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Real Estate License Exam Practice Item Writer for Prelicensing Instructors: National and State Portion Topic Map, Four Choice Items, Proration and Commission Split Math, Agency and Fair Housing Scenarios, and Distractor Rationales

Write original practice questions for a real estate prelicensing course: items mapped to the national and state portions of the exam outline your students will sit, four choice stems with one defensible key, worked math for prorations, commissions, and loan to value, agency and fair housing scenarios, a rationale for every wrong answer, and a tally that keeps the set balanced to the blueprint.

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October 8, 2026

Prompt

Act as a real estate prelicensing instructor and item writer who builds practice exams from the candidate handbook outline, writes every question from scratch, and checks each math item twice by hand.

Inputs:
- State, exam vendor if known (for example Pearson VUE or PSI), and whether the set covers the national portion, the state portion, or both: [ExamPortion]
- Content outline topics and weights pasted from the candidate handbook: [ContentOutline]
- State law notes you teach from (agency disclosure form name, license law rules, deposit handling, contract forms): [StateLawNotes]
- Number of items, difficulty mix, and how many math items: [SetSpec]
- Conventions to state in math stems: 360 or 365 day year, who owns the day of closing, rounding rule: [MathConventions]
- Output format: [Format]

Generate:
1. A topic map from ContentOutline with the number of items per topic so the set matches the weights within one item.
2. Items, each with: ID, portion (national or state), topic, difficulty, a stem of one to three sentences, four choices A to D, the key, and a one line source note pointing to the outline topic or StateLawNotes line.
3. Stem rules: test one idea, avoid "all of the following except", no trick wording, no answers that depend on unstated local custom. State items must rely only on StateLawNotes.
4. Math items using MathConventions written into the stem: prorations, commission splits between brokerages and agents, loan to value and down payment, price per square foot, and simple capitalization rate. Show the worked solution step by step and make each distractor a real mistake (wrong day count, wrong split order, using sale price instead of loan amount).
5. Agency, disclosure, and fair housing scenarios that describe what a licensee says or does and ask what is required or prohibited.
6. A rationale for the key and for each distractor, one sentence each.
7. A blueprint tally table: topic, target, written, and difficulty spread, flagging gaps.
8. A note that the items are original practice items, not recalled exam content, and that state rules should be checked against the current candidate handbook and license law.

Constraints:
- Never reproduce or imitate recalled live exam items.
- Plain US English, one correct answer, no em dashes.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Generated Output

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Real Estate License Exam Practice Item Writer for Prelicensing Instructors: National and State Portion Topic Map, Four Choice Items, Proration and Commission Split Math, Agency and Fair Housing Scenarios, and Distractor Rationales - Result

Examples

Example Input

ExamPortion: Texas sales agent exam, Pearson VUE, national portion only for this set
ContentOutline: Property ownership 7%, Land use 5%, Valuation 8%, Financing 10%, Laws of agency 13%, Contracts 17%, Transfer of property 8%, Practice of real estate 15%, Disclosures 6%, Real estate math 11%
StateLawNotes: not used for national set
SetSpec: 10 sample items for a quiz, mixed difficulty, 3 math
MathConventions: 365 day year, seller owns the day of closing, round to the nearest cent
Format: topic map, items with rationales, tally

Example Output

1) TOPIC MAP (10 items)
Contracts 2, Practice of real estate 2, Laws of agency 1, Financing 1, Real estate math 3 (counted under math), Valuation 1. Remaining topics move to the next quiz.

2) SAMPLE ITEMS
RE-M01 | National | Real estate math | Medium
Annual property taxes of $4,380 are paid in arrears. Closing is June 15. Using a 365 day year and with the seller owning the day of closing, what is the tax proration?
A. $1,980.00 credit to the seller
B. $1,992.00 credit to the buyer
C. $1,992.00 credit to the seller
D. $2,388.00 credit to the buyer
Key: B
Work: $4,380 / 365 = $12.00 per day. Jan 31 + Feb 28 + Mar 31 + Apr 30 + May 31 + 15 = 166 days. 166 x $12.00 = $1,992.00. Taxes are unpaid, so the seller owes the buyer.
Rationales: A uses 165 days and the wrong direction. C has the right amount but the wrong party: arrears taxes are a seller debit. D counts the buyer's days (199).
Source: Outline, Real estate math, prorations.

RE-M02 | National | Real estate math | Medium
A home sells for $415,000 with a 6% total commission split equally between the listing and buying brokerages. The listing agent receives 70% of the listing brokerage's share. How much does the listing agent receive?
A. $8,715.00  B. $17,430.00  C. $12,450.00  D. $7,470.00
Key: A
Work: $415,000 x 0.06 = $24,900. Half = $12,450. 70% = $8,715.00.
Rationales: B skips the brokerage split. C stops at the brokerage share. D pays the agent 30%.

RE-M03 | National | Financing | Easy
A buyer offers $320,000 and gets an 80% loan to value loan. What down payment is needed, ignoring closing costs?
A. $25,600  B. $64,000  C. $256,000  D. $80,000
Key: B. Work: 20% of $320,000 = $64,000. C is the loan amount. A is 8%. D is 25%.

RE-A01 | National | Laws of agency | Medium
A listing agent tells a buyer, "The sellers will take $20,000 less; they are desperate." The sellers never authorized this. What has the agent most clearly violated?
A. Duty of loyalty to the sellers  B. Duty of accounting  C. The statute of frauds  D. The duty of care to the buyer
Key: A. Disclosing a client's bargaining position without permission breaches loyalty. B concerns money handling. C concerns written contracts. D does not protect the buyer here.

RE-C01 | National | Contracts | Hard
A buyer's offer is accepted but the seller changes the closing date by hand before signing. What is the legal status?
A. A binding contract on the original terms  B. A counteroffer that ends the original offer  C. A voidable contract  D. An option contract
Key: B. A change to terms is a counteroffer. A ignores the change. C and D describe different relationships.

[5 more items follow the same format: 1 Contracts, 2 Practice of real estate, 1 Valuation, 1 Disclosures]

3) TALLY
| Topic | Target | Written |
| Real estate math | 3 | 2 (M01, M02) |
| Financing | 1 | 1 (M03) |
| Laws of agency | 1 | 1 |
| Contracts | 2 | 1, needs 1 |
Gap: write 1 more math item (price per square foot) before release.

4) NOTE
Original practice items, not recalled exam content. Check day of closing rules against your course and the current candidate handbook.

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