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Under the ABA Model Rules, a lawyer accepts an unfamiliar matter requiring competence. Which approach fits the duty?
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Rule 1.1 requires the knowledge, skill, thoroughness, and preparation reasonably necessary. Confidence does not replace the required preparation; the rule and comments explain how competence can be obtained.

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Professional-responsibility questions turn on the lawyer's role, the client's decision, the applicable rule, and the conditions stated in the scenario. These original examples introduce competence, client authority, confidentiality, conflicts, client property, evidence, contact, and advertising.

Each stem here expressly uses the ABA Model Rules. A real jurisdiction may adopt different language, and the MPRE has its own tested-rule timing. These basic samples do not cover judicial conduct or the complete NCBE outline and are not advice about an actual matter.

Supplemental professional-responsibility study under the stated ABA Model Rules. This page is not legal advice, a state bar-exam replacement, or complete MPRE coverage. Check NCBE's tested-rule timing and jurisdiction passing requirements.

8 free MPRE questions with explanations

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QUESTION 1 · COMPETENCE

Under the ABA Model Rules, a lawyer accepts an unfamiliar matter requiring competence. Which approach fits the duty?

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Answer: B. Rule 1.1 requires the knowledge, skill, thoroughness, and preparation reasonably necessary. Confidence does not replace the required preparation; the rule and comments explain how competence can be obtained.

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QUESTION 2 · CLIENT AUTHORITY

Under the ABA Model Rules, who decides whether to accept a settlement after receiving the lawyer's advice?

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Answer: C. Rule 1.2 assigns the settlement decision to the client. Distinguish providing legal advice from possessing authority to make the client's decision.

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QUESTION 3 · CONFIDENTIALITY

Under the ABA Model Rules, no consent, authorization, or exception permits disclosure. May the lawyer tell a friend information relating to the representation?

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Answer: A. Rule 1.6 protects information relating to the representation under the stated conditions. The absence of a name or fee does not create the permission missing from the scenario.

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QUESTION 4 · CONCURRENT CONFLICT

Under the ABA Model Rules, a lawyer would represent both clients asserting claims against each other in the same tribunal proceeding. What does their written consent do?

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Answer: D. Rule 1.7(b)(3) establishes a condition that this scenario fails. Consent is not a universal cure; every required consentability condition matters.

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QUESTION 5 · CLIENT PROPERTY

Under the ABA Model Rules, where should client funds held during representation normally be kept?

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Answer: B. Rule 1.15 requires client property to remain separate and be safeguarded. Learn the full recordkeeping and other duties rather than treating the account label as the entire rule.

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QUESTION 6 · FALSE EVIDENCE

Under the ABA Model Rules, the lawyer knows proposed evidence is false. May the lawyer offer it?

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Answer: C. Rule 3.3(a)(3) prohibits knowingly offering false evidence. The question concerns known falsity, not a mere unsupported suspicion; the full rule covers further duties and situations.

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QUESTION 7 · REPRESENTED PERSON

Under the ABA Model Rules, while representing a client, a lawyer knows the other person has counsel in this matter. No consent, law, or court order authorizes direct contact. May the lawyer discuss the representation directly?

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Answer: A. Rule 4.2 applies to communication about the representation under these stated facts. Convenience, tone, and communication medium do not supply the missing authorization.

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QUESTION 8 · MISLEADING ADVERTISING

Under the ABA Model Rules, a service advertisement materially misstates the lawyer's credentials. Which description fits?

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Answer: D. Rule 7.1 prohibits materially misleading communications about a lawyer's services. Calling the statement advertising does not remove the truthfulness requirement.

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Supplemental professional-responsibility study under the stated ABA Model Rules. This page is not legal advice, a state bar-exam replacement, or complete MPRE coverage. Check NCBE's tested-rule timing and jurisdiction passing requirements.

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Topics to connect to your wider study

Use the official content outline as your coverage checklist. The samples below illustrate concepts; they do not establish coverage of every listed topic.

Client and lawyer decisions

Distinguish the client's settlement decision from the lawyer's professional obligations. Read the precise task and decision maker.

Information and conflicts

Keep confidentiality, privilege, and conflicts separate. Identify whether a rule permits consent and whether every required condition is satisfied.

Property and tribunal duties

Review safeguarding client property and candor toward the tribunal. A useful outcome does not remove a stated professional obligation.

Other participants and communication

Identify represented persons, authorized contact, and materially misleading service claims. Study judicial conduct and the rest of the official outline separately.

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Official exam
NCBE Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
Items
60 four-choice items: 50 scored and 10 unscored pretest
Time
Two hours
Passing score
Set by each jurisdiction; computer delivery through Pearson

NCBE states that ABA amendments enter MPRE testing no earlier than one year after approval. Current amended rule text is not automatically the version tested at your appointment. Verify the preparing guidance and the relevant jurisdiction's score rule.

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Turn the concepts into a study routine

  1. Identify the professional role and decision

    Write who is acting, whom the person represents, and whose decision the question asks about. Client authority, lawyer competence, and tribunal duties solve different tasks even when they appear in one matter.

  2. State the rule before the exception

    Identify the baseline obligation and then the precise exception or consent condition. Explain which fact permits or prevents the proposed action. Avoid treating consent as a cure for every conflict or disclosure.

  3. Compare concepts that share words

    Separate confidentiality from evidentiary privilege and professional rules from civil liability. Compare actual permission with mere convenience. Use NCBE's subject outline to locate the broader topics missing from this introductory set.

  4. Verify the tested version and jurisdiction

    Check NCBE's amendment-timing guidance and your jurisdiction's passing rule. Add judicial-conduct and full-outline preparation plus timed practice. Do not apply these short fictional scenarios as advice for a live legal matter.

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Questions about MPRE practice questions

Is the MPRE the state bar examination?

It is a professional-responsibility examination and does not replace the other bar-admission requirements of a jurisdiction.

Does every jurisdiction require the same score?

No. Jurisdictions establish their passing requirements. Check the jurisdiction where you seek admission.

Are the newest ABA amendments tested immediately?

NCBE states amendments enter testing no earlier than one year after approval. Review the current preparing guidance for the examination you will take.

Do these eight questions cover the complete outline?

No. They introduce selected lawyer-conduct topics. The broader outline, including judicial conduct, needs separate preparation.

Sources and scope

Public source information checked October 11, 2026. These are original, AI-assisted learning materials checked against the listed sources; they are not actual issuer exam items or a claim of issuer approval. Verify changing requirements with the issuer and your training program.

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