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The MOREB exam has 165 questions and runs 4 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free MOREB questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Missouri Real Estate Broker Exam blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Property Ownership 10% of exam
Question 1
On the final day of a restaurant lease, the tenant removes a commercial oven that had been bolted to the floor and connected to gas and ventilation. The lease expressly permits timely removal of trade fixtures if resulting damage is repaired, and the tenant completes the repairs. How is the oven best classified?
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Correct answer: B - The tenant's removable trade fixture under the lease
Domain 3: Valuation 8% of exam
Question 2
Final execution of a Missouri purchase contract occurs when the last party initials it, and the affiliated licensee then receives the buyer's earnest-money check. The contract leaves the statutory escrow timing unchanged; an inspection contingency remains open. Which handling complies with Missouri requirements?
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Correct answer: C - Deliver it immediately to the broker, who has 10 banking days from final execution to deposit it
Question 3
For an apartment property, annual potential rent is $240,000, expected vacancy and collection loss is $12,000, laundry income is $6,000, operating expenses are $86,000, and annual debt service is $40,000. Using direct capitalization at an 8% capitalization rate, what value is indicated?
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Correct answer: B - $1,850,000
Question 4
Contrary to a Missouri broker's specific written instructions, an affiliated licensee violates a disclosure rule. The broker did not participate in or ratify the act, did not deliberately avoid learning of it, and tried to mitigate the harm after discovery. There was no procedure for checking whether the instructions were followed. How does that omission affect the broker's position?
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Correct answer: A - Complete protection is unavailable because reasonable verification procedures are missing
Domain 4: Financing 9% of exam
Question 5
Following an investigation, the Missouri Real Estate Commission files a formal disciplinary complaint against a broker. In the contested case, which body determines whether statutory cause exists, and which body imposes the sanction?
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Correct answer: D - The Administrative Hearing Commission determines cause; the Commission imposes the sanction
Question 6
Assume a creditor is open for substantially all business functions Monday through Friday and there are no holidays. On Monday it receives a consumer's name, income, Social Security number, and requested loan amount. On Wednesday it receives the property address and estimated property value, completing the six-piece mortgage application. Under TRID, the creditor must deliver or mail the Loan Estimate no later than:
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Correct answer: B - Monday
Domain 5: Contracts 19% of exam
Question 7
On Monday, a seller offers a vacant parcel for $420,000 in writing and states that the offer will remain open until Friday. No consideration is given for that promise. The buyer delivers a $405,000 counteroffer on Wednesday, then tries to accept the original price before the seller responds. What is the legal result?
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Correct answer: A - No contract formed; the counteroffer terminated the original offer
Domain 6: Agency 13% of exam
Question 8
Before presenting an offer on a property listed by another Missouri brokerage, a buyer's agent realizes there has been no prior contact with the seller, listing broker, or any transaction broker working with the seller. The agent must first:
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Correct answer: D - Contact the listing broker or transaction broker and disclose the buyer-agency relationship
Domain 7: Property Disclosures 7% of exam
Question 9
An independent radon test obtained during a home inspection reports 5.6 pCi/L. The seller tells the broker to call the result acceptable because radon has no odor and the basement looks dry. What is the broker's best response?
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Correct answer: C - Disclose the result and recommend qualified radon evaluation or mitigation
Domain 10: Practice of Real Estate 12% of exam
Question 10
Parking at an apartment community is unassigned. A tenant with a verified mobility disability requests an available space beside the accessible entrance; the request is disability-related and creates no undue burden. What action complies with fair-housing obligations?
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Correct answer: A - Reserve the space as a reasonable accommodation