GES AD1 Promotion Exam study guide
GES AD1 Promotion Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The GES AD1 Promotion Exam is a multiple-choice assessment used to evaluate whether a candidate is ready to move into the AD1 level within the Global Entry System brokerage structure. It is aimed at practising agents and brokers who already handle transactions and now need to demonstrate broader command of brokerage practice, law, valuation, marketing, finance, ethics and office supervision. The GES AD1 Promotion Exam study guide has 7 sections and about 2,848 words.
01Real Estate Brokerage and Transaction Practice
This domain is the operational core of the exam: who represents whom, what must be in writing, how client money is handled, and what a licensee does when facts change mid-transaction. Promotion-level items rarely test a definition alone; they describe a scenario and ask for the next correct action.
420 words, about 2 min02Real Estate Law, Contracts, and Consumer Protection
Contract and consumer-protection law supplies the rules that decide whether a deal is enforceable and what a consumer can do when it is not. Items blend formation, remedies, mandated disclosures and prohibited practices.
404 words, about 2 min03Property Valuation, Pricing, and Market Analysis
This domain tests whether you can support a number. Items cover the three approaches, adjustment logic, income math, and the market statistics used to advise a seller on price and a buyer on offer strategy.
425 words, about 2 min04Listing, Marketing, and Client Representation
This domain covers the front half of the deal: winning the engagement, marketing it lawfully, and managing the client relationship through offer negotiation. Exclusive right to sell: commission owed regardless of who procures the buyer, including the seller.
399 words, about 2 min05Finance, Mortgage, and Tax Considerations in Transactions
Finance and tax items test the numbers behind the deal: how much a buyer can borrow, what the payment includes, when disclosures must be delivered, and how the transaction is taxed. Loan-to-value = loan divided by value; 80 percent LTV conventionally avoids mortgage insurance.
421 words, about 2 min06Ethics, Compliance, and Professional Responsibility
Ethics items ask what a reasonable licensed professional does when duty, money and pressure collide. Expect scenarios on conflicts of interest, confidentiality, advertising claims, discrimination and anti-money-laundering controls.
402 words, about 2 min07Office Management, Supervision, and Brokerage Operations
Office management tests the designated broker's accountability for everything the brokerage does. Items focus on supervision systems, trust-account mechanics, records, and how the people working under the license are classified.
377 words, about 2 min