Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 16,611 questions, written to Pearson VUE’s current West Virginia 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.
West Virginia’s salesperson exam is two portions you must each pass: an 80-question national portion in 150 minutes and a 50-question West Virginia state portion in 60 minutes, administered by Pearson VUE for the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, with the passing score the Commission publishes for salespersons set at 70%. PassProfessor’s West Virginia program will give you 16,611 original practice questions mapped to those same outlines — including deep coverage of the West Virginia law topics most national products barely touch — with fresh blueprint-weighted practice exams, topic drills, and per-question analytics. A free sample exam comes at launch; enrollment details arrive by email to the notify list first.
What’s included
A bank built for this exam, in both of its parts. The West Virginia exam is really two exams. The national portion tests general real estate knowledge — property, ownership, appraisal, contracts and agency, practice, disclosures, financing, and math. The state portion tests West Virginia itself: the Real Estate Commission’s powers, licensing under West Virginia law, West Virginia practice rules on advertising and trust funds, agency relationships, and the West Virginia Fair Housing Act. Our bank holds 16,611 questions organized around both outlines, so neither portion is an afterthought.
Fresh practice exams, weighted like the real blueprint. Every full practice exam is generated fresh for that attempt, in the real exam’s shape — national and state portions in their official proportions, with topics weighted the way the published outlines weight them (contracts and agency is the largest national area at 16 of 80 questions; licensing is the largest state area at 17 of 50). Questions you have not seen come first, and you never sit the same practice exam twice.
Topic drills that match the outline. Drill a single outline area — West Virginia licensing, financing and settlement, real estate math — or mix areas the way the real exam does. Because the state portion is 50 questions of pure West Virginia law, it gets its own drills: Commission powers and duties, license maintenance and exemptions, trust fund and advertising rules, the notice of agency form, and West Virginia fair housing, including the protected classes West Virginia law adds beyond the federal list.
Per-question analytics that find your weak areas. Your results break down by outline area, so a pattern like “strong on contracts, leaking points on West Virginia licensing” shows up in your practice data early — while there is still time to fix it — instead of on a score report. Across the program, every question is 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.
Built for West Virginia’s short clock. West Virginia gives you 90 days or two attempts, whichever comes first, under each exam authorization. That is not a leisurely retake policy, and it shapes how this program is meant to be used: prepare thoroughly before your first attempt, use full timed simulations to confirm you are ready on both portions, and walk in once, prepared — rather than spending an attempt to find out where you stand.
The real exam at a glance
Current as of October 2026, per the West Virginia Real Estate Commission and the Pearson VUE West Virginia Real Estate Candidate Handbook (publication #094900, February 2026, rev01/2026). Full detail — eligibility, registration, retakes, test day — is in our West Virginia real estate exam guide.
| National portion | West Virginia state portion | |
|---|---|---|
| Scored questions | 80 | 50 |
| Unscored pretest questions mixed in | 5 | 5 |
| Time | 150 minutes | 60 minutes |
| Passing standard (salesperson) | 70% as published in the candidate handbook | 70% as published in the candidate handbook |
| Exam fee | $59 | $59 |
- The exam is administered by Pearson VUE for the West Virginia Real Estate Commission. You cannot schedule until the Commission approves your exam application — Pearson VUE emails you to schedule after approval.
- The handbook reports results as scaled scores from 0 to 100 and states plainly that a scaled score is neither the number nor the percentage of questions you answered correctly; its published passing score for salespersons is 70% (brokers: 75%). Passing candidates receive a pass/fail report; numeric scores are reported only to candidates who do not pass.
- The portions are scored as separate parts. If you pass one and fail the other, you retake only the failed part — within your authorization period.
- Your authorization is good for 90 days or two attempts, whichever comes first. If it expires with one part still unpassed, you resubmit an application to the Commission and are re-authorized for the part you did not pass.
- Exam results are good for 90 days from the date of passing, and you must apply for your license within that window.
- Before you can test, you complete 90 clock hours of Commission-approved pre-licensing education and a national criminal background check (valid 90 days), and apply to the Commission online. This program is exam preparation only — it is not pre-licensing education and provides no education credit.
- You can test at a Pearson VUE test center or online through OnVUE proctoring — but OnVUE allows only one attempt per license level in a lifetime, and retests after a new authorization must be in person. The national and state portions are scheduled separately, though they can be taken back to back.
- Pearson VUE’s own practice tests ($19.95) cover general topics only — Pearson VUE states that state-specific practice tests are not available. The 50-question West Virginia portion is exactly where official practice material runs out, and it is 50 of your 130 scored questions.
How the practice maps to the real exam
Every question in the West Virginia bank is tagged to an area of Pearson VUE’s published content outlines — the national/general outline (effective April 1, 2025) and the West Virginia state outline (effective January 1, 2024). 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 portion | |
| I. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11) | 1,624 |
| II. Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9) | 1,254 |
| III. Property Value and Appraisal (11) | 1,526 |
| IV. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16) | 2,069 |
| VI. Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9) | 1,274 |
| VII. Financing and Settlement (7) | 1,019 |
| VIII. Real Estate Math Calculations (7) | 1,076 |
| West Virginia state portion | |
| I. General Powers & Duties of the Real Estate Commission (9) | 887 |
| II. Licensing (17) | 1,826 |
| IV. Agency Relationships (4) | 443 |
| V. West Virginia Fair Housing (5) | 625 |
| Both portions | |
| Real Estate Practice — national area V (10) and state area III (15) share this title in the official outlines | 2,988 |
| Total | 16,611 |
One honest note on that table: the two outlines both contain an area titled “Real Estate Practice” — area V of the national outline and area III of the state outline — so the bank’s 2,988 Real Estate Practice questions are shown together rather than split by a guess. Every one of the thirteen outline areas across the two portions has practice coverage; the smallest, state-portion Agency Relationships, still holds 443 questions against its 4 questions on the real exam.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When enrollment opens, start with the free sample exam — a fixed set of West Virginia questions across both portions, enough to see how the program works and where you stand.
- Drill the West Virginia state areas early. Licensing alone is 17 of the state portion’s 50 questions, and the state areas test concrete West Virginia law — deadlines, license statuses, trust-account rules, the agency notice form. They reward direct study, and most candidates leave them for last.
- Drill by outline area. Work your weakest areas — on either portion — until the misses stop repeating, using your per-question analytics breakdown to decide where the next session goes.
- Sit full generated simulations against the clock. The real sitting is 80 questions in 150 minutes plus 50 in 60, with pretest questions mixed in that you cannot identify. Practice the full pace, both portions, before your authorization clock starts running.
- Book the real exam through Pearson VUE once your practice results are comfortably strong on both portions — remember, West Virginia’s authorization gives you 90 days or two attempts, and each pass certificate is good for 90 days, so timing your attempt and your license application matters.
Pricing
No price has been set for the West Virginia program yet — pricing will be announced at enrollment, and the notify list hears it first. When enrollment opens, the standard site terms will apply: a 14-day refund window 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 West Virginia real estate exam? The salesperson exam has 130 scored questions: 80 on the national portion and 50 on the West Virginia state portion. Each portion also mixes in unscored pretest questions — the candidate handbook’s exam table lists 5 per portion — that do not affect your result and cannot be identified. Treat every question as if it counts.
What score do I need to pass the West Virginia real estate exam? The Pearson VUE candidate handbook publishes the salesperson passing score as 70% (75% for brokers). Results are reported as scaled scores from 0 to 100, and the handbook notes that a scaled score is neither the number nor the percentage of questions answered correctly — numeric scores are reported only to candidates who do not pass.
Who administers the West Virginia real estate exam? Pearson VUE administers the exam for the West Virginia Real Estate Commission. You apply to the Commission first; once you are approved, Pearson VUE emails you to schedule. Older materials that name PSI as West Virginia’s vendor are out of date.
How much does the West Virginia real estate exam cost? The exam fee is $59 for each portion, paid to Pearson VUE by credit or debit card when you reserve — $118 if you take both portions. Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable, are not accepted at the test center, and the handbook notes that fees may vary.
What do I need before I can take the exam? You must be at least 18 with a high school diploma or equivalent, be trustworthy, of good moral character, and competent to transact business, complete 90 clock hours of Commission-approved pre-licensing education (scoring 70% or higher in each subject area), complete a national criminal background check, and be approved by the Commission on your online exam application.
If I fail one portion, do I retake the whole exam? No. You retake only the portion you failed, within your authorization period. Your authorization lasts 90 days or two attempts, whichever comes first; if it expires with a portion still unpassed, you resubmit an application to the Commission and are re-authorized for that portion.
How long are my passing scores good for? Exam results are good for 90 days from the date of passing, and you must apply for your license within that 90-day period, submitting your passing score reports and a Verification of Sponsoring Broker. You also have 90 days from passing one part of the exam to pass the other part.
Can I take the West Virginia real estate exam online? Yes, through Pearson VUE’s OnVUE online proctoring — with a sharp limit: candidates are allowed one OnVUE attempt for life at each license level, and after a new authorization, retests must be taken in person. The national and state portions are scheduled separately but can be taken back to back.
Are these the actual exam questions? No. Every PassProfessor question is written by us, from scratch, to Pearson VUE’s published West Virginia content outlines and West Virginia 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 my 90 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 90 clock hours of Commission-approved education West Virginia requires before you can sit for the exam.
When can I enroll in the West Virginia program? Soon — the 16,611-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 launch pricing.
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 West Virginia Real Estate Commission, Pearson VUE, or any state agency or exam vendor. It is not a substitute for the 90 clock hours of Commission-approved pre-licensing education required for a West Virginia salesperson license. All practice questions are original, written to the published exam outlines; they are not actual exam questions.