Series 24 General Securities Principal exam
Series 24 Exam Prep for General Securities Principals
The Series 24 qualifies you to supervise, and that is what makes it a different exam rather than a harder Series 7. The candidate is not the person placing the trade, approving their own account or sending the communication — they are the person who must verify it, document it, escalate it, or refuse it. Finance Exam Pro teaches each rule alongside the supervisory duty attached to it, because the answer that is correct about the rep-level rule and wrong about the principal's obligation is the one this exam is built to catch.
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- 150
- Questions
- 3h 45m
- Time limit
- 70%
- To pass
1,162 approved practice questions and 37 lessons in this track today.
The Series 24 requires sponsorship by a FINRA member firm and a qualifying representative-level registration. FINRA's outline and its exam page currently list different prerequisite sets, so confirm your own eligibility with FINRA before scheduling.
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A real Series 24 question
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Customer Protection: Segregation, Short Interest & Clearing
Try it — no account neededFirm A is acquired by Firm B, and customer accounts, along with the securities and cash held for those customers, are transferred to Firm B as part of the merger. A principal at Firm B assumes that because the accounts came from a firm that was presumably in compliance, no independent verification of proper segregation is needed for the newly received assets. Is this assumption reasonable?
The blueprint
What's on the Series 24 exam
Our lessons and mock exams follow these weightings, so your study time lands where the marks are.
- Supervision of Registration of the Broker-Dealer and Personnel Management Activities6%
- Supervision of General Broker-Dealer Activities30%
- Supervision of Retail and Institutional Customer-Related Activities21%
- Supervision of Trading and Market Making Activities21%
- Supervision of Investment Banking and Research21%
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Realistic mock exams
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Questions
Series 24 exam FAQ
How many questions are on the Series 24?+
The Series 24 has 150 scored questions plus 10 unscored pretest items, and you have 3 hours 45 minutes. It is the longest exam on this platform.
What is a passing score on the Series 24?+
70%. Supervision of General Broker-Dealer Activities is the largest section at 30% — nearly a third of the exam sits in one function.
Do I need a sponsor for the Series 24?+
Yes, and you also need a qualifying representative-level registration. FINRA's content outline and its exam page currently list different prerequisite sets, so check your own eligibility with FINRA rather than relying on any prep provider's summary — including ours.
How is the Series 24 different from the Series 7?+
The Series 7 tests what a registered representative may do. The Series 24 tests what a principal must verify before allowing it, what has to be documented, and what makes the firm liable when it is not. Many questions have an answer that is perfectly correct about the underlying rule and still wrong, because it ignores the supervisor's duty.
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