NMLS General Mortgage Knowledge practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Qualified and non-qualified mortgages, conventional, FHA, VA and USDA loans, jumbo and subprime loans, loan products from ARMs to reverse mortgages, and the terms used in the industry. General Mortgage Knowledge is 20% of the SAFE MLO Test, about 23 of the 115 scored questions.

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Every question has four options and one correct answer, as on the real test. Each explanation says why the answer is right and why the most tempting wrong answer is wrong; calculations show the arithmetic.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

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Original practice questions written to the SAFE MLO National Test with Uniform State Test Content Outline. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by NMLS, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors or the State Regulatory Registry.