Missouri Real Estate Salesperson Exam Study Guide

The Missouri salesperson exam is really two separate tests administered back to back. The National portion has 100 questions and a 150-minute time limit, with a 70% passing score. The State-law portion is shorter: 40 questions in 120 minutes, but the bar is higher at a 75% passing score — the toughest cut score of the two.

• Total exam fee: $52, whether you sit for one portion or both — it is a flat charge, not per-portion.
• A retake also costs $52 if you need to sit again for either or both portions.
• A small number of unscored experimental questions (5 to 10) may be mixed into either portion — they do not count against your score, but you cannot tell which ones they are, so answer every question as if it counts.
• Before the clock starts, you get up to 15 minutes for the on-screen tutorial, and that time is not deducted from your exam time, so use it fully.

Because the two portions have different passing thresholds and different lengths, treat them as two distinct study goals rather than one combined score to hit.

The National portion tests general real-estate knowledge that applies across states — the kind of material most prelicense courses spend the bulk of their time on, and the longer of the two portions at 100 questions. Two content areas have published weights: Agency relates to about 13% of the National portion, and Contracts make up about 19%, making contracts the single heaviest topic called out on the outline.

• Agency (13%): fiduciary duties, types of agency relationships, and disclosure obligations between agents, brokers, and clients.
• Contracts (19%): the elements of a valid contract, offer and acceptance, contingencies, remedies, and how contracts terminate.
• Beyond these two, expect the outline to also draw on property ownership, land use, valuation, financing, and transfer of title — all standard national real-estate fundamentals shared across most state exams.

Because Contracts carries the largest published weight of any single National topic, it is a strong candidate for extra review time if you are short on hours before test day, with Agency close behind it.

The State-law portion is entirely Missouri-specific — only 40 questions, but it demands a higher 75% passing score, and it is organized into distinct content categories on the official outline, each with its own number of outline items:

• Business Conduct and Practices — 17 items, the largest single category.
• Listing, Offer, and Closing Contract Forms and Costs — 12 items.
• Disciplinary Proceedings — 8 items.
• Licenses — 7 items.
• Brokerage Relationships — 6 items.
• Educational Requirements — 2 items.
• General Rules — 2 items.

Business Conduct and Practices and the forms/costs category together account for the largest share of outline items, so they are worth disproportionate study time relative to the smaller categories like General Rules or Educational Requirements. Because this portion is state-specific, a generic national-exam prep book will not cover it well — you need Missouri-specific materials that map directly onto these seven categories.

To sit for the salesperson exam in Missouri, you must be at least 18 years old and complete a 48-hour prelicense education course from an accredited Missouri real estate school before you can even register. After passing both portions, you also need the 24-hour Missouri Real Estate Practice Course (MREP) before submitting your license application, and that application must go in within 6 months of finishing the original 48-hour course — miss that window and you may have to repeat coursework.

• Licensed attorneys can skip the education requirement entirely but must still pass both exam portions in full.
• Licensees already active and in good standing in another state only need to pass Missouri's State-law portion, not the National portion.
• Salesperson license application/original issuance fee: $100.
• Broker-salesperson original issuance fee: $150, higher than the standard salesperson track.
• Salesperson renewal fee going forward: $65.
• All license fees are nonrefundable once submitted, so double-check your application before paying.

Budget for the full pipeline — course hours, exam fees, and license fees — rather than just the $52 exam charge.

Missouri's exam is administered by PSI Services LLC, not the Real Estate Commission directly. When you schedule by phone, expect to be booked within about 7 business days of contacting the testing vendor. Once you register and pay, that registration fee is only good for 1 year — if you do not schedule and sit within that window, it expires and you would need to register again.

• Bring exactly 1 form of identification to the test center, and the name on it must match what you registered under.
• Arriving more than 15 minutes late means you will not be admitted, and you forfeit your exam fee for that attempt — plan your travel time with margin.
• Fingerprinting for the required background check runs through IDEMIA (IDENTOGO), a separate registration step from scheduling your exam appointment.

None of these are content you study, but any one of them can cost you a sitting fee if you overlook it. Confirm your ID and arrival time the night before, not the morning of the exam.

Because the National and State-law portions are scored separately and have different passing thresholds, treat your prep like two mini-exams rather than one combined effort. Spend early study sessions on National fundamentals — agency, contracts, financing, and valuation — since these concepts also make the State-law material easier to absorb later.

• Run full-length, timed practice tests for each portion separately so you get a feel for the 150-minute and 120-minute pacing independently.
• After each practice set, review every missed question rather than just checking your score — understanding why an answer was wrong matters more than the number itself.
• Since the State-law portion needs a higher passing percentage, do not shortchange it just because it has fewer questions.
• In your last practice sessions before test day, simulate the real conditions: one ID ready, arrive early, and do not rely on extra time beyond the built-in tutorial allowance.

A realistic practice test that mirrors the question count and time limits of each portion is the single best predictor of how you will perform on exam day.