Real Estate Practice Tests: Official Vendor Options, Sample Questions and What a Score Tells You

The two official practice tests compared

The vendors' own practice tests are the closest official preview of the national portion. Pearson VUE says its tests contain "items similar in content and format" to the general exam, presented with "the same look and feel." As checked on October 28, 2026:

Pearson VUE's page adds that its practice tests are "not State regulated" and that the account you use for them is separate from your exam account. Five of the six PSI bulletins checked (all but Virginia's, which doesn't discuss practice exams) carry the same caution: practice exams "ARE NOT a substitute for proper education and study," and "scoring well on the practice exam does not guarantee a positive outcome." Washington's Department of Licensing points candidates who can't pass the national exam to study and practice materials in PSI's online store.

Because Pearson VUE sells one version, a second purchase gives you the same test. Save it for when you want a clean measurement, not for early study.

Free official samples in the handbooks

Before you spend anything, read your handbook's sample questions:

• Texas (Pearson VUE): the September 2026 handbook contains a 50-question sample test with an answer sheet at the end.
• PSI states: the New Hampshire, Virginia, New Jersey, Tennessee, Iowa and Colorado bulletins each include a sample questions section. New Hampshire's has five salesperson questions with answers and two scenario-based broker questions scored from 0 to 2 points per option.
• PSI's on-screen tutorial: New Hampshire's bulletin says sample questions follow the tutorial at the test center, and up to 15 minutes of tutorial time doesn't count against your exam time.

PSI says its samples "do NOT represent the full range of content or difficulty levels" of the actual exam, so treat them as a format preview. Passy doesn't reproduce them here; open your own handbook to see them.

Free Passy practice and what's planned

The 20 free practice questions are Passy's own, written for the national portion and spread across Pearson VUE's eight areas roughly by weight, covering topics from fixtures and the government survey to RESPA and prorations, each with an explanation. Twenty questions can't match the real exam's mix or difficulty, and the page says plainly that a score there doesn't predict a pass.

For more volume, the full 625-question bank planned for launch is organized by the same eight areas, with an explanation for every answer. It isn't on sale yet, so the free set and your handbook samples are what you can use today.

How to take a practice test so the score means something

1. Match your state's clock. Use your handbook's time limit for the portion. The format guide lists the limits state by state.
2. Match the rules. Put your phone away, use only a calculator your state allows (the exam day guide lists the rules), and use scratch paper only if your test center provides it.
3. Answer everything. The Texas and Arizona handbooks base the score on questions answered correctly, so a blank earns nothing, and Pearson VUE tells candidates to answer every item because pretest items look exactly like scored ones.
4. Score by area, not just in total. Record how many you got right in each outline area.
5. Review every miss and every lucky guess before you take another test, and write down why each wrong option is wrong.
6. Space your tests out. A practical rhythm is one baseline early, short area sets during study, and the official test or a fresh mixed set in the last two weeks.

To see which area to work on after each set, accuracy in each of the 8 areas, tracked in the planned prep, shows where your practice score is coming from.

What a practice score can and can't tell you

To compare a practice score with a cutoff, use your state's standard from the passing score guide. If your state requires 56 of 80 on the national portion, 70% on a full-length set tells you you're near the line, not safely over it. A practical approach is to keep practicing until you clear your state's cutoff on several different mixed sets, at full time, with no area far below the others.

Choosing what to use, by situation

• Starting out: handbook samples and the free 20 questions, to learn the format.
• Mid-study: short sets by area, matched to your vendor's outline from the vendor comparison.
• Final two weeks: a full-length timed set, ideally the official one from your vendor, followed by a review of every miss.
• After a failed attempt: your score report's area breakdown first, then the free retake planner.

For a last check that is harder than your baseline, Hard Mode, planned for launch, for a tougher check before test day is one of the planned challenge options. Whatever you use, check its date against your outline: Pearson VUE's current national outline took effect April 1, 2025, and PSI's on October 1, 2023.