Mississippi Real Estate Practice Test (Free)
The Mississippi real estate salesperson exam has 120 questions and a 4 hours limit. Below are the exact numbers the MS exam uses, and a free practice test to see where you stand.
The Mississippi exam at a glance
- License
- Real Estate Salesperson
- Administered by
- PSI Services LLC (PSI), under contract with the Mississippi Real Estate Commission
- Total questions
- 120 (80 national and 40 Mississippi-specific)
- Time limit
- 4 hours
- Passing score
- Two separately scored portions, and both must be passed inside the same two-month eligibility window. National (General) portion: at least 70%, which is 56 of 80 scored items, in 2.5 hours. State Specific portion: at least 75%, which is 30 of 40 scored items, in 1.5 hours. The two portions together are 120 scored items with a four-hour clock. There is no single combined pass line; failing either portion means you must retake that portion.
- How it is taken
- In person at PSI computer examination centers in and near Mississippi. You schedule the sitting directly with PSI after MREC approves your application.
- If you fail
- The $75 fee covers both portions whether you sit one or both, and it is charged again on every retake. When MREC approves you, you have two months to take and pass both portions; if you do not appear in that window your file is closed and the fee is forfeited, and if you miss the second sitting your fees are forfeited and the file is closed. Under Miss. Code Ann. Section 73-35-13(3), a salesperson applicant who fails the examination on two occasions is ineligible for another salesperson examination until three months have passed since the last sitting.
What Mississippi requires before you can sit the exam
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Pre-license education
- 60 hours
- Sixty (60) classroom hours of real estate courses, taken either at a Mississippi college or community college or through an MREC-approved pre-license education provider. Required content under Miss. Code Ann. Section 73-35-14.3 includes the license law chapter and commission rules, listing property, property valuation and appraisal, real estate arithmetic, characteristics of real property, agency and nonagency relationships, sale contracts and agreements of sale, leasing and property management, transfer of title and deeds, settlement procedures, financing, professional responsibility and ethics, fair housing, and federal laws affecting real estate.
- Exam / application fee
- $75
- License term
- 2 years
- Background check
- Fingerprints and a criminal history check are required.
Free Mississippi practice questions
10 questions written for the Mississippi exam, drawn from 12 in the ApexAgent bank. The correct answer and the reasoning are under each one.
1. Which Mississippi statute is known as the Real Estate Brokers License Law of 1954 and makes it unlawful to act as a real estate broker or salesperson without a license?
- A. Section 73-35-1, Miss. Code Ann. ✓
- B. Section 73-35-7, Miss. Code Ann.
- C. Section 73-35-21, Miss. Code Ann.
- D. Section 45-1-1, Miss. Code Ann.
Why: Section 73-35-1, Miss. Code Ann. states that the chapter may be cited as the Real Estate Brokers License Law of 1954 and makes it unlawful to engage in or hold oneself out as a real estate broker or salesperson without first obtaining a license. Section 73-35-7 sets qualifications, and Section 73-35-21 lists grounds for discipline.
2. How many members serve on the Mississippi Real Estate Commission, and who appoints them?
- A. Three members appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance
- B. Five members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate ✓
- C. Seven members elected by licensees
- D. Nine members appointed by the Governor
Why: Section 73-35-5(1), Miss. Code Ann. creates the Mississippi Real Estate Commission and provides that it consists of five persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. One commissioner comes from each Supreme Court District and two from the state at large, with four-year terms after the initial staggered terms.
3. What minimum age and residency does Mississippi require of an original resident real estate salesperson applicant?
- A. Age 18 and a bona fide Mississippi resident at the time of application ✓
- B. Age 21 and a Mississippi resident at the time of application
- C. Age 18 with no residency requirement
- D. Age 19 and a resident for at least six months
Why: Section 73-35-7, Miss. Code Ann. provides that every applicant for a resident salesperson license shall be age eighteen (18) years or over and shall be a bona fide resident of the State of Mississippi prior to filing the application. The MREC Candidate Information Bulletin repeats the age 18 and Mississippi residency requirements for the salesperson applicant.
4. How many classroom hours of pre-license real estate education must a Mississippi salesperson complete before taking the exam?
- A. 30 hours
- B. 45 hours
- C. 60 hours ✓
- D. 120 hours
Why: Section 73-35-7, Miss. Code Ann. requires a resident salesperson applicant to have successfully completed a minimum of sixty (60) hours in courses in real estate. The 120-hour figure applies to a broker applicant under the same section, not to a salesperson.
5. What scores must a Mississippi salesperson applicant earn to pass the national and state portions of the exam?
- A. 70% on the national portion and 70% on the state portion
- B. 75% on the national portion and 75% on the state portion
- C. 70% on the national portion and 75% on the state portion ✓
- D. 75% on the national portion and 80% on the state portion
Why: MREC Rules and Regulations, Part 1601, Chapter 1, Rule 1.1(B) provides that a salesperson applicant must pass the National Portion with a grade of at least 70% and the State Specific Portion with a grade of at least 75%. The MREC Candidate Information Bulletin score-reporting table shows the same cut scores as 56 of 80 national points and 30 of 40 state points. The higher 75% national and 80% state cuts in Rule 1.1(A) apply to broker applicants.
6. A Mississippi salesperson applicant fails the salesperson examination on two occasions. Under state law, how long must the applicant wait before becoming eligible for another salesperson examination?
- A. Thirty days after the second failure
- B. Three months after the last examination ✓
- C. Six months after the last examination
- D. One year after the last examination
Why: Section 73-35-13(3), Miss. Code Ann. states that any individual who fails to pass the examination for salesperson upon two occasions shall be ineligible for a similar examination until after the expiration of three (3) months from the time the individual last took the examination. The six-month bar in that same subsection applies to a broker examination, not a salesperson examination.
7. After passing the Mississippi salesperson exam, how much post-license education must a new licensee complete, and within what time?
- A. Sixteen hours within two years
- B. Thirty hours within twelve months of issuance of the temporary license ✓
- C. Forty-five hours within six months
- D. No post-license education is required
Why: Section 73-35-14.5, Miss. Code Ann. provides that upon passing the salesperson examination a temporary license is issued, and the holder cannot receive a permanent license until completing a thirty-hour post-license course prescribed by the commission. The entire thirty-hour course must be completed within twelve (12) months of issuance of the temporary license, or the license is placed on inactive status and then lapses. The sixteen-hour figure is the continuing education requirement for later renewals under Section 73-35-18.
8. How many clock hours of approved continuing education does Mississippi require for each two-year license renewal, once the post-license requirement is complete?
- A. Eight hours
- B. Sixteen hours ✓
- C. Thirty hours
- D. Forty-five hours
Why: Section 73-35-18(1), Miss. Code Ann. requires each renewal applicant to submit proof of completion of not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of approved course work, and the sixteen-hour requirement applies to each two-year license renewal. Section 73-35-14.5(5) excuses a licensee from the sixteen-hour requirement for the first renewal of the permanent license if the post-license course has been completed.
9. A Mississippi responsible broker receives an earnest money check with a mutually agreeable contract. By when must the funds be deposited into a trust or escrow account?
- A. Within ten business days
- B. By the close of business of the next banking day ✓
- C. Within thirty days of the closing
- D. At the consummation of the transaction
Why: Section 73-35-21(1)(f), Miss. Code Ann. requires a responsible broker who receives any cash or checks to deposit the sums in a trust or escrow account pending consummation or termination of the transaction, and defines 'reasonable time' for that deposit as by the close of business of the next banking day. MREC Rules and Regulations, Part 1601, Rule 3.4 likewise requires the deposit prior to the close of business of the next banking day.
10. Under Mississippi license law, from whom may a real estate salesperson lawfully accept a commission or other valuable consideration for brokerage acts?
- A. Directly from the buyer or seller in the transaction
- B. From any licensed broker who negotiated the deal
- C. Only from the salesperson's employing broker, who must be a licensed real estate broker ✓
- D. From a title company at closing
Why: Section 73-35-21(1)(l), Miss. Code Ann. makes it a ground for discipline for a salesperson to accept a commission or valuable consideration for acts under the chapter from any person except the salesperson's employer, who must be a licensed real estate broker. Section 73-35-21(1)(j) separately bars paying a rebate, profit, or commission to anyone other than a broker or salesperson licensed under the chapter.
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Frequently asked questions
- Does the Mississippi real estate salesperson exam have a national part and a state part?
- Yes, and they are scored separately. PSI delivers an 80-item National (General) portion and a 40-item State Specific portion. You need at least 70% on the national portion (56 of 80) and at least 75% on the state portion (30 of 40). Both portions must be passed inside the same two-month eligibility window that opens when MREC approves your application, or the file is closed.
- Who gives the Mississippi real estate exam, and how much does it cost?
- PSI Services LLC, the testing vendor under contract with the Mississippi Real Estate Commission. The fee is $75 for both portions together, whether you sit one portion or both, and it is the same $75 on a retake. You register and pay PSI directly. The separate $100 MREC application fee is paid to the commission, not to PSI, and it covers one year of licensure if you pass.
- How much pre-license education does Mississippi require before the exam?
- Sixty classroom hours of real estate courses, from a Mississippi college or community college or from an MREC-approved pre-license provider. The commission must approve your application and education before PSI will let you sit. Only 18 or older applicants who are bona fide Mississippi residents may file an original resident salesperson application; nonresident licensing runs through a separate cooperative-agreement path.
- What happens after you pass the Mississippi salesperson exam?
- You receive a temporary license that is valid for one year from the first day of the month after issuance. You then have to complete a 30-hour post-license course within 12 months or the temporary license is placed on inactive status, and it lapses if the course is not finished and a permanent license is not issued within the one-year window. At least 24 of the 30 post-license hours must be in agency relationships, contracts, earnest money, antitrust, fair housing, ethics, and property condition disclosure.
- What if you fail the Mississippi real estate exam twice?
- Miss. Code Ann. Section 73-35-13(3) says an applicant who fails the salesperson examination twice is ineligible to take it again until three months have passed since the last attempt. Otherwise, retakes are handled through PSI, and you pay the $75 fee again each time. There is no published number of lifetime attempts, but all attempts must fall within your approved application timeline.
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- Mississippi Real Estate Commission and PSI Services LLC, Candidate Information Bulletin (published by PSI, effective 10/01/2023). Examination summary table: Salesperson General 80 items (80 points) in 2.5 hours, State 40 items (40 points) in 1.5 hours, Combo 120 items in 4 hours. Score reporting: Salesperson General pass 70% (56 points), State pass 75% (30 points). Exam fee $75 for both portions and same $75 on retakes. Both national and state portions must be passed in the same two-month eligibility period. Salesperson must be a Mississippi resident on application and at least 18; 60 classroom hours of education required. (verified 2026-10-03)
- PSI Services LLC, Mississippi Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin (vendor-hosted bulletin page; same examination summary table, score-reporting table, and $75 fee for one or both portions) (verified 2026-10-03)
- Mississippi Real Estate Commission, OCTOBER 1, 2026 FEE CHANGES notice (salesperson renewal fee rises from $100 to $120 per renewal period; criminal background check fee rises from no charge to $25; 100% late-renewal penalty unchanged) (verified 2026-10-03)
- Mississippi Real Estate Commission, Rules and Regulations, Part 1601, Chapter 1, Rule 1.1 (salesperson must pass the National Portion with at least 70% and the State Specific Portion with at least 75%; both portions within two months of approval) and Chapter 2, Rule 2.1 (application fee, renewal fees) (verified 2026-10-03)
- Mississippi Real Estate Commission, Application for Resident Salesperson License, revised 07/01/2023 (proper fee of $100 after July 1, 2023; education certificates or college transcript; fingerprints via the commission's background investigation) (verified 2026-10-03)
- Mississippi Code Annotated, Title 73, Chapter 35 (Real Estate Brokers License Law of 1954): Section 73-35-1 citation and licensing requirement; 73-35-3 definitions and exemptions; 73-35-5 commission created with five members; 73-35-7 qualifications (salesperson age 18, Mississippi residency, 60 hours); 73-35-9 application and recommendations; 73-35-10 fingerprint-based background investigation; 73-35-13 written examination and three-month bar after two salesperson failures; 73-35-14.3 course content; 73-35-14.5 temporary license and 30-hour post-license course; 73-35-16 errors and omissions insurance; 73-35-17 fees; 73-35-18 renewal and 16-hour continuing education; 73-35-21 grounds for discipline; 73-35-33 license required to sue for compensation (verified 2026-10-03)
- Exam details are checked against the Mississippi Real Estate Commission (MREC) and its testing vendor. Always confirm current requirements with the board before your exam.