Bar Exam Diagnostic Quiz

Not sure where to start? This 24-question diagnostic samples every UBE / MBE domain in proportion to its weight on the real exam, then tells you which domains to study first. It takes about 8 minutes, there is no timer, and nothing leaves your browser.

24 questions about 8 minutes 7 domains free, no sign-up

Find your weak spots

24 questions, about 8 minutes, no timer. Every domain is sampled, weighted the way the real exam weights it. You get a band for each domain and a study-first list, not a pass prediction.

24 questions~8 min7 domains

No feedback until the end. Your result is saved in this browser only.

Sample UBE / MBE diagnostic questions

These are real items from the UBE / MBE bank, one from each of three domains, shown with their answers so you can see the format before you start. The diagnostic itself draws 24 questions from 70 UBE / MBE terms , and does not reveal answers until the end.

  1. Torts

    Which best describes “Causation”?

    • · A breach of a legal duty of reasonable care that actually and proximately causes harm to another.
    • · A legal obligation to conform one's conduct to a standard of reasonable care for the protection of others against unreasonable risks.
    • · Monetary compensation awarded for a legally cognizable injury — the fourth element of negligence and the remedy in most tort claims.
    • ✓ The link between the defendant's act and the plaintiff's harm — both cause-in-fact (but-for) and proximate (foreseeability).

    Exam tip: When multiple defendants combine to cause an indivisible harm and but-for fails, switch to the substantial-factor test (Anderson v. Minneapolis); when the plaintiff can't identify which of several defendants caused the harm, market-share liability or alternative liability may apply.

  2. Civil Procedure

    Which best describes “Joinder”?

    • ✓ The procedural rules for bringing multiple claims or parties together in a single lawsuit.
    • · The formal documents that frame a lawsuit — principally the complaint and the answer.
    • · The proper geographic location for a lawsuit within a court system that has jurisdiction.
    • · A court's power to hear a case — subject-matter jurisdiction over the dispute and personal jurisdiction over the parties.

    Exam tip: Compulsory counterclaims (arising from the same transaction) MUST be raised or they're lost; permissive counterclaims may be raised. Necessary parties (Rule 19) must be joined if feasible; indispensable parties can force dismissal if they can't be joined.

  3. Constitutional Law

    Which best describes “Federalism”?

    • · Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce — the source of most federal regulatory authority.
    • · The Article III requirement that a plaintiff have a concrete, personalized stake in the outcome — injury, causation, and redressability.
    • ✓ The constitutional division of power between the national government and the states.
    • · The residual governmental authority of the states not delegated to the federal government, protected by the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments.

    Exam tip: The federal government has only enumerated (limited) powers; states have general police power. The Tenth Amendment reserves to the states what isn't delegated — and the anti-commandeering doctrine bars Congress from forcing states to enact or enforce federal programs.

What the UBE / MBE diagnostic covers

The quiz mirrors the exam blueprint. Civil Procedure carries the most weight on the real UBE / MBE, at about 14% of the test, so it gets the most questions here; Torts, at about 14%, gets the fewest, but never fewer than 3, because a band should never rest on a single question. The questions draw on the site's UBE / MBE term bank, so they measure how well you know the concepts and vocabulary the exam is built on. They are not full-length scenario items.

  1. Civil Procedure

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Civil Procedure subject — jurisdiction, venue, pleadings, discovery, and the Federal Rules that govern how civil cases move through the courts.

    10 terms · 1 study set

  2. Constitutional Law

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Constitutional Law subject — separation of powers, federalism, individual rights, and the standards of review that decide whether a government action survives.

    10 terms · 1 study set

  3. Contracts

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Contracts subject — formation, performance, breach, and remedies under both the common law and Article 2 of the UCC.

    10 terms · 1 study set

  4. Criminal Law and Procedure

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Criminal Law and Procedure subject — the elements of crimes and defenses, plus the constitutional limits on investigation, arrest, and trial.

    10 terms · 1 study set

  5. Evidence

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Evidence subject — relevance, hearsay and its exceptions, privileges, impeachment, and the rules of authentication under the Federal Rules of Evidence.

    10 terms · 1 study set

  6. Real Property

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Real Property subject — estates in land, future interests, conveyancing, recording, mortgages, landlord-tenant, and easements and covenants.

    10 terms · 1 study set

  7. Torts

    14% of the exam

    MBE Subjects

    The MBE Torts subject — intentional torts, negligence, strict liability, and damages — with the black-letter rules every bar examinee needs cold.

    10 terms · 1 study set

How your result is scored

Each domain comes back as a band rather than a percentage: Needs work (under 50% correct), Developing (50% to 79%), or Solid (80% and up). A handful of questions per domain is enough evidence to say "this needs work"; it is not enough to trust a number like 67%, so we do not show one.

The study-first list ranks domains by the share of the exam each one puts at risk: its blueprint weight multiplied by the fraction you missed. On the UBE / MBE that maths has teeth, because the domains are not equal — Civil Procedure is worth about 14% and Torts about 14%, so half-knowing Civil Procedure costs you roughly 7 points of the exam while barely knowing Torts costs about 11. Up to three domains make the list; if all 7 come back Solid, the list is empty and the full-length mock exam is the next real test.

Every question you miss is written into that study set's flashcard deck as due now, so the review queue starts with your actual gaps — across the 1 study sets in Civil Procedure alone, that is the difference between re-reading things you already know and drilling the ones you do not. Your attempts are kept in this browser (the last five), and a retake shows which domains moved up or down since last time.

This is a study map, not a prediction. The real UBE / MBE runs 75 questions in 90 minutes and is administered by National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE); this is 24 untimed questions drawn from the same blueprint. No sample that short can estimate a result on it, and the site's own mock exam uses a 65% practice target rather than a pass prediction for the same reason.

What to do with your result

  1. Step 1

    Open your first focus domain

    Start with the top of the study-first list. Its study sets are linked right on the results screen; flashcards for the terms you missed are already due.

  2. Step 2

    Drill the set, then quiz it

    Flashcards build recall; the per-set quiz checks it with confusable distractors drawn from related terms.

  3. Step 3

    Retake, then take the mock exam

    After a study block, retake the diagnostic to see which bands moved. When the focus list is empty, the timed UBE / MBE mock exam is the next real test.

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Frequently asked questions

How long is the UBE / MBE diagnostic quiz?
24 questions, untimed. Most people finish in about 8 minutes. Every domain gets at least 3 questions, and the rest are spread in proportion to each domain's weight on the real exam.
Does the result predict whether I will pass?
No. A 24-question sample can tell you which domains need work; it cannot estimate a real UBE / MBE result. Treat it as a study map, then measure progress with the full-length mock exam.
Where is my result stored?
In your browser only, using local storage. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Retake the quiz later and the results screen compares the two attempts domain by domain.
What happens to the questions I miss?
Each missed term is scheduled as due in that study set's flashcards, so your next review session starts with exactly the gaps the diagnostic found.