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CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE
SALESPERSON EXAM
DRE LICENSING EXAM
2026/2027 EDITION
Complete Current Testing Q&A with Rationales
200 QUESTIONS • INTEGRATED ANSWERS
Real Estate Management • California Law & Practice
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Section 1: Brief Introduction
The California DRE salesperson examination contains 150 multiple-choice questions, allows three
hours, and requires at least 70% to pass. This expanded 200-question practice set follows its
seven-domain weighting and covers California law and real-estate principles reviewed through 5
October 2026. Choose one best answer for each item, then review the bold cyan answer and its
integrated rationale. [1] [2]
Section 2: The Complete Exam
1. A seller installed custom cabinets permanently attached to the kitchen walls. The purchase
agreement does not exclude them. Which classification is most appropriate?
A. Personal property solely because the seller purchased them
B. Fixtures ordinarily included with the real property
C. Trade fixtures because they improve the kitchen
D. Emblements because they were added after construction
Rationale: Attachment, adaptation, and objectively shown intent help distinguish fixtures from
personal property. Permanently installed household cabinets ordinarily pass with the real property
unless the parties validly agree otherwise. [5]
2. A commercial tenant installed removable display racks for its business. The lease permits
removal, and removal will not make the premises structurally incomplete. What should the tenant
ordinarily do before surrendering possession?
A. Leave the racks because installation automatically transferred ownership to the landlord
B. Remove the racks but leave any resulting damage for the landlord
C. Remove the trade fixtures and repair resulting damage as required
D. Wait until after surrendering possession to exercise an unrestricted removal right
Rationale: California Civil Code section 1019 permits qualifying tenant-installed trade fixtures to be
removed during the tenancy, subject to the statutory limits and agreement. The tenant must
distinguish removable business installations from integral building components and meet applicable
restoration duties. [6]
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3. A farmer’s lawful tenancy of uncertain duration ends without the farmer’s fault after annual
crops were planted. What principle may protect the farmer’s right to harvest those crops?
A. The doctrine of constructive eviction
B. The doctrine of accession
C. The doctrine of reversion
D. The doctrine of emblements
Rationale: Emblements concern qualifying annual cultivated crops when an uncertain tenancy ends
unexpectedly without the tenant’s fault. This limited harvest right does not convey ownership of the
land or apply automatically to every termination. [5]
4. Which statement best describes the bundle of rights associated with real property ownership?
A. Ownership eliminates zoning and taxation authority.
B. Every owner may exclude all lawful easement holders.
C. Ownership permits uses forbidden by enforceable restrictions.
D. Ownership includes rights of use, possession, exclusion, and transfer, subject to legal
limits.
Rationale: The bundle-of-rights concept describes several legally recognized interests rather than
unlimited dominion. Government controls and valid private interests can limit how those rights are
exercised. [5]
5. Which estate generally provides the greatest ownership interest of potentially unlimited
duration?
A. A life estate
B. An estate for years
C. A month-to-month tenancy
D. Fee simple absolute
Rationale: Fee simple absolute is the broadest standard freehold estate and has no built-in ending
date or measuring life. Leaseholds and life estates have more limited durations, even though all
ownership remains subject to applicable law. [5]
6. A deed gives Jordan possession “for the life of Avery.” Which estate does Jordan hold?
A. A fee simple estate without limitation
B. A tenancy for a fixed number of years
C. A life estate measured by another person’s life
D. A joint tenancy with Avery
Rationale: A life estate pur autre vie is measured by the life of someone other than the holder. The
wording creates neither unlimited ownership nor a joint tenancy merely by naming Avery. [5]
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7. An owner conveys property “to Lee for life, then to Morgan.” What interest does Morgan receive?
A. A reversion interest
B. A tenancy at sufferance
C. A present fee simple estate in possession
D. A remainder interest
Rationale: A remainder is a future interest given to a third party after the preceding estate ends. A
reversion instead remains with the grantor when no successor interest has been conveyed. [5]
8. A written lease gives a tenant possession for a stated two-year period. What type of leasehold is
described?
A. An estate for years
B. A tenancy at will
C. A tenancy at sufferance
D. A periodic tenancy
Rationale: An estate for years has a definite contractual beginning and ending period, which need not
literally span whole years. Classification of the leasehold does not eliminate any separate tenant-
protection requirements that may apply. [5]
9. Two owners hold valid joint tenancy interests. One dies without having severed the joint
tenancy. What generally happens to that owner’s joint tenancy interest?
A. It passes to the surviving joint tenant by survivorship.
B. It passes under the deceased owner’s will instead of by survivorship.
C. It becomes a tenancy-in-common interest held by the deceased owner’s estate.
D. It requires a new conveyance by the deceased owner’s personal representative to create
survivorship.
Rationale: A valid, unsevered joint tenancy carries a right of survivorship. A will ordinarily cannot
defeat that survivorship feature by directing the same joint tenancy interest elsewhere. [5]
10. Two investors want undivided ownership shares of 70% and 30%, with no automatic
survivorship. Which form generally fits?
A. Joint tenancy
B. Tenancy in common
C. Community property with right of survivorship
D. Tenancy by the entirety
Rationale: Tenants in common may hold unequal undivided interests without an inherent survivorship
right. Joint tenancy ordinarily involves equal interests and survivorship, while community-property
forms depend on an eligible marital or registered domestic-partnership relationship. [5]
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CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE
SALESPERSON EXAM
DRE LICENSING EXAM
2026/2027 EDITION
Complete Current Testing Q&A with Rationales
200 QUESTIONS • INTEGRATED ANSWERS
Real Estate Management • California Law & Practice
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· · · · · ·
· · · · · ·
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· · · · · · ◆ ◆
◆ ─── ◆
,CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE / SALESPERSON PRACTICE | 2026/2027
Section 1: Brief Introduction
The California DRE salesperson examination contains 150 multiple-choice questions, allows three
hours, and requires at least 70% to pass. This expanded 200-question practice set follows its
seven-domain weighting and covers California law and real-estate principles reviewed through 5
October 2026. Choose one best answer for each item, then review the bold cyan answer and its
integrated rationale. [1] [2]
Section 2: The Complete Exam
1. A seller installed custom cabinets permanently attached to the kitchen walls. The purchase
agreement does not exclude them. Which classification is most appropriate?
A. Personal property solely because the seller purchased them
B. Fixtures ordinarily included with the real property
C. Trade fixtures because they improve the kitchen
D. Emblements because they were added after construction
Rationale: Attachment, adaptation, and objectively shown intent help distinguish fixtures from
personal property. Permanently installed household cabinets ordinarily pass with the real property
unless the parties validly agree otherwise. [5]
2. A commercial tenant installed removable display racks for its business. The lease permits
removal, and removal will not make the premises structurally incomplete. What should the tenant
ordinarily do before surrendering possession?
A. Leave the racks because installation automatically transferred ownership to the landlord
B. Remove the racks but leave any resulting damage for the landlord
C. Remove the trade fixtures and repair resulting damage as required
D. Wait until after surrendering possession to exercise an unrestricted removal right
Rationale: California Civil Code section 1019 permits qualifying tenant-installed trade fixtures to be
removed during the tenancy, subject to the statutory limits and agreement. The tenant must
distinguish removable business installations from integral building components and meet applicable
restoration duties. [6]
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3. A farmer’s lawful tenancy of uncertain duration ends without the farmer’s fault after annual
crops were planted. What principle may protect the farmer’s right to harvest those crops?
A. The doctrine of constructive eviction
B. The doctrine of accession
C. The doctrine of reversion
D. The doctrine of emblements
Rationale: Emblements concern qualifying annual cultivated crops when an uncertain tenancy ends
unexpectedly without the tenant’s fault. This limited harvest right does not convey ownership of the
land or apply automatically to every termination. [5]
4. Which statement best describes the bundle of rights associated with real property ownership?
A. Ownership eliminates zoning and taxation authority.
B. Every owner may exclude all lawful easement holders.
C. Ownership permits uses forbidden by enforceable restrictions.
D. Ownership includes rights of use, possession, exclusion, and transfer, subject to legal
limits.
Rationale: The bundle-of-rights concept describes several legally recognized interests rather than
unlimited dominion. Government controls and valid private interests can limit how those rights are
exercised. [5]
5. Which estate generally provides the greatest ownership interest of potentially unlimited
duration?
A. A life estate
B. An estate for years
C. A month-to-month tenancy
D. Fee simple absolute
Rationale: Fee simple absolute is the broadest standard freehold estate and has no built-in ending
date or measuring life. Leaseholds and life estates have more limited durations, even though all
ownership remains subject to applicable law. [5]
6. A deed gives Jordan possession “for the life of Avery.” Which estate does Jordan hold?
A. A fee simple estate without limitation
B. A tenancy for a fixed number of years
C. A life estate measured by another person’s life
D. A joint tenancy with Avery
Rationale: A life estate pur autre vie is measured by the life of someone other than the holder. The
wording creates neither unlimited ownership nor a joint tenancy merely by naming Avery. [5]
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7. An owner conveys property “to Lee for life, then to Morgan.” What interest does Morgan receive?
A. A reversion interest
B. A tenancy at sufferance
C. A present fee simple estate in possession
D. A remainder interest
Rationale: A remainder is a future interest given to a third party after the preceding estate ends. A
reversion instead remains with the grantor when no successor interest has been conveyed. [5]
8. A written lease gives a tenant possession for a stated two-year period. What type of leasehold is
described?
A. An estate for years
B. A tenancy at will
C. A tenancy at sufferance
D. A periodic tenancy
Rationale: An estate for years has a definite contractual beginning and ending period, which need not
literally span whole years. Classification of the leasehold does not eliminate any separate tenant-
protection requirements that may apply. [5]
9. Two owners hold valid joint tenancy interests. One dies without having severed the joint
tenancy. What generally happens to that owner’s joint tenancy interest?
A. It passes to the surviving joint tenant by survivorship.
B. It passes under the deceased owner’s will instead of by survivorship.
C. It becomes a tenancy-in-common interest held by the deceased owner’s estate.
D. It requires a new conveyance by the deceased owner’s personal representative to create
survivorship.
Rationale: A valid, unsevered joint tenancy carries a right of survivorship. A will ordinarily cannot
defeat that survivorship feature by directing the same joint tenancy interest elsewhere. [5]
10. Two investors want undivided ownership shares of 70% and 30%, with no automatic
survivorship. Which form generally fits?
A. Joint tenancy
B. Tenancy in common
C. Community property with right of survivorship
D. Tenancy by the entirety
Rationale: Tenants in common may hold unequal undivided interests without an inherent survivorship
right. Joint tenancy ordinarily involves equal interests and survivorship, while community-property
forms depend on an eligible marital or registered domestic-partnership relationship. [5]
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