Any Lie Means False Pretenses
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
- CRIMINAL2
Example wrong choices
14724_chapel_envelope · CRIMINAL · Choice AFalse pretenses.
Why it's attractive
lie happened after possession, not title transfer
Why it's wrong
lie happened after possession, not title transfer
14724_chapel_envelope · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo crime.
Why it's attractive
dropped property is not ownerless when the owner is visible
Why it's wrong
dropped property is not ownerless when the owner is visible
14724_chapel_envelope · CRIMINAL · Choice DEmbezzlement.
Why it's attractive
no entrustment fact
Why it's wrong
no entrustment fact
19000_choir_bus_permit · CRIMINAL · Choice ARobbery, because Lydia paid out of fear that her buses would be stopped.
Why it's attractive
Fear appears, but the pressure comes from official signing power.
Why it's wrong
Fear appears, but the pressure comes from official signing power.
19000_choir_bus_permit · CRIMINAL · Choice BFalse pretenses, because Daniel lied about the permit being approved.
Why it's attractive
The payment follows a threatened delay, not reliance on a false title-transfer statement.
Why it's wrong
The payment follows a threatened delay, not reliance on a false title-transfer statement.
19000_choir_bus_permit · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo offense, because Lydia chose to pay Daniel rather than wait.
Why it's attractive
The stem includes an official threat before the payment.
Why it's wrong
The stem includes an official threat before the payment.
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