What is tested during the Alaska state salesperson licensing exam?
The Alaska Salesperson State Exam is broken into 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 Alaska Real Estate Commission
Licensing Requirements
Requirements Governing Licensee Activities
Alaska-specific topics
Related FAQs
The Alaska Salesperson Pre-licensure Exam consists of two sections. The National section will ask 80 multiple-choice questions, and the State section will ask 40 multiple-choice questions. There may be five additional experimental questions that won't count for your score. These questions are not identified.
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, licensee activity requirements, and Alaska-specific topics.
You don't need to bring a calculator for your Alaska salesperson exam, but you can. Personal calculators must be silent, non-printing, handheld, and without an alphabetic keypad.
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.
Pearson VUE can accommodate testing modifications following the ADA. Anyone requesting accommodations must fill out the accommodations request form on their website and submit documentation from a medical authority or specialist about their limitations.
Keep all personal belongings in your vehicle or place them in the storage provided at the test center. No food, drink, or gum is allowed in the test center. Anyone who came with you to the exam appointment cannot stay in the exam center.
Yes, you can take the Alaska state real estate salesperson exam if you have not been hired by a real estate broker yet. You will need to be hired to complete your license application.
Yes, your Alaska real estate salesperson exam results are only valid for six months. You will have to finish the steps in the licensing process, such as being hired by an Alaska real estate broker and applying for your license, before your results expire.
Congratulations on passing your Alaska salesperson licensing exam! The next step is to start interviewing with real estate brokers and to be hired. You’ll also need to purchase errors and omissions insurance. Once you have been hired and bought E&O insurance, submit your license application and the licensure fee.
The commission will know how you did on the state licensing exam because you must turn in the official score report with your license application. You can't receive a license without a passing score.
You will know how you did on your state licensing exam before you leave the test center. You will be given an official score report that shows if you passed or failed the test.
Scheduling a retake of the Alaska state licensing exam is the same as scheduling the first test of the exam. The only difference is you need to wait 24 hours after your failed exam so that the system can show your failed test result.