Causation Gap
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
16150_lake_retreat_certificate · CRIMINAL · Choice Aguilty because the certificate requirement is designed to protect swimmers, and ignoring it is negligence.
Why it's attractive
The choice talks about why the rule exists, not whether the missing certificate caused the death.
Why it's wrong
The choice talks about why the rule exists, not whether the missing certificate caused the death.
16150_lake_retreat_certificate · CRIMINAL · Choice Cnot guilty because manslaughter always requires an intent to kill.
Why it's attractive
The word always overclaims manslaughter's mental-state requirement.
Why it's wrong
The word always overclaims manslaughter's mental-state requirement.
16150_lake_retreat_certificate · CRIMINAL · Choice Dguilty under the misdemeanor-manslaughter rule.
Why it's attractive
This choice stops at the misdemeanor label and never connects it to the death.
Why it's wrong
This choice stops at the misdemeanor label and never connects it to the death.
21678_retreat_center_interview_crash · CRIMINAL · Choice AGuilty, because Peter was negligent under the totality of the circumstances.
Why it's attractive
The answer talks about negligence but skips the crash cause.
Why it's wrong
The answer talks about negligence but skips the crash cause.
21678_retreat_center_interview_crash · CRIMINAL · Choice CGuilty, because driving while intoxicated is malum in se.
Why it's attractive
A label cannot replace the missing causal bridge.
Why it's wrong
A label cannot replace the missing causal bridge.
21678_retreat_center_interview_crash · CRIMINAL · Choice DGuilty, because Peter was grossly negligent in taking three times his prescribed medicine and drinking beer before driving.
Why it's attractive
This proves bad conduct, not that the bad conduct caused Daniel's death.
Why it's wrong
This proves bad conduct, not that the bad conduct caused Daniel's death.
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