What are the exam policies at the Maine Pearson VUE testing center?
Pearson VUE only allows approved items into the testing room. No personal belongings are permitted. Any electronic devices, wallets, and purses must be placed in the secure storage provided at each exam site.
Electronic devices of any type must be turned off before storage.
Anyone that accompanied you to the exam cannot wait in the examination center, the building, or the building’s property. Studying in the center is not allowed.
No food, drink, gum, or candy is permitted in the test center. Smoking is not allowed.
Any candidate found possessing prohibited items in the testing center will have the exam results invalidated and be asked to leave the examination center. A report will be made to the Maine Real Estate Commission.
Once you are seated and begin the exam, you may only leave the room to use the restroom. Ask the Proctor for permission first. You will not receive extra time to complete the exam.
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The Maine Sales Agent Pre-licensure Exam consists of two sections. The National section will ask 80 multiple-choice questions. The state section will ask 40 multiple-choice questions. You need a scaled score of at least 75 to pass.
You will be tested on national and state real estate-related content. Topics include property ownership, land use controls, financing, market analysis, property disclosures, and contracts. State-specific questions ask about the Commission, licensing laws, law of agency, principles and practices, and land use law.
You don't need to bring a calculator to the exam, but you are allowed to. It must be silent, handheld, non-printing, and without an alphabetic keypad. The test center staff will not provide a calculator.
You will need to bring (2) forms of identification. One must be state or federal government-issued, like a driver’s license or passport. The secondary form can be another primary ID or something which contains your signature, like a credit or debit card. Bring your course completion certificate, too.
Pearson VUE can accommodate testing modifications in accordance with the ADA. Anyone requesting accommodations must go online to Pearson VUE to make an accommodations request. Be ready to submit documentation from a medical authority or specialist about your limitations.
Only approved items are allowed in the testing center. Personal belongings must be placed in the provided secure storage. No food, drink, smoking, or gum is allowed in the exam room. See the Candidate Bulletin for a full list of test center policies.
Yes, you can still take the state licensing exam if a real estate broker has not hired you. You'll need to work on being hired after you pass the exam.
Congratulations on passing the seals agent licensing exam. You now have one year to apply for your license. To submit your application, you will need to be hired by a Maine licensed broker.
With your sales agent license application, you must turn in your official sales agent exam score report. Without proof that you have passed the state licensing exam, the Commission will not approve your license.
You can retake the Maine sales agent licensing exam as many times as you need to, as long as you do it within one year of the date on your course completion certificate.
You will know how you did on the licensing exam before you leave the Pearson VUE test center. The score reports will be marked “pass” or “fail.” Passing candidates receive information on applying for the license. Candidates who did not receive a numeric score and some diagnostic information.
Yes. You are allowed to retake the Maine sales agent exam as many times as you need to, but you have to do it within one year of the date you finished the pre-license course. You can take both sections or just one section of the exam.
You will follow the same steps as you did when you initially registered for the sales agent exam. Log in to your Pearson VUE account to find the nearest test center and available testing date. You'll repay the full exam fee.
You can retake just the section you need to pass. You still register for the full exam, but Pearson VUE will make sure that you just retake the section you need to.