Chapter 7 - TEXAS REAL ESTATE
LICENSE ACT UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. The ___________ issues a license to a broker or salesperson after the person has met all the
requirements for a license.
A. Texas Workforce Commission
B. The Social Security Administration
C. Texas Real Estate Commission
D. HUD - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Texas Real Estate Commission
2. The Commission will always regulate the activities of the licensees to protect the public.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWERS A. True
3. To become a salesperson in Texas, the person must complete at least 12 semester hours, or
equivalent classroom hours (180), of postsecondary education consisting of 4 semester hours on
principles of real estate and 2 semester hours each of the following core real estate courses:
A. Agency law, contract law, contract forms and addenda, and real estate finance.
B. Agency law, contract law, addendums, and real estate finance
C. Brokerage law, addendums, contract forms, and real estate finance
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Agency law, contract law, contract
forms and addenda, and real estate finance.
4. All active and inactive sales agents, who are under the Sales Agent Apprentice Education
(SAE) requirement, must show evidence of having completed a minimum of___ hours in
qualifying real estate education and 4 hours in Legal Update I and 4 hours in Legal Update II
prior to the first two- year license term for a total of____ hours by the end of the second year of
licensure.
, A. 100, 280
B. 90, 278
C. 95, 280
D. 100, 278 - CORRECT ANSWERS B. 90, 278
5. An applicant for a broker's license must accumulate at least ______ points to qualify for a
broker's license based on experience as a real estate licensee.
A. 6300
B. 2500
C. 1200
D. 3600 - CORRECT ANSWERS D. 3600
6. Not with standing any other law, a license or certificate holder who completes a contract for
the sale, exchange, option, or lease of an interest in real property incidental to acting as a broker
is NOT engaged in the unauthorized or illegal practice of law in this state if the form was:
A. Adopted by the commission for the type of transaction for which the form is used
B. Prepared by an attorney licensed in this state and approved by the attorney for the typeof
transaction for which the form is used
C. Prepared by the property
D. All the above - CORRECT ANSWERS D. All of the Above
7. "Sales agent" means a person who is ________________ by a licensed broker.
A. Employed
B. Regulated
C. Sponsored
D. Deployed - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Sponsored
LICENSE ACT UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. The ___________ issues a license to a broker or salesperson after the person has met all the
requirements for a license.
A. Texas Workforce Commission
B. The Social Security Administration
C. Texas Real Estate Commission
D. HUD - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Texas Real Estate Commission
2. The Commission will always regulate the activities of the licensees to protect the public.
A. True
B. False - CORRECT ANSWERS A. True
3. To become a salesperson in Texas, the person must complete at least 12 semester hours, or
equivalent classroom hours (180), of postsecondary education consisting of 4 semester hours on
principles of real estate and 2 semester hours each of the following core real estate courses:
A. Agency law, contract law, contract forms and addenda, and real estate finance.
B. Agency law, contract law, addendums, and real estate finance
C. Brokerage law, addendums, contract forms, and real estate finance
D. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Agency law, contract law, contract
forms and addenda, and real estate finance.
4. All active and inactive sales agents, who are under the Sales Agent Apprentice Education
(SAE) requirement, must show evidence of having completed a minimum of___ hours in
qualifying real estate education and 4 hours in Legal Update I and 4 hours in Legal Update II
prior to the first two- year license term for a total of____ hours by the end of the second year of
licensure.
, A. 100, 280
B. 90, 278
C. 95, 280
D. 100, 278 - CORRECT ANSWERS B. 90, 278
5. An applicant for a broker's license must accumulate at least ______ points to qualify for a
broker's license based on experience as a real estate licensee.
A. 6300
B. 2500
C. 1200
D. 3600 - CORRECT ANSWERS D. 3600
6. Not with standing any other law, a license or certificate holder who completes a contract for
the sale, exchange, option, or lease of an interest in real property incidental to acting as a broker
is NOT engaged in the unauthorized or illegal practice of law in this state if the form was:
A. Adopted by the commission for the type of transaction for which the form is used
B. Prepared by an attorney licensed in this state and approved by the attorney for the typeof
transaction for which the form is used
C. Prepared by the property
D. All the above - CORRECT ANSWERS D. All of the Above
7. "Sales agent" means a person who is ________________ by a licensed broker.
A. Employed
B. Regulated
C. Sponsored
D. Deployed - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Sponsored
