Maryland Real Estate Practice Exam
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After a hearing, the Maryland Real Estate Commission finds that a salesperson committed three separate violations of the licensing law. Instead of or in addition to a reprimand, suspension or revocation, what money penalty may it impose?
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Maryland real estate exam at a glance
| National questions | 80 scoredsource |
|---|---|
| State-law questions | 30 scoredsource |
| Passing score | 70%source |
| Time limit | 2 hourssource |
| Exam fee | $44.00 per attemptsource |
| Test provider | PSIsource |
| Pre-licence education | 60 hourssource |
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1. After a hearing, the Maryland Real Estate Commission finds that a salesperson committed three separate violations of the licensing law. Instead of or in addition to a reprimand, suspension or revocation, what money penalty may it impose?
Why: 17-322(c) lets the Commission impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation, so three violations could cost up to $15,000. The $25,000 figure is the criminal fine for a third conviction under 17-613, which is a court penalty, not the Commission's administrative one.
2. Which of the following losses could support a claim against the Maryland Real Estate Guaranty Fund?
Why: 17-404(a) covers an actual loss in a Maryland transaction where money or property is obtained by theft, embezzlement, false pretenses or forgery, or through fraud or misrepresentation. 17-404(c) excludes real estate limited partnership interests, licensee-promoted investment joint ventures and commercial paper secured by real estate, and bars claims by the responsible licensee's spouse.
3. A Maryland applicant has a misdemeanor directly related to fitness to provide brokerage services. Which statement follows the Maryland statute?
Why: Under Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-322(b)(24), conviction of a felony, or of a misdemeanor directly related to fitness to provide brokerage services, is a ground for denial or discipline, weighed under the factors in 17-322(d). The direct relationship and statutory evaluation matter; the rule is not a blanket automatic bar.
4. A Maryland licensee is unaffiliated with the listing broker, is not the buyer's agent and assists the buyer in a nonagency capacity while having a seller brokerage relationship. What is the statutory role?
Why: Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-528(n) defines a subagent as a licensee not affiliated with the listing broker and not a buyer's agent, who has a brokerage relationship with the seller and assists a buyer in a nonagency capacity. Helping a buyer does not by itself make the licensee that buyer's agent.
5. A Maryland license remains inactive and is not reactivated. When does the Maryland inactive-license provision expire it?
Why: Under Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. 17-316(c), an inactive license that is not reactivated expires 3 years after the date it was placed on inactive status. Inactive placement is not an indefinite substitute for reactivation under this provision.
6. A visitor at a Maryland listing agent's open house asks about other homes for sale nearby. Under 17-532, what does the agent need in order to discuss other properties with the visitor during the open house?
Why: 17-532(c)(5) says a licensee does not breach a duty to the client by discussing other properties with prospective buyers during an open house "if the licensee has the written consent of the seller" to do so. The protection depends on the seller's written consent, not on a buyer agreement or the broker's say-so.
7. A Maryland listing agent learns that a natural death occurred in the house she has listed. A prospective buyer does not ask about it. What does 17-322.1 provide?
Why: 17-322.1(a) says it is not a material fact that a homicide, suicide, accidental death, natural death or felony occurred on the property, or that an owner or occupant has or is suspected of having HIV or AIDS. Under 17-322.1(b), failing to disclose such a fact is not grounds for discipline and the licensee is not personally liable.
8. A Maryland seller chooses the disclaimer route but knows of a hidden structural defect threatening occupants' safety. What must the seller do?
Why: Maryland Real Property 10-702 requires disclosure of actually known latent defects that a reasonable visual inspection would not reveal and that threaten health or safety, even on the disclaimer route. The disclaimer route preserves the statutory duty concerning known latent health or safety defects.
9. Which statement must the written consent to dual agency contain under Maryland law?
Why: 17-530.1(c)(3) requires the consent to state that as a dual agent the broker "does not owe undivided loyalty to either the seller or the buyer." It must also state that a buyer or seller does not have to consent to dual agency, and that neither agent may tell a buyer the seller will accept a lower price unless the seller authorizes it.
10. A Maryland firm lists a home, and a buyer client of the same firm wants to buy it. The seller agrees to dual agency, but the buyer refuses. What may the broker do?
Why: Dual agency requires the written informed consent of all parties under 17-530.1(b). Under 17-530.1(e), the broker may withdraw from representing a client who refuses a disclosed dual agency, and the withdrawal does not prejudice the broker's ability to keep representing the other client. Proceeding without the buyer's consent is prohibited.