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Every card and question on these pages comes from the same bank: 300 questions across 11 units, plus 100 typed-answer review questions.
Flashcards
One card per exam question plus a card for each of 88 key terms. Know it / review again, spaced review, listen mode, search.
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Build an exam of 10, 25, 150 or all 300 questions, by unit and difficulty, timed if you like. Feedback on every question with its source, results by unit, a tappable miss review and your best score.
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Five terms, five definitions, a clock. Rounds are drawn from the term cards, so a fast round means the vocabulary is really there.
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100 open-ended and fill-in-the-blank questions. You type the answer in your own words; the page grades it, shows the ideal answer and explains the usual wrong ones.
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Every question in this section was written for this site. None is copied from a textbook, a course manual or another prep site. Each is written to the topics of the official exam, keyed to one defensible answer, and explained with the rule and its source (the statute, regulation, policy form or agency page it comes from), so you can check it yourself. Rules that changed recently are tested as they stand in 2026.
Expect the insurance-exam format: a question lists statements I, II, III and IV, and the answers are combinations such as “I and III only”. Read each statement on its own first, cross out the false ones, and only then look at the choices. 51 questions in this bank use it.
How the license works
- The test. 150 scored questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, plus up to 10 unscored trial questions you cannot tell apart. You need 70% to pass. The exam fee is $40. NY DFS / PSI candidate information bulletin
- Before the test. A DFS-approved prelicensing course of at least 90 hours for the property and casualty lines. NY Ins. Law 2103; PSI bulletin
- After you pass. Apply for the license within 2 years of passing. A notice of appointment must be filed within 15 days of the agency contract or the first application, whichever comes first. PSI bulletin; NY Ins. Law 2112
- Keeping it. 15 credits of continuing education each two-year licensing period, once the license has been in effect for two full years. NY Ins. Law 2132
General information, checked against the sources named above in October 2026. It is not legal advice and not a statement of any regulator’s current rules. Fees, hours and exam details change; confirm them with the regulator before you rely on them.
The units in the bank
Every filter on the flashcards and the practice exam uses these unit names.
- Insurance Regulation
- General Insurance
- Property and Casualty Insurance Basics
- Dwelling Policy
- Homeowners Policy
- Auto Insurance
- Commercial Package Policy
- Businessowners Policy
- Workers' Compensation Insurance
- Other Coverages and Options
- Accident and Health Insurance
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