What is included on the Maine state sales agent licensing exam?
The Maine Sales Agent State Exam consists of two sections. You will be tested on national and state real estate-related content.
On the national portion, questions will cover:
Property ownership
Land use controls and regulations
Financing
Valuation & market analysis
General principles of agency
Property disclosures
Contracts
Leasing and property management
The practice of real estate
The state portion will ask about:
The Maine Real Estate Commission
Maine Laws on Licensees
Law of Agency/Brokerage
Maine-specific Principles and Practices
Maine Land-Use Law
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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.