Tennessee Real Estate Practice Exam

Tennessee affiliate broker candidates take a national section and a Tennessee state section during one computer-based appointment administered by PSI. The national portion includes 80 scored multiple-choice questions in 160 minutes. The Tennessee state portion includes 40 scored multiple-choice questions in 80 minutes. PSI schedules both sections in one 240-minute appointment. You must achieve at least 70% on the national section and at least 70% on the state section to pass. That means at least 56 correct answers on the national section and at least 28 correct answers on the state section. PSI may include five to ten unscored experimental questions in each portion that do not count toward your score but do count against your time. Results display on screen when you finish, and PSI emails a diagnostic score report if you fail either section.

PSI publishes separate content outlines for the national and Tennessee state portions. Treat them as two study plans even though they share one appointment. The state outline weights below reflect PSI's published item counts for the 40-question Tennessee block.

• National portion (80 items): contracts lead at 19%, agency at 13%, practice of real estate at 12%, financing at 10%, and property ownership at 8% per PSI's affiliate broker outline.
• Tennessee state portion: advertising and marketing (7 items), agency and disclosure issues (6 items), broker and affiliate relationships (5 items).
• Tennessee state law: T.C.A. Title 62, Chapter 13 (Broker License Act), TREC Rules at Section 1260-1, and the Tennessee Human Rights Act.
• Trust and escrow: trust account statutes, disbursement rules, and document handling and recordkeeping (4 items each in the state outline).
• Licensing and discipline: TREC licensing requirements (4 items) and TREC duties and disciplinary powers (4 items).
• High-yield state topics: dual agency, designated agents, facilitators, internet advertising rules, and commission access to brokerage records.

Tennessee affiliate broker candidates must satisfy TREC education, examination, and application requirements before TREC issues a license. Review current TREC and PSI instructions before applying because fees, forms, and processing rules can change.

• Be at least 18 years old and hold a high school diploma or equivalent before applying.
• Complete 60 hours of TREC-approved real estate principles and fundamentals education before your school submits eligibility to PSI electronically.
• Pass both PSI exam sections (70% on the 80-question national portion and 70% on the 40-question state portion) during one appointment or across retakes.
• Complete the remaining 30-hour Course for New Affiliates before TREC will issue your affiliate broker license after you pass both exam sections.
• Submit electronic fingerprints through TREC's approved vendor for the initial license application. Fingerprints are not required to sit for the examination.
• Apply for your license at core.tn.gov within one year of passing both exam sections. PSI exam fees ($63 both sections, $37 national only, or $26 state only) are separate from TREC license application fees.

If you pass one section but fail the other, you retake only the failed section and pay the applicable PSI fee again. The passing score for the section you cleared remains valid for two retakes of the failed section or one year, whichever comes first. You cannot schedule a new appointment on the same day you test. After a second failed attempt, you must wait 30 days between subsequent retakes. Upon passing both sections, apply for your license at core.tn.gov within one year of your exam date. Because Tennessee uses a 70% threshold on both sections scored independently, a strong national score cannot offset a failing Tennessee-law result. Weight timed practice toward TREC advertising rules, dual agency disclosure, trust account disbursements, and broker-affiliate affiliation requirements for the 40-item state block, then review national contracts, financing, and fair housing for the 80-item national block. When you want interactive reps today, use Casa Academy's free practice tool with the Florida demo disclosure visible on every launch.