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Florida Real Estate Law Practice Test
25 questions on the Florida statutes and rules section only: the part of the exam generic national prep covers least. Every question shows its answer and explanation. No sign-up.
Florida exam facts
- Questions
- 100 multiple choice
- Time
- 3 hr 30 min
- Passing score
- 75 of 100
- Testing vendor
- Pearson VUE
Verified against Candidate Information Booklet, Real Estate Sales Associate Examination, effective January 2025 (Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation).
Question 1 of 25
Under Florida Statutes section 475.705, how may the commission amount be expressed in a commercial real estate commission notice?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: As a dollar amount or a formula, such as a percentage of sales price
Fla. Stat. § 475.705(1)(e) allows a dollar amount or a formula determining the amount, including a percentage of sales price.
From the free practice set Real estate math: percentages, area, and profit and loss
Question 2 of 25
On Florida's combined tax notice, which description matches a non-ad valorem assessment?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: A separately identified charge based on units of assessment
The combined notice distinguishes ad valorem millage from non-ad valorem assessment rates expressed per unit of assessment.
From the free practice set Florida property taxes: assessment, exemptions, and tax certificates
Question 3 of 25
Qualifying housing for older persons receives a federal fair housing exemption concerning which protected characteristic?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Familial status
The housing-for-older-persons exemption concerns familial-status provisions.
From the free practice set Federal and Florida fair housing law
Question 4 of 25
A training handout says Chapter 455 is irrelevant to sales associates because Chapter 475 covers real estate. Which revision is best?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Explain that applicable general provisions and real estate-specific provisions must be read together.
The general licensing framework in Chapter 455 can apply alongside real estate-specific provisions in Chapter 475.
From the free practice set History of Florida real estate license law and the statutes and rules that govern it
Question 5 of 25
An owner tells an agent, “You may advertise my property at $420,000.” What type of authority does that statement create for advertising at that price?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Express authority communicated by the principal
The principal directly states the authorized act, making the authority express.
From the free practice set The law of agency and fiduciary duties
Question 6 of 25
A proposed Florida probable cause panel consists entirely of former Commission members. Why does that arrangement fail the supplied membership rule?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: The panel lacks the required present Commission member.
At least one current Commission member is mandatory, although one former member may serve.
From the free practice set The Florida Real Estate Commission: composition, powers, and rulemaking
Question 7 of 25
A Florida single agent begins acting as a transaction broker on Monday and obtains the principal’s written transition consent on Friday. Which conclusion is best?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: The Friday consent did not satisfy the requirement to obtain written consent before Monday’s change.
Prior written consent is required; a later signature does not satisfy the timing requirement for the earlier transition.
From the free practice set The law of agency and fiduciary duties
Question 8 of 25
A Florida case has reached a formal hearing, but FREC has not issued its final order. Which description correctly locates the case in the ordinary sequence?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: After formal charges and before final agency action
The hearing addresses formal charges and precedes FREC's final order in the ordinary disciplinary route.
From the free practice set The seven-step complaint process
Question 9 of 25
A report is independently prepared but contains no presentation or analysis of relevant market information. Why does that create a problem under the federal written-appraisal definition?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Independence does not replace the required market support for the value opinion.
The federal definition requires both independent, impartial preparation and support through presentation and analysis of relevant market information.
From the free practice set Appraisal regulation and USPAP
Question 10 of 25
In the limited Florida contract-completion role, which source of form language is appropriate for ordinary transactions the licensee handles?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: An appropriate attorney-prepared form completed with agreed factual and business terms
The limited role permits completion of an appropriate attorney-prepared form, not creation of custom legal language.
From the free practice set Preparation of contracts and the unauthorized practice of law
Question 11 of 25
What advice does Florida’s title provision require a licensee to give a prospective purchaser?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Consult an attorney about title merchantability or obtain title insurance
The statute requires advice to consult an attorney on merchantability or obtain title insurance.
From the free practice set Preparation of contracts and the unauthorized practice of law
Question 12 of 25
A Florida broker opens a second full-service office two blocks from the principal office. What is required for the second office?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Register it as a branch office and pay the registration fee.
An additional business office requires branch registration and a fee even when it is near the principal office.
From the free practice set Brokerage offices, branch offices, and office signs
Question 13 of 25
What is the central purpose of the doctrine of emblements as taught in this lesson?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Protecting a qualifying tenant's harvest of annual crops after an uncertain tenancy ends without the tenant's fault
Emblements concern a qualifying tenant's annual crop harvest after an uncertain tenancy terminates without the tenant's fault, not equipment or mineral rights.
From the free practice set The nature of property: physical components, real and personal property, and fixtures
Question 14 of 25
What is the acreage of the north half of the southeast quarter of a standard 640-acre section?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: 80 acres
The southeast quarter contains 640 ÷ 4 = 160 acres. Its north half contains 160 ÷ 2 = 80 acres.
From the free practice set Real estate math: percentages, area, and profit and loss
Question 15 of 25
In the repayment terms of a promissory note, what does the maturity date identify?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: The date the loan balance is due under its stated term
Maturity identifies when the loan balance becomes due under the stated loan term. It is a repayment term, not an assignment, conveyance, or recording event.
From the free practice set Lien and title theory, promissory notes, and mortgages
Question 16 of 25
A Florida brokerage partnership's sign shows its firm name and required broker wording. It lists two sales associates but no broker. Which change is needed to meet the name requirement?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Add the name of at least one of the brokers.
Florida requires a partnership sign to include the firm or trade name together with at least one broker's name.
From the free practice set Brokerage offices, branch offices, and office signs
Question 17 of 25
A Florida claimant without color of title encloses land, pays the initial required amounts, and files on time, but stops making required tax payments during the remaining years. Which requirement is missing?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Continued required tax and matured lien-installment payments
Section 95.18 requires subsequent payments for the remaining years needed to establish the claim.
From the free practice set Title and how it is acquired: voluntary and involuntary alienation
Question 18 of 25
Which comparison correctly distinguishes Florida adverse possession with and without color of title?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Color of title relies on a recorded documentary basis; the route without it includes statutory tax and return duties.
The routes share a seven-year possession requirement but differ in their documentary and procedural foundations.
From the free practice set Title and how it is acquired: voluntary and involuntary alienation
Question 19 of 25
A Florida retailer assumes every movable article of value must fall within the property tax statute's tangible personal property definition, including merchandise inventory. Which statement corrects that assumption?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Inventory is expressly excluded from that statutory definition
Florida's section 192.001(11)(d) expressly excludes inventory from its tangible personal property definition. Physical movability does not erase that exclusion.
From the free practice set The nature of property: physical components, real and personal property, and fixtures
Question 20 of 25
A complaint to foreclose a mortgage securing a note on a Florida single-family home states that the plaintiff holds the mortgage but says nothing about holding or being entitled to enforce the note. What is missing under the supplied foreclosure rule?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: An allegation of original-note holder status or a specific factual basis for entitlement to enforce the note
Florida requires covered residential foreclosure complaints to allege original-note holder status or specifically state the factual basis for entitlement to enforce the note.
From the free practice set Lien and title theory, promissory notes, and mortgages
Question 21 of 25
A Florida broker's principal office is elsewhere. The broker's name and advertising at another office reasonably lead the public to believe the broker operates it. What is the statutory consequence?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: The office is deemed a branch office.
Florida expressly deems an office a branch when the displayed name or advertising creates the specified reasonable public belief.
From the free practice set Brokerage offices, branch offices, and office signs
Question 22 of 25
A Florida mortgage estoppel letter states a payoff balance of $180,000 through Monday and interest of $30 per day afterward. Payment will occur Wednesday. Assume two additional days of interest and no other changes. What payoff amount follows from the letter?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: $180,060
Additional interest is 2 days × $30 = $60. Add it to the dated balance: $180,000 + $60 = $180,060. Florida requires applicable per-day interest in the estoppel letter.
From the free practice set Lien and title theory, promissory notes, and mortgages
Question 23 of 25
Which paired actions best fit a Florida associate’s role when preparing a purchase offer?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: Record the agreed deposit in the appropriate form and refer a custom liability clause to counsel
Routine business entries fit limited completion; creating legal liability provisions requires counsel.
From the free practice set Preparation of contracts and the unauthorized practice of law
Question 24 of 25
Why did Florida develop real estate licensing as a public regulatory system?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: To protect the public in real estate transactions
The central public purpose of real estate licensing is public protection, not price setting, investment performance, or private membership.
From the free practice set History of Florida real estate license law and the statutes and rules that govern it
Question 25 of 25
A Florida appraisal management company offers an assignment on the condition that the reported value equal a predetermined amount. What is the central problem?
Reveal answer
Correct answer: The employment is conditioned on a predetermined appraisal result.
Florida’s company discipline provisions address accepting an assignment whose employment is contingent on a predetermined result.
From the free practice set Appraisal regulation and USPAP
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