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Pennsylvania salesperson exam

Free Pennsylvania Real Estate Practice Test

Practice national principles and Pennsylvania real estate rules, understand your mistakes, and choose what to study next.

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20 questions: 12 national + 8 Pennsylvania. Untimed; plan on roughly 20 to 30 minutes, including the explanations. This split is our sampling choice, not the official weighting, and the score is not a readiness prediction.

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Practice the way you study

Start with the diagnostic, then use topic practice for the areas that need work. The diagnostic, topic practice and missed-question review are untimed.

  • Quick diagnostic

    20 questions (12 national + 8 Pennsylvania), untimed, with an explanation after each answer and a score by topic at the end.

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  • Topic practice

    Choose national, Pennsylvania or both, an optional topic, and 5, 10 or 20 questions. Questions you have not seen come first, then ones you missed.

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  • Missed-question review

    Every question you get wrong is saved in your browser. Review the explanations, then retry them; retries are labeled and never inflate your first-attempt results.

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  • Math practice

    Short sets of 5 or 10 calculation questions: area, commission under a stated agreement, valuation, loan math, prorations and investment returns.

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  • Mock exam portions

    Full-length national (80 questions, 150 minutes) and Pennsylvania (40 questions, 60 minutes) portions built to Pearson VUE’s published topic counts, timed or untimed. Scored-content practice only: the official exam adds unscored pretest questions.

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More sample questions

Choose an answer and check it. Every question in the practice tool comes with the same kind of explanation and a source.

Sample question 1 · Pennsylvania · Agency and disclosure

Pennsylvania law requires a licensee to give a consumer the Consumer Notice at the initial interview. How does Pennsylvania define the initial interview?

Answer choices for sample question 1

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Answer: B.

The rule. RELRA § 608(a) and the Commission's definition in 49 Pa. Code § 35.201 make the initial interview the first substantive discussion between a licensee and a consumer about the consumer's real estate needs. The Consumer Notice is due at that point (49 Pa. Code § 35.336(a)).

Applied here. The trigger is the conversation, not a signature, a showing or an offer. Once a licensee and a consumer start talking in substance about what the consumer wants to buy, sell or rent, the initial interview has happened and the disclosure is due.

  • A. An offer comes much later. By then the consumer may already have shared confidential information without knowing whether the licensee represents them.
  • C. The initial interview is the first substantive discussion, which usually comes well before any agreement. The notice is due then, so the consumer can choose a business relationship before signing anything.
  • D. A first showing is one of the outside deadlines for handing over the written notice after an initial interview that was not in person (RELRA § 608(d)). It is not the definition of the initial interview.

Source: Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act (Act 9 of 1980), 63 P.S. §§ 455.101-455.902, RELRA § 608(a); 49 Pa. Code Chapter 35, State Real Estate Commission, 49 Pa. Code § 35.201 (definition of "Initial interview"); 49 Pa. Code Chapter 35, State Real Estate Commission, 49 Pa. Code § 35.336(a)

Sample question 2 · Pennsylvania · Licensee conduct rules

A Pennsylvania salesperson places an advertisement for a home listed with her brokerage. Under the State Real Estate Commission's regulations, what must the advertisement contain?

Answer choices for sample question 2

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Answer: C.

The rule. 49 Pa. Code § 35.305(c) requires an advertisement by a salesperson or associate broker to contain the business name and telephone number of the employing broker.

Applied here. Because a salesperson is placing this ad, it has to show the brokerage's business name and the brokerage's own telephone number, not only the salesperson's contact details.

  • A. The broker's license number and street address are not what § 35.305(c) requires. It calls for the broker's business name and telephone number.
  • B. The regulation does not require a salesperson's license number or expiration date in ads. The required items are the employing broker's name and telephone number.
  • D. A salesperson may also show a personal number or a price, but neither is required. Leaving out the broker's name and number would break the rule.

Source: 49 Pa. Code Chapter 35, State Real Estate Commission, 49 Pa. Code § 35.305(c)

Sample question 3 · National · Contracts and agency

Which statement best describes a unilateral contract?

Answer choices for sample question 3

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Answer: A.

The rule. A unilateral contract is formed when an offer can be accepted only by performing an act: one party promises something in return for the other party's act, and the other party never promises to act. A bilateral contract is an exchange of promises (Cornell LII Wex, unilateral contract and bilateral contract).

Applied here. A reward offer is the classic example. A promise to pay whoever returns a lost set of keys binds the person offering the reward only if someone actually returns them, and nobody is obligated to search. That one-sided promise is what makes a contract unilateral.

  • B. Unilateral does not mean one signature. The label depends on whether one or both parties made promises, not on how many people have signed.
  • C. An exchange of promises that binds both sides is a bilateral contract, the most common type, such as a typical sales contract.
  • D. Agreement shown by conduct instead of words describes an implied contract. Implied versus express is a different question from unilateral versus bilateral.

Source: Wex legal dictionary and encyclopedia, Wex: unilateral contract; Wex legal dictionary and encyclopedia, Wex: bilateral contract

The exam

What the Pennsylvania salesperson exam looks like

Pennsylvania’s salesperson exam, administered by Pearson VUE, has two separately scored portions: a national portion on general real estate principles and federal law, and a Pennsylvania portion on the state’s license law, regulations and related state statutes. Each portion has its own time limit, and you pass or fail each one on its own.

Pennsylvania salesperson exam: scored questions and time per portion
PortionScored questionsUnscored pretest questionsTimeOutline effective
National portion805*150 minutesApril 1, 2025
Pennsylvania portion4010*60 minutesMarch 16, 2026

Source: Pearson VUE, Pennsylvania Real Estate Candidate Handbook (publication 093900) (October 2026 (rev10/2026)) and Pennsylvania Real Estate Content Outlines (publication 093901, 03/2026), checked October 18, 2026. *The pretest counts are from the content outlines; the handbook’s summary table gives a range of 5 to 10 for each portion. Pretest questions are not scored but look the same as scored ones and share the clock. Always confirm current details with Pearson VUE before your exam.

The handbook’s summary table lists a 75% minimum passing score. Its scoring section explains that scores are scaled (equated across exam forms) and that a scaled score is neither the number nor the percentage of questions you answered correctly, so 75% does not mean 75% of the questions. Numeric scores are reported only to candidates who fail. This practice tool reports raw practice percentages only and never predicts a pass or fail. For fees, scheduling, ID rules and retakes, read Pearson VUE’s current candidate handbook (linked under the table above) and confirm details with Pearson VUE or the Commission: official sources do not always agree, for example on exam fees.

Scope

What this practice test covers, and what it doesn’t

  • Covers: the national portion’s eight topic areas and the Pennsylvania portion’s five, mapped to Pearson VUE’s current salesperson content outlines, with original questions that explain the rule behind every answer.
  • Doesn’t cover: the Pennsylvania broker exam, other states’ laws, or every way a question can be asked. It is supplemental practice, not the prelicensing education Pennsylvania requires before the exam (75 hours of basic real estate courses, or a qualifying degree), and it is not legal advice.
  • Your results: a raw practice score by topic, from a finite bank of questions. Use it to decide what to study next, not as a forecast of your official result.

Methodology

How these questions are written and checked

  1. Mapped to the official outline. Each question is tagged to a topic and subtopic of Pearson VUE’s current content outline for the Pennsylvania salesperson exam (national portion effective April 1, 2025; Pennsylvania portion effective March 16, 2026). The outline sets what is tested; it is not the source for any answer.
  2. Written from primary sources. The questions are original. They were drafted with AI assistance from the Pennsylvania statute and regulations, federal law, official agency guidance and legal reference works such as Cornell Law School’s Wex, and every explanation cites its source with a specific locator (a section, page or entry).
  3. Checked automatically. A build check confirms one keyed answer, four distinct choices, an explanation for every wrong choice, a resolvable source, recomputed math answers and no duplicate question stems (near-duplicates are flagged for the editor).
  4. Not yet reviewed by a licensed professional. No licensed real estate professional or attorney has reviewed these questions yet. Each one was checked by a separate AI review that re-read its sources, and the whole bank was checked for questions that contradict or give away each other. AI checking is not a professional review, so treat the explanations as study notes and confirm anything important in the cited source. If something looks wrong, use “Report a question issue”.

240 questions are published. Questions are drawn from a finite bank, so you will start to see repeats; the practice tool tells you when a question is one you have seen before.

Found a problem? Use “Report a question issue” after any answer in the practice tool. A report sends us the question’s ID and version, where you opened the report (study, mock or review), the page address and the message you write.

FAQ

Questions

Is this the official Pennsylvania real estate exam?

No. These are original practice questions written for this site. They are not actual exam questions, and The Real Estate Investing Club is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission or Pearson VUE.

How many questions does the Pennsylvania salesperson exam have?

According to Pearson VUE’s current documents, the national portion has 80 scored questions in 150 minutes and the Pennsylvania portion has 40 scored questions in 60 minutes, plus unscored pretest questions in each. Check the current candidate handbook before your exam, since details can change.

Why is the diagnostic 12 national and 8 Pennsylvania questions?

It is a short first session spread across the exam’s topic areas. The split is our choice for a quick check, not the official weighting, and a 20-question score cannot predict your result on the real exam.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up, email or payment. Your progress is saved in your browser on this device when the browser allows it; it does not sync between devices, and clearing your browser’s site data removes it. You can also clear it yourself from the practice tool.

Does this count toward prelicensing or continuing education hours?

No. This is a standalone practice test and supplemental study aid. It does not grant official academic credit, prelicensing education hours or continuing education hours in any jurisdiction, and it is not a replacement for the licensing education your state requires. In Pennsylvania, that means the Commission-approved prelicensing courses before the exam and the required continuing education after you are licensed.

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