Trap Taxonomy
← Command centerThe recurring patterns behind MBE traps
Every wrong answer the MBE writes is built on purpose. Browse the wrong-answer architectures the test reuses and the misconceptions they prey on, then open one to see the questions that deploy it as a distractor.
Wrong-answer architecture
22 trapsHow the distractor is built
- Overbroad RuleOfficial64 q · 107 choices
- Bar Exam BaitOfficial54 q · 112 choices
- Common Student MythOfficial52 q · 75 choices
- Misstated RuleOfficial51 q · 71 choices
- Half Right AnswerOfficial45 q · 80 choices
- Wrong StandardOfficial42 q · 65 choices
- Answer To Different QuestionOfficial40 q · 74 choices
- Wrong TimingOfficial37 q · 69 choices
- Sounds LawyerlyOfficial26 q · 44 choices
- Wrong PartyOfficial25 q · 43 choices
- Wrong RemedyOfficial23 q · 42 choices
- Attractive Wrong AnswerOfficial22 q · 26 choices
- Exception OmittedOfficial19 q · 38 choices
- Moral Common Sense AnswerOfficial17 q · 19 choices
- Purpose Of Offer ConfusionOfficial16 q · 40 choices
- Legally True But IrrelevantOfficial14 q · 22 choices
- Wrong Mental StateOfficial12 q · 21 choices
- Wrong Procedural PostureOfficial12 q · 24 choices
- Fact Not In EvidenceOfficial11 q · 13 choices
- Exception Over AppliedOfficial7 q · 13 choices
- Exception HuntingOfficial4 q · 12 choices
- Wrong JurisdictionOfficial3 q · 3 choices
Misconception
2 trapsThe student error it preys on