California Real Estate Salesperson Practice Questions

This practice question hub organizes original California real estate salesperson exam prep questions by DRE content area. Start with high-weight topics first, then add lower-weight areas as you build accuracy.

Disclaimer: Not affiliated with PSI, Pearson VUE, California DRE, NAR, or any state real estate commission. These are original study questions, not actual, recalled, leaked, or official exam questions.

Start With the Highest-Weight Topics

The California Department of Real Estate's RE 425 examination description lists seven major subject areas. This hub now covers all seven listed salesperson exam areas:

Practice Set	DRE Area	Approximate Weight	Questions
Disclosures and Real Estate Practice	Practice of Real Estate and Disclosures	25%	25
Agency and Fiduciary Duties	Laws of Agency and Fiduciary Duties	17%	25
Property Ownership and Land Use	Property Ownership and Land Use Controls and Regulations	15%	25
Valuation and Financial Analysis	Property Valuation and Financial Analysis	14%	25
Contracts	Contracts	12%	25
Financing	Financing	9%	25
Transfer of Property	Transfer of Property	8%	25

Together, these seven areas represent the full DRE salesperson exam outline by listed topic weight. Many questions are scenario-based and test whether you understand duties, disclosures, ownership rights, land use controls, value, income analysis, offers, contingencies, agreement terms, loan concepts, and transfer documents.

If you have already practiced each subject separately, take the California Real Estate Salesperson Mixed Practice Test to sample all seven topic areas in one timed set.

Available Practice Sets

25 California Real Estate Disclosures Practice Questions

Use this set for material facts, Transfer Disclosure Statement concepts, Natural Hazard Disclosure, fair housing, truth in advertising, trust funds, broker supervision, DRE discipline, record keeping, property management, technology, and diverse populations.

Start here if you want to focus on the largest listed DRE content area.

Practice disclosures questions

25 California Real Estate Agency Practice Questions

Use this set for agency relationships, fiduciary duties, agency disclosure, dual agency, confidentiality, accountability, obedience, reasonable care, commissions, termination of agency, and duties to non-client third parties.

Start here if you miss scenario questions about who represents whom and what duties are owed.

Practice agency questions

25 California Real Estate Property Ownership Practice Questions

Use this set for real property vs. personal property, fixtures, estates, co-ownership, encumbrances, easements, legal descriptions, government rights, zoning, private controls, environmental hazards, and water rights.

Start here if you miss questions about ownership interests, land use restrictions, or title burdens.

Practice property ownership questions

25 California Real Estate Valuation Practice Questions

Use this set for market value, price vs. value, appraisal principles, sales comparison, cost approach, income approach, depreciation, capitalization, gross rent multiplier, and basic investment analysis.

Start here if you miss questions about appraisal approaches, adjustments, NOI, cap rates, or how value differs from cost and price.

Practice valuation questions

25 California Real Estate Contracts Practice Questions

Use this set for contract formation, offer and acceptance, consideration, capacity, listing agreements, buyer broker agreements, purchase offers, contingencies, promissory notes, options, lease options, and advanced fees.

Start here if you miss questions about whether an agreement exists, which terms control, or what happens when a party changes an offer.

Practice contracts questions

25 California Real Estate Financing Practice Questions

Use this set for promissory notes, deeds of trust, loan types, amortization, balloon payments, LTV, down payments, points, FHA and VA loans, credit laws, loan estimates, closing disclosures, loan brokerage, and mortgage loan originators.

Start here if you miss questions about debt vs. security, loan documents, borrower disclosures, or basic financing calculations.

Practice financing questions

25 California Real Estate Transfer of Property Practice Questions

Use this set for deeds, recording, title insurance, preliminary title reports, escrow, closing statements, prorations, transfer tax, vesting, probate, conservatorship sales, foreclosure, and 1031 exchange basics.

Start here if you miss questions about which document transfers title, what escrow does, how title insurance works, or how ownership is vested.

Practice transfer questions

Suggested Practice Order

Take the Disclosures set first.
Take the Agency set second.
Take the Property Ownership set third.
Take the Valuation set fourth.
Take the Contracts set fifth.
Take the Financing set sixth.
Take the Transfer set seventh.
Review every missed explanation.
Re-read the DRE content outline for missed subtopics.
Retake only missed questions after at least one day.
Start the mixed practice test once you are consistently scoring 80% or higher by topic.

Score Targets

Result	Suggested Next Step
90% or higher	Mix the topic with another subject area.
80-89%	Review missed explanations, then continue.
70-79%	Re-study weak subtopics before a timed mixed quiz.
Below 70%	Return to the content outline and rebuild the topic from basics.

Passing Score Context

The California salesperson exam passing score is 70%. On the full 150-question exam, that means at least 105 correct answers. For a deeper explanation of score reports and practice-score targets, read California Real Estate Exam Passing Score Explained.

Source

California Department of Real Estate, "Examination Description - RE 425": https://www.dre.ca.gov/files/pdf/forms/re425.pdf