Where this fits on the exam
| Official syllabus topic | State Laws and Rules: Qualifications and Fees; Substantive Regulations |
|---|---|
| Official PSI group | State Laws and Rules |
| Published group count | 16 of the 52 Georgia questions |
| Exam portion | Georgia salesperson supplement |
| Source edition | PSI Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin dated July 1, 2026 |
The Rule
PSI publishes 16, 21, and 15 items for the three Georgia groups. It does not publish a guaranteed subtopic count. The statute, current GREC rule, contract, or other cited primary authority controls each lesson.
The lesson
Post-license
The 25-hour first-year requirement belongs to the original salesperson license. It is not another 25 hours required in every renewal cycle.
Renewal CE
An active license normally requires 36 instructional hours in the renewal period, with at least three hours devoted to license law.
Broker CE
From July 1, 2025, broker-level licensees must complete 18 hours on broker education topics as part of, not in addition to, the 36-hour total.
First-renewal credit
A salesperson who completes the 25-hour post-license course in the first year may count it as nine CE hours for the first renewal period under Rule 520-2-.04(13)(a). It is a 25-hour course with nine hours of CE credit, not 25 CE hours. The remaining CE requirements still apply.
Status consequences
Failure to meet education requirements can prevent active renewal or cause lapse. Reactivation can require catch-up education or requalification depending on the facts.
Decision rule
Georgia rule and national contrast
Worked Georgia example
Scenario. An associate broker completes 36 CE hours, but only 12 qualify as broker education and three qualify as license law.
Reason it through. The total and license-law minimum are satisfied, but the broker-education minimum is not. A course may sometimes qualify in more than one category, but the approval must show it.
Answer. The associate broker still needs enough approved broker education to reach 18 hours.
Common exam traps
- Adding 18 broker hours on top of 36
- Applying broker CE to salespersons and CAMs
- Confusing post-license education with CE
- Ignoring approved course categories
Original practice questions with detailed explanations
These are original instructional questions mapped to the July 1, 2026 PSI outline. They are not copied from PSI or a live examination. Choose an answer before opening the explanation.
Question 1A salesperson's original license was issued in March 2026. When must the 25-hour post-license course be completed?
- A. By the first renewal, four years after issuance
- B. Within one year of the March 2026 issuance
- C. Within 36 months, as part of continuing education
- D. Before the license could be issued in March 2026
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Answer: B. Within one year of the March 2026 issuance
The approved 25-hour post-license course is due within one year of original salesperson licensure, not at the four-year renewal. Completing it in the first year can count as nine CE hours toward the first renewal, but that credit does not move the course deadline. Ordinary CE does not substitute for the approved post-license course.
- A. Incorrect. The first renewal comes after the separate first-year post-license deadline.
- B. Correct. The approved 25-hour course is due within one year of original salesperson licensure.
- C. Incorrect. The 36-hour renewal requirement does not extend the post-license deadline to three years.
- D. Incorrect. Post-license education follows issuance; prelicense education precedes qualification.
Question 2An associate broker completes 36 CE hours for a renewal, including 3 hours of license law and 12 hours of approved broker education. What is still missing?
- A. Nothing, because the 36-hour total has been met
- B. Eighteen more hours of broker education
- C. Three more hours of license law
- D. Six more hours of approved broker education
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Answer: D. Six more hours of approved broker education
Since July 1, 2025, brokers, associate brokers, and qualifying brokers need 18 hours of broker education as part of the 36-hour total. With 12 broker hours, the associate broker still needs six more approved broker hours. The eighteen-more answer is wrong because the 18 hours sit inside the 36, not on top of them.
- A. Incorrect. Meeting 36 total hours is insufficient when the required broker-education category is short.
- B. Incorrect. The licensee has already earned 12 of the required 18 broker hours, leaving six.
- C. Incorrect. The stated three hours satisfy the license-law category; broker education is the shortage.
- D. Correct. Eighteen broker hours are required within the CE total, and 18 minus 12 leaves six still needed.
Question 3A salesperson renewing an active license asks whether the 18-hour broker education requirement applies. What is the answer?
- A. No, it applies only to broker-level licensees
- B. Yes, every active licensee needs 18 broker hours
- C. Yes, if the salesperson plans to become a broker
- D. No, because salespersons need no CE after post-license
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Answer: A. No, it applies only to broker-level licensees
The 18-hour broker category applies to brokers, associate brokers, and qualifying brokers, and not to salespersons or CAM licensees. A salesperson still needs 36 hours per renewal, including three of license law. The last option can mislead people who think the post-license course replaces continuing education.
- A. Correct. The broker-education category covers brokers and associate brokers, not salesperson renewals.
- B. Incorrect. The July 2025 change does not impose broker-education hours on every license category.
- C. Incorrect. Plans to become a broker do not change the requirements for a current salesperson renewal.
- D. Incorrect. Salespersons still owe required renewal CE after completing post-license education.
Question 4A salesperson completes the required 25-hour post-license course in the first year. How many CE hours does that course provide toward the first renewal?
- A. 25, because the course is 25 hours long
- B. 9, with the remaining CE requirements still due
- C. 36, replacing the entire first-renewal requirement
- D. 0, because post-license and CE never overlap
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Answer: B. 9, with the remaining CE requirements still due
Rule 520-2-.04(13)(a) gives nine hours of first-renewal CE credit for the course completed in the first year. Course length and CE credit are different numbers. The credit does not replace the full renewal requirement.
- A. Incorrect. The course lasts 25 hours, but its first-renewal CE credit is nine hours.
- B. Correct. Completing the course in the first year earns nine CE hours toward the first renewal.
- C. Incorrect. Nine hours of credit do not replace the full 36-hour renewal requirement.
- D. Incorrect. The rule expressly allows nine hours of overlap for the timely completed post-license course.
Ready to move on?
You are ready for the next lesson when all of these are true.
- State the 25-hour post-license deadline from the original license date.
- Explain why 25 post-license hours produce nine CE hours for the first renewal.
- Place the three license-law hours inside the 36-hour CE total.
- Explain which license types need 18 broker-education hours within the 36-hour total.
- Distinguish a first-year lapse from an unmet active-renewal requirement.
- Solve a new education-hours example without using the answer choices as clues.
Recommended next lesson
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