Alaska Real Estate Cheat Sheet.
The night-before summary, built like the exam.

The numbers to remember

• Time limit: 4 hours total for the full exam appointment
• National portion: 80 scored items + 5 unscored pretest items
• State law portion (salesperson): 40 scored items + 5-10 unscored pretest items
• Passing score: scaled 75 on a 0-100 scale
• Exam fee: $100 per the state exam-info page (vendor handbook separately lists $115 — verify current amount before paying)
• Alternate test-location fee: $50
• Retake wait: 24 hours after a fail before you can schedule again
• Score validity: 6 months from exam date
• Apply for licensure within: 6 months after passing
• Exam vendor: Pearson VUE Testing Services
• Minimum age: 19 years old, working for a licensed broker

Content domains and weights (salesperson)

• National: Real Estate Contracts and Agency — 16 items
• National: Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use — 11 items
• State: Licensee Duties and Disclosures to the Public — 10-12 items
• State: Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees — 10 items
• State: Property Management — 6 items
• State: Powers of the Alaska Real Estate Commission — 4 items

High-yield review areas

• Contracts and agency law — the single largest national block, so weak spots here cost the most points.
• Licensee duties and disclosures — the largest state-law block; know exactly what a salesperson must disclose and when.
• Math constants: 5,280 feet per mile and 43,560 square feet per acre — memorize cold, they recur across area and conversion problems.
• Eligibility mechanics: 40 classroom hours of prelicense education, completed within an 18-month window, with a certificate valid for 18 months from the date of application.
• Fee stack after passing: $200 nonrefundable application fee, $120 license fee, $50 recovery fund fee — three separate line items, not one payment.
• License types: there are three types of real estate licenses in Alaska; know how the entry-level salesperson definition differs from broker.

Top traps

• Passing one portion (national or state) does not bank that score — fail the other and you retake the ENTIRE exam, both portions, not just the weak one.
• The $100 state-page fee and $115 vendor-handbook fee do not match; confirm the current fee before you pay rather than trusting either figure blindly.
• Your exam score expires in 6 months — don't sit for the exam and then delay your license application past that window.
• Prelicense coursework also has its own 18-month completion window and a separate 18-month certificate validity clock — these are two different deadlines, not one.
• Age and employment rule: salespersons must be at least 19 and working for a licensed broker at the time of licensure.
• Requesting an alternate test location adds a $50 fee on top of the base exam fee — budget for it if your nearest site isn't the default.