This free Louisiana real estate practice exam helps you get ready for the Louisiana salesperson licensing exam. There is no account to create and nothing to pay. Answer the questions, review your results, and use what you get wrong to shape your study plan.

Below the practice exam is a guide to the real Louisiana exam: who gives it, how many questions it has, the time limits, the passing score, fees, the one-year authorization, retakes and the content outline. Every exam fact comes from the current Pearson VUE candidate handbook for the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

The practice exam below is a Louisiana question set. It mixes national real estate principles with the kinds of state-law topics the Louisiana portion covers. Use it to measure your progress, not as a preview of the real test.

About the Louisiana Salesperson Exam

The Louisiana salesperson exam is delivered by Pearson VUE for the Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC). Older study guides may name a different testing company, so rely on the current Louisiana real estate candidate handbook and the Pearson VUE Louisiana real estate page. The handbook we used is dated July 2024 and marked as revised in January 2026.

Louisiana salesperson exam format

The salesperson exam has two parts, national and state law. You can take them together as a combination exam or book them separately:

• National portion: 80 scored questions plus 5 pretest questions. Time allowed: 150 minutes when taken on its own.
• State portion: 55 scored questions plus 5 to 10 pretest questions. Time allowed: 90 minutes when taken on its own.
• Combination exam (both parts): 135 scored questions plus 10 to 15 pretest questions in 240 minutes.

Pretest questions are not identified, so you will not know which ones count. Answer every question carefully.

Passing score

The LREC, working with Pearson VUE, set the salesperson passing score at a scaled score of 70 on the national portion and 70 on the state portion. Scaled scores run from 0 to 100. The handbook stresses that your scaled score is neither the number of questions you got right nor the percentage you got right. It is adjusted so that every version of the exam is equally fair.

You receive a pass or fail result when you finish. Numeric scores are reported only to candidates who fail, and you can get your official score report through your Pearson VUE account.

Calculators

For real estate exams, the handbook says you will be given a hand-held calculator at the test center, and there is also an on-screen calculator built into the exam. You still need to memorize 43,560 square feet per acre and 5,280 feet per mile, because those are not provided.

How to Get Approved, Schedule and Pay

Louisiana does things in a specific order. You cannot simply sign up for the exam.

Step 1: Apply to the LREC

You first apply to the LREC. A salesperson applicant must be at least 18, have a high school diploma or GED, and complete 90 hours of LREC-approved real estate education. Once the Commission approves your application, it authorizes you to test, and Pearson VUE emails you about your eligibility and next steps. The LREC salesperson page has the current requirements and checklist. For the full licensing process, read our guide to the Louisiana real estate license.

Step 2: Book your exam

After you are authorized, book through your Pearson VUE account at least 24 hours before your desired date. Walk-in exams are not available. To change or cancel without losing your fee, do it at least 48 hours ahead.

Step 3: Pay the fee

Fees are paid when you book, by credit or debit card, and they are non-refundable and non-transferable. The handbook lists these salesperson fees:

• Combination exam (national and state): $81 for the first attempt, $96 for repeat attempts.
• National portion only: $42.
• State portion only: $39.

Only the first combination attempt gets the discounted rate. If you pass one part, you cannot retake the combination exam; you book only the part you still need.

Step 4: Exam day

Arrive at least 30 minutes early. Bring one current, government-issued photo ID with your signature, in English, with a name that exactly matches your registration. Personal items such as phones, watches, bags and notes are not allowed in the testing room.

Authorization, Retakes and Score Validity

Louisiana’s retake rules are built around a one-year authorization. Once the LREC authorizes you, you have one year with unlimited attempts at any Pearson VUE test center, and you do not need to go back to the LREC for permission to retake.

• If you pass one part and fail the other, you retake only the part you failed, and you must do it within one full year.
• You cannot retake a part you have already passed during your authorization year.
• A passing score is good for one year.

If you pass only one part during your first authorization year and that year runs out, you must resubmit an initial application to the LREC, pay the license fee again and be authorized again for the part you did not pass. You still have one year from the date you passed the first part to pass the other.

In practice, that means you should test early in your authorization year so there is time to retake. Our article on what happens if you fail the real estate exam covers how to bounce back.

What’s on the Louisiana Salesperson Exam

National portion: 80 scored questions

The national salesperson outline in the Louisiana handbook took effect April 1, 2025:

• Real property characteristics, legal descriptions and property use: 11 questions
• Forms of ownership, transfer and recording of title: 9 questions
• Property value and appraisal: 11 questions
• Real estate contracts and agency: 16 questions
• Real estate practice: 10 questions
• Property disclosures and environmental issues: 9 questions
• Financing and settlement: 7 questions
• Real estate math calculations: 7 questions

State portion: 55 scored questions

The Louisiana state outline (effective September 1, 2021) gives a range of questions for each area:

• Duties, overview and powers of the Real Estate Commission: 4 to 6 questions
• Licensing requirements: 7 to 9 questions
• Statutory requirements governing the activities of licensees (advertising, broker and salesperson relationship, compensation, disclosures, conflicts of interest, handling documents and money, listings, offers, record keeping, property management): 13 to 15 questions
• Louisiana civil law system: 13 to 15 questions
• Louisiana law of agency: 13 to 15 questions

Why Louisiana civil law matters

Louisiana is the only state whose property law comes from the civil law tradition, and the exam tests it directly. The civil law section of the outline includes immovables and movables, servitudes, usufruct, community and separate property, successions, acquisitive prescription, lesion beyond moiety, redhibition, bond for deed and leases, among others. Many of these terms have no exact match in other states, so national study materials will not cover them.

The agency section covers terms such as ministerial acts, confidential information, designated agency and dual agency, plus duties to clients and customers and the customer information pamphlet. Together, civil law and agency can account for up to 30 of the 55 state questions.

Civil law terms and their common law cousins

Many students find it easier to learn Louisiana terms by linking each one to the national concept it resembles. These pairings are close but not exact, so learn the Louisiana meaning for the state portion:

• Immovable / movable: roughly real property and personal property.
• Servitude: a charge on one property for the benefit of another property or person, similar to an easement.
• Usufruct: the right to use another person’s property and take its fruits, such as rent or crops, while someone else holds ownership (the naked owner).
• Acquisitive prescription: gaining ownership through possession over time, similar to adverse possession.
• Redhibition: a buyer’s remedy when a thing sold has a hidden defect serious enough to undo or reduce the sale.
• Bond for deed: a contract in which the buyer pays in installments and gets title after paying, similar to a land contract.

Quiz yourself on these terms alongside the Louisiana real estate practice exam on this page, and add any term you miss to your glossary.

How to Use This Louisiana Real Estate Practice Exam

Use this Louisiana real estate practice exam as a measuring tool throughout your preparation:

• Take it once before you review. A cold score tells you where you really stand.
• Label every miss. Was it national content, civil law, agency or licensing? Patterns show up fast.
• Learn the rule, not the letter. For each wrong answer, write a short rule in your own words, such as “a servitude is the civil law version of an easement.”
• Retake after you study. Give yourself a few days, review your weak areas, then take the Louisiana real estate practice exam again.
• Add more national practice. Our free national real estate practice exam gives you extra questions for the 80-question national portion.

A Study Plan for the Louisiana Salesperson Exam

Here is a four-week plan for after you complete your 90 hours of education. See how long to study for the real estate exam if you need a longer or shorter schedule.

Week 1: National foundations

Cover property characteristics, legal descriptions, ownership, title and land use controls. Learn the core real estate terms, and note where Louisiana uses different words for the same idea.

Week 2: Contracts, agency and practice

Study contract elements, listing and buyer agreements, agency relationships, fiduciary duties, fair housing and risk management. These areas make up 26 of the 80 national questions.

Week 3: Louisiana civil law and agency

Build a civil law glossary and quiz yourself daily: immovable, movable, servitude, usufruct, community property, acquisitive prescription, lesion beyond moiety, redhibition and bond for deed. Then review Louisiana’s agency law, including dual agency consent and the duties owed to clients and customers. Take this Louisiana real estate practice exam and log your misses.

Week 4: Licensing rules, math and timing

Review the Commission’s powers, licensing requirements and the rules on advertising, money and documents. Drill math with our real estate math guide. Finish with full timed practice so 240 minutes feels manageable, and read our tips for passing the real estate exam.

Common Mistakes on the Louisiana Salesperson Exam

• Studying only national material. Civil law terms are unique to Louisiana and make up a large share of the state portion.
• Waiting too long to test. Your authorization lasts one year, and running out can mean reapplying and paying the license fee again.
• Forgetting the repeat fee. Only the first combination attempt is discounted.
• Mixing up common law and civil law terms. Know both, but answer state questions with the Louisiana term.
• Treating 70 as a percentage. The scaled score does not equal the share of questions you answered correctly.

Louisiana Real Estate Practice Exam Questions

Try these sample questions. Two cover Louisiana civil law, one covers the exam rules, and the rest are national topics.

In Louisiana civil law, land and buildings permanently attached to it are classified as:

Answer: Immovables. Louisiana divides property into immovables (land and its component parts, such as buildings) and movables (things that can be moved, similar to personal property in other states).

A seller sells an immovable for less than half of its fair market value. What remedy may the seller have under Louisiana law?

Answer: Rescission for lesion beyond moiety. Louisiana Civil Code article 2589 lets the seller of an immovable seek to rescind the sale when the price is less than one half of the fair market value. The remedy belongs to the seller, not the buyer.

A Louisiana candidate passes the national portion but fails the state portion during the authorization year. What should the candidate do?

Answer: Book and retake only the state portion within the authorization year. Candidates may not retake a part they have already passed, and they do not need to return to the LREC for retake authorization during that year.

A listing agreement says the broker earns a commission no matter who sells the property during the listing period, including the owner. What type of listing is it?

Answer: An exclusive right-to-sell listing. It gives the broker the strongest commission protection. In an exclusive agency listing, the owner can sell the property without owing a commission.

A property has a gross annual rent of $48,000 and sells for $576,000. What is its gross rent multiplier based on annual rent?

Answer: 12. The gross rent multiplier equals sale price divided by gross rent: $576,000 ÷ $48,000 = 12.

Which appraisal approach is usually most reliable for a single-family home in an active neighborhood?

Answer: The sales comparison approach. It estimates value by adjusting the recent sale prices of similar nearby homes. The cost approach suits new or special-purpose buildings, and the income approach suits rental properties.

Louisiana Salesperson Exam FAQ

How many questions are on the Louisiana salesperson exam?

The salesperson exam has 80 scored national questions and 55 scored state questions, or 135 in all. The combination exam also includes 10 to 15 pretest questions and allows 240 minutes.

What score do you need to pass the Louisiana salesperson exam?

Salesperson candidates need a scaled score of 70 on the national portion and 70 on the state portion. Brokers need 75 on each.

How much does the Louisiana salesperson exam cost?

The handbook lists $81 for a first combination attempt and $96 for repeat combination attempts. The national portion alone is $42 and the state portion alone is $39. LREC application and license fees are separate.

How long is a passing score good for?

A passing score is good for one year. Your exam authorization also lasts one year from LREC approval, with unlimited attempts during that time.

Key Takeaways

• Pearson VUE gives the Louisiana salesperson exam for the LREC, and you must be approved by the LREC before you can book.
• The exam has 80 national and 55 state scored questions, with 240 minutes for the combination exam.
• You need a scaled 70 on each part, and you retake only the part you fail.
• Your authorization lasts one year with unlimited attempts, and passing scores are good for one year.
• The first combination attempt costs $81; repeat attempts cost $96.
• Louisiana civil law and agency law together make up 26 to 30 of the 55 state questions.

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