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Montana’s salesperson exam has two separately scored portions — 80 national questions in 150 minutes and 40 Montana state questions in 90 minutes, administered by Pearson VUE for the Montana Board of Realty Regulation — and you must reach a scaled score of 75 on each one. PassProfessor’s Montana program gives you 20,000 original practice questions mapped to those outlines, including 6,640 questions on Montana law and licensee rules alone, with fresh blueprint-weighted practice exams, topic drills, and per-question analytics that show you exactly where your misses are coming from. A free sample exam comes with the program at launch.
What’s included
A Montana bank, not a national bank with a Montana chapter. One-third of your scored exam — 40 of 120 questions — tests Montana law: the Board’s powers, licensing rules, the duties Montana imposes on its licensees, errors and omissions insurance, landlord-tenant law, and foreclosure under Montana’s trust indenture system. Our bank holds 20,000 questions, and 6,640 of them test the Montana state portion specifically. That is the section national courses cover most lightly, and it is where this program is deepest.
Practice exams at the real exam’s weights. Each full practice exam is generated fresh for that attempt — national and state questions in the same 80/40 proportions Pearson VUE uses, with topics weighted the way the official outlines weight them (Real Estate Contracts and Agency carries the most national questions; Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees carries 28 of the 40 state questions). Questions you have not seen come first, and you never sit the same exam twice.
Drills that match how the exam is built. Drill a single outline area — Montana licensing, agency duties and disclosure, real estate math — or sit a full timed simulation of one portion or both. Because the two portions are scored separately, you can train them separately: a strong national score cannot rescue a weak state score on the real exam, and your practice should never pretend otherwise.
Per-question analytics that find your weak topics. Your results break down by outline area, so a pattern like “I keep missing Montana trust-account and disclosure questions” shows up in your practice data before it shows up on a score report. Every item in the program is also monitored from real student responses; questions students find suspiciously easy or suspiciously hard are pulled for review, and anything found wrong is fixed or retired.
The real exam at a glance
Current as of October 2026, per the Montana Board of Realty Regulation and the Pearson VUE Montana Board of Realty Regulation Candidate Handbook (January 2026, publication #092700). Full detail — eligibility, registration, retakes, test day — is in our Montana real estate exam guide.
| National portion | Montana state portion | |
|---|---|---|
| Scored questions | 80 | 40 |
| Unscored pretest questions mixed in | 5 | 10 |
| Time limit | 150 minutes (2½ hours) | 90 minutes (1½ hours) |
| Passing standard | Scaled score of 75 | Scaled score of 75 |
| Exam fee | $95 | $95 |
- The exam is administered by Pearson VUE for the Montana Board of Realty Regulation. (Montana previously tested through PSI — materials that still send you to PSI, or quote PSI-era fees and passing figures, are out of date.)
- The two portions are scored separately. Passing one and failing the other means you retake only the portion you failed.
- A scaled score is not a percentage: Pearson VUE converts raw results to a 0–100 scale to equalize different exam forms, and 75 is the Board’s passing point on that scale. Numeric scores are reported only to candidates who do not pass.
- You can test at a Pearson VUE test center or online through OnVUE proctoring. Reservations are made at least 48 hours in advance; walk-in examinations are not available, and the fee is paid at reservation — never at the test center.
- Before you can test, you complete 70 hours of Board-approved pre-licensing education. This program is exam preparation only — it is not pre-licensing education and provides no education credit.
- Pearson VUE sells its own official practice tests for $19.95 — but they cover general national topics only, and Pearson VUE states that state-specific practice tests are not available. The Montana state portion is exactly where official practice material does not exist.
How the practice maps to the real exam
Every question in the Montana bank is tagged to an area of Pearson VUE’s current content outlines — the national/general outline (effective April 1, 2025) and the Montana state outline (effective January 1, 2025) — the same outlines the real exam is built from. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the Montana workbook.
| Official outline area (scored questions on the real exam) | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| National portion | |
| I. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11) | 1,840 |
| II. Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9) | 1,520 |
| III. Property Value and Appraisal (11) | 1,840 |
| IV. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16) | 2,682 |
| V. Real Estate Practice (10) | 1,680 |
| VI. Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9) | 1,518 |
| VII. Financing and Settlement (7) | 1,160 |
| VIII. Real Estate Math Calculations (7) | 1,120 |
| Montana state portion | |
| I. The Real Estate Licensing Agency’s Powers (3) | 480 |
| II. Licensing (3) | 480 |
| III. Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees (28) | 4,640 |
| IV. Additional Topics (6) | 1,040 |
| Total (120 scored) | 20,000 |
Every outline area carries a full drill bank — including the two smallest state areas, the Licensing Agency’s Powers and Licensing, at 480 practice questions each. The state portion’s center of gravity is Area III, Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees: 28 of the 40 state questions on the real exam, and 4,640 practice questions here.
How to use it
- Start with the free sample exam — a fixed set of Montana questions across both portions, enough to see how the program works and where you stand.
- Drill the Montana state areas early. They are a third of your scored exam and the most concrete material on it — Board powers, licensing deadlines, agency duties, disclosure rules, trust money, E&O insurance. Most candidates leave state law for last; the score report is where that shows.
- Drill by outline area. Work your weakest areas — contracts and agency on the national side carries 16 of 80 questions all by itself — until the misses stop repeating, and track each portion separately, the way the real exam scores them.
- Sit full generated exams against the clock. 85 questions in 150 minutes on the national portion and 50 in 90 minutes on the state portion, once pretest items are mixed in, is a pacing skill separate from knowledge. Practice the pace, not just the material.
- Book the real exam through Pearson VUE when your practice results sit comfortably above the passing standard on full simulations of both portions — then complete your license application to the Board promptly; Montana’s rules require applying within 12 months of passing.
Pricing
The Montana program is $49 for full access to all 20,000 questions. If the program isn’t for you, our standard refund terms give you 14 days provided you have attempted less than 20% of the program (see the site Terms for the full policy).
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Montana real estate exam? The salesperson exam has 120 scored questions: 80 on the national portion and 40 on the Montana state portion. The portions also mix in unscored pretest questions that do not affect your result — 5 on the national portion and 10 on the state portion, per the exam table in Pearson VUE’s current Montana candidate handbook. You cannot tell pretest questions from scored ones, so treat every question as if it counts.
Who administers the Montana real estate exam? Pearson VUE administers the exam for the Montana Board of Realty Regulation. Montana previously tested through PSI, so older study materials and guides that reference PSI, PSI-era fees, or a different passing figure are out of date — the current authority is the Board and Pearson VUE’s January 2026 candidate handbook.
What score do I need to pass the Montana real estate exam? A scaled score of 75 on each portion, separately. Pearson VUE converts raw results to a 0–100 scaled score so every version of the exam demands the same level of knowledge, which means 75 is not the same as answering 75% of the questions correctly. A strong national portion cannot offset a state portion below 75.
How much does the Montana real estate exam cost? The exam fee is $95 per portion, paid to Pearson VUE when you reserve — $190 if you take both portions. Fees are paid by card or voucher at reservation, are not accepted at the test center, and are non-refundable and non-transferable. After you pass, the Board’s salesperson license application fee is $80, paid to the Montana Board of Realty Regulation — a separate payment from the exam fees.
What do I need before I can take the exam? You must be at least 18 years old, have completed two years of high school curriculum or its equivalent, and complete 70 hours of Board-approved pre-licensing education before testing. The handbook is explicit: before taking an examination, candidates must complete all pre-licensing education. Your salesperson license application also requires certification by a supervising broker, and active Montana licensees must carry errors and omissions insurance.
If I fail one portion, do I retake the whole exam? No. The portions are scored separately, and Pearson VUE’s retake rules say candidates who pass one part and fail the other retake only the failed part. You make a new reservation online or by phone — re-examination reservations cannot be made at the test center — and the exam fee applies to the portion you retake.
How long are my passing scores good for? The candidate handbook states that exam results are good for three years from the date you pass. Do not let that longer window slow you down: Montana’s licensing rules require you to apply for licensure within 12 months after passing the exam, so treat the 12-month application deadline as the clock that matters.
Can I take the Montana real estate exam online? Yes. In addition to Pearson VUE test centers, the handbook provides for online testing through OnVUE proctoring: you test from a private space, stay in the proctor’s view for the whole session, keep phones out of reach, and commit your full attention for the entire sitting — there are no unscheduled breaks in an online exam.
Are these the actual exam questions? No. Every PassProfessor question is written by us, from scratch, to Pearson VUE’s published Montana content outlines and Montana law. We never use real exam questions, recalled questions, or another provider’s bank — and the handbook reminds candidates that exam questions are copyrighted and distributing exam content is prohibited.
Does this program count toward my 70 hours of pre-licensing education? No. PassProfessor is exam preparation only. It does not provide pre-licensing education credit and is not a substitute for the 70 hours of Board-approved education Montana requires before you test.
How is this different from Pearson VUE’s $19.95 practice test? Pearson VUE’s own practice tests cover general national topics only, and Pearson VUE states that state-specific practice tests are not available. PassProfessor covers both portions — including 6,640 questions on the Montana state outline, the 40 scored questions for which no official practice test exists — with fresh blueprint-weighted practice exams on every attempt instead of one fixed test.
How do I enroll in the Montana program? Enrollment is open now. Enroll on this page for $49 and you get immediate access to the full program — all 20,000 questions, the topic drills for both portions, and the generated practice exams — starting with the free sample exam if you want to look around first.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation provider. This program is exam preparation only: it is not pre-licensing education, provides no education credit, and is not affiliated with the Montana Board of Realty Regulation, Pearson VUE, or any state agency or exam vendor. All practice questions are original, written to the published exam outlines; they are not actual exam questions.