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Real Estate Salesperson Exam — National Portion

Agency (OH): practice questions

Our Real Estate (National) bank has 10 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1 · Ohio

A buyer's agent must give the brokerage policy on agency before the earliest of several acts. Which is one?

  1. Recording the deed after the closing date
  2. Greeting the buyer at a public open house
  3. Showing property other than at an open house
  4. Mailing the buyer a general market newsletter
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C. Showing property other than at an open house — Ohio Rev. Code 4735.56(D)(3).

Question 2 · Ohio

Before which act must an Ohio licensee have a written agency agreement?

  1. Answering a general price question
  2. Placing a yard sign with owner consent
  3. Showing residential property for a seller
  4. Giving a buyer a printed list of weekend open houses
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C. Showing residential property for a seller — Ohio Rev. Code 4735.55(B)(1) (as amended by H.B. 96, eff. 9/30/2025).

Question 3 · Ohio

What must an Ohio licensee selling property at auction disclose before the auction?

  1. Nothing; auctions are exempt
  2. In writing, to each registered bidder, the seller's lowest acceptable price
  3. Verbally, to the audience, that it represents the seller
  4. The commission rate, posted on site
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C. Verbally, to the audience, that it represents the seller — Ohio Rev. Code 4735.58(B).

Question 4 · Ohio

When must a buyer's agent present the Ohio agency disclosure statement to the purchaser?

  1. No later than preparing an offer
  2. Only if the buyer asks
  3. Within ten days after acceptance
  4. At the closing, before the deed is signed by the seller
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A. No later than preparing an offer — Ohio Rev. Code 4735.58(A)(1).

Question 5 · Ohio

What must an Ohio licensee disclose to a purchaser about the property's condition?

  1. Nothing, since buyers must inspect
  2. Known material defects not found by a diligent inspection
  3. Only what the seller's form lists
  4. Every defect, whether or not the licensee ever knew of it or could
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B. Known material defects not found by a diligent inspection — Ohio Rev. Code 4735.67(A)-(B).

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