Both Charges Bait
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
16028_lydia_holy_cloth · CRIMINAL · Choice Bneither attempted murder nor obtaining property by false pretenses.
Why it's attractive
Lydia knew the cloth was fake, told Timothy it was real, got $800, Timothy relied. 'Neither' is flatly wrong because one crime is demonstrably complete from the stem.
Why it's wrong
Lydia knew the cloth was fake, told Timothy it was real, got $800, Timothy relied. 'Neither' is flatly wrong because one crime is demonstrably complete from the stem.
16028_lydia_holy_cloth · CRIMINAL · Choice Cattempted murder only.
Why it's attractive
This choice gets both charges backwards. The false pretenses elements are visible; the specific intent to kill is absent. No path forward.
Why it's wrong
This choice gets both charges backwards. The false pretenses elements are visible; the specific intent to kill is absent. No path forward.
16028_lydia_holy_cloth · CRIMINAL · Choice Dattempted murder and obtaining property by false pretenses.
Why it's attractive
After B and C are cut, D clashes with A. D is true that false pretenses occurred but half-true on murder: the near-death result is real, yet it omits that Lydia must have specifically intended death — and the stem shows she expected Timothy to be safe.
Why it's wrong
After B and C are cut, D clashes with A. D is true that false pretenses occurred but half-true on murder: the near-death result is real, yet it omits that Lydia must have specifically intended death — and the stem shows she expected Timothy to be safe.
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