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Regulatory Breach Equals Crime

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

  • 16067 · CRIMINAL · Choice Anot guilty, because the homeowner consented to the defendant's use of the fireworks.

    Why it's attractive

    It focuses on consent, not mens rea.

    Why it's wrong

    It focuses on consent, not mens rea.

  • 16067 · CRIMINAL · Choice Bguilty, because he violated the statute requiring a license for the use of fireworks.

    Why it's attractive

    It focuses on the license, not mens rea.

    Why it's wrong

    It focuses on the license, not mens rea.

  • 16067 · CRIMINAL · Choice Dguilty, because the fire resulted from his conduct.

    Why it's attractive

    It focuses on the fire's result, not mens rea.

    Why it's wrong

    It focuses on the fire's result, not mens rea.

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