How to use Series 24 practice questions, the pace the real exam asks for, what to drill in each of FINRA's five job functions, and three practice questions with the reasoning behind each answer.

Series 24 Practice Questions: What to Drill, the Pace, 3 Worked Examples

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How many questions the Series 24 has, how long you get, the passing score of 70, the five job functions in FINRA's content outline, and which corequisite exams lead to which principal registration.

Series 24 Exam 2026: Format, Content Outline, Passing Score, Corequisites

FINRA Series 24 General Securities Principal Exam

The Series 24, the General Securities Principal Qualification Examination, is the FINRA exam for entry-level general securities principals: the people who supervise a broker-dealer's securities business, including underwriting, trading and market making, advertising and overall compliance with financial responsibilities. FINRA states that the general securities principal qualification does not cover municipal securities or options. To take it, a candidate must be associated with and sponsored by a FINRA member firm or another applicable self-regulatory organization member firm. To hold a principal registration the candidate must also pass corequisite exams: the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam plus a representative-level exam (the Series 7, 57, 79, 82, or 86 and 87), or the Supervisory Analysts Exam (Series 16); with the SIE and the Series 7 the registration is General Securities Principal. FINRA states the exam has 150 multiple-choice items in 3 hours and 45 minutes, with a passing score of 70. The items are spread over five major job functions in FINRA's Series 24 Content Outline: supervision of registration of the broker-dealer and personnel management activities (9 items), of general broker-dealer activities (45), of retail and institutional customer-related activities (32), of trading and market making activities (32), and of investment banking and research (32). Under the content outline each candidate also receives 10 unidentified pretest items that do not count, 160 in all; there is no penalty for guessing, scores are equated to a common scale, and no reference materials are allowed. FINRA's Series 24 page and content outline are the authority.

2 full timed Series 24 mocks, every answer explained

Two timed 150-question Series 24 mocks on FINRA's job-function split, 3 hours 45 minutes each, every answer explained with the rule behind it. Independent practice, not the official FINRA exam. 3 questions free.

Two independent 150-question Series 24 mocks on FINRA's 9 / 45 / 32 / 32 / 32 job-function split, each timed at 3 hours 45 minutes, with an explanation for every answer and your score by job function. Original questions, not FINRA items.

FINRA Series 24 General Securities Principal Exam — Discussion

FINRA Series 24 General Securities Principal Exam — Group Discussion