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Free Illinois practice test
Sit an Illinois-weighted practice exam in your browser. 84 state-law questions plus the national bank, every one with an explanation and a cited source.
Real exam-style questions with explanations and sources. No sign-up; progress stays on this device. Enable JavaScript to practice here, or get the full experience in the free app.
Counts from the bank this page serves - not an estimate.
| Difficulty | Questions |
|---|---|
| Medium | 52 |
| Easy | 17 |
| Hard | 15 |
Every Freehold question shows why the right answer is right — and cites its source.
In Illinois, an individual broker license must be affiliated with a:
Sponsoring broker — Every individual Illinois broker license must be sponsored by a licensed sponsoring broker, who bears supervisory and escrow-account responsibility.
Source: 225 ILCS 454 — Real Estate License Act of 2000
Which Illinois license type is required to supervise other licensees in a real estate office?
Managing broker — Only a managing broker license carries the legal authority to supervise other licensees within an Illinois real estate office.
Source: 225 ILCS 454 — Real Estate License Act of 2000
A first-time Illinois broker, upon their very first license renewal, must complete which requirement instead of standard continuing education?
45 hours of post-license education, sexual harassment hour included — A first renewal replaces the 12-hour CE requirement with 45 hours of post-license education, and IDFPR places the required sexual harassment hour inside that curriculum rather than on top of it.
Source: IDFPR 2026 CE Fact Sheet — Real Estate Broker License Renewal
Illinois real estate broker licenses must be renewed:
Every two years, by April 30 of even-numbered years — Illinois broker licenses renew on a two-year cycle, with the renewal deadline falling on April 30 of even-numbered years.
Source: IDFPR 2026 CE Fact Sheet — Real Estate Broker Renewal
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Freehold's Illinois state-law bank holds 84 questions: 72 apply to the salesperson exam and 81 to the broker exam. Both sit on top of the national bank.
They follow the same content outline and format - 140 questions, 75% to pass on the salesperson exam - and each cites the statute or rule it comes from. They are practice items, not real exam questions.
Exam format, provider, and passing scores: Illinois exam prep overview · Broker track: Illinois broker exam