Absence Red Herring
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
19981_townhome_locked_studio_consent · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, but only because Ruth was away when the police searched.
Why it's attractive
This choice gives the right result but points to the wrong reason.
Why it's wrong
This choice gives the right result but points to the wrong reason.
19981_townhome_locked_studio_consent · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because one co-tenant's consent always permits police to search the whole rented townhome.
Why it's attractive
The word always overclaims from shared status to every private space.
Why it's wrong
The word always overclaims from shared status to every private space.
19981_townhome_locked_studio_consent · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because officers had permission to step inside the townhome's shared entryway and pantry.
Why it's attractive
Permission for one place does not answer a search in a different locked place.
Why it's wrong
Permission for one place does not answer a search in a different locked place.
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