Rhode Island Real Estate Salesperson Exam

Rhode Island's salesperson exam is split into a national portion and a Rhode Island state-law portion, and candidates must pass both to qualify for licensure. Within the state-law portion, the official Pearson VUE candidate handbook breaks scored questions into these content areas:

• Statutory requirements governing the activities of licensees — 24 questions (48%)
• Additional topics — 18 questions (36%)
• Licensing requirements — 6 questions (12%)
• Duties and obligations under licensing law — 2 questions (4%)

To sit for the exam, candidates must complete a minimum of 45 classroom hours of approved prelicensing education, with coursework that is more than 2 years old no longer counting toward that requirement; specific course topics and hour breakdowns are set out in Regulation 230-RICR-30-20-2.

The national portion of the exam costs $53 and the state-law portion costs $50, both paid to Pearson VUE, the testing vendor that administers the exam for the state. After passing, licensure applications carry a $10 filing fee plus a $25 Real Estate Recovery Fund fee, and an original salesperson license costs $65 per year once issued.

The national portion consists of 80 scored questions (plus 5 unscored pretest items) and allows 2.5 hours, while the state-law portion consists of 50 scored questions (plus 10 unscored pretest items) and allows 1.5 hours. A scaled score of 70 is required to pass each portion, and passing results remain valid for one year from the passing date.