Series 7 General Securities Representative Qualification Examination — FINRA
The Series 7 Exam is FINRA's General Securities Representative qualification exam, the main exam for people who sell securities such as stocks, bonds and funds. It has 125 questions in 3 hours and 45 minutes, FINRA lists a passing score of 72, and you must also pass the SIE to be registered. SummitCert's portal gives you explained Series 7 practice questions, flashcards, a timed 125-question mock exam and progress tracking by area.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Seeks Business for the Broker-Dealer from Customers and Potential Customers, Opens Accounts After Obtaining and Evaluating Customers' Financial Profile and Investment Objectives, Provides Customers with Information About Investments, Makes Recommendations, Transfers Assets and Maintains Appropriate Records, and more.
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Topics you'll drill
4 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Seeks Business for the Broker-Dealer from Customers and Potential Customers
- Opens Accounts After Obtaining and Evaluating Customers' Financial Profile and Investment Objectives
- Provides Customers with Information About Investments, Makes Recommendations, Transfers Assets and Maintains Appropriate Records
- Obtains and Verifies Customers' Purchase and Sales Instructions and Agreements; Processes, Completes and Confirms Transactions
Series 7 Exam exam requirements & cost
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The Series 7 exam has 125 questions and you have 3 hours and 45 minutes; FINRA lists a passing score of 72 (FINRA Series 7 exam page). Candidates must pass both the Series 7 exam and the SIE exam to obtain the General Securities registration, and must be sponsored by a FINRA member firm to take the Series 7 (FINRA). The FINRA content outline (2025) weights four job functions: seeking business from customers and potential customers 7 percent, opening accounts 9 percent, providing customers with information about investments and making recommendations 73 percent, and processing transactions 11 percent. FINRA lists a passing score of 72 but does not state the scale on its exam page, so the portal mock shows 72 percent only as a self-check for this practice set. FINRA lists the Series 7 exam at $395 (October 2026); the SIE is a separate exam with its own fee. The content outline spreads questions across 4 areas; the largest are Provides Customers with Information About Investments, Makes Recommendations, Transfers Assets and Maintains Appropriate Records (73.0%); Obtains and Verifies Customers' Purchase and Sales Instructions and Agreements; Processes, Completes and Confirms Transactions (11.0%); Opens Accounts After Obtaining and Evaluating Customers' Financial Profile and Investment Objectives (9.0%). The full list of areas and weights is on the portal exam page. You must be associated with and sponsored by a FINRA member firm (or another applicable SRO member firm), and you must also pass the SIE exam for the General Securities registration (FINRA).
Series 7 Exam exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- Seeks Business for the Broker-Dealer from Customers and Potential Customers7%
- Opens Accounts After Obtaining and Evaluating Customers' Financial Profile and Investment Objectives9%
- Provides Customers with Information About Investments, Makes Recommendations, Transfers Assets and Maintains Appropriate Records73%
- Obtains and Verifies Customers' Purchase and Sales Instructions and Agreements; Processes, Completes and Confirms Transactions11%
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