Series 24 Exam Overview — Format & Topic Weights

Series 24 at a glance

• Exam in app: Series 24 – General Securities Principal Exam
• Reference question count: 150
• Reference time: 225 minutes
• Approximate pace: ~90 seconds per question

Topic weighting map

• Function 1 — Supervision of Registration of the Broker-Dealer and Personnel Management Activities — 6%
• Function 2 — Supervision of General Broker-Dealer Activities — 30%
• Function 3 — Supervision of Retail and Institutional Customer-Related Activities — 21%
• Function 4 — Supervision of Trading and Market Making Activities — 21%
• Function 5 — Supervision of Investment Banking and Research — 22%

How to study this exam

1. Start with the highest-weighted area: Function 2 — Supervision of General Broker-Dealer Activities (30%).
2. Use the Syllabus to close gaps topic by topic.
3. Use timed sets in Practice to build pacing discipline.