Texas Real Estate Practice Exam

Texas sales agent candidates take a national portion and a Texas state-law portion during one computer-based Pearson VUE appointment. The national portion includes 80 scored multiple-choice items plus five unscored pretest questions with 150 minutes when scheduled alone. The Texas state portion includes 40 scored items plus ten unscored pretest questions with 90 minutes when scheduled alone. Combined appointment time is 240 minutes. You need 70 percent on each portion independently: at least 56 correct on the 80 scored national items and at least 28 correct on the 40 scored state items. Pretest questions look like scored items but do not affect your result, so answer every question on screen. If you pass one portion and fail the other, you retake only the failed portion within one year while your passing score on the other section remains valid. After three failed attempts on either portion, you must complete 30 additional classroom hours of qualifying education for that portion and submit course completion certificates plus your third failed score report to documents@trec.texas.gov before TREC re-authorizes another attempt.

Pearson VUE Content Outlines #094401 (January 2026) organize the Texas sales agent exam into national real estate principles (effective March 1, 2025) and a Texas Sales Agent state-law outline (effective January 1, 2026). Treat them as two study plans even though they share one appointment.

• National portion (80 scored items): property characteristics and legal descriptions, ownership and title transfer, valuation and appraisal, contracts and agency, real estate practice and fair housing, property disclosures and environmental issues, financing and settlement, and real estate math per the March 2025 salesperson national outline.
• Texas state portion (40 scored items): Commission duties and powers (3), licensing (4), standards of conduct (9), agency and brokerage (10), contracts including promulgated forms and seller disclosure (8), and special topics (6).
• State pretest allotment: ten case-study items that are mixed in and unscored.
• High-yield Texas themes include TREC rulemaking and Recovery Trust Account authority, intermediary practice and minimum services, broker supervision of sales agents, TREC promulgated contract forms and addenda, advertising and trust-account standards, community property, homestead protections, and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
• On the exam, references to The Act mean the Texas Real Estate License Act and TREC Rules mean Commission rules promulgated under that Act.

License exams test how Texas statutes, commission rules, and candidate bulletins interact. Use the Statutes and regulations links on this page for primary sources, then confirm live fees and outlines with the regulator before you schedule.

• Texas Real Estate Commission
• Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1101 (Real Estate License Act)
• Texas Real Estate Commission rules
• TREC sales agent licensing guide

Texas sales agent candidates must satisfy TREC education, examination, and application requirements before TREC issues a license. Review current TREC and Pearson VUE instructions before applying because fees, forms, and processing rules can change.

• Be at least 18 years old and a United States citizen or lawfully admitted alien before TREC issues a license.
• Complete 180 hours of TREC-approved qualifying real estate education, including Principles of Real Estate I and II, Law of Agency, Law of Contracts, and Promulgated Contract Forms.
• Submit your sales agent application through the TREC online portal, complete fingerprinting through IdentoGO if required, and receive exam authorization once TREC approves your record.
• Pass both Pearson VUE exam portions at 70% or higher (56/80 national and 28/40 state) within the one-year partial-pass window if you split attempts.
• Verify that your legal name on your government ID exactly matches your TREC registration before test day.
• Pay the $43 examination fee to Pearson VUE when you schedule (same fee for national, state, or both). TREC license application fees and course tuition are separate charges listed on the TREC fee schedule.

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Because Texas requires a 70 percent raw cut on both portions, build separate study blocks for the 40-item state outline (especially standards of conduct, agency and brokerage, promulgated contracts, and Texas special topics) and the 80-item national principles block. If you pass one portion and fail the other, schedule only the failed portion before your one-year partial-pass window expires. Start the free Texas practice test on this page for a short email-gated readiness snapshot, then continue into unlimited blueprint-matched practice if you purchase Texas exam prep. Pair paid drills with TREC materials and the current Pearson VUE outlines rather than treating any practice set as the live exam. Texas is a title state where attorneys and title companies handle closings, so expect state questions on promulgated forms and disclosure duties rather than generic closing-agent scripts from other states.

Use your passing score report within the published windows: clear any remaining background check with TREC, affiliate with a sponsoring broker before performing brokerage services, and keep your license active under TREC renewal and continuing education rules. Keep Pearson VUE and TREC fee pages bookmarked because exam and license charges are billed separately.

Texas Sales Agent exams are scheduled and delivered through Pearson VUE for TREC; candidate materials, raw cuts, fees, and the three-fail education reset come from Candidate Handbook #094400 and Content Outlines #094401. The January 1, 2026 Sales Agent state outline keeps Commission powers, licensing, standards of conduct, agency and brokerage, promulgated contracts, and special topics as scored domains, with case studies as the pretest block. Hub summaries use official citations only.