INTRO TO BAR PREP FINAL QUESTIONS 100%
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is the bar exam? - Accurate answers o Hazing ritual
o Test to practice law/ legal advice/ attorney-client privilege
o Minimum competency
o Will not measure your ability as an attorney
What must you make to pass the bar exam? - Accurate answers 67.5 to pass
What does it cost you to fail the bar? - Accurate answers o $1000
o Can cost you a job
How many times can you take the bar exam in a year? - Accurate answers twice
Why is the bar exam hard? - Accurate answers o Lots of hard questions, little time
o Closed book & a lot of material; endurance challenge
o Roughly 2,200 laws
Deadline to apply? - Accurate answers April for July
November for February
What should you consider when trying to decide which bar review program to use? - Accurate answers
§ Ask lawyers you know
§ Price comparisons
§ Passage rates
§ How do you learn?/ attention span
Arkansas cut score-
· Minimum passing standard based on reported score scale- ?
· Minimum passing standard based on 200-point scale- ? - Accurate answers 270
135
How do they ensure that the bar exam is fair? - Accurate answers · All question writers and editors
receive bias training, and should be focused on fairness as they draft questions. Questions then undergo
further review for potential bias and if there is any concern that a question may not be fair, the question
is archived or resubmitted for another review. Numerous rounds of statistical review also help in
insuring each item's fairness.
· NCBE also provides training & support to jurisdiction bar admission administrators, to make sure the
bar exam is administered in a consistent manner; and multiple steps are taken to keep exam material
secure from start to finish.
· The Grading Workshop also helps keep fairness and consistency throughout for bar exam graders.
· The NCBE also uses equating and scaling to make sure the exam is fair from exam to exam throughout
the years.
, Who grades each section? - Accurate answers · NCBE scores and equates the MBE
· Jurisdiction graders grade the written portions.
o MEE/MPT administration- NCBE sponsors Grading Workshop and then jurisdiction graders grade the
exams.
· NCBE then scales the written grades to the MBE
· Each jurisdiction determines their passing score.
How many questions are "pretested" in each bar exam? - Accurate answers In each bar exam, 25
of the 200 items that appear on the MBE are items that are being pretested and are therefore not
scored; the other 175 items have already passed the pretest process.
Bowen Pass Rates? - Accurate answers o Pretty Bouncy
o 2016-2020
§ 10% of people don't pass the bar exam ever
· People take jobs or only take the exam once.
§ 2020 Pandemic- 89.66%
Risk Factors?? - Accurate answers § Low law school GPA
· Shows you know how to study and shows you know the law
§ Not taking bar courses
§ Not taking a bar review course
§ Working too much
§ Life Crisis
§ Deficit with MCQ or Essays
§ Failure to adopt proper strategies
§ Fear or anxiety
· Practice!!
· No medical issues
· Over Prepare
How much should you study for the bar exam? - Accurate answers They say about 500 hours
Law School GPA? - Accurate answers o (2018)
§ 3.81-3.36= 100% pass rate for bar exam
§ 3.35-3.10= 95% pass rate
§ 3.08-2.82= 52.17% pass rate
§ 2.79-2.48= 15.38% pass rate
o 3.0 and above
· Mitigate Risk? - Accurate answers · Do What Works!!
o Use YOUR study strategy.
o Use your bar review course but you have to learn the material.
o Practice problems!!!
o Get a schedule- daily and weekly.
4 Preparation Periods of Bar Review
o 1. ?
o 2. First __________
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
What is the bar exam? - Accurate answers o Hazing ritual
o Test to practice law/ legal advice/ attorney-client privilege
o Minimum competency
o Will not measure your ability as an attorney
What must you make to pass the bar exam? - Accurate answers 67.5 to pass
What does it cost you to fail the bar? - Accurate answers o $1000
o Can cost you a job
How many times can you take the bar exam in a year? - Accurate answers twice
Why is the bar exam hard? - Accurate answers o Lots of hard questions, little time
o Closed book & a lot of material; endurance challenge
o Roughly 2,200 laws
Deadline to apply? - Accurate answers April for July
November for February
What should you consider when trying to decide which bar review program to use? - Accurate answers
§ Ask lawyers you know
§ Price comparisons
§ Passage rates
§ How do you learn?/ attention span
Arkansas cut score-
· Minimum passing standard based on reported score scale- ?
· Minimum passing standard based on 200-point scale- ? - Accurate answers 270
135
How do they ensure that the bar exam is fair? - Accurate answers · All question writers and editors
receive bias training, and should be focused on fairness as they draft questions. Questions then undergo
further review for potential bias and if there is any concern that a question may not be fair, the question
is archived or resubmitted for another review. Numerous rounds of statistical review also help in
insuring each item's fairness.
· NCBE also provides training & support to jurisdiction bar admission administrators, to make sure the
bar exam is administered in a consistent manner; and multiple steps are taken to keep exam material
secure from start to finish.
· The Grading Workshop also helps keep fairness and consistency throughout for bar exam graders.
· The NCBE also uses equating and scaling to make sure the exam is fair from exam to exam throughout
the years.
, Who grades each section? - Accurate answers · NCBE scores and equates the MBE
· Jurisdiction graders grade the written portions.
o MEE/MPT administration- NCBE sponsors Grading Workshop and then jurisdiction graders grade the
exams.
· NCBE then scales the written grades to the MBE
· Each jurisdiction determines their passing score.
How many questions are "pretested" in each bar exam? - Accurate answers In each bar exam, 25
of the 200 items that appear on the MBE are items that are being pretested and are therefore not
scored; the other 175 items have already passed the pretest process.
Bowen Pass Rates? - Accurate answers o Pretty Bouncy
o 2016-2020
§ 10% of people don't pass the bar exam ever
· People take jobs or only take the exam once.
§ 2020 Pandemic- 89.66%
Risk Factors?? - Accurate answers § Low law school GPA
· Shows you know how to study and shows you know the law
§ Not taking bar courses
§ Not taking a bar review course
§ Working too much
§ Life Crisis
§ Deficit with MCQ or Essays
§ Failure to adopt proper strategies
§ Fear or anxiety
· Practice!!
· No medical issues
· Over Prepare
How much should you study for the bar exam? - Accurate answers They say about 500 hours
Law School GPA? - Accurate answers o (2018)
§ 3.81-3.36= 100% pass rate for bar exam
§ 3.35-3.10= 95% pass rate
§ 3.08-2.82= 52.17% pass rate
§ 2.79-2.48= 15.38% pass rate
o 3.0 and above
· Mitigate Risk? - Accurate answers · Do What Works!!
o Use YOUR study strategy.
o Use your bar review course but you have to learn the material.
o Practice problems!!!
o Get a schedule- daily and weekly.
4 Preparation Periods of Bar Review
o 1. ?
o 2. First __________
