Kentucky Real Estate Practice Exam
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An affiliated Kentucky licensee wants to advertise a specific listing held by another principal broker. Whose written consent is required?
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Kentucky real estate exam at a glance
| National questions | 80 scoredsource |
|---|---|
| State-law questions | 50 scoredsource |
| Passing score | 75%source |
| Time limit | 4 hourssource |
| Exam fee | $100.00 per attemptsource |
| Test provider | PSIsource |
| Pre-licence education | 96 hourssource |
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10 sample questions, with answers explained
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1. An affiliated Kentucky licensee wants to advertise a specific listing held by another principal broker. Whose written consent is required?
Why: The advertising rule requires the listing principal broker’s written consent for that specific listing. Public online availability is not permission to republish it.
2. A Kentucky advertisement displays only a shortened team brand. What brokerage identification does 201 KAR 11:105 require?
Why: 201 KAR 11:105 Section 2(2) requires advertisements to identify the full registered brokerage name or the full registered principal broker name with clear principal broker designation.
3. A Kentucky management agreement terminates. When is the final accounting due?
Why: 201 KAR 11:121 requires a final accounting within 60 days, including transactions after the last monthly accounting. Termination does not eliminate accounting duties.
4. Kentucky escrow funds earn interest. Who receives that interest?
Why: Interest-bearing escrow is permitted, but KRS 324.111 assigns interest as all parties agree in writing. It is not automatically broker income.
5. An unlicensed Kentucky investor advertises an equitable interest in a real-property purchase contract for sale. What restriction applies?
Why: KRS 324.020(1)(b) prohibits an unlicensed person from advertising for sale an equitable interest in a real-property purchase contract.
6. A Kentucky license has expired for more than one year. Is ordinary renewal without an examination guaranteed?
Why: KRS 324.045 excepts licenses expired more than 1 year from the general no-examination renewal rule. A lapse is not itself a permanent lifetime prohibition.
7. What kind of harm may Kentucky's recovery fund compensate under KRS 324.420(7)?
Why: KRS 324.420(7) limits recovery fund compensation to actual financial harm specifically and directly related to the property.
8. A Kentucky transaction fails instead of closing. How long must its confidential transaction records be retained?
Why: 201 KAR 11:121 requires retention for 5 years after consummation or failure. A failed transaction still generates records that must be kept.
9. A Kentucky purchase offer uses an escalation clause. What must that clause include?
Why: A purchase offer must state a price or a valid escalation clause with a maximum price. An unlimited escalation does not satisfy that requirement.
10. At Kentucky licensure and renewal, what escrow-related authorization must a principal broker provide?
Why: KRS 324.111 requires audit authorization for all escrow accounts. It is not limited to accounts already suspected of a shortage.