CE Shop Practice Exam Questions for
North Carolina State Exam 2025
Which of the following acts by a North Carolina landlord demonstrates the illegal act of
retaliatory eviction?
The landlord evicts the tenant for organizing a tenants’ rights group.
Phil is the qualifying broker for Elite Realty out of Charlotte, North Carolina. What does
the main brokerage office and any branch offices need?
Its own separate broker-in-charge
Two North Carolina brokers cannot resolve their dispute over a shared commission. The
North Carolina Real Estate Commission ______.
Does not get involved in commission disputes
Which of the following statements regarding North Carolina trust accounts is TRUE?
A North Carolina property manager who holds security deposits for tenants must have a
trust account.
Under which of the following provisions of the North Carolina Offer to Purchase and
Contract, Standard Form 2-T, does the buyer have the opportunity to investigate the
property and cancel the transaction for any reason or no reason?
Due Diligence
In North Carolina, which of the following describes a situation in which a broker who’s
in charge of a trust account would be permitted to disburse disputed trust funds?
The broker receives a written release from both parties to disburse the funds.
When should a North Carolina broker give their seller client a copy of the signed listing
agreement?
Within three days of execution of the listing agreement
What would be charged against a broker who neglected to include the dates for a due
diligence period in a contract, causing the transaction to fail?
Acted incompetently
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A North Carolina landlord wants the tenants in apartment 2B to move out. The tenants
have not breached their lease and pay their rent on time, so the landlord shuts off water to
their apartment to try to force them out. Which of the following is TRUE of this
situation?
This is an example of self-help eviction, and it’s prohibited in North Carolina.
Which of the following cases would require an active North Carolina real estate license?
A woman advertises and sells a relative's property and receives $200 compensation.
A North Carolina broker advertises a home as having 1,500 square feet of living area,
when the home only had 1,000 square feet of living area. Which of the following parties
could face disciplinary action from the real estate commission for misrepresentation?
The broker, the managing broker, and the firm
Which of these ads complies with applicable laws and commission rules?
Move-in ready 3 bed/1 bath, 1,200 sq. ft. house in Smoky Hills subdivision. $140,000.
Call Mountainview Real Estate today at 555-1122.
A North Carolina broker's clients sued him after he'd insisted the house they ended up
buying had no history of flooding. Heavy storms hit, and the basement flooded, causing
more than $50,000 in damages. The buyers learned the seller had told the buyer agent
about prior flooding, and this information was not disclosed. The course convicted the
broker. Why must the broker notify the North Carolina Real Estate Commission of his
conviction?
Convictions must be reported within 60 days of conviction.
A North Carolina broker knows that the public road behind her listing is about to be
widened into a highway next year. Which of the following is TRUE of the listing agent?
The agent must volunteer this information to all prospective buyers.
A North Carolina tenant moved out of a rental house on March 1. How long does her
landlord have to refund the security deposit and provide an itemized list of deductions?
30 days
When is a North Carolina broker required to disclose to prospective buyers that a listed
property is in a flood zone?
When the property is located in a federally designated flood hazard area
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