How many disclosures and environment questions are on the real estate exam?

9 of the 80 scored items on the national portion — about 11% of it. The published content outline calls this area "Property disclosures and environmental issues".

Is there a passing score for the real estate exam?

Not a national one. Each state commission sets its own, and states express it differently — Texas publishes a raw number of correct answers, California a percentage of the whole exam.

Is this the official exam?

No. These are original practice questions written for study, built to the exam’s published content outline. The exams themselves are delivered by Pearson VUE and PSI under contract to state commissions.

Disclosures and environment practice test

Hazards a licensee must know by name, and what has to be disclosed to whom.

9 scored items on the national portion 11% of the exam 15 practice questions here

Disclosures and environment Question 1 of 10

Asbestos in a building is generally considered most hazardous when it is:

What this area asks

Nine items, and they are the ones where a wrong answer in practice becomes a lawsuit. Half is the hazard vocabulary — lead-based paint, asbestos, radon, mould, underground storage tanks, brownfields, flood zones — and the federal statutes attached to it. The other half is the obligation itself: what a licensee has to disclose, what they may not stay silent about, and where the line falls between a material fact about the property and information a fair housing law forbids you to volunteer.

Lead-based paint disclosureAsbestos, radon and mouldGroundwater contamination and storage tanksWaste sites and brownfieldsFlood plains, flood zones and flood insuranceClean Air and Water ActsEPA, CERCLA and SARAEnvironmental site assessmentsDisclosure obligations and liability

The topic list above is taken from the exam’s own published content outline, where this area appears as Property disclosures and environmental issues.

Frequently asked

How many disclosures and environment questions are on the real estate exam?: 9 of the 80 scored items on the national portion — about 11% of it. The published content outline calls this area "Property disclosures and environmental issues".
Is there a passing score for the real estate exam?: Not a national one. Each state commission sets its own, and states express it differently — Texas publishes a raw number of correct answers, California a percentage of the whole exam.
Is this the official exam?: No. These are original practice questions written for study, built to the exam’s published content outline. The exams themselves are delivered by Pearson VUE and PSI under contract to state commissions.

The other content areas

Each one draws only from its own bank, so a weak area can be worked until it is not one. The number beside each is how many of the exam’s 80 scored items it carries.

Mixed practice test Property and land use · 11 Ownership and title · 9 Valuation and appraisal · 11 Contracts and agency · 16 Brokerage and fair housing · 10 Financing and settlement · 7 Real estate math · 7

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of the documents below, with the date it was read. Requirements change; if a source has moved on since that date, the source is right and this page is out of date.

Pearson VUE — Texas Real Estate Candidate Handbook (#094400, January 2026) Read August 22, 2026

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