Pass Your Delaware Real Estate Exam the First Time

Delaware uses "Statutory Agency" rather than Common Law, meaning students must unlearn traditional agency basics.

Questions

120

80 NAT / 40 STATE

To Pass

70%

PASS BOTH PORTIONS INDEPENDENTLY

Time Limit

4 Hrs

240 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

Pearson VUE

DREC

Pass your Delaware Salesperson, Broker or Associate Broker License

Delaware operates under Statutory Agency, not common law fiduciary principles, and the exam tests that distinction throughout the agency section.

Candidates prepared on national platforms arrive expecting fiduciary duty as the default. Delaware replaced that framework with statutory duties defined by the legislature, and the gap between those two systems is the single largest source of failed agency questions on the state portion. No AI tool trained on national real estate content can teach this correctly, because the framework simply does not exist anywhere else in those training sets.

The License Professor is written by licensed Delaware professionals who know what Pearson VUE tests in the state portion. Every question on statutory agency structure, disclosure timing, and coastal zone restrictions is drawn from Delaware law.

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Three Topics that Trip Up Delaware Students Most

Statutory Agency Law

Delaware defaults to "statutory agency" where duties are defined by statute, NOT as a fiduciary — students bomb this because they confuse it with common law agency, not realizing a consumer must affirmatively elect a written agreement to get fiduciary-level representation.

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CIS (Consumer Information Statement)

The CIS must be delivered at the earlier of the first scheduled appointment, first property showing, or offer submission — students fail because they mix up the three delivery triggers and don’t understand what the CIS explains about statutory versus common law agency.

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Coastal Zone Act

Delaware’s 1971 Act flatly prohibits new heavy industrial development within the coastal zone and regulates manufacturing through a permit system — students miss how broadly the Act restricts commercial real estate development along Delaware’s coast.

The Delaware Real Estate License Professor includes specialized deep dives for each of these.

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Delaware Real Estate Practice Questions

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

1. A Delaware real estate agent's online listing states 'Perfect for Christian families.' What Fair Housing violation may have occurred?

  1. A.Steering violation
  2. B.Religious discrimination in advertising
  3. C.No violation; this is descriptive marketing
  4. D.Blockbusting violation
Explanation: Advertising that explicitly references religion or other protected classes violates HUD advertising guidelines and Fair Housing Act standards. Descriptive marketing cannot justify references to protected characteristics in property listings.

2. A Delaware seller completes a Disclosure of Real Property Condition Report on May 1st. On June 15th, significant basement water damage is discovered. What must the seller do?

  1. A.No further obligation; original report completed in good faith
  2. B.Update disclosure and provide revised report to buyer before settlement
  3. C.Disclose the issue verbally at settlement to avoid delays
  4. D.Inform the listing agent only about the discovered damage
Explanation: Delaware law requires sellers to disclose material changes discovered after the initial Property Condition Report. Water damage is material and must be reported in writing to the buyer promptly, before settlement, not verbally or through the agent only.

3. A real estate broker's license in Delaware may be revoked or suspended by the Delaware Real Estate Commission for any of the following reasons, EXCEPT:

  1. A.Made a substantial misrepresentation in a real estate transaction.
  2. B.Incompetently or negligently practiced real estate services in a manner that failed to safeguard the interest of the public.
  3. C.Convicted of a crime substantially related to the practice of real estate services.
  4. D.Two reliable witnesses have given sworn testimony that the broker is mentally ill.
Explanation: Under 24 Del. C. § 2912(a), the Delaware Real Estate Commission's enumerated grounds include substantial misrepresentation, incompetent or negligent practice that fails to safeguard the public, and conviction of a crime substantially related to real estate services. The statute has no provision addressing a broker's mental illness established by witness testimony; note that "failure to supervise a salesperson" specifically is not its own enumerated § 2912 ground.
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Delaware Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

The Delaware Salesperson exam combines 80 national questions and 40 state-specific questions in 240 minutes.

Question breakdown

National portion: 80 questions

Standard Pearson VUE national content.

Delaware portion: 40 questions

Topics:

  • DE license law (10-12 questions)
  • Statutory agency (6-8 questions)
  • Realty transfer tax (3-5 questions)
  • Property disclosures (5-7 questions)
  • Beach property regulations (3-5 questions)
  • Trust accounts (4-5 questions)

Passing score

A scaled score of 70 on each portion — national and Delaware. Pearson VUE converts your raw score into a scaled score from 0 to 100; that reported number is neither the number of questions you answered correctly nor the percentage correct, so there's no fixed "X of Y correct" target to aim for. Scores below 70 are only reported to candidates who fail, to show how close they came to passing.

Time management

240 minutes for 120 questions = 120 seconds per question. Generous. Practice under timed conditions.

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (99 hours): $400-$800
  • Exam: $69
  • License: $88
  • Background check: ~$50
  • Total: $607-$1,007

Retake rules

If you fail one portion but pass the other, you retake only the portion you failed — as long as you do so within one year of completing your pre-licensing education. You get up to 3 total attempts to pass both portions; if you haven't passed both within 3 attempts, you have to retake the pre-licensing course before trying again. Retakes are $69 per attempt, and reservations for a retake can't be made at the test center — you book online or by phone, same as your first attempt.

If you're taking the Broker or Associate Broker exam

Delaware's Broker and Associate Broker exams share the same structure (Associate Broker is an experience-based status on an existing Broker license, not a separate exam): 130 questions (80 national + 50 state) in 240 minutes, the same time limit as the Salesperson exam but with a bigger state portion (50 questions instead of 40). Both portions use a scaled passing score of 70, not a literal raw-count percentage. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision and trust account management. Source: Pearson VUE Delaware Real Estate Candidate Handbook (#090800), Score Explanation p.7.

Topics Covered on the Delaware Real Estate Exam

National Exam Topics (80 questions)

  1. Property Law — Estates, deeds, easements
  2. Land Use — Zoning, government powers
  3. Appraisal — Three approaches, valuation methods
  4. Financing — Mortgages, FHA/VA, RESPA, TILA
  5. Agency — National agency principles
  6. Contracts — Listing agreements, purchase contracts
  7. Closing — Closing procedures, prorations
  8. Practice — Working with buyers and sellers, fair housing, math

Delaware State Exam Topics (40 questions)

  1. Delaware Regulations — DREC rules, license categories
  2. Commission Rules — Specific Delaware requirements
  3. Statutory Agency — Delaware's reformed agency framework
  4. Realty Transfer Tax — 4% combined tax structure
  5. Property Disclosures — Delaware-specific requirements

Why this list matters

Each state topic generates 4-7 questions. Statutory agency and realty transfer tax together account for 9-13 questions.

What this list doesn't tell you

Pearson VUE writes scenario-based questions. Practice questions, not just topic review.

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