Pass Your Arizona Real Estate Exam the First Time

Arizona water law is highly specific. Students also struggle with the Gila/Salt River land measurement system over the Rectangular Survey.

Questions

140

140 TOTAL ACROSS 2 SEPARATE EXAMS

To Pass

75%

PASS EACH EXAM INDEPENDENTLY

Time Limit

4 Hrs

240 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

Pearson VUE

ADRE

Pass your Arizona Salesperson or Broker License

Arizona has issued more new real estate licenses over the last five years than nearly any state in the country, and the first time pass rate does not keep pace.

More candidates means more competition, and passing on the first attempt matters more than ever. The problem is that most prep platforms apply the same generic bank of questions to every state. No AI generated tool can address Arizona’s exam accurately, because the rules were never part of any national training set.

The License Professor is built by licensed Arizona professionals who know exactly what Pearson VUE tests on Arizona’s exam. Every question on ADRE rules, deed of trust procedures, and water law is drawn directly from Arizona statute, not from a national template.

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Three Topics that Trip Up Arizona Students Most

Prior Appropriation (Water Rights)

Arizona follows "first in time, first in right" for surface water, meaning a water right from 1890 beats one from 1990 regardless of current need — students bomb this because they confuse surface water prior appropriation with groundwater rights, which operate under completely different rules in Arizona’s Active Management Areas.

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Gila & Salt River Base Line

Arizona’s legal land descriptions reference the Gila and Salt River Base Line and Meridian as the starting point for the rectangular survey system — students miss exam questions because they can’t correctly identify which baseline governs a property’s township and range description.

Commissioner's Rules

The ADRE Commissioner issues substantive policy statements and rules that govern licensee conduct beyond what the statutes cover — students fail because they underestimate the Commissioner’s broad rulemaking authority over advertising, trust accounts, and professional standards.

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Arizona Real Estate Practice Questions

Sample questions from the Arizona real estate exam — with answers and explanations.

1. Imani Sorensen-Diaz is selling her Marana, Pima County, Arizona home for $468,000 and the adjoining vacant lot for $52,000 to Rafael Nakashima in a single closing. At closing the escrow officer submits four recorded instruments to the Pima County Recorder: a warranty deed for the home and a separate warranty deed for the lot, each with its Affidavit of Property Value attached, the buyer's deed of trust, and a deed of release and reconveyance of the seller's prior deed of trust. The recorder charges $30 per recorded instrument, and on a deed that $30 already includes the $2 real estate transfer fee of A.R.S. 11-1132. An out-of-state title affiliate's fee quote also lists a state transfer tax of 0.1% of total consideration. What are the total county recorder charges for this closing?

  1. A.$640
  2. B.$120
  3. C.$124
  4. D.$180
Explanation: Arizona Constitution art. IX, Sec. 24 (Proposition 100, 2008) bars any new state or local tax or fee on transferring real property, so the recorder collects only the A.R.S. 11-475 fee of $30 on each of the four instruments, or $120, with each deed's $2 transfer fee under A.R.S. 11-1132 already inside its $30 and each attached affidavit riding along with its deed. Adding $520 for a 0.1% transfer tax is the tempting mistake, because out-of-state fee quotes and national study material carry that line for many states, but Arizona had no such tax to grandfather and cannot now adopt one. In practice, as of 2026, the recorder puts each deed's recording number on its Affidavit of Property Value and sends the affidavit to the county assessor and the Department of Revenue under A.R.S. 11-1135, so the settlement statement shows recording fees and no transfer tax.

2. Under Arizona law, which is a material fact a seller must disclose to a buyer?

  1. A.A prior owner died of natural causes in the home
  2. B.Seller paid less than asking price at original purchase
  3. C.Meth lab residue in the home was never cleaned up
  4. D.Property is located in an undesirable area
Explanation: Arizona Administrative Code R4-28-1101(B)(3) requires a licensee to disclose any material defect existing in the property, and under Hill v. Jones (Arizona Court of Appeals, 1986) a seller must disclose known facts that materially affect the property's value, a test that contamination still in the home meets. A death in the home feels like something a buyer deserves to hear about, but A.R.S. § 32-2156(A)(1) bars any action for failing to disclose that a property was the site of a natural death, suicide, homicide or other felony. That same safe harbor covers the bare history of a drug lab, so it is the contamination left behind, not the past crime, that triggers disclosure. In practice, ask for remediation records any time a seller mentions past drug activity at a property.

3. An Arizona broker's office hires an unlicensed clerical assistant to help with routine tasks. Which of the following would the assistant NOT be allowed to do without holding a real estate license?

  1. A.Answer office phones and transcribe callers' information for the agent.
  2. B.Check that a listing's yard sign was not blown down by a storm.
  3. C.Refill the flyer box in front of a listed property.
  4. D.Tour or show a listed home to a member of the general public.
Explanation: A.R.S. § 32-2101(51)(i) makes anyone who assists or directs in procuring prospects a real estate broker, and ADRE Substantive Policy Statement 2025.02 lists procuring prospects among the tasks an unlicensed assistant may not do, which is exactly what showing a listed home to a member of the public is. Answering phones and writing down callers' details can feel like the start of sales work, but SPS 2025.02 lists that as permitted clerical work, along with errands like refilling flyer boxes and checking signs. In practice, your employing broker's written policies spell out what assistants may do, so check them before handing an assistant anything that puts them in front of a buyer.
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Arizona Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

Arizona's salesperson exam changed structurally on January 1, 2026: instead of one combined national-plus-state session, it's now two entirely separate exams, each scheduled, timed, fee'd, and scored on its own.

The two exams

Arizona Real Estate Sales - General: 80 scored questions (plus 5 unscored pretest items, 85 total), 150 minutes, $70. National content only.

Arizona Real Estate Sales - State: 60 scored questions (plus 5 unscored pretest items, 65 total), 90 minutes, $60. Arizona-specific content only.

You can schedule both the same day, back-to-back, and Pearson VUE offers a combo discount for doing so — but confirm the exact combined price at booking, since the handbook doesn't state a specific discounted total.

Passing score

75% correct on each exam independently. There's no combined or averaged score — you must clear 75% on the General exam AND 75% on the State exam. Passing one doesn't carry any weight toward the other.

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (90 hours): $400-$800
  • General exam: $70
  • State exam: $60
  • License fee: $60 ($50 original license + $10 Recovery Fund)
  • Fingerprint Clearance Card: ~$67
  • Total: $657-$1,057

Retake rules

Fail one exam, retake only that one — you don't have to redo the exam you already passed. 24-hour wait between attempts, same fee each time. Fail the same exam twice and you unlock a one-time, 30-minute review of your missed questions (the "Exam Playback" feature) before your next retake.

Broker exam (for comparison)

A single 180-question exam (plus 15 pretest, 195 total), 315 minutes, $125, 75% passing. Unlike the Salesperson exam, the Broker exam has no national/general portion at all — every one of the 180 items is Arizona-specific, spanning 29 topic categories (Real Estate Statutes, Commissioner's Rules, Agency Relationships, Arizona Water Law, Deed of Trust Foreclosure, ADRE Audits, and more), per the Arizona Real Estate Broker's Examination Content Outline.

Topics Covered on the Arizona Real Estate Exam

The figures below describe the Salesperson exam.

National Exam Topics — General exam (80 questions)

  1. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11 items)
  2. Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9 items)
  3. Property Value and Appraisal (11 items)
  4. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16 items) — the largest single category
  5. Real Estate Practice (10 items) — brokerage agreements, property management, Fair Housing
  6. Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9 items)
  7. Financing and Settlement (7 items)
  8. Real Estate Math Calculations (7 items)

Arizona State Exam Topics — State exam (60 questions)

  1. Arizona Real Estate Regulatory Framework (5 items) — ADRE powers, Recovery Fund
  2. Arizona Consumer Protection Laws (5 items) — Consumer Fraud Protection Act, Homestead Laws
  3. Advertising (5 items) — licensee and development advertising rules
  4. Arizona Agency (6 items) — types, creation, and termination of agency under Arizona case law
  5. Licensee Duties and Obligations (6 items) — disclosures, conflicts of interest, cross sale agent disputes
  6. Licensee Competencies and Duties (6 items) — niche areas: new home sales, property management, timeshare, vacant land, commercial
  7. Reasonable Skill and Care (6 items) — property taxes, Arizona water and environmental law
  8. Contracts (8 items) — purchase contracts, valid contract requirements, consideration, closing process and costs — the largest single state-portion category
  9. Critical Business Services for a Real Estate Transaction (5 items) — escrow, title insurance, lending
  10. Ownership and Encumbrances (5 items) — HOA and restrictions, liens, deeds, easements
  11. Foreclosure/Short Sale/Deed-in-Lieu Process (3 items) — Arizona's anti-deficiency statute, foreclosure process

Why this list matters

Because the two exams are scored independently, you can't "make up" a weak state score with a strong general score, or vice versa. Study both seriously — a 90% on General doesn't help you if you're at 70% on State.

What this list doesn't tell you

Arizona's water law (part of Reasonable Skill and Care) is a genuinely distinctive topic most national prep courses never touch. Budget real study time for it specifically.

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