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California Real Estate Broker Examination
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Questions200 multiple-choice questions
Testing time4 hours
ScoringMust correctly answer at least 75% of the questions
Exam feeUSD 150 (broker original examination or re-examination); USD 45 for a subsequent rescheduled exam appointment
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- Who runs it
- California DRE
- Category
- Real Estate Licensing
- Current version
- Current specification; no public version label
- Where it applies
- California, United States
- Exam languages
- English
- Testing provider
- California Department of Real Estate (administered at DRE exam sites; scheduled via DRE's eLicensing system)
- Format
- Computer-based (electronic) at five DRE exam sites; multiple-choice with four answer choices
- Availability
- By appointment at five California exam sites, scheduled via eLicensing; availability subject to facility seating capacity and demand
- Results
- Preliminary results provided on screen immediately upon completion of electronic exams; other results mailed normally within five business days
- Remote testing
- Not available
Exam structure
200 multiple-choice items with four answer choices, covering seven weighted subject areas: Property Ownership and Land Use Controls and Regulations (~15%), Laws of Agency and Fiduciary Duties (~17%), Property Valuation and Financial Analysis (~14%), Financing (~9%), Transfer of Property (~8%), Practice of Real Estate and Mandated Disclosures (~25%), Contracts (~12%)
Where rules vary
California state-specific licensing examination; the same DRE page notes the exam 'merely samples the broad field of real estate' under California law.
Retake policy
No limit on retakes during the two-year period following the original application filing; after two years a new application, requalification, and fee are required