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
3431 trapsHow the distractor is built
- Deed Formality Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Deed Map Required1 q · 3 choices
- Deed Omission1 q · 3 choices
- Deed Type Priority Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Deed Versus Will Mismatch1 q · 3 choices
- Deed Warranty Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Defamation Falsity Element1 q · 3 choices
- Default Judgment1 q · 3 choices
- Default Remedy Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- Default Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Default Rule Without Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Default To Eviction Shortcut1 q · 3 choices
- Defendants Own Argument As Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Defendant Benefit Blindness1 q · 3 choices
- Defendant Home State Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Defendant Own Statement Non Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Defendant State Anchor Mislabel1 q · 3 choices
- Defense1 q · 1 choice
- Defense Evidence Wording1 q · 3 choices
- Defense Label Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Defense Label Sorting1 q · 3 choices
- Defense Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Deficiency Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Degree Ladder Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Degree Overclaim Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Delegation Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Deliberate Inaction As Commission1 q · 3 choices
- Delivery Completion Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Delivery Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Delivery Timing1 q · 3 choices
- Denial Of Restitution1 q · 3 choices
- Deposit As Sale Price1 q · 3 choices
- Deposit Or Bond Anchor1 q · 3 choices
- Depraved Heart Murder Without Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Depraved Heart Recklessness1 q · 3 choices
- Depraved Heart Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Depraved Heart Versus Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Description Mismatch Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Design Defect Risk Utility1 q · 3 choices
- Desperation Vs Threat1 q · 3 choices
- De Novo Habeas Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Digital Overbreadth1 q · 3 choices
- Diminished Capacity Scope1 q · 3 choices
- Directed Guilty Verdict1 q · 3 choices
- Directed Verdict1 q · 3 choices
- Directed Verdict For Prosecution Impermissible1 q · 3 choices
- Directed Verdict Pressure1 q · 3 choices
- Direction Of More Restrictive Missed1 q · 3 choices
- Direction Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Cover Cost1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Evidence Overvaluation1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Negligence In Selection Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Privity Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Promise Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Proof Demand1 q · 3 choices
- Direct Topic Lock1 q · 3 choices
- Disagreement Equals Reversal Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Discharge By Failure1 q · 3 choices
- Discount Term1 q · 3 choices
- Discoverability Vs Creation Of The Hazard1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Contract Formality Import1 q · 3 choices
- Contract Formation Solves Property Validity1 q · 3 choices
- Contract Integration As Tort Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Contract Interference Means Contracts Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Contract Price Is Ordinary Expectation1 q · 3 choices
- Contract Silence Defeats Marketability1 q · 3 choices
- Contra Proferentem Governs Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Contribution Always Applies1 q · 3 choices
- Contributory Negligence Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Contributory Negligence Not A Defense In Strict Liability1 q · 2 choices
- Conversion Equals Embezzlement1 q · 3 choices
- Convictions Too Prejudicial1 q · 3 choices
- Conviction Always Bars Reprosecution1 q · 3 choices
- Conviction Required For Impeachment1 q · 3 choices
- Cooperation Erases Conspiracy1 q · 3 choices
- Copying Information Is Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Coroner Label Creates Presumption1 q · 3 choices
- Corporate Employer Shields Officer1 q · 3 choices
- Corporate Instruction Erases Individual Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Corporate Plaintiff Determines Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Corporations Have Only One Citizenship1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Appellate Result Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Conclusion Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Conclusion Wrong Reasoning1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Outcome Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Outcome Equals Correct Choice1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Outcome Means Correct Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Result With Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Result Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Result Wrong Route1 q · 3 choices
- Correct Rule Equals Correct Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Correspondence Chain Equals Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Corroboration Always Required1 q · 3 choices
- Corroboration Required1 q · 3 choices
- Corroboration Required For Impeachment1 q · 3 choices
- Cost Creates Appeal1 q · 3 choices
- Cost Increase Equals Impossibility1 q · 3 choices
- Cost Of Completion Without Offset1 q · 3 choices
- Cost Plus Status Controls Immunity1 q · 3 choices
- Counsel Consent Required1 q · 3 choices
- Counsel Ends At Verdict1 q · 3 choices
- Counsel Only1 q · 3 choices
- Counterclaims Are Exempt From Jurisdictional Limits1 q · 3 choices
- Course Of Performance Irrelevant1 q · 3 choices
- Courtroom Identification Cures Taint1 q · 3 choices
- Courtroom Oath Required1 q · 3 choices
- Courtroom Observations Disqualify1 q · 3 choices
- Courts Always Review Trials1 q · 3 choices
- Courts Cannot Control Nonresponsive1 q · 3 choices
- Courts Cannot Review Presidential Privilege Claims1 q · 3 choices
- Courts Police Price1 q · 3 choices
- Courts Review Wisdom Of Firing1 q · 3 choices
- Court Cannot Accept Stipulation1 q · 3 choices
- Court Can Award Compromise Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Court Must Poll Jurors1 q · 3 choices
- Court Ordered Procedure Is Illegal Search1 q · 3 choices
- Court Order Controls Distribution1 q · 3 choices
- Court Order Required For Interruption1 q · 3 choices
- Court Ruling Ends Inquiry1 q · 3 choices
- Covenant Against Encumbrances Answers Every Title Defect Claim1 q · 3 choices