Backwards Logic
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
20180_ruth_cooperage_variance · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because intent to steal satisfies the felony requirement for burglary.
Why it's attractive
Intent is required IN ADDITION to the other elements, not INSTEAD OF them. This choice reverses the relationship between intent and the other burglary elements.
Why it's wrong
Intent is required IN ADDITION to the other elements, not INSTEAD OF them. This choice reverses the relationship between intent and the other burglary elements.
20180_ruth_cooperage_variance · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because breaking a window does not constitute a breaking.
Why it's attractive
Any force used to create an opening — including prying open or breaking a window — satisfies the breaking element. This choice is factually wrong.
Why it's wrong
Any force used to create an opening — including prying open or breaking a window — satisfies the breaking element. This choice is factually wrong.
20180_ruth_cooperage_variance · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because Ruth broke and entered with intent to steal.
Why it's attractive
Ruth DID break and enter with intent to steal — those facts are true. But this choice omits the two missing elements: dwelling and nighttime. Stating true facts without checking for missing elements is a half-truth.
Why it's wrong
Ruth DID break and enter with intent to steal — those facts are true. But this choice omits the two missing elements: dwelling and nighttime. Stating true facts without checking for missing elements is a half-truth.
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