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
- Same Result Wrong Reason7 q · 21 choices
- Anchor Assisted6 q · 16 choices
- Fabricated Requirement6 q · 16 choices
- 2x2 Matrix5 q · 15 choices
- Absolute Language5 q · 15 choices
- Factual Impossibility5 q · 15 choices
- Issue Sense Wrong Element5 q · 6 choices
- Dominant Trap A4 q · 12 choices
- Exception HuntingBarMatrix curated4 q · 12 choices
- Flat Misstatement Ear Falsity4 q · 9 choices
- Null4 q · 10 choices
- Overclaim Marker4 q · 12 choices
- Purpose Of Offer4 q · 12 choices
- Answer Array Clash3 q · 9 choices
- Burden Shift3 q · 9 choices
- Closed Container Absolute3 q · 9 choices
- Doctrine Confusion3 q · 7 choices
- Ear 013 q · 3 choices
- Ear Falsity Fabricated Rule3 q · 3 choices
- Homicide3 q · 9 choices
- Issue Sense 013 q · 3 choices
- Misfit Doctrine3 q · 9 choices
- Negative Stem3 q · 9 choices
- Neighboring Doctrine Bait3 q · 9 choices
- Non Dispositive Element3 q · 9 choices
- Post Shuffle3 q · 9 choices
- Tiered Absolute Overclaim3 q · 9 choices
- Wrong JurisdictionBarMatrix curated3 q · 3 choices
- 2 Yes 2 No Array2 q · 6 choices
- Absolute Bar Overclaim2 q · 6 choices
- Absolute Claim Vulnerability2 q · 6 choices
- Admissibility Layer Cascade2 q · 6 choices
- Agency Theory2 q · 6 choices
- Anchor Floor2 q · 6 choices
- Attempt2 q · 6 choices
- Attempt Bait2 q · 6 choices
- Attempt Vs Completed2 q · 6 choices
- Backwards Rule2 q · 6 choices
- Battle Of Forms2 q · 6 choices
- Best Evidence Trap2 q · 6 choices
- Broad Absolute2 q · 6 choices
- Burden Reversal2 q · 6 choices
- Business Records Trap2 q · 6 choices
- Causation Gap2 q · 6 choices
- Claim Of Right2 q · 6 choices
- Consent2 q · 4 choices
- Consent Defense2 q · 6 choices
- Constitutional Clause Bait2 q · 6 choices
- Correct Conclusion Wrong Reason2 q · 6 choices
- Correct Outcome Wrong Reason2 q · 6 choices
- Critical Stage2 q · 6 choices
- Death After Acceptance2 q · 6 choices
- Defense Home Array2 q · 6 choices
- Depraved Heart2 q · 6 choices
- Dominant Duress Trap2 q · 6 choices
- Dominant Half Truth2 q · 6 choices
- Dominant Merger Trap2 q · 6 choices
- Dominant No Consideration Trap2 q · 6 choices
- Dominant Trap D2 q · 6 choices
- Dominant Trap Inherited2 q · 6 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Acceptance Waives Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Accepted Goods Mean No Remedies Ever1 q · 3 choices
- Accepted Offer Equals Sale1 q · 3 choices
- Accepted Payments Create Borrower Status1 q · 3 choices
- Accepting Delivery Equals Consent1 q · 3 choices
- Accepting One Cure Waives Future Conformity1 q · 3 choices
- Accessory Label Overused1 q · 3 choices
- Access Right Is Personal1 q · 3 choices
- Accidental Death Cannot Be Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Accidental Victim Means Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Accident Breaks Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Accident Implies Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Accident Means No Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Accommodation Notice Always Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Accomplice Must Touch Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Accomplice Needs To Fire1 q · 3 choices
- Accomplice Threats Dont Count1 q · 3 choices
- Accord And Satisfaction As Generic Discharge1 q · 3 choices
- Accounting Replaces Partition1 q · 3 choices
- Accreditation Creates Constitutional Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Accuracy Cures Jury Right Error1 q · 3 choices
- Accuracy Solves Counsel Absence1 q · 3 choices
- Acquittal Always Bars Later Case1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Anger Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Cause Equals Proximate Cause1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Cause Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Damages Govern Ld1 q · 2 choices
- Actual Danger Required1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Facts Over Actor Belief1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Ignorance Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Knowledge Required For Negligence1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Loss Equals Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Notice Always Binds1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Notice Always Required To Bind Absent Class Members1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Success Required1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Use Required1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Violation Equals Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Act Must Be Independently Lethal1 q · 3 choices
- Act Of Nature Is Relevant1 q · 3 choices
- Addiction Equals Involuntary1 q · 3 choices
- Adequacy Is Subsumed By Typicality Or By The Named Plaintiff S Personal Injury1 q · 3 choices
- Adequate Assurances Cure Personal Services1 q · 3 choices
- Adequate Assurance Must Be Expressly Written1 q · 3 choices
- Admissible Evidence Cannot Be Struck1 q · 3 choices
- Admissible If Bad Person1 q · 3 choices
- Admissible Means Admissible For Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Admission Against Interest When Declarant Available1 q · 3 choices
- Admission Of Contract Equals All Terms1 q · 3 choices
- Admission Of Liability Required1 q · 3 choices
- Admission Overrides Policy1 q · 3 choices
- Admitted Wrongdoing Makes Any Penalty Rational1 q · 3 choices
- Adultery Provocation Requires Catching In The Act1 q · 3 choices
- Adult Can Use Minor Incapacity1 q · 3 choices
- Adverse Use Requires Permission1 q · 3 choices
- Advice Against Act Defeats Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Ad Revenue Converts Political Commentary Into Commercial Speech1 q · 3 choices
- Aedpa Absolute Bar1 q · 3 choices
- Affirmative Covenants Cannot Run1 q · 3 choices
- Affirmative Defense Rule Applies To Elements1 q · 3 choices
- Afterborn As Measuring Life1 q · 3 choices