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Actual Violation Equals Attempt

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

  • 22370_bookstore_fuel · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because Naomi should have known the correct time.

    Why it's attractive

    Should-have-known language does not match attempt.

    Why it's wrong

    Should-have-known language does not match attempt.

  • 22370_bookstore_fuel · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because she sold a fuel canister between midnight and 8 A.M.

    Why it's attractive

    It answers actual violation, not attempt intent.

    Why it's wrong

    It answers actual violation, not attempt intent.

  • 22370_bookstore_fuel · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because the ordinance did not require specific intent.

    Why it's attractive

    It says attempt does not need specific intent.

    Why it's wrong

    It says attempt does not need specific intent.

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