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2026 Illinois real estate exam outline PDF
Download our free four-page study map of the PSI national and Illinois broker blueprints. Use the official PSI booklet for the governing exam instructions.
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Direct answer: The Illinois broker exam has 100 scored national questions and 40 scored Illinois questions. You need 70 correct national answers and 30 correct Illinois answers to pass each portion. This free four-page PDF maps all 11 national areas and four Illinois areas, then shows how to turn the weights into a study plan. PSI may add 5 to 10 unscored experimental questions that still use testing time; that is not a fixed extra count for each portion.
National portion
100 scored questions, 70% to pass
Illinois portion
40 scored questions, 75% to pass
Largest national area
Contracts at 19%
Largest Illinois area
License Act at 40%
What is in the four-page outline?
Page 1 is the cover. Page 2 lists all 11 national areas in the published outline order, with their percentages, scored-item counts and short review prompts. Page 3 covers the four Illinois areas and explains the conflicting published exam durations. Page 4 gives a sample state-study budget and a diagnose, repair, recheck routine.
The national weights total 100 percent across 100 scored items. Illinois uses the Broker column: licensing requirements has 4 items, the License Act 16, additional Illinois laws and regulations 10, and disclosures 10. These are category allocations, not a prediction of question order or wording. Managing broker and instructor allocations do not belong in this initial-broker study map.
Confirm your appointment time with PSI
The June 24, 2026 booklet lists 150 minutes for national and 90 minutes for Illinois. PSI's program page says 3.5 hours for the exam. Those published durations conflict. Ask PSI to confirm the time and portions for your own booking before choosing a rehearsal clock. A study timer is not appointment confirmation.
Turn the weights into a useful study budget
For 10 hours of Illinois review, the sample starts with 4 hours on the License Act, 2.5 on additional laws, 2.5 on disclosures and 1 on licensing requirements. That totals 10 hours. Move later time toward repeated misses, uncertain guesses and uncovered material.
Contracts, Agency and Practice of Real Estate together account for 44 percent of national. Ownership, Financing and Valuation total 28 percent; the other five areas total 28 percent. Use these groups to organize review, then adjust for your own errors. A smaller category can still decide a close result.
- Record the rule and decisive fact behind each miss or uncertain correct answer.
- Work a changed-fact example without the explanation open.
- Recheck with questions you have not seen, so answer memory does not hide a gap.
- Return to both portions and every category. One strong portion cannot offset a failure on the other.
Use the full checklist when a heading is too broad
This PDF is a compact study map. The online content-outline guide links 71 study rows to lessons and keeps broker-only boundaries visible. Use that checklist when you need the concepts beneath a category.
The outline summarizes public PSI material. It contains no secure exam questions and cannot predict your result. Topic weights do not create separate topic passing scores or establish the study hours you personally need.
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Your next practice step
Choose where to study next
Use a short mixed set to find a starting point, then investigate the topics behind your misses. It is not a prediction of your exam result.
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Quick questions
How many questions are on the Illinois broker exam?
There are 100 scored national questions and 40 scored Illinois questions. PSI says 5 to 10 experimental questions may be added; they use time but do not count toward the score. The booklet does not assign that extra range separately to each portion.
What scores do I need to pass?
You need 70 correct answers out of 100 scored national items and 30 out of 40 scored Illinois items. Each portion must pass separately.
Which topics have the largest weights?
Contracts is 19 percent of national, or 19 scored items. The Illinois License Act is 40 percent of Illinois, or 16 scored items. Keep each percentage with its own portion.
How long is the exam?
The booklet lists 150 national minutes and 90 Illinois minutes, while PSI's program page says 3.5 hours. Confirm the duration for your specific appointment with PSI rather than treating either published figure as booking confirmation.
Is the outline free to download?
Yes. The four-page US Letter PDF downloads directly. No email address or account is required.
Primary sources and review status
- PSI Illinois Real Estate Candidate Information Bulletin, June 24, 2026
- PSI Illinois program page, published duration checked October 2026
The downloadable resource also displays its source and review date. The current official source controls if a rule, outline, or procedure changes.