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Free Texas real estate state portion practice test.

Test yourself on 40 original Texas state-law questions, with no account or payment required. Work through the six Sales Agent State Law areas, then submit to see your score, results by topic and the explanation behind every answer. Take the timed test first, or try the six sample questions below.

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This test gives you 40 questions and 72 minutes. Every question counts. A score of 28/40 meets the practice line, based on the official State passing requirement. The real State appointment allows 90 minutes for 40 scored items plus 10 unidentified pretest items. A practice score is study feedback, not a predicted pass. Pearson outline and candidate handbook.

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Original practice questions

These are original Pass Texas questions. They are not copied or recalled Pearson VUE exam items. The six previews below also appear in the practice pool, so reviewing them first can make a later score less useful as a check of unfamiliar material.

Exact scored-item allocation

The six areas in every practice draw.

Each 40-question draw follows the Sales Agent counts below. Selection covers different subtopics where the area’s allocation allows. One draw cannot cover every Special Topics subject: that area has 11 named subtopics but only five scored slots.

Area I

Commission Duties and Powers
7.5% of the scored state portion

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Area II

Licensing
7.5% of the scored state portion

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Area III

Standards of Conduct
22.5% of the scored state portion

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Area IV

Agency/Brokerage
27.5% of the scored state portion

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Area V

Contracts
22.5% of the scored state portion

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Area VI

Special Topics
12.5% of the scored state portion

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Buyer agreements: read the transaction facts

For buyer-agreement questions, distinguish a prospective residential buyer from a tenant or commercial buyer. TREC's 2026 guidance explains when representation and showing-only agreements apply. These requirements should not be treated as one rule for every transaction.

Try one from each area

Six Texas State practice questions with answers.

Choose an answer before opening the explanation. These previews are part of the same practice pool. For the full topic list and a study sequence, use the State exam study guide.

Sample 1 · 3 of 40 State items

Commission Duties and Powers

A study outline separates the Texas Real Estate License Act from the TREC Rules. Which statement correctly identifies the lawmaker and the regulator?

TREC enacts the Act; the Legislature decides individual disciplinary cases.
The Broker-Lawyer Committee enacts the Act; TREC publishes it.
The Legislature enacts the Act; TREC administers it and adopts authorized rules.
TREC and SOAH jointly enact the Act through contested-case decisions.

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Answer: C. The Legislature enacts the Act; TREC administers it and adopts authorized rules.

The Texas Legislature enacts the Texas Real Estate License Act, in Occupations Code Chapter 1101. Section 1101.151 gives TREC authority to administer Chapters 1101 and 1102 and adopt and enforce necessary rules. A rule must stay within delegated authority; it is not an amendment to the Act.

Why the other choices miss: A reverses the Legislature’s and TREC’s roles. B gives the Broker-Lawyer Committee a lawmaking power it does not have. D confuses contested-case decisions with enacting a statute.

Watch for this: Keep legislation, rulemaking and enforcement separate. A regulator does not acquire legislative power by publishing a rule.

Rule reference: Texas Occupations Code 1101.151

Occupations Code 1101.151: TREC's delegated powers

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Sample 2 · 3 of 40 State items

Licensing

An individual negotiates a property purchase for another person expecting a fee. No statutory exemption applies. What authority is required before performing that brokerage?

Only the buyer's written authorization to negotiate the purchase.
Only registration with a local real estate association.
The appropriate Texas real estate license and, for a sales agent, active broker sponsorship.
An appraiser credential plus the buyer's written fee agreement.

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Answer: C. The appropriate Texas real estate license and, for a sales agent, active broker sponsorship.

Texas law treats negotiating a purchase for another with the expectation of valuable consideration as brokerage. The appropriate real estate license is required unless an exemption applies. A sales agent acts for a sponsoring broker, not independently. The requirement does not begin only when the fee is paid.

Why the other choices miss: A is the buyer’s permission, not a license. B is association membership, not state authority. D is an appraisal credential; it does not authorize negotiating a purchase for someone else.

Watch for this: An expected fee can trigger the rule. Waiting to collect payment does not make unlicensed negotiation permissible.

Rule reference: Texas Occupations Code 1101.004, 1101.351

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Sample 3 · 9 of 40 State items

Standards of Conduct

A seller's property is not under contract. The listing agent prefers a quick cash closing and hides a higher financed offer solely to avoid extra work. Which answer best applies the fidelity canon?

The agent may screen out offers whenever financing could delay closing.
The agent put personal convenience above the client's interest.
The agent may withhold the offer if the advertised price was already met.
The agent fulfilled fidelity by choosing the easiest transaction to close.

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Answer: B. The agent put personal convenience above the client's interest.

Rule 531.2 makes the client's interests primary and prohibits putting personal interests first. The seller decides which offer to accept. Rule 535.156(a)'s written-instruction exception for later offers after a client enters a contract does not apply: this property is not under contract.

Why the other choices miss: A and D substitute the agent’s convenience for the seller’s decision. C treats meeting the asking price as permission to hide another offer. None excuses withholding the offer on these facts.

Watch for this: An offer with financing is not automatically better or worse. The violation is hiding it for the agent's convenience.

Rule reference: TREC Rules 531.2(1)-(3), 535.156(a)-(b); TRELA 1101.557(b)

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Sample 4 · 11 of 40 State items

Agency/Brokerage

A broker agrees to represent both the seller and the buyer in the same transaction. Which requirement must be met for the broker to act as intermediary?

Oral consent from both parties, with compensation disclosed at closing
Written consent from each party stating the source of expected compensation
Written consent from the party paying the broker, with notice to the other
Separate IABS acknowledgments from both parties, with no additional consent

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Answer: B. Written consent from each party stating the source of expected compensation

Section 1101.559(a) requires each party's written consent and identification of the source of any expected broker compensation. Consent is not supplied just by delivering IABS. If the broker represents both sides, Texas requires the intermediary framework rather than ordinary dual agency.

Why the other choices miss: A uses oral consent and delays compensation disclosure. C gets consent from only the party paying the broker. D treats IABS as intermediary consent. The statute requires each party’s written consent stating the expected compensation source.

Watch for this: Written consent, source of compensation and impartial conduct are separate requirements. Consent does not authorize the broker to favor either party.

Rule reference: TRELA 1101.559(a)-(c); 1101.561(b)

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Sample 5 · 9 of 40 State items

Contracts

A Texas sales agent is negotiating the resale of an existing duplex for a buyer. It is not a condominium or a farm and ranch transaction, and no Rule 537.11 exception applies. Which base contract should the agent use?

TREC Residential Condominium Contract (Resale).
TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), Form 20-19.
TREC New Home Contract (Completed Construction), for a builder's sale.
TREC Unimproved Property Contract, with an attachment describing the duplex.

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Answer: B. TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), Form 20-19.

Rule 537.11 requires the appropriate mandatory form unless an exception applies. Form 20-19 covers the resale of a single-family home, duplex, triplex or fourplex. TREC lists this version as effective July 1, 2026. Select any needed addenda separately.

Why the other choices miss: A is for condominium resale, which the question excludes. C is for a builder’s new-home sale. D is for unimproved property, not an existing duplex. Read the transaction type before choosing a form.

Watch for this: Two dwelling units do not make the property a condominium. Use the ownership and transaction facts, not just the number of doors.

Rule reference: TREC Rules 537.11(a), 537.28; TREC Form 20-19

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Sample 6 · 5 of 40 State items

Special Topics

A married buyer purchases a Texas home entirely with wages earned during the marriage. No separate-property tracing or marital-property agreement is involved. How is the home classified under the ordinary community-property rules?

As the earning spouse's separate property because that spouse supplied the wages.
As separate property if only one spouse is named on the deed.
As community property, not separate property merely because one spouse earned the wages.
As a survivorship estate automatically passing to the other spouse without further documents.

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Answer: C. As community property, not separate property merely because one spouse earned the wages.

Family Code 3.002 defines community property as property acquired during marriage other than separate property. Section 3.003 presumes property possessed during marriage or at dissolution to be community property; proving separate character requires clear and convincing evidence. Deed names alone do not resolve that classification.

Why the other choices miss: A confuses who earned the wages with their property character. B relies only on the deed name. D adds an automatic survivorship right that these facts do not establish.

Watch for this: Identify the source of the funds and any applicable exception. Management rights and survivorship are separate questions.

Rule reference: Texas Family Code 3.001-3.003

Family Code 3.001-3.003: separate property and community presumption

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Know what the score means

How this practice test compares with the real state portion.

The real state appointment includes 10 unidentified pretest items. This practice test leaves them out so your result maps directly to the 40 scored-item passing line. Matching the outline and timing does not mean the questions have the same difficulty as Pearson’s exam.

Real Texas state appointment compared with this practice test
Measure	Real state portion	This practice test	Why it matters
Scored items	40	40	Same scored length
Unscored pretest items	10, not identified	None	Every practice item affects your score
Items displayed	50	40	Pearson adds the 10 pretest items
Time	90 minutes	72 minutes	Same average pace per displayed item
Passing line	28 of 40 scored	28 of 40	Same raw threshold
Area allocation	3, 3, 9, 11, 9, 5	3, 3, 9, 11, 9, 5	Exact official area mix

Why 72 minutes?

Pearson gives the separate state appointment 90 minutes for 50 displayed items, which is 1.8 minutes per item. Forty questions at the same pace take 72 minutes. Pearson does not publish 72 minutes as an official test limit. It is a proportional practice target.

Make the next session count

What to do after you submit.

Read the score in context

Check how many questions you answered. An incomplete attempt can help you study, but it does not measure a full 40-question performance.

Review guesses as well as misses

A lucky answer is not mastered. Mark every question you could not explain before seeing the choices.

Explain the rule in your own words

Write the deciding fact and the governing rule. Then try a different example from that area.

Return to a mixed test

A new draw can repeat questions. Remembering an answer can raise your score without improving your understanding, so check that you can explain it.

Below 28? Start with the explanations. At 28 or above? Check your guesses.

For example, 30 correct with five guesses is different from 30 answers you can explain. Review those five rules too. Compare the number missed across areas, not just percentages from small samples. Choose one rule to work on before another timed test. The study guide’s worked example shows how to choose a first topic.

If you are preparing for a retake, use the free retake planner and error log. To keep this timed result in your web-app account, choose Save my score to my account in the results panel. You can review every explanation here without signing up.

Direct answers

Texas state portion practice test FAQ.

Is this Texas State practice test free?

Yes. You can take the test, see your topic scores and read every explanation without an account or payment. Saving a result to a web-app account is optional. Paid app access is a separate offer.

Can I use this if I passed National but failed State?

Yes. This test draws only Texas State Law questions. Pearson says you retake only the failed portion within your eligibility period. Check your application deadline and any additional-education requirement before booking a real retake.

Does it follow the 2026 Texas real estate exam syllabus?

It follows the six-area Texas Sales Agent State Law outline effective January 1, 2026. The Broker outline in the same PDF has different weights and a Case Studies area. This test uses the Sales Agent allocation.

Does the practice bank include the 2026 buyer-agreement changes?

Yes. It includes the residential buyer written-agreement requirements and the separate showing-only nonrepresentation path. Each question’s transaction facts matter, including whom the license holder represents. A random draw will not necessarily include every rule.

Are these actual Pearson VUE exam questions?

No. These are original Pass Texas questions based on the official outline and cited rules. Pearson does not release live exam questions for candidate review. Matching its topic counts does not mean matching the difficulty of a particular exam form.

Can I pause or resume the practice test?

There is no pause button. The timer keeps running if you leave. When browser storage is available, return on the same browser and device to resume before the deadline. After time expires, you can choose to review that attempt. Clearing browser data can remove saved work.

Will a retake give me 40 new questions?

It draws another set with the same six-area allocation, but questions can repeat. Starting fresh replaces the attempt stored in this browser. If an answer looks familiar, explain the rule before counting it as something you know.

Can I save my State practice-test result to my account?

After submitting, choose Save my score to my account and follow the sign-in or account-creation steps in the web app. Opening the app separately does not save this result. The action does not import an official Pearson score report.

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State exam study guide

Review all six areas, every subtopic, and the current 2026 changes.

Combined practice exam

Mix national and Texas state questions in one timed practice session.

Practice by topic

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Texas versus national

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Practice versus the real exam

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Primary-source review

Official sources used for this practice test.

Last reviewed: October 13, 2026. This page’s exam facts, six sample questions and buyer-agreement explanation were checked for rules in effect through October 12, 2026. The 72-minute timer and study suggestions are Pass Texas choices. Individual topic banks retain their own review dates and sources; this is not a new review date for every question in the pool.

Pearson VUE Texas Real Estate Content Outlines, publication 094401, revision 01/2026
Defines the 40 scored state-law items, 10 unscored pretest items, six official areas, and the 3, 3, 9, 11, 9, and 5 allocation effective January 1, 2026.
Pearson VUE Texas Real Estate Candidate Handbook, September 2026 edition, revision 08/2026
Confirms appointment timing, score reporting, testing procedures, and candidate rules.
Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1101, TRELA
Provides the controlling Texas license law for TREC authority, licensing, conduct, representation, supervision, and enforcement.
TREC Rules and Laws
Provides the current Commission rules used for conduct, trust money, advertising, supervision, and promulgated forms.
TREC Contracts and Forms
Provides current promulgated contracts, addenda, notices, disclosure forms, revision dates, and mandatory-use dates.
TREC 2026 residential buyer-agreement guidance
Explains the representation and showing-only nonrepresentation paths effective January 1, 2026.
Texas Family Code §§3.001-3.003
Defines separate and community property and the community-property presumption.
TREC Form 20-19: One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale)
Confirms the property types covered by the form and its July 1, 2026 effective date.