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130 scored questions, but you answer 145. Fifteen unscored pretest items are mixed in and you are not told which. The 130 that count split into 100 general insurance questions and 30 on Texas statute, sat together in 150 minutes and reported as one scaled score.
Two numbers, and most pages only give you one of them. The one they give you is the one that matters less for planning your day.
The counts
- Questions you answer
- 145
- Questions that count
- 130
- Pretest, unscored
- 15
- General portion, scored
- 100
- Texas portion, scored
- 30
- Time
- 150 minutes
- Reported as
- One scaled score
Why the 145 is the number to plan against
The clock does not know which questions count. You read all 145, think about all 145 and answer all 145, and the whole thing has to fit inside 150 minutes.
Divide 150 by 130 and you get a comfortable figure that will mislead you. Divide it by 145 and you get 1.15 minutes a question, which is ours from Pearson's two published numbers and is what the day will actually feel like. Practicing against the wrong divisor is how a prepared candidate ends up rushing the last stretch.
The 100/30 split matters more than the total
100 general questions on insurance principles, 30 on Texas statute. That is 77 percent of the scored paper on general material, which is our arithmetic, and it is the fact most study plans get backwards.
The portions are published separately in the content outline and sat as one examination. You cannot pass one and carry it forward. The 100/30 split works through what it should do to your hours.
The 15 you cannot identify
Pretest items are being trialed for future forms. They sit among the scored questions, they look identical, and hunting for them costs clock you do not have. Answer all 145 as though all 145 count, because from where you sit they do.
One genuinely useful consequence: a run of unusually hard questions is weaker evidence about your performance than it feels like at the time, because some of what made it hard may not be counting.
Common questions
How many questions are on the Texas life and health insurance exam?
130 scored questions, made up of 100 general insurance questions and 30 on Texas statute. You answer 145 in total because 15 unscored pretest items are administered alongside them and are not identified to you.
Do all 145 questions count?
No. Only 130 are scored. The 15 pretest items are being trialed for future versions of the exam and have no effect on your result, whether you answer them correctly or not.
How much time per question does that leave?
About 1.15 minutes, from dividing the published 150 minutes by the 145 questions actually administered. That division is ours, since neither TDI nor Pearson publishes a pacing target for this examination.
How many questions are on Texas law?
Thirty of the 130 scored questions, across four outline sections covering statutes common to life and health, life only, accident and health only, and health maintenance organizations. The other 100 are general insurance principles.