Mississippi Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions

Which best describes the education path for a new Mississippi salesperson?

• a.Complete approved pre-license education and pass the exam to obtain the license, then complete required post-license education during the first period of licensure✓
• b.No coursework if placed with a broker
• c.A single seminar with no exam
• d.A four-year real estate degree only

Mississippi requires a candidate to complete approved pre-license education and pass the licensing examination, then complete required post-license education during the first period of licensure. New salespersons must be placed with a responsible broker for the license to be active. Ongoing continuing education is required to renew the license.

A resident applicant for a Mississippi real estate salesperson license must be at least what age and complete how many prelicense hours?

• a.21 years of age, with 90 hours of real estate courses
• b.18 years of age, with 90 hours of real estate courses
• c.18 years of age, with 60 hours of real estate courses✓
• d.21 years of age, with 60 hours of real estate courses

Every applicant for a resident salesperson license must be age eighteen (18) or over, be a bona fide resident of Mississippi before filing the application, and complete a minimum of sixty (60) hours in real estate courses before passing the salesperson examination. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-7 (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

A resident applicant for a Mississippi real estate BROKER license must be at least what age and complete how many prelicense hours?

• a.21 years of age, with 120 hours of real estate courses✓
• b.18 years of age, with 120 hours of real estate courses
• c.21 years of age, with 180 hours of real estate courses
• d.18 years of age, with 90 hours of real estate courses

A resident broker applicant must be age twenty-one (21) or over with legal domicile in Mississippi, and must have successfully completed a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) hours of real estate courses. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-7 (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

Before applying to sit for the Mississippi broker's examination, an applicant must have held an active real estate salesperson's license for at least:

• a.six (6) months
• b.twelve (12) months✓
• c.twenty-four (24) months
• d.forty-eight (48) months

The statute requires that the applicant have held a license as an active real estate salesperson for twelve (12) months prior to making application for the broker's examination. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-7 (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

A Mississippi broker applicant who qualifies on twelve months of active salesperson experience must sign a form, under penalty of perjury, stating that the applicant will not:

• a.advertise the brokerage under a trade name for one year
• b.open a branch office during the first year of licensure
• c.hold earnest money in the brokerage's own escrow account
• d.hire any real estate salespersons for thirty-six (36) months✓

The applicant must sign a Commission form under penalty of perjury stating that he or she will not hire any real estate salespersons for thirty-six (36) months from the date the applicant's active salesperson license was approved; the restriction does not apply to an applicant who has held that license 36 months. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-7(h) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

What does Mississippi issue to an applicant who has passed the licensing examination and met the other conditions for licensure?

• a.A temporary license valid one year from the first day of the following month✓
• b.A permanent license, with post-license education due at the first renewal
• c.A provisional license valid only while the applicant is under direct supervision
• d.A conditional license that expires when the applicant changes principal brokers

On passing the Mississippi broker's or salesperson's examination and complying with all other conditions, a temporary license is issued, valid for a period of one (1) year following the first day of the month after its issuance. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-14.5(1) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

Before a Mississippi temporary licensee can be issued a permanent license, the licensee must complete:

• a.a 16-hour continuing education cycle approved by the Commission
• b.a 60-hour post-license course offered by any approved provider
• c.a 30-hour post-license course within 12 months of the temporary license✓
• d.a 30-hour post-license course at any time before the second renewal

The holder of a temporary license may not be issued a permanent license until completing a thirty-hour post-license course from a specifically certified provider, and must finish the entire course within twelve (12) months of issuance or the temporary license is placed on inactive status. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-14.5(3) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

A Mississippi temporary license reaches the end of its term without the post-license course being finished. The temporary license:

• a.may be renewed once on payment of the renewal fee and penalty
• b.expires and lapses, and is not subject to renewal at all✓
• c.converts automatically to an inactive permanent license
• d.continues in force until the Commission holds a hearing

If the holder does not complete the course and obtain the permanent license within one year following the first day of the month after issuance, the temporary license automatically expires and lapses; a temporary license is not subject to the renewal procedures and may not be renewed. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-14.5(3) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

How may the Mississippi 30-hour post-license course be scheduled?

• a.In any increments, so long as the full course is finished in 30 days
• b.In a single continuous session of not less than thirty classroom hours
• c.In increments of at least ten hours, with up to twelve hours in a day
• d.In increments of at least fifteen hours, with no more than eight in a day✓

The thirty-hour post-license coursework must be offered in no less than fifteen-hour increments of classroom instruction, and no more than eight (8) hours may be earned in a single day. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-14.5(4) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

In the Mississippi post-license course for SALESPERSON licensees, at least 24 of the 30 hours must cover:

• a.agency, contracts, earnest money, antitrust, fair housing, ethics and property condition disclosure✓
• b.managing escrow accounts, office policies and procedures, and broker agreements with licensees and assistants
• c.pricing property, environmental issues, home inspections, leases and mortgage processes
• d.recruiting, retention, budgeting, financial planning and managing agents

For salesperson licensees at least twenty-four of the thirty hours must be in agency relationships, contracts, earnest money, antitrust, fair housing, ethics and property condition disclosure; the escrow, office policy and broker responsibility topics belong to the broker version of the course. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-14.5(4) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

A Mississippi licensee finished the post-license course and was issued a permanent active license. For the FIRST renewal of that permanent license, the licensee:

• a.must complete 8 of the 16 continuing education hours
• b.must complete all 16 continuing education clock hours
• c.is not subject to the 16-hour continuing education requirement✓
• d.must repeat the post-license course instead of continuing education

The holder of an active license who has satisfactorily completed the post-license course and whose permanent license has been issued is not subject to the sixteen-hour continuing education requirement for the first renewal of that permanent license. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-14.5(5) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

Mississippi's continuing education requirement for an individual licensee is:

• a.12 clock hours for each two-year license renewal period
• b.16 clock hours for each two-year license renewal period✓
• c.24 clock hours for each two-year license renewal period
• d.16 clock hours for each year the license is held on active status

Each individual applicant for renewal must submit proof of completing not less than sixteen (16) clock hours of approved coursework, and that requirement applies to each two-year license renewal. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-18(1) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).

A Mississippi licensee earns 24 approved continuing education hours, 8 of them in the final three months of the renewal period. How many hours may carry over?

• a.None; excess hours never carry to a later renewal period
• b.All 8, because they were earned in the final three months
• c.4 hours, one quarter of the 16-hour requirement
• d.6 hours, the maximum the statute allows to carry over✓

Approved hours earned in the final three (3) months of a renewal period, if in excess of the required minimum sixteen, may be carried over to the next renewal period, but no more than six (6) hours may be carried over in this manner. Cite: Miss. Code Ann. sec. 73-35-18(1) (MREC License Law, rev. 7-01-2026).