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Undercover Status Defeats Solicitation

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

  • 20197_journaling_locksmith · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because Daniel never intended to commit the burglary.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice points to Daniel's true intent, but the solicitation call turns on Ruth's intentional request.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice points to Daniel's true intent, but the solicitation call turns on Ruth's intentional request.

  • 20197_journaling_locksmith · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, but only if Daniel had already obtained a warrant.

    Why it's attractive

    The warrant condition sounds official, but the call is whether Ruth committed solicitation, not whether Daniel had search authority.

    Why it's wrong

    The warrant condition sounds official, but the call is whether Ruth committed solicitation, not whether Daniel had search authority.

  • 20197_journaling_locksmith · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because solicitation requires two guilty parties.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice imports a two-guilty-parties idea into solicitation.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice imports a two-guilty-parties idea into solicitation.

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