Both Helix UBE and Helix California begin with a 100-question diagnostic exam on MBE subject areas to help you understand your current baseline of black letter law knowledge and identify your strengths and weaknesses. The Helix Baseline Assessment uses NCBE-released questions appropriately weighted per subject and topic areas as expressly provided by the NCBE subject matter outline. That means you get a realistic snapshot of your exam day experience — question format, subjects and topics tested and timing — starting from the first day of the course. (Although California no longer uses the MBE and instead drafts its own multiple-choice questions, the California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners confirmed that, as required by state statute, the state-drafted questions “will not substantially modify the training or preparation” previously necessary to pass the bar exam. (See August 13, 2024, State Bar of California News Release.) Thus, the questions included in the Baseline Assessment are still a useful gauge for California takers beginning their bar studies.)