The national portion of the real-estate salesperson licensing exam — adaptive practice across principles, practice, and finance.
The real-estate salesperson exam has two portions: a national portion covering the principles every US licensee must know — property ownership and title, agency and fiduciary duties, contracts, fair housing, valuation, financing, and real-estate math — and a state portion on your state’s specific license law. Keentune covers the national portion; your state’s portion comes from your state commission’s materials.
The adaptive drills meet you at your level and get harder as you improve, with the math (prorations, commissions, seller’s net, cap rates) computed so every answer is exactly right and every wrong option is a classic slip. Each explanation teaches the rule and names the trap — joint tenancy vs tenancy in common, exclusive agency vs exclusive right to sell — so the concepts stick.
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What’s on the Real Estate Exam
Portions
National + state (this covers national)
National questions
≈ 80 (varies by state / vendor)
Passing score
≈ 70–75% (varies by state)
Time
≈ 90–150 min (varies)
Administered by
PSI or Pearson VUE (varies by state)
Property Ownership & Land Use
Estates and forms of ownership, encumbrances, legal descriptions, and land-use controls.
Agency & Fiduciary Duties
How agency is created, the duties owed to a client, required disclosures, and types of listing.
Contracts
Offer and acceptance, purchase agreements, contingencies, and breach and remedies.
Valuation & Financing
Appraisal approaches, the mortgage market, loan types, and TILA/RESPA disclosure rules.
Practice, Disclosures & Fair Housing
Fair-housing law, agency and property disclosures, trust accounts, and license-law basics.
Real-Estate Math
Commissions, prorations, loan-to-value, seller’s net, and area and tax calculations.
Structure reflects the national-portion content outlines used by the major exam vendors (PSI, Pearson VUE). Question counts, passing scores, and fees vary by state — confirm with your state real-estate commission.
Sample Real Estate Exam questions
Worked examples with the answer explained — the same teaching you get after every question in practice. Original questions written by Keentune, not real exam items.
Principles
Two people own a property as joint tenants. One owner dies. What happens to that owner’s share?
• Automatically to the surviving co-owner
• To the deceased owner’s heirs by will
• It is sold and the proceeds are split
• It reverts to the state as escheat
Answer: Automatically to the surviving co-owner
Joint tenancy carries the right of survivorship: when one joint tenant dies, their interest passes automatically to the surviving joint tenant(s), outside of probate. The trap is “to the heirs by will” — that’s tenancy in common, which has no survivorship. Rule: joint tenancy = survivorship (the co-owner takes it); tenancy in common = the share goes to the owner’s estate and heirs.
Finance & math
A house sells for $300,000 with a 6% total commission. How much is the total commission?
• $18,000
• $1,800
• $50,000
• $30,000
Answer: $18,000
Commission = sale price × rate = $300,000 × 0.06 = $18,000. The trap is $1,800 — using 0.6% instead of 6%, a slipped decimal. Rule: convert the percent to a decimal (6% = 0.06) before multiplying, then sanity-check the size of the answer.
Practice by section
Principles — property & title
Estates and ownership, encumbrances, land-use controls, legal descriptions, deeds and title, and valuation.
Practice aligned to the NATIONAL portion of the salesperson exam outlines used by the major exam vendors; state-portion license law is not covered. Original questions — never actual exam items. Keentune is independent study practice, not affiliated with any state real-estate commission, PSI, or Pearson VUE, and does not guarantee a pass. Not legal or investment advice.
No. Every state’s licensing exam has a national portion — the principles all U.S. licensees must know, which is what Keentune covers — plus a state portion on that state’s specific license law. You take both, usually scored separately.
How many questions are on the national portion?
It varies by state and exam vendor, but the national portion is commonly around 80 questions, with a separate state-law section on top.
What score do I need to pass the real-estate exam?
Most states require roughly 70–75%, scored separately for the national and state portions — you generally must pass both. Check your state commission for the exact standard.
How much does the real-estate exam cost?
The exam fee is typically $40–$150 depending on your state and vendor, separate from pre-license course and application fees (as of 2026 — confirm with your state).
Does Keentune cover my state’s portion of the exam?
No. Keentune covers the national portion — the principles common to every state. Your state’s license-law portion comes from your state commission’s materials.
How should I study the real-estate math?
Real-estate math (commissions, prorations, loan-to-value, seller’s net) is very learnable because it’s formula-driven. Keentune computes every math item so the answer is exactly right and each wrong option is a classic slip.
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