EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is the purpose of traffic signs and signals?.
Answer: To ensure roadway safety.
◍ How many members in TREC?.
Answer: 9: 3 general public, 6 brokers
◍ Who appoints, confirms TREC members?.
Answer: Governor appoints, senate approves
◍ What must a driver know to drive safely in Texas?.
Answer: The meaning of all traffic signs and roadway markings.
◍ What color is used for stop or prohibited signs?.
Answer: Red
◍ How many members on the Broker-Lawyer Committee?.
Answer: 13: 6 brokers, 6 lawyers, 1 public member
◍ What color indicates construction and maintenance?.
Answer: Orange
◍ Who appoints Broker-Lawyer committee members?.
Answer: Brokers/TREC, Lawyers/Pres of State Bar, Public
Member/Governor
◍ What color is used for motorist service guidance?.
Answer: Blue
◍ Where is the Real Estate Advisory Committee?.
Answer: Texas A & M
,◍ Who is on the Real Estate Advisory Committee?.
Answer: 10 members: 6 brokers, 3 public members, 1 ex TREC officio
◍ How long does an individual have after an incident to file a complaint
against a license holder?.
Answer: 4 years
◍ What does a black sign indicate?.
Answer: Regulatory information.
◍ If your license is revoked by TREC, you may......
Answer: appeal to the district court
◍ What shape is used for yield signs?.
Answer: Equilateral triangle.
◍ What shape is exclusively used for stop signs?.
Answer: Octagon.
◍ Brokerage without a license is defined as a.
Answer: Class A Misdemeanor
◍ Penalties for Brokerage without a license.
Answer: Fine up to $4,000; imprisonment in county jail for not more than 1
year, or both
◍ Additional penalties for brokerage without a license.
Answer: Civil penalties of up to three times the amount of money received
◍ What does a round sign indicate?.
Answer: Railroad advance warning.
◍ What shape is used for school advance and school crossing signs?.
Answer: Pentagon.
◍ What does a horizontal rectangle sign typically indicate?.
Answer: Guide signs.
◍ The Real Estate Recovery Account was created to.
, Answer: pay aggrieved persons who suffered monetary losses due to
unscrupulous acts of license holders.
◍ What shape is used for regulatory signs?.
Answer: Vertical rectangle.
◍ What does a pennant shape sign warn about?.
Answer: Advance warning of a no passing zone.
◍ What shape is used to warn of existing or possible hazards?.
Answer: Diamond.
◍ If Real Estate Recovery Trust Account is below $1 million.
Answer: Brokers and licensees pay a pro rata share of $10 upon license
renewal
◍ If Real Estate Recovery Trust Account is above $3.5 million,.
Answer: the excess goes into the State's General Fund
◍ What does a railroad crossing sign warn drivers about?.
Answer: That they are within a few hundred feet of a railroad crossing.
◍ What should drivers do when they see a railroad cross buck sign?.
Answer: Slow down, look, listen, and yield to any approaching train.
◍ What do guide signs provide information about?.
Answer: The road being traveled and directions to destinations.
◍ When an amount if paid out of the Real Estate Recovery Trust Account on
behalf of a license holder,.
Answer: the license of the person can be suspended or revoked. It may never
be recovered until the account is paid back with interest.
◍ Maximum amount payable by the Real Estate Recovery Trust Account.
Answer: is $100,000 per license holder and $50,000 per transaction.
◍ What do mileposts indicate?.
Answer: Location of crashes, breakdowns, or emergencies along the
Interstate.