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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.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 19668_bolt_cutter_receipt · EVIDENCE · Choice AAdmit the receipt only if the prosecutor proves Daniel had no backyard gate.

    Why it's attractive

    A adds a no-gate condition that the relevance rule does not require.

    Why it's wrong

    A adds a no-gate condition that the relevance rule does not require.

  • 19668_bolt_cutter_receipt · EVIDENCE · Choice CExclude the receipt because purchase evidence is relevant only if the same bolt cutters are recovered near the trailer.

    Why it's attractive

    C invents a recovery requirement.

    Why it's wrong

    C invents a recovery requirement.

  • 19668_bolt_cutter_receipt · EVIDENCE · Choice DExclude the receipt because an innocent use is possible.

    Why it's attractive

    D treats possible innocence as automatic exclusion.

    Why it's wrong

    D treats possible innocence as automatic exclusion.

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