Anchor Floor
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 2 active questions. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Contracts1
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
14458_verse_wristbands · CONTRACTS · Choice ADaniel wins, because the agreement was void for indefiniteness of quantity and total price for the year.
Why it's attractive
The answer attacks the missing annual quantity and total price; that is not enough once the output/exclusive-dealing anchor is supplied.
Why it's wrong
The answer attacks the missing annual quantity and total price; that is not enough once the output/exclusive-dealing anchor is supplied.
14458_verse_wristbands · CONTRACTS · Choice BLydia wins, because both parties to a sale-of-goods contract impliedly assume the risk of changes in price and customer demand.
Why it's attractive
It gives Lydia the win but answers through market-risk language, not the exclusivity fact.
Why it's wrong
It gives Lydia the win but answers through market-risk language, not the exclusivity fact.
14458_verse_wristbands · CONTRACTS · Choice CDaniel wins, because there was no mutuality of obligation since Daniel made no express promise to buy any of Lydia's Scripture-memory wristbands.
Why it's attractive
The answer demands magic words; the Gold Key supplies the missing obligation from exclusivity.
Why it's wrong
The answer demands magic words; the Gold Key supplies the missing obligation from exclusivity.
14596_manger_mustard_seed · CRIMINAL · Choice BThe Mustard Seed Amendment only.
Why it's attractive
It marks only the burden amendment as unconstitutional; the burden Gold Key defeats that.
Why it's wrong
It marks only the burden amendment as unconstitutional; the burden Gold Key defeats that.
14596_manger_mustard_seed · CRIMINAL · Choice CThe Manger Amendment only.
Why it's attractive
It marks only the abolition amendment as unconstitutional; the state-choice Gold Key defeats that.
Why it's wrong
It marks only the abolition amendment as unconstitutional; the state-choice Gold Key defeats that.
14596_manger_mustard_seed · CRIMINAL · Choice DBoth amendments.
Why it's attractive
It marks both amendments as unconstitutional; testing each proposal separately cuts it.
Why it's wrong
It marks both amendments as unconstitutional; testing each proposal separately cuts it.
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