MBE Practice Questions: Build a Bank, Review Every Miss, and Improve Under Time

Label the source of every question

Use a six-part review

Review lucky guesses as errors.

Progress from focused to mixed and timed

Begin with focused subtopic sets while learning boundaries. Interleave subjects as the course progresses. Then use larger timed blocks and realistic pacing checkpoints. Do not sacrifice explanation review merely to force a higher daily count.

What the bars say the MBE is and how it counts

Indiana's Board lists the MBE as 200 multiple-choice questions taken over six hours, on Contracts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, Torts and Civil Procedure. Its scaled score carries different weight by state: 50% of the total in Georgia, Illinois and Kentucky, and 40% in Virginia's combined score.

Because the score is scaled by NCBE, raw counts do not compare across administrations. Kentucky's FAQ notes that the MEE and MPT scores are scaled to the MBE and UBE totals, and New Hampshire says it scales the combined MPT and MEE raw score to the MBE score with the mean and standard deviation method NCBE recommends.

MBE score transfer thresholds worth knowing

Some bars accept a transferred MBE score by itself. Alabama accepts a score of 140 or higher for 36 months, Minnesota accepts 145 or higher within 36 months on the same exam that led to admission elsewhere, and North Dakota accepts 150 or higher from a non-UBE exam. Florida has accepted transferred MBE scores since November 30, 2017 if they meet its rules.

Other bars refuse them: Montana no longer accepts transferred MBE scores, Georgia does not, Kentucky does not let applicants bank an MBE score, and Illinois ended MBE transfer as of the July 2022 exam. A candidate reviewing MBE questions should learn which side of that line the target state sits on.