Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 19,993 original practice questions, written to PSI’s current national outline for Vermont and to Vermont’s own statutes and Commission rules — 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.
Vermont licenses salespersons through two separate examinations. The national portion, given by PSI, has 100 scored questions in 150 minutes and a passing score of 70. The state portion is a Vermont jurisprudence exam administered by the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) inside the online license application itself. PassProfessor’s Vermont program will give you 19,993 original practice questions covering both — 16,800 on the national outline areas and 3,193 on Vermont law — with practice exams drawn fresh at the national outline’s weights, drills by topic, and results that break down by area. A free sample exam will be available when the program launches.
What’s included
A bank built for both examinations, not one bank with a Vermont chapter stapled on. The two Vermont examinations test different bodies of knowledge and are passed separately. Our Vermont bank holds 19,993 questions: 16,800 tagged to the eleven areas of PSI’s national content outline, and 3,193 tagged to eleven Vermont-law topics drawn from Title 26, chapter 41 and the Real Estate Commission’s Administrative Rules — designated agency, brokerage service agreements, trust and escrow accounts, Vermont transfer tax and closings among them. The Vermont-law topics are drilled as their own block, because nothing on the national portion can teach them and no national score can substitute for passing the state exam.
Practice exams at the real exam’s weights. Each full national practice exam is generated fresh for that attempt, drawn at PSI’s published outline weights — Contracts carries the most, at 19% of the national portion, followed by Agency at 13% and Practice of Real Estate at 12%. Questions you have not seen come first, and you never sit the same generated exam twice.
Drills that match how the examinations are built. Drill a single area — Vermont trust and escrow rules, real estate calculations, designated versus non-designated agency — or sit a full 100-question national simulation against the real clock: 150 minutes, the same limit PSI allows. Your results break down by outline area and by examination, so a weak area shows up in your practice data before it shows up on a score report or in a failed application.
Per-question analytics that keep the bank honest. Every item in the program is monitored from real student responses once the program opens. Questions students find suspiciously easy or suspiciously hard are pulled for review, and anything found wrong is fixed or retired. Your own attempt history does the same work at your level: it shows which topics are costing you points, examination by examination, so study time goes where the score is actually being lost.
The real exam at a glance
Current as of October 2026, per the Vermont Real Estate Commission and Office of Professional Regulation (sos.vermont.gov) and PSI’s Vermont Real Estate Salesperson and Broker Candidate Information Bulletin (© 2026, 10/1/2026). Full detail — eligibility, the application flow, retakes, test day — is in our Vermont real estate exam guide.
| National portion | Vermont state portion | |
|---|---|---|
| Administered by | PSI Services LLC, for the Vermont Real Estate Commission | Vermont Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) |
| Where you take it | PSI test center, or online with a remote proctor | Inside your online license application — OPR sends the link within the application |
| Scored questions | 100 (100 points) | Not published in PSI’s current bulletin (see below) |
| Unscored experimental questions mixed in | 5 to 10 (they count against your time) | Not published in PSI’s current bulletin |
| Time limit | 150 minutes (2½ hours) | Not published in PSI’s current bulletin |
| Passing standard | Score of 70 | Not published in PSI’s current bulletin |
| Exam fee | $113, paid to PSI when you reserve | No separate state-exam fee is published in the sources above; the license application fee is $100 (see the guide) |
- Read the state-portion column honestly. PSI’s current Vermont bulletin publishes the national portion’s count, time, and passing score in its examination summary table — and publishes no equivalent figures for the state portion, because OPR, not PSI, administers it. Secondary prep sites print state-portion numbers (36 questions and 50 questions both circulate, with conflicting passing claims), but no current official publication we could verify states them, so this page does not print them either. What is official is the structure: every applicant takes the state exam, there are no exceptions, and it arrives as a link inside the online application.
- The state exam cannot be waived. OPR is explicit: all applicants must take the state exam, including applicants licensed in other states and fast-track endorsement applicants. The national portion and the 40-hour course can be waived for some out-of-state licensees in equivalent states; the state exam cannot.
- You apply first, then schedule the national exam. PSI’s bulletin directs you to apply for a Vermont real estate license with the Commission first; after you receive notification of your eligibility, you register with PSI. Your exam fee is forfeited if you do not test within one year of the date PSI receives it.
- Both examinations must be passed within the two years preceding your application. That two-year window, set in the Commission’s rules, is the clock that governs how long passing results remain usable.
- Before you can be licensed, you complete a 40-hour Commission-approved pre-licensing course and affiliate with a Vermont-licensed principal broker and registered office. This program is exam preparation only — it is not pre-licensing education and provides no education credit toward those 40 hours.
How the practice maps to the real exam
Every national question in the bank is tagged to an area of PSI’s current national content outline for Vermont — the same outline the real national portion is built from — with the outline’s published salesperson weights shown below. Every Vermont question is tagged to a topic drawn from Vermont’s licensing statutes (26 V.S.A. chapter 41) and the Commission’s Administrative Rules, the published law the OPR state exam tests. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered workbook.
| Official outline area (weight on the real national portion) | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| National portion — PSI content outline | |
| I. Property Ownership (10%) | 2,017 |
| II. Land Use Controls (5%) | 835 |
| III. Valuation (8%) | 1,650 |
| IV. Financing (10%) | 2,135 |
| V. Contracts (19%) | 2,874 |
| VI. Agency (13%) | 1,967 |
| VII. Property Disclosures (7%) | 890 |
| VIII. Property Management (3%) | 385 |
| IX. Transfer of Title (6%) | 778 |
| X. Practice of Real Estate (12%) | 1,485 |
| XI. Real Estate Calculations (7%) | 1,784 |
| National subtotal | 16,800 |
| Vermont state portion — topics from 26 V.S.A. ch. 41 and the Commission’s Administrative Rules | |
| VT License Law — Commission, license types, need-for-license & exemptions | 320 |
| VT License Law — Salesperson/broker qualifications, endorsement, temporary license | 337 |
| VT License Law — Renewal, CE, post-licensure, inactive/expired/reinstatement | 307 |
| VT Agency Law — Designated vs. non-designated agency, consent, confidences | 389 |
| VT Brokerage Service Agreements — Forms, terms, compensation provisions | 279 |
| VT Trust & Escrow Accounts | 222 |
| VT Offices, Supervision & Records | 214 |
| VT Enforcement, Discipline & Appeals | 174 |
| VT Advertising, Signage & Office Rules | 158 |
| VT Compensation & Referral Rules | 53 |
| VT Transfer Tax, Closings & Related State Law | 740 |
| Vermont subtotal | 3,193 |
| Total | 19,993 |
One coverage note, stated plainly: VT Compensation & Referral Rules is the bank’s thinnest Vermont topic at 53 questions. It is a narrow slice of Vermont law — who may be paid, referral agreements in writing, rebating rules — and it is drilled inside the wider license-law and brokerage blocks as well, but on its own count it is the smallest topic in the table above, and we would rather show you that than round it away.
Two areas deserve attention out of proportion to their size. On the national side, Contracts alone is nearly one question in five, and Contracts, Agency, and Practice of Real Estate together are 44% of the portion — the bank gives those three areas its largest national allocations for the same reason. On the Vermont side, Transfer Tax, Closings & Related State Law is the largest single Vermont topic at 740 questions, because Vermont’s property transfer tax — its rate tiers, its principal-residence treatment, and the nonresident withholding that accompanies many Vermont sales — is calculation-heavy law that appears nowhere on the national portion.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When enrollment opens, start with the free sample exam — a fixed set of Vermont questions across both examinations, enough to see how the program works and where you stand.
- Take a readiness reading for each examination separately. Do not average them. The national portion has a published passing score of 70; the state exam is passed inside your application, on Vermont law alone. A strong national reading tells you nothing about your Vermont-law readiness.
- Drill by topic. Work the areas your sample and your analytics expose — designated agency, trust accounts, transfer-tax math, contract elements — until the misses in that area stop repeating.
- Sit full national simulations against the clock. 100 scored questions in 150 minutes, with 5 to 10 experimental questions mixed in and counting against the same clock, is a pacing skill as much as a knowledge test. Practice the pace, not just the material.
- Work the Vermont-law block as its own study track, alongside your application. Because the state exam arrives inside the online application, candidates meet it mid-process, not on a test-center date they chose. Finishing your Vermont-law drills before you submit the application means the link, when it arrives, is a formality rather than a surprise.
Pricing
Pricing for the Vermont program has not been announced yet. It will be published here when enrollment opens, and notify-list members will hear it first. The standard PassProfessor 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
When can I enroll in the Vermont program? Soon — the 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, along with the price and the free sample exam.
How many questions are on the Vermont real estate exam? Vermont uses two separate examinations. The national portion, given by PSI, has 100 scored questions (100 points) in 150 minutes, plus 5 to 10 unscored experimental questions that count against your time. The state portion is administered by OPR inside your online license application; PSI’s current bulletin publishes no question count for it, and this page does not repeat the conflicting figures printed by secondary prep sites.
What score do I need to pass the Vermont real estate exam? On the national portion, a score of 70 out of 100 points, per PSI’s examination summary table. For the state portion, PSI’s current bulletin publishes no numeric passing standard — OPR administers that exam within the application process and communicates it there. Any site that prints a single Vermont passing figure for both portions is blending two different examinations.
How much does the Vermont real estate exam cost? The national examination fee is $113, paid to PSI when you reserve; it is not refundable or transferable, and it is forfeited if you do not test within one year of PSI receiving it. The license application fee is $100, paid through OPR’s online application. The 40-hour pre-licensing course tuition is set by the school you choose and is separate from both figures.
What do I need before I can take the exam? Per the Commission’s rules, a salesperson applicant must be at least 18 years old, complete a 40-hour Commission-approved pre-licensing course, pass the national and state examinations within the two years preceding application, be employed by or associated with a brokerage firm and its principal broker, and not be precluded under 3 V.S.A. § 129a. Applications are submitted online only, through OPR’s Online Licensing platform.
Where do I take the Vermont state exam? Inside your application. OPR’s guidance is direct: the state exam is now part of the application process, and you receive a link within your online application. Before taking it, OPR directs applicants to review its Statutes, Rules & Resources materials. All applicants must take the state exam — there are no exceptions, including for applicants licensed in other states.
Can I take the national portion online? Yes. Since December 3, 2025, PSI offers the Vermont real estate examinations online with a remote proctor, as well as at test centers. Remote-proctored candidates launch the test within 30 minutes of the booked time, must start within 15 minutes of it or forfeit the fee, and may not take breaks during a remote-proctored examination — PSI advises candidates who cannot test without a break not to choose the remote option.
What happens if I fail? For the national portion, you cannot rebook on the same day you tested; PSI’s bulletin gives the example that a candidate who tests unsuccessfully on a Wednesday can call on Thursday and retest as soon as Friday, subject to availability, with the $113 fee applying to each attempt. Under the Commission’s Administrative Rules, a candidate who fails one part of the examination may retake that part within the next six months; after six months, or after two failures, the full examination must be retaken. Use the diagnostic information on a failing national score report to target the retake.
How long are my passing scores good for? The Commission’s rules require that both examinations be passed within the two years immediately preceding your application. Treat two years as the outer window: if your passing results age past it before your application is complete, you will test again.
Does this program count toward my 40 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 40-hour Commission-approved pre-licensing course, which must be completed with an approved education provider. OPR publishes a search of approved courses on its site.
Are these the actual exam questions? No. Every PassProfessor question is written by us, from scratch, to PSI’s published national content outline and to Vermont’s published statutes and Commission rules. 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.
Why does Vermont law get its own drills? Because Vermont tests it through its own examination, administered separately, with no waiver for anyone — and because Vermont law departs from national patterns in ways a national course cannot cover: designated agency with no dual agency, brokerage service agreements capped at one year with no automatic renewal, pooled trust accounts whose interest goes to the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, and a property transfer tax with its own tiers and surcharge. Those rules are learnable, concrete, and entirely Vermont’s.
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 Vermont Real Estate Commission, the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, PSI, or any state agency or exam vendor. All practice questions are original, written to the published exam outline and Vermont law; they are not actual exam questions, and no practice program can guarantee a passing result.