Pass Your Connecticut Real Estate Exam the First Time

Connecticut requires 60 hours of pre-licensing education and tests property condition disclosures heavily. Know the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA) for your exam - it's a unique consumer protection law!

Questions

110

80 NAT / 30 STATE

To Pass

70%

~77 / 110 TO PASS

Time Limit

2.8 Hrs

165 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

PSI

DCP

Pass your Connecticut Salesperson or Broker License

Connecticut has one of the most layered real estate tax structures in New England, and the PSI exam tests the math precisely.

Most prep courses cover conveyance taxes as a single flat rate. Connecticut’s structure is more involved, and candidates who prepared with generic material discover this during the exam, not before. Language models cannot verify whether a practice question matches what DCP actually tests, and AI generated banks have no mechanism for staying current with Connecticut regulatory updates.

The License Professor is written by licensed Connecticut professionals who know the PSI state portion inside out. Every question on Connecticut tax math, common interest ownership rules, and brokerage agreement requirements is grounded in Connecticut statute.

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Three Topics that Trip Up Connecticut Students Most

Conveyance Tax Math

Connecticut imposes a real estate conveyance tax at 0.75% on the first $800,000 of residential dwelling sales with higher rates above that threshold, plus a separate 1.11% controlling interest transfer tax for entity transfers — students fail because they don’t apply the tiered rate structure correctly.

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Common Interest Ownership Act

CIOA governs condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities created after 1983, requiring each unit to be separately taxed — students miss questions because they don’t know the Act’s cutoff date, confuse the three community types, or misunderstand resale certificate requirements.

Buyer Agency Contracts

Connecticut requires specific written buyer representation agreements that outline duties, compensation terms, and buyer obligations — students fail because they underestimate how strictly the state regulates the timing and content of these contracts.

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Connecticut Real Estate Practice Questions

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

1. Aaliyah Brennan-Soto is selling her single-family home in Glastonbury, Connecticut, for $1,240,000. Her salesperson estimates her conveyance taxes using these rates: the state tax on a residential sale of $800,000 or more is 0.75% on the portion of the price up to $800,000 and 1.25% on the portion above $800,000 up to $2,500,000, and Glastonbury's municipal conveyance tax is 0.25% of the full price. The seller pays both when the deed is recorded. What is her total conveyance tax?

  1. A.$11,500
  2. B.$18,600
  3. C.$14,600
  4. D.$12,400
Explanation: Under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494(b)(2)(C), as of 2026, only the $440,000 above $800,000 takes the 1.25% rate, so the state tax is $6,000 plus $5,500, or $11,500, and the 0.25% municipal tax under § 12-494(a)(2) adds $3,100 on the full price, for $14,600. Charging 1.25% on the whole $1,240,000 and then adding the town's share gives $18,600, which tempts because crossing $800,000 feels like it moves the entire sale into the higher bracket, but the higher rate reaches only the portion above the threshold. The seller or the seller's attorney files Form OP-236 and pays both portions to the Glastonbury town clerk at recording under § 12-495, and the clerk forwards the state share to the Department of Revenue Services.

2. What is the key difference between a latent defect and a patent defect in Connecticut real estate?

  1. A.Latent defects are seller's responsibility; patent defects are buyer's responsibility
  2. B.Patent defects affect value; latent defects do not
  3. C.Latent defects are always disclosed; patent defects never are
  4. D.Patent defects are visible/obvious; latent defects are hidden/not reasonably discoverable
Explanation: A patent defect is one a reasonable inspection would reveal, and a latent defect is hidden from that inspection; in Connecticut the distinction does not decide what gets disclosed, because the residential condition report required by Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-327b asks the seller about known conditions without sorting them by visibility. Assigning hidden defects to the seller and visible ones to the buyer is tempting because it sounds like a caveat emptor summary, but it describes who might bear a loss, not what the terms mean, and a licensee may not conceal a known material fact of either kind under Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-328-5a(a). In practice buyers still hire a home inspector, since the report covers only what the seller knows and the inspection is where patent problems get caught.

3. Which of the following would PREVENT the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection from proceeding with a formal action against the license of a real estate broker?

  1. A.Closing of the broker's office.
  2. B.Broker has moved to another state.
  3. C.Expiration of the broker's license.
  4. D.None of the above -- Connecticut law allows the commission to act at any time it finds grounds for discipline, with no statute of limitations.
Explanation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-320(a) lets the commission or the Department of Consumer Protection discipline a real estate licensee at any time it finds a violation after a hearing, and nothing in the chapter sets a deadline for bringing the case. Letting the license expire looks like an escape hatch, but Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-8(c)(4) says a license that is surrendered or not renewed can still be suspended, revoked or otherwise penalized. Closing the office or moving out of state appears nowhere in the statute as a bar either. In practice, walking away from a license does not close a pending complaint, so answer it.
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Connecticut Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

Connecticut's Salesperson exam combines 80 general questions and 30 Connecticut-specific questions — 110 scored questions total — in 165 minutes.

Question breakdown

General portion: 80 questions, 120 minutes, 70% passing

The largest categories: Contracts (17%), General Principles of Agency (13%), Practice of Real Estate (13%), Financing (10%), and Real Estate Calculations (10%).

State portion: 30 questions, 45 minutes, 70% passing

  • Connecticut Real Estate Commission and Licensing Requirements (5 items)
  • Connecticut Laws Governing Activities of Licensees (10 items)
  • Connecticut Real Estate Agency (8 items)
  • Connecticut-Specific Real Estate Principles and Practices (7 items)

Time management

165 minutes total for 110 scored questions (plus 5-10 unscored experimental items you can't identify) — roughly 90 seconds per question, comfortable pacing.

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (60 hours): varies by school
  • Exam (both portions): $59
  • Application fee: $80
  • License activation fee (after passing): $590

Retake rules

Retakes are available; confirm current per-portion retake pricing directly with PSI, since published figures for partial retakes have changed over time.

If you're taking the Broker exam

The Connecticut Broker exam is bigger than the Salesperson exam above: 120 questions (80 national + 40 state) in 180 minutes, up from 110 questions in 165 minutes. Both portions are scored independently at 75% — you need 60 of 80 national and 30 of 40 state, higher bars than the Salesperson exam's 70%/70% split. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision and trust account management. Source: independently re-verified PSI Connecticut candidate bulletin (Sprint 1566).

Topics Covered on the Connecticut Real Estate Exam

The figures below describe the Salesperson exam.

General Exam Topics (80 questions, by weight)

  1. Property Ownership (8%) — real vs. personal property, legal descriptions, encumbrances
  2. Land Use Controls and Regulations (5%) — zoning, environmental hazard regulation
  3. Valuation and Market Analysis (7%) — appraisal process, CMA
  4. Financing (10%) — loan types, underwriting, financing law
  5. General Principles of Agency (13%) — agency relationships, fiduciary duties, termination
  6. Property Disclosures (6%) — environmental and material fact disclosure
  7. Contracts (17%) — the largest single category on the entire exam
  8. Leasing and Property Management (3%)
  9. Transfer of Title (8%) — deeds, title insurance, closing
  10. Practice of Real Estate (13%) — trust accounts, fair housing, advertising, antitrust
  11. Real Estate Calculations (10%) — loan-to-value, prorations, commission math

Connecticut State Exam Topics (30 questions)

  1. CT Real Estate Commission and Licensing Requirements (5 items) — Commission powers, license renewal, the Real Estate Guaranty Fund
  2. CT Laws Governing Licensee Activities (10 items) — the largest state category: deposit handling, misrepresentation, unlicensed assistants
  3. CT Real Estate Agency (8 items) — dual agency, designated agency, subagency
  4. CT-Specific Principles and Practices (7 items) — a distinctive list: adverse possession, conveyance tax, the Landlord-Tenant Act, Common Interest Ownership Act, lead paint law, off-site conditions disclosure

Why this list matters

Contracts (17%) and CT Laws Governing Licensee Activities (10 of 30 state items) are the two single highest-yield categories on the entire exam. Prioritize them.

What this list doesn't tell you

Connecticut's "CT-Specific Principles and Practices" category packs seven distinct legal topics (adverse possession, conveyance tax, three separate CT statutes) into one bucket — treat each as its own study topic, not one combined subject.

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