Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 19,995 original practice questions mapped to Pearson VUE’s published Maine content outlines — and it opens for enrollment soon. Join the notify list and we will email you when enrollment opens.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
Maine’s entry-level license is the Sales Agent license, and its exam has two portions you must both pass: a national/general portion of 80 scored questions and a Maine law portion of 40 scored questions, each with a passing standard of a scaled score of 75. PassProfessor’s Maine program will give you 19,995 original practice questions built on Pearson VUE’s current published content outlines for Maine — 13,386 on the national/general topics and 6,609 on Maine law — with fresh, blueprint-weighted practice exams, topic drills for every outline area, and per-question analytics that show you where your misses concentrate. A free sample exam will be available at launch.
What’s included
A Maine bank, not a national bank with a Maine chapter stapled on. A third of your scored exam — 40 of 120 questions — is Maine law alone: the Real Estate Commission, licensee rules, Maine agency and transaction brokerage, trust accounts, Maine-mandated property disclosures, transfer tax and nonresident withholding, landlord-tenant and condominium law, and Maine land-use law from shoreland zoning to Tree Growth. Our bank holds 6,609 Maine-law questions, so that portion can be drilled on its own, at depth, the way the real exam tests it.
Fresh practice exams, built to the blueprint every time. Each full practice exam is generated fresh for that attempt, weighted to the real exam’s structure — the national portion’s eight outline areas and the Maine law portion’s five areas in their published proportions. Questions you have not seen come first, and you never sit the same practice exam twice.
Topic drills for every outline area. Drill a single area — Real Estate Contracts and Agency, Maine Laws and Rules Governing Activities of Licensees, Real Estate Math Calculations, Maine Land-Use Law — or sit a full timed simulation of one portion or both. Every one of the thirteen official outline areas has its own drill pool; the smallest, the Maine Real Estate Commission area, still holds 333 questions.
Per-question analytics that find your weak areas. Your results break down by outline area and portion, so a pattern like “Maine trust-account and disclosure questions keep costing me” shows up in your practice data before it shows up on a score report. Across the program, questions are monitored from real student responses once the program opens; items 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 Maine Real Estate Commission and Pearson VUE’s Maine Real Estate Candidate Handbook (December 2025, #092000) and content outlines (document #092005, 04/2025). Full detail — eligibility, registration, retakes, test day — is in our Maine real estate exam guide.
| National/general portion | Maine law portion | |
|---|---|---|
| Scored questions | 80 | 40 |
| Unscored pretest questions mixed in | 5 | 5–15 |
| Time limit | 2.5 hours (150 minutes) | 1.5 hours (90 minutes) |
| Passing standard | Scaled score of 75 | Scaled score of 75 |
| Maine Sales Agent exam | |
|---|---|
| Administered by | Pearson VUE, for the Maine Real Estate Commission |
| Total scored questions | 120 (80 national/general + 40 Maine law) |
| Total testing time | 4 hours across the two portions |
| Exam fee | $88, paid to Pearson VUE when you reserve (credit card, debit card, or voucher; payment is not accepted at the test center; nonrefundable and nontransferable) |
| Before you can test | Complete The Sales Agent Course (minimum 55 hours, Commission-approved) with a final grade of at least 75%, and bring your original Course Completion Certificate to the test center |
- You must pass both portions. A strong national score does not carry a weak Maine law score. Candidates must pass both portions within one year of completing the Sales Agent Course.
- A scaled score of 75 is not 75%. Pearson VUE reports Maine results as a scaled score on a 0–100 scale, equated so different exam forms demand the same level of knowledge. The scaled score is neither the number nor the percentage of questions you answered correctly.
- The clock after the exam is one year, too. Your license application must reach the Maine Real Estate Commission within one calendar year of passing the entire exam.
- The Sales Agent license itself is a two-year, non-renewable license. It is Maine’s training license: you work under a designated broker, and the path from it leads to the Associate Broker license. Plan your two years accordingly.
- The Commission’s FAQ lists exam administration in Westbrook and Bangor; the candidate handbook lists the current test centers.
How the practice maps to the real exam
Every question in the Maine bank is tagged to an area of Pearson VUE’s published content outlines — the national/general outline for salespersons (effective April 1, 2025) and the Maine laws, rules, and regulations outline (revalidated July 10, 2024) — the same outlines the real exam is built from. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered workbook.
| Official outline area (scored questions on the real exam) | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| National/general portion | |
| I. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11) | 1,839 |
| II. Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9) | 1,505 |
| III. Property Value and Appraisal (11) | 1,836 |
| IV. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16) | 2,688 |
| V. Real Estate Practice (10) | 1,678 |
| VI. Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9) | 1,500 |
| VII. Financing and Settlement (7) | 1,174 |
| VIII. Real Estate Math Calculations (7) | 1,166 |
| National/general subtotal (80 scored) | 13,386 |
| Maine law portion | |
| I. Maine Real Estate Commission (2) | 333 |
| II. Maine Laws and Rules Governing Activities of Licensees (15) | 2,465 |
| III. Law of Agency/Brokerage (10) | 1,646 |
| IV. Maine-Specific Principles and Practices (8) | 1,332 |
| V. Maine Land-Use Law (5) | 833 |
| Maine law subtotal (40 scored) | 6,609 |
| Total (120 scored) | 19,995 |
Two things to notice in that table. First, the practice bank mirrors the exam’s own weights: Contracts and Agency, the largest national area at 16 scored questions, is also the largest national drill pool, and Maine Laws and Rules Governing Activities of Licensees — 15 of the 40 Maine law questions, well over a third of that portion — is the largest Maine pool. Second, no outline area is thin or missing: all thirteen areas are covered, including the two-question Commission area, which most generic products skip entirely.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. Step one is the list: when enrollment opens, you will be emailed on launch day, and you can start with the free sample exam — a fixed set of Maine questions across both portions, enough to see how the program works and where you stand.
- Drill by outline area. Work the areas the sample exposed, area by area, and watch your per-question analytics: when an area stops appearing in your misses, move on; when one keeps appearing, drill it again before your next full simulation.
- Give Maine law its own study block. It is a third of your scored questions, it is scored on its own, and it is the material national products cover thinnest — trust accounts, mandated disclosures, agency and transaction brokerage, transfer tax, shoreland zoning. Treat it as a second, smaller exam, because that is what it is.
- Sit full blueprint practice exams against the clock. Fresh questions each attempt, in the real 80/40 portion split — 150 minutes for the national portion, 90 for Maine law. Pacing is a separate skill from knowledge; practice both.
- Book the real exam through Pearson VUE when your practice results sit comfortably above the passing standard on both portions — and keep your one-year clocks in view: pass within one year of finishing the Sales Agent Course, and apply for the license within one year of passing.
Pricing
Pricing for the Maine program has not been announced yet. When enrollment opens, the full program price will be posted here and emailed to the notify list. Our standard refund terms will apply: 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 Maine real estate exam? The Sales Agent exam has 120 scored questions: 80 on the national/general portion and 40 on the Maine law portion. The portions also mix in unscored pretest questions that do not affect your result — 5 on the national portion and 5 to 15 on the Maine law portion, per Pearson VUE’s Maine content outlines. You cannot tell pretest questions from scored ones, so treat every question as if it counts.
What score do I need to pass the Maine real estate exam? A scaled score of 75, and you must pass both portions. Pearson VUE reports results on a 0–100 scaled score, which is equated across exam forms — it is not the percentage of questions answered correctly. Because both portions must be passed, a blended practice average can mislead you; check your readiness portion by portion.
Who administers the Maine real estate exam? Pearson VUE administers the exam for the Maine Real Estate Commission, which has retained Pearson VUE to develop and administer Maine’s real estate examination program. You reserve through Pearson VUE — online or by phone at (877) 543-5220 — and test at a Pearson VUE test center; the Commission’s FAQ lists Westbrook and Bangor.
What do I need before I can take the Maine exam? You must be at least 18 years old with a high school diploma or equivalent, and you must complete The Sales Agent Course — a Commission-approved course of at least 55 hours — with a minimum final grade of 75%. Bring your original Course Completion Certificate to the test center; Pearson VUE requires the original. Course completion certificates are valid for one year, and you must pass both exam portions inside that year.
How much does the Maine real estate exam cost? The exam fee is $88, paid to Pearson VUE when you reserve your appointment, by credit card, debit card, or voucher — payment is not accepted at the test center, and the fee is nonrefundable and nontransferable. After you pass, there is a separate license application payment of $121 to the Commission. Pearson VUE revises its candidate handbook periodically, so confirm the fee at reservation.
If I fail one portion, do I retake the whole exam? No. You retake the portion or portions you have not passed; when you reserve the Sales Agent exam again, Pearson VUE administers only what you still need. Every attempt must still fall within one year of your Sales Agent Course completion date — if that year runs out, the course itself must be addressed before you can test again.
How long is my passing score good for? One calendar year. The Maine Real Estate Commission requires your license application within one calendar year of passing the entire exam. The Commission’s application instructions ask for the application payment, your original examination results, and your original Course Completion Certificate, and you must have arranged affiliation with a licensed Maine real estate agency.
Are these the actual exam questions? No. Every PassProfessor question is written by us, from scratch, to Pearson VUE’s published Maine content outlines and Maine law. We never use real exam questions, recalled questions, or another provider’s bank — and using actual exam content would violate the candidate rules you agree to when you test.
Does this program count toward the 55-hour Sales Agent Course? No. PassProfessor is exam preparation only. It provides no pre-licensing education credit and is not a substitute for The Sales Agent Course, which you must complete with a Commission-approved provider, with a final grade of at least 75%, before you can sit for the exam.
Why does the Maine law portion get its own drills? Because it is 40 of your 120 scored questions, it must be passed on its own, and its content exists only in Maine: Commission rules, trust-account handling, the Real Estate Brokerage Relationships disclosure, transaction brokerage, mandated property disclosures, transfer tax and nonresident withholding, and land-use law from subdivisions to shoreland zoning. Our bank holds 6,609 Maine-law questions so that portion can be drilled until it is the most familiar part of your exam.
When can I enroll in the Maine program? Soon — the 19,995-question bank is complete and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day enrollment opens.
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 Maine Real Estate Commission, Pearson VUE, or any state agency or exam vendor. It is not a substitute for the required 55-hour Sales Agent Course. All practice questions are original, written to the published exam outlines; they are not actual exam questions.