Wyoming Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) — Questions and Answers

Question 1: Under Wyoming law, which remedy is a court order requiring a party to perform or refrain from a specific act?

Quo warranto
Injunction (Correct answer)
Mandamus
Declaratory judgment

Correct answer: Injunction

An injunction is an equitable order compelling or prohibiting specific conduct by a party, available under Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 65.

Question 2: Under Wyoming civil procedure, how long after judgment may a party file a motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)?

6 months for any reason
30 days for all grounds
2 years for fraud
1 year for mistake, newly discovered evidence, or fraud (Correct answer)

Correct answer: 1 year for mistake, newly discovered evidence, or fraud

Wyoming Rule 60(b) requires motions based on mistake, newly discovered evidence, or fraud to be brought within one year of the judgment.

Question 3: Under Wyoming constitutional law, the right to bear arms is found in which article/section?

Article 6, Section 3
Article 2, Section 1
Article 1, Section 6
Article 1, Section 24 (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Article 1, Section 24

Wyoming Constitution Article 1, Section 24 protects the right of citizens to bear arms for defense of themselves and the state.

Question 4: Under Wyoming constitutional law, how long is a state district court judge's term?

10 years
6 years (Correct answer)
8 years
4 years

Correct answer: 6 years

Wyoming district court judges serve six-year terms after being appointed through the merit selection process.

Question 5: Under Wyoming appellate procedure, a notice of appeal from a final district court judgment must be filed within:

60 days
10 days
20 days
30 days (Correct answer)

Correct answer: 30 days

Wyoming Rule of Appellate Procedure 2.01 requires a notice of appeal to be filed within 30 days after entry of the judgment or order appealed from.

Question 6: Under FRE 407, subsequent remedial measures evidence may nonetheless be admitted to prove:

Ownership or control, or to impeach a witness who claims no safer design existed (Correct answer)
That the defendant had prior knowledge of a dangerous condition
Negligence per se in a products liability case
Punitive damages where the defendant showed conscious disregard

Correct answer: Ownership or control, or to impeach a witness who claims no safer design existed

FRE 407 permits subsequent remedial measure evidence when offered to prove ownership, control, feasibility of precautionary measures (if controverted), or to impeach.

Question 7: What is the minimum required MPRE score for attorneys seeking admission to the Wyoming Bar by motion?

75
80
85 (Correct answer)
90

Correct answer: 85

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) assesses an attorney's knowledge of ethical standards. Wyoming, like many other jurisdictions, requires a minimum MPRE score of 85 for admission by motion. This ensures that attorneys admitted to the Wyoming Bar possess a foundational understanding of professional ethics essential for legal practice.

Question 8: Under the Wyoming Constitution, the Governor may exercise a line-item veto on:

Only appropriations bills (Correct answer)
Any bill passed by the legislature
Only tax legislation
Only criminal statutes

Correct answer: Only appropriations bills

Wyoming's Governor holds line-item veto power over appropriations bills, allowing selective rejection of specific spending items.

Question 9: Which of the following is true regarding reciprocity for attorneys seeking admission by motion to the Wyoming Bar?

Wyoming only admits attorneys from jurisdictions that allow Wyoming attorneys to be admitted without an exam.
Wyoming requires that applicants have practiced in a jurisdiction with similar admission standards.
Wyoming requires full reciprocity with the applicant's current jurisdiction.
Wyoming does not require reciprocity with the applicant's current jurisdiction. (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Wyoming does not require reciprocity with the applicant's current jurisdiction.

For admission by motion, reciprocity refers to mutual agreements between states to admit attorneys from each other's jurisdictions. Wyoming's rules for admission by motion are independent of such agreements. This means that an attorney's eligibility for admission in Wyoming is determined solely by Wyoming's specific criteria, regardless of whether their home state offers similar pathways to Wyoming attorneys.

Question 10: Under Wyoming criminal procedure, a defendant has the right to a jury trial when facing a potential sentence of:

More than 1 year incarceration
More than 2 years incarceration
More than 6 months incarceration (Correct answer)
Any incarceration

Correct answer: More than 6 months incarceration

Under both the Sixth Amendment and Wyoming law, the right to jury trial attaches to offenses carrying a potential sentence exceeding six months.

Question 11: Under the Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure, the prosecution must disclose material exculpatory evidence to the defense pursuant to:

Brady v. Maryland and Wyoming Rule 16 (Correct answer)
Only at the preliminary hearing
Only upon direct request by defense counsel
Wyoming Rule 12 motions only

Correct answer: Brady v. Maryland and Wyoming Rule 16

Both the constitutional Brady obligation and Wyoming Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 require the prosecution to disclose material exculpatory and impeachment evidence to the defense.

Question 12: Under the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, which rule governs a lawyer's duty of competence?

Rule 1.3
Rule 1.7
Rule 1.1 (Correct answer)
Rule 1.6

Correct answer: Rule 1.1

Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.1 requires a lawyer to provide competent representation, including the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness, and preparation reasonably necessary.

Question 13: Wyoming's constitutional provision on education requires the legislature to:

Fund only public universities
Permit only private educational institutions
Establish and maintain a complete and uniform system of public instruction (Correct answer)
Fund education solely through local property taxes

Correct answer: Establish and maintain a complete and uniform system of public instruction

Article 7 of the Wyoming Constitution obligates the legislature to provide for a complete and uniform system of public instruction, from primary through university level.

Question 14: Under Wyoming UCC Article 9 (secured transactions), a security interest is perfected when:

The security agreement is signed
The debtor pays the first installment
The creditor takes possession of collateral only
Attachment occurs and a financing statement is properly filed (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Attachment occurs and a financing statement is properly filed

Under UCC Article 9 as adopted in Wyoming, perfection generally requires both attachment (the security interest coming into existence) and filing a financing statement with the Secretary of State.

Question 15: Under the Wyoming Constitution, eminent domain requires that private property taken for public use be:

Negotiated at market value without compensation
Compensated only if improved property
Compensated at assessed tax value
Justly compensated (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Justly compensated

Article 1, Section 33 of the Wyoming Constitution requires just compensation whenever private property is taken or damaged for public or private use.

Question 16: Under Wyoming's version of UCC Article 2, an implied warranty of merchantability arises in a sale by:

Any consumer
A seller who expressly affirms quality
A merchant who deals in goods of that kind (Correct answer)
Any seller of goods

Correct answer: A merchant who deals in goods of that kind

UCC § 2-314, adopted in Wyoming, provides that an implied warranty of merchantability arises only when the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind.

Question 17: Under Wyoming criminal law, the McNaghten test is used to evaluate which defense?

Entrapment
Duress
Voluntary intoxication
Insanity (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Insanity

Wyoming applies a version of the McNaghten test for the insanity defense, focusing on whether the defendant knew the nature and quality of the act and whether they knew it was wrong.

Question 18: Under Wyoming professional responsibility rules, imputed disqualification means that:

A disqualified lawyer can transfer the file to a partner
If one lawyer in a firm is disqualified, all lawyers in that firm may be disqualified (Correct answer)
Disqualification applies only to solo practitioners
Only the personally conflicted lawyer is disqualified

Correct answer: If one lawyer in a firm is disqualified, all lawyers in that firm may be disqualified

Wyoming RPC Rule 1.10 imputes most conflicts from one lawyer to all other lawyers associated in the same firm, preventing the firm from circumventing conflict rules.

Question 19: Under Wyoming contract law, the expectation interest measure of damages in a breach of contract case aims to put the non-breaching party:

In the position they would have been in had the contract never been made
Only in the position to recover out-of-pocket losses
In a better position than before the contract
In the position they would have been in had the contract been performed (Correct answer)

Correct answer: In the position they would have been in had the contract been performed

Expectation damages, the standard contract remedy, give the non-breaching party the benefit of the bargain by putting them in the economic position they would have occupied had the contract been fully performed.

Question 20: Under Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, which rule governs the division of fees between lawyers not in the same firm?

Rule 5.4
Rule 1.8(f)
Rule 1.5(e) (Correct answer)
Rule 1.5(a)

Correct answer: Rule 1.5(e)

Wyoming RPC Rule 1.5(e) permits fee-sharing between lawyers in different firms if the division is proportionate to services rendered or agreed in writing with client consent.

Question 21: Under FRE 615, the rule on exclusion of witnesses (sequestration) does NOT apply to:

Fact witnesses who have already testified
Expert witnesses designated as the party's representative
A party who is a natural person (Correct answer)
Witnesses who are members of the public

Correct answer: A party who is a natural person

FRE 615 excludes witnesses from the courtroom during others' testimony, but a party who is a natural person has a constitutional right to remain present throughout trial.

Question 22: Under Wyoming civil procedure, a class action may be certified only if the court finds all EXCEPT which requirement?

Numerosity
Commonality
Typicality
Unanimity of the class members (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Unanimity of the class members

Wyoming Rule 23 requires numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy of representation — unanimity is never a requirement for class certification.

Question 23: The Wyoming Constitution requires that all bills contain:

A referendum clause
A fiscal impact note
Only one subject expressed in the title (Correct answer)
A sunset provision

Correct answer: Only one subject expressed in the title

Wyoming's single-subject rule requires that every bill shall embrace but one subject and matter properly connected therewith, which must be expressed in the title.

Question 24: Under Wyoming common law, mutual mistake as to a material fact at the time of contracting allows the adversely affected party to seek:

Specific performance plus damages
Rescission of the contract (Correct answer)
Modification of the contract terms only
Punitive damages

Correct answer: Rescission of the contract

When both parties share a mistaken belief about a material existing fact, Wyoming courts allow rescission as the appropriate remedy to return parties to the pre-contract position.

Question 25: In Wyoming, service of process on a corporation may be made by serving:

The corporation's accountant
The corporation's bank
Any employee at the corporation's office
The registered agent or an officer or managing agent of the corporation (Correct answer)

Correct answer: The registered agent or an officer or managing agent of the corporation

Under Wyoming Rule 4, a corporation may be served through its registered agent, or by delivering process to an officer, managing agent, or general agent.

Question 26: Under Wyoming contract law, the statute of frauds generally requires which type of contract to be in writing?

Contracts for the sale of goods worth $50 or more
All employment agreements
Contracts that cannot be performed within one year of formation (Correct answer)
All contracts for services

Correct answer: Contracts that cannot be performed within one year of formation

Wyoming's statute of frauds, like the common law version, requires contracts that cannot be performed within one year of their making to be evidenced by a writing signed by the party to be charged.

Question 27: Under Wyoming criminal law, the general statute of limitations for most felonies is:

No statute of limitations for any felony
3 years
5 years (Correct answer)
2 years

Correct answer: 5 years

Wyoming Statutes § 7-2-101 provides a five-year statute of limitations for most felony prosecutions, with no limitation for crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment.

Question 28: Which provision of the Wyoming Constitution most directly parallels the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment due process clause?

Article 1, Section 6 (Due process) (Correct answer)
Article 1, Section 4 (Security against search)
Article 1, Section 11 (Freedom of speech)
Article 1, Section 2 (Equality of all)

Correct answer: Article 1, Section 6 (Due process)

Wyoming Constitution Article 1, Section 6 guarantees that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

Question 29: Under Wyoming law, which crime requires proof of specific intent as an element?

Simple assault
Involuntary manslaughter
Criminally negligent homicide
Burglary (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Burglary

Wyoming burglary requires specific intent — the defendant must have entered the building with the intent to commit a crime therein.

Question 30: Under Wyoming's adoption of UCC Article 2, the perfect tender rule means:

The seller must provide a written guarantee of quality
The buyer may reject goods if they fail to conform in any respect (Correct answer)
The seller must deliver goods that perfectly match the written description
The buyer cannot reject goods once payment is made

Correct answer: The buyer may reject goods if they fail to conform in any respect

UCC § 2-601's perfect tender rule allows the buyer to reject the whole, accept the whole, or accept any commercial unit and reject the rest if the goods fail to conform in any respect.

Question 31: Which of the following qualifications must an attorney meet to be eligible for admission by motion in Wyoming?

Have practiced law for at least 1 of the past 5 years.
Have graduated from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). (Correct answer)
Have passed the Wyoming Bar Exam.
Be actively licensed and in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction. (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Have graduated from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).

For admission by motion in Wyoming, attorneys must demonstrate they are currently qualified and reputable practitioners. Being actively licensed and in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction confirms their legal competence and ethical conduct. This ensures that attorneys seeking to practice in Wyoming have already met the professional standards of another state bar.

Question 32: Under the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, a lawyer's advertising must not be:

Placed on a law firm's website
Printed in a directory
Targeted to potential clients in other states
False or misleading about the lawyer's services (Correct answer)

Correct answer: False or misleading about the lawyer's services

Wyoming RPC Rule 7.1 prohibits any communication about a lawyer's services that contains a false or misleading statement of fact or law.

Wyoming Uniform Bar Examination (UBE)

The Wyoming Bar Exam is a two-day Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) consisting of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), and Multistate Performance Test (MPT), testing competency across core areas of law required for attorney licensure in Wyoming.

200

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360 min

Time Limit

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