How hard is the Kentucky Real Estate Broker exam?

You need to score 75% correct on each portion on the Kentucky Real Estate Broker exam.

The Kentucky Real Estate Broker exam has 125 questions, with a 240-minute time limit.

The Kentucky Real Estate Commission (KREC) licenses brokers and sales associates under KRS Chapter 324 and 201 KAR Chapter 11. KRS 324.281(5)(c) lets the Commission conduct the examinations or contract them out, and it contracts with PSI.

KRS 324.046(1)(b) requires the applicant to have been engaged in the real estate business as a sales associate averaging at least 20 hours per week for 24 months prior to application — there is no lookback window, so the 24 months must immediately precede the application. KRS 324.046(4) lets the Commission cut it to one year for an applicant with an associate degree in real estate or a bachelor's with a real estate major or minor. Proof is a sworn notarized statement signed by the principal broker, or other documentation satisfactory to the Commission (KRS 324.046(3)); if a principal broker unjustly refuses to sign, the applicant may complain to the Commission.

PSI bulletin 2312 gives the broker exam as a 75-question general portion scored to 80 points in 150 minutes plus a 50-question Kentucky state portion worth 50 points in 90 minutes — 240 minutes in total — and says "In order to pass the examinations, you must receive a score of at least 75% correct." The portions are graded separately, and a candidate who passes one and fails the other retakes only the section failed, but must pass both within 4 months of passing the first.

PSI bulletin 2312's Kentucky State Content Outline splits the 50 broker items six ways: the Real Estate Commission (7), Requirements for a License (8), Brokerage Activities and Requirements (18), License Law Requirements for Contracts (6), Disclosures and Agency Issues (8) and Property Management (3). Brokerage Activities alone is 36% of the state exam, and now names team and group management and rules (broker only), broker lien law (KRS 376.075), the zero (no-call) list and unlicensed brokerage among its subtopics. Beware the copy of this bulletin hosted on proctor2.psionline.com: it is dated 7/1/2015, says the state portion is 40 items, and every area count in it differs from the live one.

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