What I love about your question is that you recognize that asking nonsensical questions of professional real estate agents has no basis in reality. That puts you way ahead of the rest!

The best advice I can give you is to know what they're teaching you and take the practice tests. Then take some more practice tests. Then take some more. The trick about the tests is . . . they're usually trick. How many square feet in an acre? .43560 Make sure you notice the decimal, so this is NOT the right answer. {and I always remember that number this way - 4+3=7 and 5+6=11 - ergo 7-11-0. That's the way my brain remembers things. Find your own groove to remember.} 

It's stupid stuff like that will catch you up, but if you take your time on the exam and know the material and you've done well on practice tests, you'll do just fine. Best of luck.

If you study hard and take lots of practice exams you should be well-prepared for your state real estate test.   By realizing the school assignment of asking questions over and over in this forum is not a good use of your study time may be one of the first signs you are ready to move forward.   Good luck. 

Unfortunately a lot of the questions on the test have little to do with what we do for a living.  But the questions are on the exam.

The fact that your teacher is having you "ask" these questions on Active Rain, instead of recommending that you study... well... I'll let YOU fill in the blanks.

Your instructor is a jerk for having his students ask these questions.

In answer to your question if you study you will not have a problem.

Depends on your state requirements.  How did you select your school?

It's like any other exam you have taken. If you don't know your stuff you'll sweat it out

Study your book!

Take practice exams and attend a well referenced review course. You are on your way!

Typically much of what is in class teaches you how to pass the test and has little to do with real or actual real estate life of sales, listings and what we face. Yes it is importat to know the terms, it is a must to learn the laws, but i think classes should be realistic in what to expect in a life of real estate 

The questios are the questions. As far as I'm concerned the real estate exams I took in several states including for my broker's licenses were the easiest exams I've ever taken at any time in my life. In and out in under 30 minutes.

RE School has nothing to do with everyday RE. It is about teaching agents how to stay of RE Jail

The exam seemed simple to me, have no idea what your school is doing or why it takes so long, ours takes about a week or two, watch a few dozen videos, take some practice exams then go ace the real exam.

It depends on what state you're in as to what is required. I can say that I have taken a few tests (in different states) and the actual exam does not have a lot to do with day-to-day real estate. Good luck.

Doesn't matter - they are on the test. When does the student decide what is needed for the test?

Real Estate school & Real Estate practice are world's apart. You can be great at one & not so great at the other. The fact that you realize this early on means you are going to do just fine. 

Shannon, when last did you calculate a vector or a co-efficient of standard deviation? Neither of these is important in everyday life, until they are.

Although these questions asked by students are seemingly irrelevant, (note: they are very painful for AR long time members who read the same questions posted with every class of new real estate students) it will prove critical to keep folks out of real estate or criminal jail.

If you try to 'skate' through the exam will be a challenge. If you take the practice exams until you can ACE them, the exam will be a piece of cake.

REAL LIFE real estate is all about lead generation, NOT water rights.

Alan May hit this one right.... are you learning anything in class????  AR will not teach you anything that's on your exam....

If you're a good "test taker" the exam will be easy.

It differs from state to state.  A

That is a great line of thinking on your part. The RE exam (from what I remember) is like most other exams that focus on ethics, rules and regulations and many items that are not necessarily things you will use in every day real estate but that are important to have knowledge of or know where to find. Most licensing test seem to employ the double negative and are more concerned with if the tester is paying attention to detail rather than if they know the material. 

Read your book and take practice exams and you should do fine. 

Study to past the exam them you will not use 50% of it.

I passed with flying colors, but did several crams prior to taking the test.  I was still surprised at what the test contained that was not relevant to the "real world".

Eve

I wish you all the best with your real estate studies.

I found that any subject college courses and any exams have nothing to do with preparing one for real life. Reality is the true teaching grounds.  Here's something to ponder: What if they based all teaching etc. on what really takes place out there? Now that makes sense and has value. One example: Med-students practice on cadavers which is as close as you can get to real. In Real Estate, courses should be based on selling, buying, investing & procedures connected plus heavy human nature classes with added emphasis on customer service & the basics of setting up reesults

Although I wanted to puke at both the Realtors and Brokers tests I aced them both.

You are absolutely right. Most questions were prepared at least 20-30 years ago.  I heard only a small % ever pass. 

Suggest you go a real RE cram school that addresses how to pass the test. Your state is likely pick same test questions consists of several 1000 old questions. Most people try to memorize the ans or work on old tests will get you there.

FACT OF LIFE:

you will not learn much of ANYTHING in your RE licensing classes that will be useful in actual real estate situations.

Just pass the test. THEN THE REAL TRAINING BEGINS, under your first broker. Choose carefully!

Here is some info to get your head wrapped around, after you pass your test!

It is just like that. Most of what you learn to pass the exam can be looked up and will never be used. You will learn after you pass the exam and work for a brokerage that has excellent training.

Not much you learn in class or in the tests pertain to actual real estate.

Best of luck to you

I am a licensed instructor.  What you are learning now is the information you need to pass the exam and obtain a real estate license.  Sadly the people who write the exam don't actually do real estate.  

My advice is find a smaller brokerage with a mentorship program and begin to learn about the things you need to practice real estate after you pass the exam.

Pass the test and then do on the job training.

The exam tracks what's in your textbooks, it's not too tough. 

Yes, they are.  The exam for me in Cali was super easy... of course I took an exam cram course and studied my arse off.

You will learn some things in your studies that you will never learn. I know that was true for me.

So what else is new?

When is the last time you diagrammed a sentence?

When is the last time that you solve for "x"?

Learn your material. Pass your test. Get on with life.

I don't believe the real estate exam always reflects real-life situations, so it is important to know the content being taught and focus on that.