Pass Your Arkansas Real Estate Exam the First Time

Arkansas has very rigid "timing" requirements for when an agency disclosure must be signed (usually before any confidential info is shared).

Questions

110

80 NAT / 30 STATE

To Pass

70%

~77 / 110 TO PASS

Time Limit

4 Hrs

240 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

Pearson VUE

AREC

Pass your Arkansas Salesperson or Broker License

Arkansas issues fewer new real estate licenses than almost any other state, but the exam draws from a regulatory framework that demands state specific preparation no national course provides.

AI generated question banks are trained on national content. They cannot track the specific timing rules, fund procedures, and brokerage requirements that the AREC exam draws from. Candidates who study a national curriculum arrive in the testing room with the wrong answers for questions that are unique to Arkansas law.

The License Professor is written by licensed Arkansas real estate professionals who know the Pearson VUE state portion from the inside. Every question on AREC licensing rules, trust account requirements, and commission disciplinary authority is grounded in Arkansas statute.

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Three Topics that Trip Up Arkansas Students Most

Agency Disclosure Timing

Arkansas requires licensees to clearly disclose which party they represent, but the Commission sets the specific timing and method — students lose points because they assume disclosure must happen at first contact when the actual trigger is defined by Commission regulation.

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Recovery Fund Payouts

Arkansas’s Recovery Fund compensates the public for monetary losses caused by licensee violations, but payouts only happen after the Commission finds a violation in a formal disciplinary hearing — students miss this because they think any aggrieved consumer can file a direct claim.

Time-share Regulations

The Arkansas Time-Share Act requires developers to register every time-share plan with the Commission and post a bond of up to $25,000 — students get burned because they don’t realize a principal broker selling time-shares must independently register unless the developer has already filed.

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Arkansas Real Estate Practice Questions

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

1. A landlord refuses to rent to someone because they have a service dog. What Fair Housing Act requirement is violated?

  1. A.Reasonable accommodation for disability
  2. B.State animal control laws
  3. C.Local zoning ordinances
  4. D.Pet policy regulations
Explanation: Service animals are reasonable accommodations under the Fair Housing Act. They assist people with disabilities and cannot be excluded, even with no-pet policies. Refusing housing based on a service animal violates fair housing protections.

2. In Arkansas, when a property is marketed 'as-is,' what disclosure obligations remain for agents and sellers?

  1. A.All disclosure obligations are completely eliminated
  2. B.Sellers may disclose defects selectively based on buyer type
  3. C.Only building code violations must be disclosed
  4. D.Known material defects must still be disclosed despite as-is language
Explanation: As-is sales do not eliminate the duty to disclose known material facts. Agents and sellers must reveal defects they are aware of. As-is language protects against liability for unknown or undiscovered conditions only.

3. A real estate broker's license in Arkansas could be revoked or suspended by the Arkansas Real Estate Commission (AREC) for any of the following reasons, except:

  1. A.Obtained a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment.
  2. B.Convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving fraud, dishonesty, untruthfulness, or untrustworthiness.
  3. C.Demonstrated that they are unworthy or incompetent to act as a broker in a manner that safeguards the interests of the public.
  4. D.Two reliable witnesses have given sworn testimony that the broker is mentally ill.
Explanation: Under Ark. Code Ann. § 17-42-311, AREC's enumerated grounds for discipline include obtaining a license by fraud, conviction of a felony or dishonesty-related crime, and being unworthy or incompetent to safeguard the public's interests. The statute contains no provision addressing a broker's mental illness established by witness testimony.
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Deeper reading on the topics that matter most for Arkansas candidates.

Arkansas Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

Arkansas's Salesperson exam combines 80 national questions and 30 Arkansas-specific questions — 110 scored questions total — with real scheduling flexibility built in.

Question breakdown

National portion: 80 questions (plus 5 unscored pretest items)

Standard national content: contracts and agency (the largest category), property value and appraisal, ownership and title, financing.

Arkansas portion: 30 questions (plus 10 unscored pretest items)

  • Duties and powers of the Real Estate Commission (4 items)
  • Licensing requirements (2 items)
  • Statutory requirements governing licensee activities (14 items) — the dominant category
  • Other statutory requirements (2 items)
  • Agency relationships and disclosures (8 items)

Scheduling flexibility

Schedule both portions together for $75 total, or separately at $75 each. Scheduling together is the cheaper option unless you have a specific reason to split them.

Passing score

A scaled score of 70 on each portion — general and state — scored independently, not combined or averaged. That's why you can pass one portion, fail the other, and only retake the one you failed.

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (60 hours): $250-$500
  • Exam (both portions together): $75
  • License application: $50
  • Background check: ~$36 ($22 Arkansas State Police + $14.25 FBI, per AREC)
  • Total: $411-$661

Retake rules

Pass one portion, fail the other: retake only the failed portion, within six months. Miss that six-month window without passing both, and you must retake the entire exam. The Unified Broker exam (120 questions, general + state combined) can't be split — fail it and you retake the whole thing, with a 24-hour wait.

If you're taking the Broker exam

Unlike the Salesperson exam above, the Arkansas Broker exam is a single "Unified" exam: 120 questions blending general and state-specific content together, not two separately-scored portions. You'll get one scaled passing score of 70, not a national/state split — and because it's unified, you can't retake just one part if you fail; it's the whole 120-question exam again. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision and firm-level trust account responsibilities. Source: Arkansas Real Estate Commission Candidate Handbook (Pearson VUE, rev04/2025), Score Explanation and Arkansas Unified Broker Content Outline sections.

Topics Covered on the Arkansas Real Estate Exam

National Exam Topics (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 national 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)

Arkansas State Exam Topics (30 questions)

  1. Duties and Powers of the Real Estate Commission (4 items) — investigations, sanctions, Recovery Fund
  2. Licensing Requirements (2 items) — license types, renewal
  3. Statutory Requirements Governing Licensee Activities (14 items) — nearly half the state exam: trust funds/accounts, broker responsibilities, advertising, self-dealing, sales contracts
  4. Other Statutory Requirements (2 items) — trade organizations, timeshares, reporting violations
  5. Agency Relationships and Disclosures (8 items) — seller/buyer agency, dual agency, required and waivable duties

Why this list matters

Statutory Requirements Governing Licensee Activities is nearly half the entire state exam on its own. Trust fund handling, broker responsibilities, and self-dealing rules deserve outsized study time relative to their category name.

What this list doesn't tell you

Pearson writes scenario-based questions, especially on the national contracts/agency category and the state's statutory-activities category. Practice applying rules to fact patterns, not just memorizing definitions.

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