Mastering Multiple Choice for Federal Civil Procedure MBE Bar Prep and 1L Exam Prep
Authors:
Janssen, William M. / Baicker-McKee, Steven
Edition:
3rd
Copyright Date:
2018
10 chapters
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Part 1 Introduction to Mastering Multiple Choice for Federal Civil Procedure 1 47 results (showing 5 best matches)
- It’s a common refrain: “I am a disaster when it comes to multiple choice tests.” But why is that? Even students who excel in law school, and who graduate with high honors, can often fall prey to multiple choice questions. Nonetheless, multiple choice questions have been with us in the profession for a long time, and they are likely to remain with us for a long time to come. Rather than resigning yourself to a future of disappointment with this testing environment, let’s try to understand it a bit better. Why is multiple choice so difficult a testing regime, even for highly successful law students?
- This book also contains something that the MBE and your Civil Procedure examinations will not—answers. Following the 200 multiple choice questions are the corresponding answers, with explanations, to each multiple choice question. Those answers and explanations will tell you which choice was right and why, and why the other choices were wrong.
- You can excel with multiple choice questions. It’s true. You really can. But to do so requires that you embrace a different mindset than you might when taking an essay test. To master multiple choice, you must: , follow a reliable method for tackling the questions and answer choices as they come; and , be vigilant about the techniques and tricks that multiple choice question developers use in drafting their exam questions. Here’s the method we recommend:
- Essay questions permit the possibility of “close” and “partial-credit” answers, where the test-taker can talk around a concept or legal principle and, perhaps, earn some credit for verifying his or her command of the topic in general. Not so with multiple choice questions. Multiple choice forces test-takers into a black-and-white box: test-takers are either correct (in which case they get the available points for that question) or they are incorrect (in which case they get none). Ergo, that unmistakable feeling that you’re living on the knife’s-edge when you take multiple choice tests . . .
- Multiple choice questions test —the substantive law the exam is testing, you cannot refine the process of effective exam-taking. So, success with multiple choice exams begins with a thorough command of the material.
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Summary of Contents 3 results
Part 2 Multiple Choice Questions 23 11 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Multiple Choice Questions
- This Part 2 contains 200 multiple choice questions, presented in randomized order and type-font to simulate actual examination-taking conditions. Each Question is followed by a reference to the page in Part 3 where its Answer and Explanation can be found.
- In the event that the court gives a jury both a general verdict and written questions, and the jury returns a general verdict that is inconsistent with its answer to the written questions, the court has multiple options.
- The court should grant the motion, if it believes that the better policy choice is to reject imposing pictorial warning obligations on product makers.
- The court will grant the motion because the plaintiff’s choice of forum is entitled to considerable deference.
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Preface to the Third Edition iii 3 results
- Civil Procedure was first added as a testing topic to the multistate bar examination’s multiple choice test (“MBE”) in February 2015. It has been included in each administration of the MBE since then.
- (Part 1). It contains helpful advice and strategies on attacking multiple choice questions.
- The 200 questions, answers, and explanations contained here have been created by two law professors who teach Civil Procedure in their classrooms, but who also practiced civil litigation for many years in federal and State courts. The questions encompass every one of the topics and subtopics that the National Conference of Bar Examiners identified in its Subject Matter Outline as within the scope of coverage for the MBE portion of national bar examinations. This Third Edition has expanded the total question volume by 28% with all new multiple choice questions, answers, and explanations. It also incorporates the December 1, 2018 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Part 3 Multiple Choice Answers (with Explanations and Citations) 119 219 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Multiple Choice Answers
- This Part 3 contains the Answers (with explanations and citations) to all 200 multiple choice questions of Part 2. Remember to read Part 1 (Introduction) on how best to maximize your review of this material. And remember also that Parts 4 and 5 contain tables to enable users to decode the NCBE topic, subtopic, and tested-knowledge-area for each Question.
- doctrine governs the choice between federal and State law, and State choice-of-law provisions govern the choice between the law of the various States. Answer (A) explains which choice-of-law provisions a federal court will apply following transfer of venue.
- doctrine governs what is sometimes known as “vertical” choice-of-law—the choice between federal and State law. Here, because the question implicates substantive law, the federal court will indeed apply State law. But that does not complete the inquiry. Rather, the federal court must next decide State’s law to apply. This is the “horizontal” choice-of-law inquiry—the choice between the law of the various States—and is typically determined by reference to the forum state’s choice-of-law statute. Answer (A) explains which choice-of-law provisions a federal court will apply following transfer of venue.
- Answer (D) is the best choice:
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- Publication Date: September 28th, 2018
- ISBN: 9781642424201
- Subject: Civil Procedure
- Series: Career Guides
- Type: Academic/Prof. Development
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Description:
Need a little practice with multiple choice questions in federal civil procedure? Your solution has arrived.
You MUST buy this book if:
A. You are studying for your Bar Exam’s MBE multiple choice test, and are more than just a little freaked out by how broadly Civil Procedure can be tested;
B. You are in law school, enrolled in a Civil Procedure course, and you are exasperated trying to master the countless nuances of Civil Procedure;
C. You want a resource that helps coach you in improving multiple choice exam performance, with strategies, realistic questions, answers, and detailed explanations;
D. All of the above.
This third edition (expanded by 28% with new questions, new answers, and new explanations) encompasses material reflecting the Civil Procedure Rule amendments of December 2015, December 2016, and December 2018, along with applicable new case law. This multiple choice practice book is designed for: (a) bar exam takers, who are preparing to take the MBE multiple choice bar exam (Civil Procedure was added in 2015 as a multiple choice testing topic), and (b) 1L law students, who are preparing to take their course examinations. This practice book offers practical, easy-to-follow advice on multiple choice exam-taking strategies, clear suggestions on effective multiple choice practicing techniques, and a robust set of Civil Procedure multiple choice practice questions with answers and explanations (designed to simulate MBE-style questions). Tables help users decode the tested-topic for each practice question.