New York Real Estate Practice Exam
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Lena began occupying a strip of her neighbor's land on April 1, 2014, and her occupancy met every RPAPL 501 element without interruption. On what date does she gain title, at the earliest?
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New York real estate exam at a glance
| Time limit | 1 hours 30 minutessource |
|---|---|
| Exam fee | $15.00 per attemptsource |
| Test provider | State-administeredsource |
| Pre-licence education | 77 hourssource |
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10 sample questions, with answers explained
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1. Lena began occupying a strip of her neighbor's land on April 1, 2014, and her occupancy met every RPAPL 501 element without interruption. On what date does she gain title, at the earliest?
Why: An adverse possessor gains title when the CPLR 212(a) period expires, and that period is ten years. April 1, 2014 plus 10 years is April 1, 2024. The 2019 date wrongly applies a 5-year period.
2. Which body issues real estate salesperson licenses in New York?
Why: New York's regulator is the Department of State (DOS), Division of Licensing Services. Many states license through a real estate commission, which is why that option tempts. The Department of Financial Services handles registration for negotiating residential mortgage loans, not salesperson licenses.
3. Which general education credential must a New York salesperson applicant hold, apart from the qualifying course?
Why: New York is one of the states that require no high school diploma; the qualifying education is the 77-hour course. The born-after-1950 diploma rule is Ohio's.
4. A New York seller gives a lawful instruction within the agency agreement. Which listed fiduciary duty requires the agent to follow it?
Why: Obedience. The statutory form includes obedience; it does not authorize following unlawful instructions.
5. What is the minimum continuing education requirement in ethical business practices for a New York licensee?
Why: DOS requires 2.5 hours on ethical business practices. One hour is the recent legal matters minimum, 2 hours applies to cultural competency and implicit bias, and 3 hours to fair housing.
6. Which of these is NOT one of the occupancy elements listed in RPAPL 501 for adverse possession in New York?
Why: RPAPL 501 requires occupancy that is adverse, under claim of right, open and notorious, continuous, exclusive and actual. Paying the taxes is not one of the listed elements.
7. How long must possession last before an adverse possessor can gain title in New York?
Why: RPAPL 501 ties title to the expiration of the CPLR 212(a) limitations period, and CPLR 212(a) sets that at ten years. Other states use different periods, which is why the numbers vary across practice materials.
8. A New York consumer signs the statutory agency disclosure and assumes it alone is a brokerage employment contract. What does the form expressly state?
Why: It is not a contract. Disclosure acknowledgment and a representation contract have different functions.
9. A New York buyer's agent engages a broker's agent from another firm. May the buyer directly instruct that broker's agent under the statutory definition?
Why: No, direction flows through the engaging agent. The broker's agent lacks the direct principal relationship described for the primary agent.
10. A New York agent wants to take on a role that puts her in duality with her principal's interests. Under the standard applied by a Department of State tribunal, what must she do first?
Why: A DOS administrative decision holds that, before acting in duality with the principal's interests, the agent must obtain the principal's informed consent: consent freely given after the duty of full and fair disclosure has been met. Consent after the fact or from the other party does not satisfy it.