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Correct answer: A. 60 total hours, with at least 30 hours in basic principles of real estate

Correct. AREC requires 60 classroom hours total for a salesperson applicant, at least 30 of which must be in the basic principles of real estate, per § 17-42-303 and Commission Regulation 4.1.

• B: Incorrect. 90 hours is the statutory ceiling the commission could set under § 17-42-303(a)(2), not the actual current salesperson requirement, which is 60 hours.
• C: Incorrect. 45 hours in basic principles overstates the requirement; only 30 of the 60 total hours must be basic-principles coursework.
• D: Incorrect. 120 hours is the statutory ceiling for broker-level prelicense education, not the salesperson requirement.

Correct answer: B. Broker ceiling is 120 hours; salesperson ceiling is 90 hours

Correct. Section 17-42-303(a)(1) caps broker prelicense education at 120 hours, and § 17-42-303(a)(2) caps salesperson prelicense education at 90 hours.

• A: Incorrect. 90 hours for the broker and 60 for the salesperson mixes up the statutory ceilings with the commission's currently-set salesperson hours; the ceilings themselves are higher.
• C: Incorrect. The statute sets different ceilings for the two license types; they are not equal.
• D: Incorrect. Arkansas's statutory ceilings are 120 hours for brokers and 90 hours for salespersons, not 150 and 120.

Correct answer: C. 18 classroom hours, by the end of the month six months after initial licensure

Correct. AREC's post-licensure course for a newly licensed salesperson is 18 classroom hours, and documentation of completion must reach the commission by the end of the month six months after the date of initial licensure.

• A: Incorrect. 7 hours within 90 days describes neither the post-license hour count nor its deadline; 7 hours is closer to the separate annual continuing education requirement.
• B: Incorrect. 30 classroom hours is the post-license requirement AREC set for newly licensed brokers, not salespersons.
• D: Incorrect. The deadline is tied to the six-month mark from licensure, not to the licensee's first annual renewal date, which may fall on a different schedule.

Correct answer: D. The license is placed on inactive status until the commission receives documentation of completion

Correct. Under § 17-42-307(f)(2), if the licensee fails to complete post-licensure education within 12 months after the license was issued, the commission places the license on inactive status until documentation of completion is received.

• A: Incorrect. Failure to complete post-license education triggers inactive status under § 17-42-307(f)(2), not automatic revocation requiring a fresh original application.
• B: Incorrect. A $1,000 penalty is the citation-based sanction for other education violations under § 17-42-312(d); the specific consequence here is inactive status, not a fine that leaves the license active.
• C: Incorrect. Arkansas license law does not create a 'provisional license' category for this situation; the license simply goes inactive.

Correct answer: A. 30 hours, and a broker who has not completed the course cannot advance to executive or principal broker status

Correct. AREC's post-licensure course for a newly licensed broker is 30 classroom hours, due within six months of initial licensure, and a broker who has not completed it cannot advance to executive or principal broker status (subject to a temporary waiver if enrolled in an upcoming approved course).

• B: Incorrect. 18 hours is the post-license requirement for a newly licensed salesperson, not a broker, and Arkansas does not condition broker advancement on a separate ethics exam.
• C: Incorrect. The 30-hour post-license course is directly tied to eligibility for executive or principal broker designation; completing it is a prerequisite, not an unrelated requirement.
• D: Incorrect. 45 hours describes the commission-developed portion of Arkansas broker prelicense education, not the post-licensure hour count, and there is no separate mandatory trust-account course tied to this deadline.