. Topics include:

• Escrow accounts: Setup, recordkeeping, permissible disbursements, and what triggers a violation.
• Examination of records: The Commission's right to inspect broker records and the required retention periods.
• Eligibility for broker licensing: Experience and education thresholds beyond what a salesperson needs.
• Place of business and supervision: Physical office requirements and a broker's supervisory duty over affiliated licensees.
• Foreclosure consultants: Delaware Code Title 6, §§ 2572–2578 govern who qualifies as a foreclosure consultant, required contract terms, and prohibited conduct — questions here test specific statutory definitions and timelines.
• Manufactured homes/DMV: How manufactured homes are titled and transferred through the DMV before being converted to real property.

Worked Sample Questions

Question 1 — Statutory Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees

Under Delaware law, no person shall make, use, or cause to be made or used a deceptive or fraudulent record, document, or statement in support of any foreclosure upon real property. Which of the following is specifically mentioned as an example of a prohibited deceptive statement?

A. Statements about the property's square footage
B. Statements about the offering of a loan modification or the borrower's history of payments
C. Statements about the property's energy efficiency rating
D. Statements about the neighborhood crime statistics

Correct Answer: B

The question hinges on what the statute specifically enumerates, not what sounds generally deceptive. Delaware Code Title 6, §2510(a) lists, without limitation: statements about a loan modification offer, the borrower's payment history, the validity of a mortgage assignment, the identity of the record holder, and compliance with Delaware Code or Superior Court rules. Answers A, C, and D describe things that might be misleading in some context, but none appears in the statutory list — the exam is testing your knowledge of the precise language.

Question 2 — Additional State Topics

A seller is required to deliver to the buyer a new home sales financial obligation disclosure. This requirement does NOT apply if the seller has already provided which of the following?

A. A home inspection report from a licensed home inspector
B. A public offering statement or resale certificate form under DUCIOA
C. A radon disclosure form signed by both parties
D. A Seller's Disclosure of Real Property Condition Report

Correct Answer: B

Per Delaware Code Title 6, §317A(d), the financial obligation disclosure for new home sales is waived when the seller has already provided a public offering statement under DUCIOA §81-403 or a DUCIOA resale certificate. The logic is that those documents already address the financial obligations in the chain of title. A home inspection, radon form, or Seller's Disclosure Report does not substitute for that specific DUCIOA-based disclosure.

Question 3 — Broker Only

Under the Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien Act, a record owner may have a broker's lien released by depositing funds into escrow. What amount must be deposited?

A. The exact amount stated in the notice of lien
B. The full amount stated in the notice of lien plus 10%
C. The full amount stated in the notice of lien plus 25%
D. Half of the amount stated in the notice of lien as a good faith deposit

Correct Answer: B

Delaware Code Title 6, §2609 sets the deposit at the full lien amount plus 10%. The extra 10% is not arbitrary — it covers potential costs and interest if the broker ultimately prevails under §2611. Answer C (25%) is a plausible distractor but is not the statutory figure. Memorize the exact percentage; the exam will present the wrong percentages as options.

How to Read Your Score

The passing score on the real exam is 70% — 35 out of 50 questions correct. On this practice exam, treat your first attempt as a diagnostic. A first-attempt score below 70% is not a verdict; it is data. Note which of the five topic areas pulled your score down and concentrate study there before retaking.

Be honest with yourself about scores near the line. Scoring 72% on a practice exam does not mean you are ready — question pools vary, and the real exam may weight your weaker topics more heavily on a given day. Aim for consistent scores of 80% or higher across multiple full-exam attempts before you sit for the real thing.

Use the topic-by-topic breakdown the full practice exam provides. If your Broker Only score is strong but Additional State Topics is dragging you down, that tells you exactly where to open the Delaware Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act or the Landlord-Tenant code. Broad studying of everything equally is the slowest path to passing.

Where Candidates Lose Points

Confusing similar disclosure forms. Delaware has multiple overlapping disclosure obligations — the Seller's Disclosure of Real Property Condition Report forms, the DUCIOA resale certificate, the radon form, the Exemption Property Certification. Exam questions frequently test which form applies to which transaction type and what triggers an exemption.

Missing DUCIOA specifics. Candidates know DUCIOA exists but cannot recall what the resale certificate must contain under 25 Del. C. § 81-409(a) and § 81-409(b), or exactly when the homebuilder escrow requirement applies. Vague familiarity fails here; the questions test exact requirements.

Mixing up broker-only rules with general licensee rules. Escrow account management and supervision requirements apply to brokers — not to associate brokers acting independently. Treating broker-only rules as applying to all licensees is a recurring error.

Foreclosure consultant provisions. Candidates underestimate how specifically Delaware Code Title 6, §§2510–2513 is tested. The prohibited statements listed in §2510(a) and the contract requirements in §2513 appear with specific detail that requires actual reading of the statute.

Running out of time on the heavy sections. With 17 Statutory Requirements items and 16 Additional State Topics items — 33 of 50 questions — candidates who spend too long on Commission or Licensing questions early often rush the bulk of the exam.

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