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Prepare for customer accounts, suitability, investment recommendations, securities products, options, municipal securities sales, orders, records, confirmations, and 130-question exam-day pacing.
Series 7 is FINRA's General Securities Representative Qualification Examination. Candidates have 3 hours and 45 minutes for 125 scored questions plus 5 unscored pretest items, and the passing score is 72%. HiraEdu maps preparation to FINRA's four representative job functions and the product scope tied to the registration.
Series 7 is broad, product-heavy, and recommendation-focused. The largest domain is the customer information, recommendations, transfers, and records function.
Series 7 assesses entry-level competency for General Securities Representatives.
The exam has 125 scored multiple-choice questions plus 5 unidentified pretest items, for 130 total questions.
Candidates have 3 hours and 45 minutes and need a 72% passing score.
Candidates need FINRA member or applicable SRO sponsorship, and SIE is a corequisite for General Securities Representative registration.
FINRA assigns 91 of the 125 scored items to providing customers with investment information, making recommendations, transferring assets, and maintaining appropriate records. Candidates need a durable process for customer profile facts, product risks, disclosures, suitability, tax treatment, options strategy, account updates, and recordkeeping.
Series 7 registration supports the solicitation, purchase, or sale of broad securities products, including corporate securities, municipal fund securities, options, direct participation programs, investment company products, variable contracts, government securities, ETFs, REITs, UITs, money market funds, warrants, rights, venture capital, and hedge funds within FINRA's permitted-activity scope.
FINRA requires candidates to be associated with and sponsored by a member firm or other applicable SRO member firm for representative-level exams. SIE is also a corequisite, so Series 7 preparation should be coordinated with the candidate's registration, Form U4, scheduling window, and firm training sequence.
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The Series 7, General Securities Representative Qualification Examination, assesses whether an entry-level registered representative can perform the critical functions of a general securities representative. FINRA lists 125 scored multiple-choice items, 3 hours and 45 minutes of testing time, a 72% passing score, a $395 fee, and SIE as a corequisite. The current content outline adds 5 unidentified pretest items, so candidates see 130 total questions. Candidates must be associated with and sponsored by a FINRA member firm or other applicable SRO member firm to be eligible. FINRA's outline allocates 9 scored items to seeking business, 11 to opening accounts after evaluating customer profiles and objectives, 91 to providing investment information, recommendations, transfers, and records, and 14 to verifying purchase and sale instructions, processing, completing, and confirming transactions. HiraEdu builds Series 7 preparation around corporate securities, municipal securities sales, investment company products, variable annuities, direct participation programs, options, government securities, account documentation, suitability, communications, orders, confirmations, margin, tax basics, records, and Prometric scheduling readiness.
Series 7 is the General Securities Representative Qualification Examination for candidates seeking General Securities Representative registration.
The exam has 125 scored multiple-choice questions and 5 unidentified pretest items, for 130 total questions.
Candidates have 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete the exam.
FINRA lists the Series 7 passing score as 72%.
Yes. FINRA states that candidates must be associated with and sponsored by a FINRA member firm or other applicable SRO member firm, and SIE is a corequisite.
Use FINRA's 9, 11, 91, and 14 item allocations to schedule review for business development, account opening, recommendations and records, and transaction processing.
Review fixed income, equities, mutual funds, ETFs, UITs, REITs, variable annuities, options, DPPs, municipal securities, government securities, margin, taxation, and account features as distinct decision areas.
Connect client objectives, risk tolerance, liquidity needs, time horizon, tax status, investment experience, holdings, account type, and disclosures to the best product or strategy.
Practice 130-question sessions within 3 hours and 45 minutes, then review misses by FINRA function and by product type.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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