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A free course for the FINRA Series 7 (General Securities Representative) exam is in the works on Encodr. The Series 7 is a qualification exam taken alongside the SIE, and the plan is to build the course against FINRA's content outline, which puts most of the exam on investment information and recommendations. The course is not published yet, so nothing on this page is a finished deck. Create a free account and the course will appear on your Exams and Credentials shelf when it is ready, and use the free bond yield calculator and the guides below in the meantime.
| Items | 125 multiple choice items |
|---|---|
| Time | 3 hours and 45 minutes |
| Passing score | 72 |
| Corequisite | The SIE exam |
| Sponsorship | You must be associated with and sponsored by a FINRA member firm (or applicable SRO member firm) to sit it |
| F1: Seeks business for the broker-dealer | 9 items |
| F2: Opens accounts after obtaining customer information | 11 items |
| F3: Provides investment information and recommendations | 91 items |
| F4: Obtains instructions and processes transactions | 14 items |
Source: FINRA, Series 7 exam page (finra.org), read September 25, 2026.
No. It is being planned and is not published. This page will change when it is, and a free account is the way to be there when it appears.
No. The SIE and the Series 7 are different exams. The Series 7 is a qualification exam that FINRA lists the SIE as a corequisite for.