Dominant Trap Soot Equals Burning
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
20225_potluck_stoop_smoke · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because arson requires the entire cottage to be destroyed.
Why it's attractive
It reaches the correct result by demanding more than the rule requires.
Why it's wrong
It reaches the correct result by demanding more than the rule requires.
20225_potluck_stoop_smoke · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because soot marks on a dwelling are enough burning.
Why it's attractive
It treats visible soot as the completed burning element.
Why it's wrong
It treats visible soot as the completed burning element.
20225_potluck_stoop_smoke · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because Martha intended to damage the cottage.
Why it's attractive
It uses Martha's purpose to skip the completed-result element.
Why it's wrong
It uses Martha's purpose to skip the completed-result element.
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