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

The numbers to remember

• 145 total questions, 240 minutes total time limit
• Passing standard: scaled score of 75 on each portion
• Exam fee: $55, administered by Pearson VUE
• National/general portion: 80 scored items + 5 unscored pretest items
• State-specific portion: 50 scored items + 5-10 unscored pretest items
• License application fee (separate from exam fee): $60 to the IPLA
• Pre-licensing course requirement: 90 hours

Content domains and weights (state portion)

• The Indiana Real Estate Commission — 5 items
• Licensing — 9 items
• Real Estate Office Procedures — 7 items
• Statutes & Rules Governing Licensees — 17 items
• Statutory & Regulatory Requirements — 12 items

High-yield review areas

• Statutes & Rules Governing Licensees and Statutory & Regulatory Requirements together make up more than half of the state portion's item count — review these first.
• National/general topics (contracts, financing, valuation, agency, ownership) carry the largest single block of the exam at 80 scored items.
• Post-licensing compliance: 30 hours of post-licensing education due within 2 years of license issuance, plus ongoing 12 CE hours per year and renewal every 3 years.

Top traps

• Pretest items look identical to scored items — you cannot skip or rush questions assuming they "don't count."
• If you pass one portion and fail the other, you only need to retake the failed part — don't assume a full retest is required.
• Both parts must be passed within 1 year of finishing the pre-licensing course, and a passing exam result itself is only valid for 1 year before it expires for licensing purposes.
• Letting a license lapse escalates quickly: 3+ years expired means 36 CE hours plus a $120 reinstatement fee and a state-portion-only retest; 9+ years expired means redoing the full 90-hour pre-licensing course and both exam portions.
• The Broker by Endorsement path (for licensees from other states) is a shorter 60-question, 90-minute exam — do not confuse it with the standard 145-question Broker exam.

Path to Managing Broker (later, not now)

• Requires at least 3 years as an active broker in Indiana first.
• Requires a separate 24-hour managing broker course on top of your existing education.
• Not part of the initial Broker exam — skip for your first sitting.

Night-before checklist

• Skim the state-portion weightings once more; Statutes & Rules Governing Licensees and Statutory & Regulatory Requirements are the two heaviest categories.
• Confirm your fee is settled and you know what ID to bring — Pearson VUE centers are strict about accepted ID.
• Get a full night's sleep rather than a late cram session; a 240-minute exam rewards sustained focus.
• Remember the retake rule: failing one portion is not a full restart, so there is no reason to panic mid-exam.