Free Wisconsin Real Estate Salesperson Examination Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the Wisconsin Real Estate Salesperson Examination practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1A recorded utility easement crosses a parcel that is being sold. What is the easement's principal effect on the owner's title?

   1. A. It automatically transfers title to the utility
   2. B. It burdens the parcel while leaving ownership with the owner
   3. C. It converts the parcel into personal property
   4. D. It prevents every future conveyance

   Answer: B

   Explanation: An easement is an encumbrance: it limits use or benefits another party without itself transferring fee title. The official WB-11 treats “recorded easements” as title encumbrances that may remain as permitted exceptions.

   Reference: WB-11_Fnal 2024 no highlight — lines 382-391, Conveyance of Title

2. 2Which item is a private rather than governmental land-use control?

   1. A. A recorded subdivision covenant
   2. B. A zoning ordinance
   3. C. A building code
   4. D. A condemnation order

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Recorded covenants are created by private owners or developers, while zoning, codes, and condemnation arise from governmental authority. WB-11 lists “restrictions and covenants” as title exceptions.

   Reference: WB-11_Fnal 2024 no highlight — lines 382-391, recorded building and use restrictions and covenants

3. 3In a sales-comparison analysis, a comparable lacks a garage that the subject has. To estimate the subject's value, what should the analyst do to the comparable sale price?

   1. A. Adjust it upward for the comparable's inferior feature
   2. B. Adjust it downward because the subject is superior
   3. C. Ignore the difference automatically
   4. D. Add the subject's entire construction cost

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The Wisconsin Property Assessment Manual directs: “if the sale property is inferior to the subject, a positive adjustment is made.” Because the comparable lacks the subject’s garage, its sale price is adjusted upward.

   Reference: Wisconsin Property Assessment Manual — Sales Comparison Approach; adjustment of comparable sales

4. 4A Wisconsin seller signs an agency agreement with a brokerage firm. What is the seller's relationship to that firm?

   1. A. Customer only
   2. B. Client
   3. C. Subagent
   4. D. Unrepresented party

   Answer: B

   Explanation: Wis. Stat. § 452.01 (1m) says an agency agreement “means a written agreement” between a firm and a client. The seller who signs that agreement is the firm’s client.

   Reference: Statutes 452 — Wis. Stat. § 452.01 (1m), agency agreement

5. 5A Wisconsin licensee knows a material adverse fact that a buyer cannot discover through reasonably vigilant observation. Unless disclosure is prohibited by law, what must the licensee do?

   1. A. Disclose it to the parties in writing
   2. B. Wait until after closing
   3. C. Tell only the firm's client orally
   4. D. Remain silent unless the seller authorizes disclosure

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Wisconsin law requires written disclosure of known material adverse facts that the party does not know and cannot discover through “reasonably vigilant observation”.

   Reference: Statutes 452 — Wis. Stat. § 452.133(1)(c), disclosure duties

6. 6Which alteration may a Wisconsin licensee make to an approved buyer agency agreement?

   1. A. Create an authorized exclusive-right-to-negotiate form
   2. B. Delete the Board's approval statement
   3. C. Replace it with an unapproved deed
   4. D. Use an obsolete version of the form

   Answer: A

   Explanation: REEB 16.06 (9) permits alteration of an approved buyer agency agreement to create an “exclusive right to negotiate”, locate, or locate and negotiate agreement.

   Reference: Reeb 16 — REEB 16.06 (9), permitted buyer-agency alterations

7. 7While seeking a Wisconsin buyer agency agreement, what representation is a licensee prohibited from making?

   1. A. A misleading claim about benefits from using the licensee's services
   2. B. An accurate description of the agreement term
   3. C. A truthful disclosure of the firm's duties
   4. D. An objective explanation of the approved form

   Answer: A

   Explanation: REEB 24.09 prohibits misleading a potential client about the “may not mislead a potential client” by using the licensee's services.

   Reference: Reeb 24 — REEB 24.09, securing agency agreements

8. 8Which class is protected by Wisconsin fair housing law in addition to the core federal list?

   1. A. Marital status
   2. B. Preferred architectural style
   3. C. Occupation in every circumstance
   4. D. Credit score

   Answer: A

   Explanation: Wis. Stat. § 106.50 (1) expressly includes “marital status” among the grounds on which all persons must have equal housing opportunity.

   Reference: Statutes 106 — Wis. Stat. § 106.50 (1), open-housing protected classes

9. 9Competing brokerage firms agree that none will charge less than a six-percent commission. What antitrust concern is most direct?

   1. A. Horizontal price fixing
   2. B. A lawful unilateral price decision
   3. C. A title defect
   4. D. A zoning restriction

   Answer: A

   Explanation: An agreement among competing brokers to set commission rates suppresses price competition and is “Price Fixing - Horizontal”, unlike each firm's independent pricing decision.

   Reference: Antitrust Division | U.S. v. Kentucky Real Estate Commission | United States Department of Justice — Case Violation: Price Fixing - Horizontal

10. 10A Wisconsin salesperson associated with a firm earns a commission in a transaction. To whom must that compensation be paid?

    1. A. Directly to the salesperson
    2. B. To the salesperson's firm
    3. C. To the register of deeds
    4. D. To the Real Estate Examining Board

    Answer: B

    Explanation: Wis. Stat. § 452.19 (1m) (b) requires that compensation earned by an associated licensee be “paid to the firm”, rather than directly to the salesperson.

    Reference: Statutes 452 — Wis. Stat. § 452.19 (1m) (b), compensation paid to firm