Pass Your Montana Real Estate Exam the First Time
Montana requires 60 hours of pre-licensing education. The exam tests water rights (prior appropriation), mineral rights, and ranch property considerations. Montana has no sales tax, which simplifies some transaction calculations!
Questions
120
80 NAT / 40 STATE
To Pass
75%
~90 / 120 TO PASS
Time Limit
4 Hrs
240 TOTAL MINUTES
Provider
Pearson VUE
MBORE
Pass your Montana Salesperson or Broker License
Montana has more open land under active water adjudication than the entire state of Ohio, and the MBORE tests those water rights rules on every state portion exam.
No national prep course was built around Montana’s ongoing water adjudication process, because no other state has anything like it. Generic platforms teach water rights as a western states footnote. AI language models cannot generate accurate questions for rules that require understanding a century of Montana specific water law, and the exam treats this as a core topic.
The License Professor is written by licensed Montana professionals who know the Pearson VUE state portion’s content. Every question on Montana water rights, statutory broker status, and trust account rules is grounded in Montana law.
Montana Sample Exams
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Salesperson
Individuals new to real estate who want to start their career helping clients buy and sell property
Broker
Experienced professionals who want to operate independently or run their own brokerage
Three Topics that Trip Up Montana Students Most
Water Rights (Adjudication)
Montana is adjudicating over 218,000 pre-1973 water claims across 85 basins — the exam tests priority dates, beneficial use doctrine, and that water rights convey with real property unless specifically excluded by deed.
Read more →Statutory Agency
Montana’s statutory broker is not an agent of either party but must still disclose adverse material facts and exercise reasonable skill — students who equate "statutory broker" with buyer’s agent or transaction broker misapply duties.
Land Descriptions
Montana uses the rectangular survey system, and the exam requires calculating acreage from fractional section descriptions — students who only studied metes and bounds cannot parse Montana legal descriptions under time pressure.
The Montana Real Estate License Professor includes specialized deep dives for each of these.
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Montana Real Estate Practice Questions
Sample questions from the Montana real estate exam — with answers and explanations.
1. Directing buyers to different neighborhoods based on race is:
- A.Steering, a Fair Housing Act violation
- B.Permitted community planning
- C.Lawful neighborhood preservation
- D.Accepted market practice
2. In Montana, how does an inspection contingency affect seller disclosure obligations?
- A.Eliminates disclosure requirements for 72 hours
- B.Sellers must still disclose known material facts; inspection allows independent verification
- C.Eliminates all seller disclosure responsibilities
- D.Transfers all disclosure duties to the home inspector
3. Which of the following would PREVENT the Montana Board of Realty Regulation from proceeding with formal disciplinary action against a real estate broker's license?
- A.Closing of the broker's office.
- B.Broker has moved to another state.
- C.Expiration of the broker's license.
- D.None of the above -- Montana law imposes no explicit statute of limitations on the Board's disciplinary authority.
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Read more →Montana's Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees: What the Exam Actually Tests
What the Montana exam tests on this topic.
Read more →Montana Water Rights Adjudication Trips Up Most Candidates
Montana follows prior appropriation for water rights. The Pearson VUE exam tests water right transfers, adjudication status, and what separates them from land title.
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Montana Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect
Montana runs its Salesperson exam as two entirely separate tests: a National exam (80 questions) and a State exam (40 questions) — 120 scored questions total, but scheduled and scored independently.
Question breakdown
National exam: 80 questions, 150 minutes, scaled score 75, $95
Standard national content — contracts and agency (16 items) is the largest category.
State exam: 40 questions, 90 minutes, scaled score 75, $95
- The Real Estate Licensing Agency's Powers (3 items)
- Licensing (3 items)
- Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees (28 items) — 70% of the state exam
- Additional Topics (6 items)
Scheduling
The two exams must be scheduled separately, but you can take them the same day if you'd like. Neither exam's time limit is affected by the other.
Cost structure
- Pre-licensing education: $300-$600
- National exam: $95
- State exam: $95
- License application: $150
- Background check: ~$50
- Total: $690-$990
Retake rules
Retake only the exam you failed, National or State. Your authorization window is 5 years from passing your first required education course (salesperson) or 10 years (broker) — one of the longest windows of any state.
Topics Covered on the Montana Real Estate Exam
National Exam Topics (80 questions)
- Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11 items)
- Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9 items)
- Property Value and Appraisal (11 items)
- Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16 items) — the largest national category
- Real Estate Practice (10 items)
- Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9 items)
- Financing and Settlement (7 items)
- Real Estate Math Calculations (7 items)
Montana State Exam Topics (40 questions)
- The Real Estate Licensing Agency's Powers (3 items) — investigations, sanctions
- Licensing (3 items) — renewal, status changes
- Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees (28 items) — 70% of the state exam: advertising, broker/salesperson relationship, unprofessional conduct, disclosure, handling monies, listings, illegal inducements
- Additional Topics (6 items) — E&O insurance, land description, Common Interest Ownership/Condominium law, landlord/tenant relationship, foreclosure and redemption, Statute of Frauds
Why this list matters
No other category comes close to Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees. Master this one category and you've covered the overwhelming majority of Montana's state-specific content.
What this list doesn't tell you
Even within that dominant 28-item category, the sub-topics span a wide range — from advertising rules to trust fund handling to ethics — so don't treat it as one narrow subject. Study each sub-area individually.
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