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Bad Motive Poisons All Evidence

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

  • 14609_festival_signal_stop · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo as to the stop of the minivan, but yes as to the order that Lydia step out of the minivan.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice accepts the stop but says the passenger order fails.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice accepts the stop but says the passenger order fails.

  • 14609_festival_signal_stop · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, as to both the stop of the minivan and the order that Lydia step out of the minivan.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice treats both challenged actions as violations.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice treats both challenged actions as violations.

  • 14609_festival_signal_stop · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes as to the stop of the minivan, but no as to the order that Lydia step out of the minivan.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice treats pretext as invalidating the stop.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice treats pretext as invalidating the stop.

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