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The WARE-B exam has 130 questions and runs 3 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free WARE-B questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Washington Real Estate Broker Exam blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A café tenant installs a bolted espresso bar and specialty plumbing solely for its business. The lease is silent. Before the lease ends, the tenant removes the installation and repairs the resulting damage. How should the installation be classified?
Correct answer: C - A trade fixture the tenant may remove before surrender if the damage is repaired
An appraiser is valuing a house without a pool. A highly comparable house sold for $640,000 and has a pool that contributes $35,000 to value. No other adjustment is needed. What adjusted sale price should the appraiser use as an indication for the subject?
Correct answer: B - $605,000
A mortgage creditor has the consumer’s name, income, Social Security number for a credit report, property address, desired loan amount, and supporting bank statements. The file lacks only an estimated property value. On Tuesday, the consumer states an estimated value of $480,000. What must the creditor do?
Correct answer: A - Treat the six-item application as complete and deliver or mail the Loan Estimate within three business days
A seller offers to sell a parcel for $510,000, with the offer expiring Friday. The buyer signs before the deadline but changes the closing date from June 14 to June 28. The seller does not accept that change. On Thursday, the buyer says, “I now accept the original offer exactly as written.” What is the legal effect?
Correct answer: C - The buyer’s altered response was a counteroffer, so the original offer cannot later be accepted unless the seller revives it
A seller privately tells the listing broker, “I would take $25,000 less, but do not tell anyone.” The seller also admits that the basement floods each spring and that new wall panels were installed to hide the staining. When the buyer asks why the panels are new, how should the broker respond?
Correct answer: B - Disclose the known flooding and concealment, but keep the seller’s minimum price confidential
During an occupied-home showing, a broker and buyer smell a strong rotten-egg odor and hear hissing near the gas furnace. What should the broker do first?
Correct answer: D - Evacuate without operating switches or phones inside, then call 911 or the gas utility from a safe location
A competent grantor signs a valid deed, intentionally hands it to the grantee as a present conveyance, and the grantee accepts it. The grantee does not record the deed. Which statement is most accurate?
Correct answer: D - Delivery and acceptance generally transferred title between the parties; failure to record creates notice and priority risk
A buyer is purchasing a home for $525,000 with a $420,000 loan. Final buyer closing costs and prepaids are $11,850. The buyer has already paid $15,000 earnest money and receives a $7,500 seller credit. With no other debits or credits, how much cash must the buyer bring to closing?
Correct answer: A - $94,350
On Monday, a buyer signs an offer and hands the affiliated broker an earnest-money check. The offer requires the broker to deliver the earnest money to the firm within one business day of the buyer’s signature. Tuesday and Wednesday are ordinary banking days. Which handling schedule complies with Washington rules?
Correct answer: A - The affiliated broker delivers the check by Tuesday, and the firm deposits it no later than Wednesday
A Washington broker has written consent from both principals to act as a limited dual agent. The buyer asks what price the seller will accept, while the seller asks how high the buyer will go. Which conduct remains permissible?
Correct answer: C - Provide neutral market data, preserve both confidences, and transmit each principal’s decisions
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