Ohio Real Estate Practice Exam
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An Ohio salesperson license was issued on April 1, 2026. The licensee never completes post-licensing education. On what date is the license revoked automatically?
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Ohio real estate exam at a glance
| National questions | 80 scoredsource |
|---|---|
| State-law questions | 40 scoredsource |
| Passing score | 70%source |
| Time limit | 3 hourssource |
| Exam fee | $66.00 per attemptsource |
| Test provider | PSIsource |
| Pre-licence education | 100 hourssource |
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10 sample questions, with answers explained
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1. An Ohio salesperson license was issued on April 1, 2026. The licensee never completes post-licensing education. On what date is the license revoked automatically?
Why: The license is suspended automatically 12 months after issuance (April 1, 2027). The licensee then has a further 12 months, after which the license "is revoked automatically without the taking of any action by the superintendent." 12 + 12 = 24 months from April 1, 2026 is April 1, 2028. April 1, 2027 is the suspension date, not the revocation date.
2. An Ohio seller signs a listing agreement and the salesperson plans to provide a copy after the first showing. What timing does the statute require?
Why: ORC 4735.18(A)(25) requires true copies of listings and other agreements at the time each party signs. Waiting for a showing or closing delays the required delivery.
3. An Ohio brokerage has three management level licensees. In an in-company sale, one of them, Paula, personally represents the purchaser. Under ORC 4735.70(C), what is Paula's status?
Why: ORC 4735.70(C) makes a management level licensee in an in-company transaction a dual agent, except that if the brokerage has more than one management level licensee and that licensee "personally represents either the seller or the purchaser," she "will represent only the interests of that licensee's client." With three managers, Paula fits the exception. In a brokerage with only one management level licensee, it would not apply.
4. An Ohio salesperson places a sign on another owner's property without the owner or authorized agent's consent. What is the disciplinary issue?
Why: The statute identifies advertising, placing a sign or offering property without owner or authorized-agent consent as a discipline ground. Expected later approval is not actual consent.
5. An Ohio broker drafts an exclusive right-to-sell listing that "continues until canceled in writing by either party." What is the problem?
Why: ORC 4735.18(A)(28) lists as a ground for discipline "having failed to put definite expiration dates in all written agency agreements to which the broker is a party." A listing that runs until someone cancels it has no definite expiration date, and seller initials do not cure that.
6. A 45-year-old Ohio salesperson is planning her 30 hours of continuing education. Which course is NOT part of the required core for a salesperson?
Why: A salesperson under 70 must include 9 core hours: 3 in civil rights and fair housing, 3 in core law (current legislation) and 3 in the Ohio Canons of Ethics. The 3-hour broker responsibility, or principal broker duties, course is an added requirement for brokers and management-level licensees.
7. To save her seller attorney fees, an Ohio salesperson offers to prepare the deed for the closing herself, with no lawyer supervising. Under Disciplinary Counsel v. Nordic Title Agency (2021), how is this treated?
Why: The Supreme Court of Ohio has held that "a nonattorney's preparation of documents conveying real property without a lawyer's supervision constitutes UPL." Broker review, a standard form or the absence of a fee does not supply the required lawyer supervision. The ruling covers document preparation; it does not say who must conduct the closing.
8. An Ohio salesperson does not submit proof of completing post-licensing education within twelve months after the license was issued. What happens to the license?
Why: ORC 4735.09(J) says the license "is suspended automatically without the taking of any action by the superintendent." No hearing or notice is required. Placing the license inactive until completion is Nebraska's approach, which is the trap.
9. An Ohio listing salesperson receives a low offer and decides not to mention it, assuming the seller would reject it. The seller gave no instructions about offers. How does ORC 4735.18 treat this?
Why: ORC 4735.18(A)(36) makes it a ground for discipline to fail "to inform the licensee's client of the existence of an offer or counteroffer" or to fail to present one "in a timely manner," unless the client lawfully instructs otherwise. This seller gave no such instruction, so the salesperson may not screen out the offer on her own.
10. An Ohio salesperson candidate has completed the 40-hour real estate practice course and the 40-hour real estate law course. How many more prelicense hours must she complete, and in what subjects?
Why: The 100-hour total is 40 practice + 40 law + 10 appraisal + 10 finance. After 80 hours, 100 - 80 = 20 hours remain, split 10 appraisal and 10 finance. The 40-hour option uses the old 120-hour total, and agency and fair housing are not separate prelicense courses in this breakdown.