RERA Exam Questions and Answers 2026 (Free Practice Test)

Our practice questions for the RERA exam in Dubai are written from the laws and DLD rules a broker works under, grouped into eight areas. This page goes through them area by area: what our questions on each one ask, the rule that gives the answer, and the trap that costs marks. Two practice questions are worked through in full, and you can try 4 free in our practice player, each with its explanation and source. The questions are our own, written from the official texts; they are not recalled or official exam questions. We found no official statement of the exam’s question count, duration, question type, topic split or syllabus in the sources reviewed.

The format figures describe our practice mocks; we found no official statement of the exam format.

Each question is printed exactly as our practice set shows it, with the explanation and source you see after you answer. Both are among the 4 free questions you can try.

For each area: what our practice questions on it ask, the rule that answers them, and the trap we see most often in old or unsourced material. The topic list is ours; we found no published DLD syllabus.

What questions ask: when a sale or other disposition of property takes effect, what the Real Property Register proves, and the rights of co-owners. The rule: Article (9), as superseded by Law No. (7) of 2019: dispositions of real property rights “will not be deemed effective unless recorded in the Real Property Register”. Article (7) gives the register absolute evidentiary value, although its data may be challenged if proved to result from fraud or forgery. For a jointly owned unit, Law No. (6) of 2019 gives a co-owner a pre-emption right when another co-owner offers a share to an outsider; there is no such right where the share goes to ascendants, descendants, a spouse, relatives up to the fourth degree or in-laws up to the second degree (Article 14). The right is lost if no co-owner accepts the terms within 30 days of receiving the seller’s notice through a notary public; a co-owner who accepts tells the seller, also through a notary public, within that period, and must finish the sale with DLD within 10 working days after the period ends (Article 15). The trap: quoting the 2006 wording of Article (9), or citing Law No. (27) of 2007 for jointly owned property: Law No. (6) of 2019 repealed it.

What questions ask: where off-plan payments go, what the escrow account may be used for, and what is held back after completion. The rule: Article (9): an escrow account is opened in the name of the project and “will be dedicated exclusively to the construction of that Real Estate Development project”, no attachment may be imposed on its payments for the benefit of the developer’s creditors, and each project of a developer with several projects has its own account. Article (14): the escrow agent retains “five percent (5%) of the total value of each Escrow Account” once the completion certificate is obtained, released one year from the registration of units in the purchasers’ names. RERA Circular (01-2026) says a broker may not promote an off-plan project unless it is registered with DLD, has an approved escrow account and has an official RERA permit. The trap: accepting a payment outside the escrow account: RERA Circular 02-2025 prohibits collecting any payment related to a project outside its escrow account, so a broker tells buyers to pay only into it.

What questions ask: notice periods, eviction, who registers a lease, and how far rent may rise on renewal. The rule: Unless otherwise agreed, a party wanting to change the terms on renewal gives at least 90 days’ notice before expiry (Article 14), and for eviction on expiry under Article (25)(2) the landlord must give the reasons at least 12 months before the eviction date, through a notary public or registered post. Tenancy contracts are registered through Ejari, a DLD function since Law No. (4) of 2019, Article (10)(b). Decree No. (43) of 2013 caps the increase against the average rental value in the index: no increase where the rent is less than 10% below it, then 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% for 11-20%, 21-30%, 31-40% and more than 40% below. The trap: saying RERA registers leases, or treating the index as binding on a new lease: in DLD’s words it “is indicative and is not mandatory for the new lease”, but it is mandatory when the parties disagree on the increase at renewal.

What questions ask: who may broker, entry in the Register, the card and its renewal, the broker’s duties and the penalties. The rule: Article (3): “No Person may engage in Real Estate Brokerage activities in the Emirate unless he is licensed by the Competent Entities and entered in the Register.” Article (13): a broker in the Register applies every year to renew the registration, at least 30 days before the registration certificate expires. Article (39) sets the penalties: a notice, a warning, suspension of activities for up to six months, and blacklisting. The trap: treating the card as a personal licence that stands on its own: DLD says “the validity of the card is linked to the validity of the trade license”, and the application goes through the agency’s Trakheesi account.

What questions ask: what a broker owes each party, what must be disclosed, and when the right to commission is lost. The rule: The guide lists ten ethics every licensed broker must keep: fair treatment, respect in all procedures, privacy, honesty and uprightness, quality control, integrity, commitment to society, the interests of the contracting parties, preserving all documents, and respecting DLD’s regulations and procedures. Bylaw No. (85) of 2006 puts duties behind them: Article (17) requires a broker to disclose all negotiation details to the client, and under Article (23) a broker forfeits the right to remuneration if he acts in the interest of the other party, or accepts a promise of a benefit from the other party, where that is inconsistent with good faith or the code of professional ethics. The trap: advertising without a permit: the guide says brokerages “must obtain a permit for any real estate advertisement or marketing material through the Trakheesi system” and “the permit number must be displayed on the ad”.

What questions ask: who signs each contract, what each one records, and what happens when a Form F sale goes wrong. The rule: In RERA’s 2024 guide, Contract A is “An agreement to market a property between the seller and the real estate brokerage”, Contract B is “An agreement of desire to purchase a property between the buyer and the real estate broker” and Contract F is “An agreement to sell a property between the seller and the buyer”. For a Contract F dispute RERA offers an amicable settlement service through Trakheesi; if no amicable solution is reached, “the parties must resort to the judicial authorities to settle the dispute.” The trap: making the broker a party to Contract F. It is between seller and buyer; in DLD’s broker journey guide it is created from an approved Contract A and linked to an active Contract B.

What questions ask: what goes in the Interim Property Register, what a developer may keep when an off-plan buyer defaults, and Ejari registration. The rule: Every off-plan disposition is entered in the Interim Property Register (Article 3). Under the current Article (11), set by Law No. (19) of 2020, a developer must first notify DLD, which serves the purchaser a 30-day notice and issues an official document if the notice period ends without the purchaser performing or reaching a settlement with the developer. Then, by completion level: above 80%, the developer may keep the contract and claim the balance, ask DLD to auction the unit, or end the contract and keep up to 40% of the unit’s contract value; from 60% to 80%, end it and keep up to 40%; below 60% with work started, end it and keep up to 25%. Any excess is refunded within one year of termination or 60 days of resale, whichever is earlier. It must refund all the purchaser’s payments where work has not started for reasons beyond its control, without negligence or omission on its part, or where RERA cancels the project by a final reasoned decision. Registering or renewing an Ejari contract costs AED 177.75 in all by app or website, AED 220 at a trustee centre. The trap: the 2017 text, which let a developer keep 30% where work never started: Law No. (19) of 2020 replaced it.

What questions ask: when commission is earned, how it is split, and what a broker must record and report. The rule: Bylaw No. (85) of 2006 sets no fixed percentage: remuneration is by agreement, otherwise by prevailing practice (Article 27). It is earned on signing the sale contract and registering it with the Department, unless the brokerage agreement says otherwise, and where the sale depends on a term agreed in the brokerage agreement, only once that term is met (Article 28(2) and (3)); and where both parties appoint one broker, each pays its own share (Article 33). For anti-money laundering, Cabinet Resolution No. (134) of 2025 names real estate brokers and agents (Article 3(2)) and requires records to be kept for at least five years from completion of the transaction or the end of the customer relationship (Article 25). The UAE FIU’s goAML guide requires a Real Estate Activity Report for a freehold sale or purchase where the payment includes cash of AED 55,000 or more (in one payment or several), or where any part is paid in, or converted from or to, a virtual asset. The trap: a “standard” commission percentage, which no DLD law, form or circular we read sets, or naming Federal Decree by Law No. (20) of 2018 as the AML law in force: Federal Decree by Law No. (10) of 2025 repealed it.

Searches for “rera exam questions pdf” and “rera exam questions dubai pdf download” lead to unofficial files, often with no date and no source. We found no official past exam papers on the DLD and RERA pages we read. Unofficial files may contain recalled or original questions; check their date, sources and answers against current official texts. The bigger problem is age. Circular 31/2014 itself warns that “Brokers will have to remain aware of new laws and regulations in order to pass the exam.” These are some of the changes an older file can miss:

A question with a wrong key is worse than no question: you learn the wrong rule with confidence, and a question with no source cannot be checked. A sound practice question names the law, bylaw or official DLD/RERA guidance its answer comes from, as the two above do, so you can read the source when you are unsure.

Memorising a list of answers works only while the exam asks the same question in the same words. Change a number, swap the party, or put the rule inside a short scenario, and a memorised letter is no help. Understanding the rule (who it protects, what number it sets, which article says so) helps you answer a question you have never seen, and tells you which article to re-read when the law changes.

The Revise fast answer cards in the Dubai RERA Broker Exam Complete Pass Pack do both, in order: the short answer comes first, and the full explanation, citing the law, bylaw or official DLD/RERA guidance behind it, opens on a tap. The pack has its own 14-day practice plan, about 75 minutes a day on average (days 12 and 13 are each a separate 70-question full mock with a 120-minute limit), 6 timed practice mocks of 70 questions with a 120-minute limit (our practice format, not a confirmed official one), 8 topic drills and 6 scenario drills, Revise fast answer cards whose explanations cite the law, bylaw or official DLD/RERA guidance behind them, a plain-English revision kit PDF and the Annual Renewal Refresher, with no expiry. You can try 4 free questions first.

The only sample material we found from DLD or RERA is at the end of the 2024 Brokerage Practice Guide, under two domain headings, “Real Estate Mathematics” and “Laws and Legislation”. The mathematics samples work a service-charge question step by step, starting from “1 sqm = 10.764 sqft”: a 16 sqm balcony charged at 25% of a suite rate of AED 8 per sq ft is 172.224 sq ft at AED 2, which gives AED 344.45 rounded to two decimal places (the guide prints AED 344.44). Read the samples as a guide to the kinds of domain, not as model answers: in the second mathematics sample the printed total (AED 102.80) does not match its own steps (107.64 sq ft at AED 2 is AED 215.28, our arithmetic), and the “Laws and Legislation” sample asks about the forfeiture percentage on termination of an off-plan sale but prints the calculation steps of a land-area question.

A list of questions tests whether you recognise an answer. A timed mock tests whether you can find it under time pressure across all the areas at once, and shows you which area is losing you marks. Our practice mocks use 70 questions in 120 minutes, about 1 minute 43 seconds a question (our arithmetic), spread across eight areas as the chart shows. That is our format: we found no official statement of the exam’s own in the sources reviewed.

For the fees, the requirements and what the sources say about the pass mark, see the RERA exam format and fee guide. For a day-by-day plan through the eight areas, see how to pass the RERA exam in 14 days.

When the two questions above feel easy, the Dubai RERA Broker Exam Complete Pass Pack offers its own 14-day practice plan, about 75 minutes a day on average (days 12 and 13 are each a separate 70-question full mock with a 120-minute limit); the time you need depends on your starting knowledge, and you can start with 4 free questions.