Does New York Publish an Exam Question Count or Passing Score?

The same page does not publish a subject-by-subject question distribution. A course-hour table, practice percentage or number repeated by another website should not be presented as an official New York exam figure without a current Department source.

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This guide uses the New York State Department of State salesperson page for the facts the agency currently publishes about format, curriculum basis, time and result reporting. The official 77-hour syllabus supplies the 19 subjects and their course-hour allocations. The Department's FAQ confirms the separate school exam and the eAccessNY result labels. Real Property Law section 441 describes the written examination and the areas of competency it is designed to assess without stating a numerical question count or passing percentage. These sources were checked on August 27, 2026.

Published versus not published

This distinction is the answer. It is more accurate than filling blank cells with numbers that have no current Department citation.

What New York officially says about the examination

The Department's current salesperson page makes four direct statements:

1. The written exam is multiple choice.
2. It is based on the 77-hour prelicensing curriculum.
3. Applicants receive 1.5 hours after the instructions conclude.
4. Results are Pass or Fail, and no numerical score is provided.

Real Property Law section 441 adds the purpose of the written examination. It authorizes questions that allow the Department to assess trustworthiness and competence to transact real estate business in a way that safeguards the public. For salesperson applicants, the statute identifies knowledge involving contracts, real property, agency, Article 12-A, fair housing and discrimination, basic job skills, ethical obligations and applicable General Obligations Law provisions.

The law describes competency areas. It does not give a number of questions or a numerical cutoff in the current section.

Why the 77 course hours are not exam weighting

The official syllabus allocates 77 instructional hours among 19 subjects. For example, Law of Agency receives 11 course hours, while several other subjects receive one, two, three, four, five, six or ten hours.

Those numbers describe qualifying education. They do not state how many questions from each subject appear on the Department exam.

The difference matters:

• course hours tell approved schools how much instruction is assigned
• exam weighting would tell candidates how questions are distributed
• the current Department salesperson page publishes the first, not the second

Do not convert 11 agency hours into 11 questions, 11 percent or any other claimed exam share. The units are different and the Department has not published that conversion.

Use What the 77-Hour Course Covers for the actual instructional table.

Why a Pass or Fail result does not reveal the cutoff

After the examination, eAccessNY displays “Pass” or “Fail.” While processing, it may display “Waiting for Score.” The Department says candidates do not receive a numerical score.

A Pass label tells you the Department's standard was met. It does not tell you:

• how many questions were answered correctly
• how many questions appeared
• the numerical cutoff
• performance by subject
• the margin above the standard

A Fail label likewise does not tell you how many questions separated the result from passing.

You cannot work backward from a nonnumerical result to prove an official question count or cutoff.

How to evaluate a number you see elsewhere

When a website, video, school handout or social post states a question count or passing percentage, ask:

1. Does it link to a current New York Department of State source?

A circular chain of exam-prep websites repeating one another is not a government source.

2. Does the official page actually contain the number?

A link to the general salesperson page is not evidence if the linked page never states the claimed figure.

3. Is the source about the salesperson exam?

Do not import a number from the New York broker exam, another profession, a school final or another state's test.

4. Is it current?

An archived manual or old provider page may describe an earlier administration. Current exam facts need a current source.

5. Is the writer labeling an estimate honestly?

A planning assumption, recollection or provider practice is not an official state rule. It should not be written as one.

This answer should change if the Department publishes a current count or numerical standard. Until then, the responsible answer is that those figures are not on the current official salesperson page.

What this means for exam preparation

Not knowing a published count does not prevent a strong study plan. It changes which evidence you use.

Cover all 19 curriculum subjects

The Department says the exam is based on the 77-hour curriculum. That is the official study boundary. Do not skip a subject because an unofficial chart calls it lightly weighted.

Track mastery by objective

For each subject, ask whether you can:

• explain the governing rule without answer choices
• identify the rule in a new scenario
• distinguish it from a plausible misconception
• complete the applicable calculation with correct units
• explain why each wrong answer is wrong

Track confidence as well as accuracy

A correct low-confidence answer may show incomplete recall. A high-confidence wrong answer shows a misconception that needs immediate correction.

Use four useful categories:

Use practice percentages as internal trends

A practice score can show whether your performance is improving under consistent conditions. It cannot be converted into an official New York pass prediction when the Department does not publish a numerical cutoff or when the practice set does not reproduce a state exam.

Compare like with like:

• same length or study duration
• mixed subject coverage
• unseen questions
• closed-book conditions
• explanations reviewed after completion
• repeated measures over time

The trend is useful. The claim that a particular practice percentage equals a New York pass is not supported by the current published facts.

A readiness standard that does not pretend to be the state cutoff

Use a learning standard, not an alleged official score:

1. Every curriculum subject has been studied.
2. Every mapped objective has at least one recent retrieval attempt.
3. Weak subjects have been relearned, not merely reread.
4. Calculation setups are correct before calculator entry.
5. High-confidence misses are rare and corrected.
6. Mixed practice performance is stable across more than one session.
7. You can explain why the best answer applies.
8. You can complete a timed mixed session without losing accuracy to rushing.

This does not promise a state result. It gives the student observable evidence that preparation is broad, current and repeatable.

Claims this site intentionally avoids

We do not label any of the following as official unless the Department publishes them in a current source:

• a fixed salesperson-exam question count
• a numerical passing score
• a percentage cutoff
• a subject weighting table
• a claim that a fixed number of questions will come from a topic
• a conversion from practice score to state result
• a claim that copied questions will appear on the live exam

Original practice should teach decisions and rules. It should not pretend to reproduce protected exam content.

Frequently asked questions

How many questions are on the New York real estate salesperson exam?

The current Department of State salesperson page does not publish an official question count.

What percentage do you need to pass?

The current Department page does not publish a numerical passing percentage. It reports results as Pass or Fail and does not provide a numerical score.

Does New York publish a passing score?

Not on the current official salesperson page checked for this article. A number should not be called official without a current Department source that states it.

Is the exam multiple choice?

Yes. That is one of the facts the Department currently publishes.

How long is the exam?

The Department allows 1.5 hours after the instructions conclude.

Does the exam follow the 77-hour curriculum?

Yes. The Department says the written exam is based on the 77-hour prelicensing curriculum.

Are the curriculum hours the exam weights?

No published Department source says they are. They are instructional time allocations for the qualifying course.

Does eAccessNY show your percentage?

No. The Department FAQ describes the final result as Pass or Fail, and the salesperson page says no numerical score is provided.

Can a practice score predict a pass?

A practice score can measure performance on that practice set. It should not be presented as an official pass predictor without a published state cutoff and a validated relationship to the live exam.

Why do other websites give exact numbers?

They may be repeating old material, another source or an estimate. Ask for the current Department citation and verify that the linked page actually states the number.

What evidence would change this answer?

A current Department page, official candidate bulletin, regulation or statute that explicitly states the salesperson-exam figure would support changing the answer.

What to do next

Study the complete 19-subject guide, use free practice to find objective-level gaps and follow a study plan. Read the exam-results guide for the exact eAccessNY statuses and the course-versus-state-exam comparison to keep the two exams separate.

Sources and verification notes

The published and unpublished exam facts in this article were audited on August 27, 2026. The absence statements are limited to the current official sources checked. If the Department publishes a new candidate bulletin or updates its page, this article should be reviewed promptly.

1. New York State Department of State, Become a Real Estate Salesperson. Multiple-choice format, 77-hour curriculum basis, 1.5-hour testing time, Pass or Fail reporting and no numerical score.
2. New York State Department of State, Real Estate Salesperson 77-Hour Curriculum. Nineteen official subjects and course-hour allocations.
3. New York State Department of State, Real Estate Salesperson Frequently Asked Questions. Separate school examination and eAccessNY result labels.
4. New York Real Property Law section 441. Written-examination purpose, competency areas, qualifying education and application framework.

This article reports what the current official sources do and do not publish. It does not provide a hidden score, reproduce live exam content or predict an individual's result.