Pass Your Alaska Real Estate Exam the First Time

Alaska's geography introduces unique "Tideland" and "Permafrost" disclosures that are rarely mentioned in standard textbooks.

Questions

120

80 NAT / 40 STATE

To Pass

75%

~90 / 120 TO PASS

Time Limit

4 Hrs

240 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

Pearson VUE

AREC

Pass your Alaska Salesperson or Broker License

Fewer candidates sit for Alaska’s exam than almost any other state, which means fewer study resources exist and the ones that do are almost never built for Alaska specifically.

National prep courses cover Alaska as a footnote, if at all. The regulatory environment here is genuinely unlike anything found in the lower 48, and AI language models trained on national real estate content have no way to generate accurate questions for rules that apply only to this state. Generic tools produce plausible sounding questions with wrong answers, which is more dangerous than no prep at all.

The License Professor is written by licensed Alaska professionals who understand what Pearson VUE tests in the state portion. Every question is built from Alaska statute and AREC regulation by people who hold active Alaska licenses.

Alaska Sample Exams

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Three Topics that Trip Up Alaska Students Most

Remote Property Disclosures

Alaska’s vast wilderness means sellers must disclose everything from soil stability to freezing pipes and water access on the Transfer Disclosure Statement — students underestimate how many additional contingencies (permafrost depth, timber value, water source) apply to raw land that don’t exist in other states.

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Tidelands

The state owns all tidelands below the mean high-tide line under the public trust doctrine, meaning waterfront property owners only hold title to the uplands — students get this wrong because they confuse high-tide and low-tide boundaries.

Public Offering Statements

Alaska requires developers to provide detailed public offering statements before selling subdivision lots or condominiums, and students stumble on the specific content requirements and the buyer’s statutory rescission period.

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Alaska Real Estate Practice Questions

Sample questions from the Alaska real estate exam — with answers and explanations.

1. A 70-year-old Alaska resident owns and occupies a home as her primary residence in a municipality that levies property tax at a mill rate of 12 mills. The home is assessed at $400,000 and she has applied for and received the mandatory statewide senior citizen exemption. Applying only that exemption and no other, what is her annual property tax?

  1. A.$300
  2. B.$1,800
  3. C.$3,000
  4. D.$4,800
Explanation: AS 29.45.030(e) exempts the first $150,000 of assessed value of the primary residence of a resident who is 65 or older, and every Alaska municipality that levies a property tax must grant it. Taxable value is $400,000 minus $150,000, or $250,000. A mill rate of 12 mills is $12 per $1,000 of taxable value, so the tax is 250 times $12, or $3,000. Taxing the full $400,000 gives $4,800, taxing only the exempt $150,000 gives $1,800, and $300 applies the mill rate as if it were 1.2 mills.

2. In Alaska, what must a licensee provide to a prospective buyer or seller at first substantive contact?

  1. A.A copy of the listing agreement
  2. B.Written disclosure of agency relationships
  3. C.A comparative market analysis
  4. D.Proof of errors and omissions insurance
Explanation: Alaska statute AS 08.88.615 requires licensees to provide written disclosure of the licensee relationship before providing specific assistance (i.e., at first substantive contact), and to obtain the prospective client's or customer's signed acknowledgment of that disclosure. This ensures consumers understand the agent's role and representation options before engaging in negotiations or discussions.

3. When do real estate salesperson licenses expire in Alaska?

  1. A.September 30 of every even-numbered year.
  2. B.June 30 of every odd-numbered year.
  3. C.December 31 of every year.
  4. D.January 31 of every even-numbered year.
Explanation: 12 AAC 64.071(a) provides that all real estate licenses lapse on January 31 of every even-numbered year unless renewed, and AS 08.01.100(a) sets the two-year renewal cycle behind that date. A December 31 date would make renewal annual, and a September 30 or June 30 date belongs to other states' cycles, not Alaska's.
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Alaska Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

The Alaska Salesperson exam combines 80 national questions and 40 Alaska-specific questions — 120 scored questions total, plus 5-10 unscored pretest items you can't identify — in a single 4-hour (240-minute) session.

Question breakdown

National portion: 80 questions

Standard Pearson VUE national content, covering real property, contracts, financing, and appraisal.

Alaska portion: 40 questions

  • Powers of the Alaska Real Estate Commission (4 items)
  • Licensing (4 items)
  • Licensee duties and disclosures to the public (10-12 items)
  • Requirements governing licensee activities (10 items)
  • Personal Services Agreements (4-6 items)
  • Property management (6 items)

Broker candidates face a longer state portion: 60 questions instead of 40 (140 scored total), with additional broker-only content on trust accounts, supervision, place of business, and recordkeeping.

Time management

240 minutes for 120 scored questions works out to two minutes per question — comfortable, especially since the exam doesn't separately time the two portions.

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (40 hours): $400-$700
  • Exam: $115
  • License application: ~$50
  • Background check: ~$50
  • Total: $615-$915

Retake rules

Unlimited attempts, but you must wait 24 hours between tries and — unlike most states — you retake the entire exam if you fail either portion, not just the one you missed. $115 per attempt, every time.

If you're taking the Broker exam

The Alaska Broker exam has a bigger state portion than the Salesperson exam — 60 Alaska-specific questions instead of 40, for 140 questions total (80 national + 60 state) — in the same 4-hour (240-minute) time limit and the same scaled passing score of 75. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision and trust account management. Source: Alaska Real Estate Candidate Handbook (Pearson VUE, July 2026): "The state law portion of the Alaska examination consists of forty (40) scored items for the salesperson examination, and sixty (60) scored items for the broker examination."

Topics Covered on the Alaska Real Estate Exam

The figures below describe the Salesperson exam.

National Exam Topics (80 questions)

  1. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11 items) — Ownership types, legal descriptions, land use controls
  2. Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9 items) — Estates, deeds, title transfer and recording
  3. Property Value and Appraisal (11 items) — Appraisal process, valuation methods, CMA
  4. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16 items) — The largest single category; contract law, agency relationships, listing types
  5. Real Estate Practice (10 items) — Brokerage agreements, property management, Fair Housing
  6. Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9 items) — Hazardous substances, environmental law, disclosure duties
  7. Financing and Settlement (7 items) — Mortgage types, lender requirements, closing costs
  8. Real Estate Math Calculations (7 items) — Area, valuation, commission, financing, and settlement math

Alaska State Exam Topics (40 questions)

  1. Powers of the Alaska Real Estate Commission (4 items) — Investigations, sanctions, Recovery Fund
  2. Licensing (4 items) — License activities, status changes, E&O insurance
  3. Licensee Duties and Disclosures (10-12 items) — The largest state category; property disclosure, Common Interest Ownership Act
  4. Requirements Governing Licensee Activities (10 items) — Advertising, document and money handling, prohibited conduct
  5. Personal Services Agreements (4-6 items) — Listings, property management, buyer representation
  6. Property Management (6 items) — Property management practice, Alaska Landlord Tenant Act

Why this list matters

Licensee duties and disclosures is close to a third of the entire state portion on its own. Master that category and you've covered the single highest-yield block of Alaska-specific content.

What this list doesn't tell you

Pearson VUE writes scenario-based questions that test application, not just recall — especially on contracts and agency, the largest national category. Practice applying the rules to fact patterns, not just memorizing definitions.

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