Rhode Island · Real estate exam prep
20 free Rhode Island practice questions with no signup required. When you're ready for more, the full RealReady bank has 995 questions for the 2026 exam that cover both national principles and Rhode Island law.
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Use this like a free Rhode Island real estate practice test: read the question, commit to an answer, then tap to reveal the correct answer and a plain-English explanation. The ones you miss tell you where to focus next.
Correct: B Division of Commercial Licensing
The DBR Division of Commercial Licensing is responsible for regulating real estate licensees in Rhode Island. This division handles license applications, renewals, and enforcement actions.
Correct: B Every two years on her license anniversary
Licenses issued after January 1, 2020 renew every two years on the anniversary of the date the license was issued (230-RICR-30-20-2.9(C)). Only licenses issued before that date still renew on May 1 of each even-numbered year.
Correct: C Mandatory for all licensees
All holders of Rhode Island broker and salesperson licenses must carry errors and omissions coverage as a condition of retaining the license, and file a certificate of coverage with DBR (§ 5-20.5-25).
Correct: D Before disclosing any confidential information
The disclosure must be made before any confidential information is disclosed, and in every case no later than the preparation of a sales agreement, offer to purchase, or lease (§ 5-20.6-8). The licensee must obtain a signed acknowledgement of receipt.
Correct: D A licensed broker
A licensed salesperson must be affiliated with a licensed principal broker to engage in any activity requiring a license, and may not operate, supervise, or manage a brokerage (230-RICR-30-20-2.5).
Correct: C A federally insured bank in Rhode Island
Rhode Island requires each firm to maintain a separate escrow account at a federally insured institution located within Rhode Island. Out-of-state banks are not permitted for escrow accounts.
Correct: C Publishing a prohibited blind ad
Every advertisement must carry the name of the brokerage or principal broker, displayed larger and more prominent than any licensee or team name (230-RICR-30-20-2.25(C)). On social media the brokerage name must be within one click or tap of the post.
Correct: B No, listings must be in writing
Under the Statute of Frauds, listing agreements in Rhode Island must be in writing to be enforceable. A verbal agreement to list property, regardless of the terms, cannot be enforced in court.
Correct: A Rates are freely negotiable
Commission rates in Rhode Island are freely negotiable between the parties. There is no standard, fixed, or state-mandated rate. Agents should never imply that a particular rate is standard, as this could constitute price-fixing.
Correct: D No, lawful source of income is protected
Lawful source of income is a protected class, and the definition expressly reaches rental assistance and housing subsidy programs (§ 34-37-3). A landlord cannot refuse a tenant for paying with a voucher.
Correct: D $1,500
A landlord may not demand or receive a security deposit worth more than one month's periodic rent (§ 34-18-19(a)). At $1,500 a month, the ceiling is $1,500.
Correct: B Prior to signing the transfer agreement
The written disclosure must be delivered as soon as practicable and in any event before the parties sign any agreement to transfer the property (§ 5-20.8-2). Buyers get the material information before they commit.
Correct: B 12 months from the date of sale
A cesspool serving a building that is sold or transferred must be removed and replaced with an OWTS, or the building connected to public sewer, within 12 months of the date of sale or transfer (§ 23-19.15-12).
Correct: B 10 days
A condominium association must furnish a resale certificate within 10 days of a unit owner's request (§ 34-36.1-4.09). It discloses assessments, budgets, reserves, insurance, judgments, and known code violations.
Correct: D Up to $2,000
The director may levy an administrative penalty of up to $2,000 per violation after a hearing, and may also suspend or revoke the license or impose probation of up to one year (§ 5-20.5-14).
Correct: C Notify DBR of the broker change
A licensee must notify DBR in writing of a change in firm affiliation within 10 days (230-RICR-30-20-2.3). The former principal broker reports the disaffiliation and the new principal broker submits a signed transfer-of-license form.
Correct: C $50,000 per claim
An individual licensee's policy must provide at least $50,000 per claim and $150,000 in the aggregate (230-RICR-30-20-2.28(A)). Policies may exclude dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or malicious acts.
Correct: B Transaction facilitator
Every licensee is presumed to be a transaction facilitator unless informed, written consent and an executed relationship disclosure make the person a client (§ 5-20.6-3(a)). The chapter abrogates common-law agency, so representation is never created by implication.
Correct: A The broker for the salesperson's actions
The principal broker acts in a supervisory capacity for every transaction an affiliated licensee participates in and is responsible for their compliance — and for the compliance of the firm's non-licensed employees (230-RICR-30-20-2.4).
Correct: A Labeled Trust Account or Escrow Account
Rhode Island requires the escrow account to be designated as 'Trust Account' or 'Escrow Account' on bank records, deposit tickets, checks, and statements. This ensures clear identification of client funds.
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About the exam
The Rhode Island real estate salesperson exam is tougher than most candidates expect. The Department of Business Regulation splits it into a separate national portion and a Rhode Island portion that you have to pass on its own. Almost half of that state portion drills the statutory duties governing how Rhode Island licensees advertise, handle client money, and disclose conflicts, which makes Rhode Island-specific study the difference between passing and retaking.
Rhode Island threads its own rules through the exam, the mandatory residential sales disclosure, onsite wastewater and cesspool disclosures, the lead hazard mitigation law, mandatory agency disclosure in residential transactions, non-resident seller withholding, and the Real Estate Recovery Account that backs consumer claims. None of that looks like the material a candidate in a neighboring state studies. A generic real estate practice test won't cut it. You need Rhode Island-specific practice questions.
FAQ
The Rhode Island salesperson exam has 130 scored questions, an 80-question national portion and a 50-question Rhode Island state portion. Pearson VUE delivers them as two separate exams, and each also mixes in a handful of unscored pretest questions that don't count toward your score. You get two and a half hours for the national part and ninety minutes for the Rhode Island part.
You need a scaled score of 70 on each portion, and the two are scored independently, so a strong national score does not rescue a failing Rhode Island law score. Rhode Island reports a scaled score from 0 to 100 rather than a raw percentage, so there's no curve and every question matters. If you miss one portion, you retake only that portion within the one-year window.
The exam fee is $103 total, $53 for the national portion and $50 for the Rhode Island state portion, each paid to Pearson VUE when you reserve that part. If you pass both and apply, the Department of Business Regulation charges a $140 license fee plus a $25 Real Estate Recovery Account fee, and a Rhode Island salesperson license runs two years before renewal.
You get two and a half hours for the 80-question national portion and ninety minutes for the 50-question Rhode Island portion, so 240 minutes of testing in all if you take both on the same day. Pearson VUE runs the exam at a test center in East Providence and several nearby Massachusetts locations, and you leave with your official score report in hand.
The Rhode Island Real Estate Salesperson Examination is administered by Pearson VUE for the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR), Division of Commercial Licensing. You register and schedule your exam date through Pearson VUE.
It's hard enough that plenty of first-time candidates don't clear both portions on the first try. The questions aren't written to trick you. They test whether you actually understand Rhode Island real estate law alongside national principles. Most people who struggle underestimated the state portion, where nearly half the questions cover the statutory duties of licensees and the rest cover Rhode Island disclosure rules, fair housing, and landlord-tenant law. Honest work on a Rhode Island-specific practice test is what separates a first-try pass from a costly retake.
The 130-question exam splits in two. The 80-question national portion covers property ownership and land use, valuation and appraisal, contracts and agency, financing and settlement, property disclosures and environmental issues, real estate practice, and math. The 50-question Rhode Island portion leans hard on the statutory duties that govern licensee activity, about 48 percent of it, with another 36 percent on Rhode Island topics like the Fair Housing Practice Act, the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, lead and wastewater disclosures, condominium sales, and non-resident seller withholding. Licensing requirements and the powers of the Department of Business Regulation round out the rest.
After finishing your 45-hour Rhode Island pre-license course, the highest-leverage thing you can do is grind through Rhode Island-specific practice questions with honest feedback on every miss. Generic real estate practice tests help with national principles but won't catch you on Rhode Island's disclosure rules, agency law, and licensee duties. The RealReady app gives you the full bank of Rhode Island questions, plus progress tracking and a missed-question mode so you can drill what you're weak on. Most users study 30 to 60 minutes a day for two to four weeks before sitting the exam.
The 20 Rhode Island practice questions on this page are free, no account or signup needed. Unlocking the rest of the Rhode Island bank is a single in-app purchase you pay once and own, with no recurring charge and no time limit on access.
Yes. RealReady has a dedicated Rhode Island question bank built for the Rhode Island real estate exam, covering the national principles every candidate sees plus the Rhode Island law that trips people up, like the mandatory residential sales disclosure, the lead hazard mitigation law, and the Real Estate Recovery Account.
No. RealReady is exam practice, not a pre-license course, so it doesn't count toward Rhode Island's required pre-license education hours. Use it after or alongside your coursework to drill realistic practice questions and find your weak spots before exam day.
