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MBE question breakdown

Courtesy of the NCBE outlines and my beloved S&T book, heres the approximate breakdown of MBE questions:
Constitutional Law
33 questions total
50% (16-17 questions) on Individual Rights (Due Process, Equal Protection, 1st Amendment, etc.)
50% (16-17 questions) on Judicial Review, Separation of Powers, and Federal/State Powers
Contracts
34 questions total
25% (6-7 questions) of ALL questions will be based on UCC/Sales of Goods
60% (20-21 questions) on Formation of Contracts, Conditions, and Remedies
40% (13-14 questions) on Consideration, 3rd Party Beneciaries, Assignment & Delegation, Statutes of
Fraud, Parol Evidence Rule, Impossibility of Performance, Frustration of Purpose, and Discharge
Criminal Law and Procedure
33 questions total
40% (13-14 questions) on Criminal Procedure (Search and Seizure, Arrest, Privilege against Self-Incrimination, Confessions, Lineups, Right to Counsel, etc.)
60% (19-20 questions) on Criminal Law (Homicide, Other Crimes, Inchoate Crimes and Parties, State of
Mind, Justication and Excuse, etc.)
Evidence
33 questions total
33% (11 questions) on Presentation of Evidence (Lay and Expert Testimony, Witness Competency, Impeachment, etc.)
33% (11 questions) on Hearsay
33% (11 questions) on Relevancy, Privileges, Writings/Recordings/Photographs
Real Property
33 questions total
75% (24-25 questions) on Ownership (Future Interests, Landlord-Tenant, etc), Rights in Lands
(Covenants, Easements, Prots, Licenses, Fixtures, etc.), and Titles (Adverse Possession, Converyances,
Recording Acts, etc.)
25% (9 questions) on Real Property Contracts and Mortgages
Torts
34 questions total
50% (17 questions) on Negligence
50% (17 questions) on Intentional Torts, Strict Liability, Products Liability, Other Torts (i.e. Nuisance,
Defamation, Invasion of Privacy, etc.)
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January 14, 2008 at 3:09 am

OMG. You are scaring me.

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