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Accidental Mechanism

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

  • 21348_garden_gate_pruning_hook · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because the lower leg is not a vital organ.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice shifts from seriousness of intended injury to body-part label.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice shifts from seriousness of intended injury to body-part label.

  • 21348_garden_gate_pruning_hook · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because Esther did not intend to kill Ruth.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice says no because death was not the stated aim.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice says no because death was not the stated aim.

  • 21348_garden_gate_pruning_hook · CRIMINAL · Choice CInvoluntary manslaughter only, because the fatal artery cut was accidental.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice focuses on the exact artery cut instead of the intended serious wound.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice focuses on the exact artery cut instead of the intended serious wound.

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