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
- Fabricated Age Cutoff1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Burden Shift1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Constitutional Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Disqualification1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Doctrine Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Each Claim Must Exceed Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Equality Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Federal Auto Incorporation Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Federal Deadline1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Federal Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Felony Murder Predicate1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Foundation Order1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Knowledge Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Limitation1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Obligation1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Police Authority1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Prerequisite1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Risk Element1 q · 2 choices
- Fabricated Rule Denominational Policy Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Rule Ear Overclaim1 q · 1 choice
- Fabricated Same Court Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Sequestration Prerequisite1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Substantial Need Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Test Rule1 q · 1 choice
- Fabricated Threshold Imported1 q · 3 choices
- Fabricated Warrant Face Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Facially Deficient1 q · 3 choices
- Facial Neutrality1 q · 3 choices
- Factfinder Choice1 q · 3 choices
- Factor Not Bar1 q · 3 choices
- Factual Impossibility Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Factual Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Factual Noise1 q · 1 choice
- Factual Overlap Substituted For Offense Identity1 q · 3 choices
- Fact Not In Stem1 q · 3 choices
- Fact Opinion Confusion Verifiable Historical Fact Not Opinion1 q · 1 choice
- Fact Vs Law Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Failed Option1 q · 3 choices
- Failure Of Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Failure To Object Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Failure To Warn Foreseeability1 q · 3 choices
- Fairness Appeal1 q · 3 choices
- Fairness For Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Fairness Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Fairness Framing1 q · 3 choices
- Fairness Price Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Fairness Review Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Fake Contraband1 q · 3 choices
- Fake Item Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Fake Survey Terminology Rule1 q · 3 choices
- False Breach Cure1 q · 3 choices
- False Compromise1 q · 3 choices
- False Counsel Condition1 q · 1 choice
- False Fact Tort Category Misframe1 q · 3 choices
- False Narrowing To Documentary1 q · 3 choices
- False Opinion Recharacterization Verifiable Fact1 q · 3 choices
- False Policy Hook1 q · 1 choice
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Easement Is Appurtenant1 q · 3 choices
- Easement Revocable At Will1 q · 3 choices
- Economic Burden Equals Legal Incidence1 q · 3 choices
- Economic Damages Are Not Recoverable In Fraud1 q · 3 choices
- Economic Harm Defeats Tax1 q · 3 choices
- Economic Impact Alone Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Economic Loss Creates Right1 q · 3 choices
- Economic Loss Never Recoverable1 q · 3 choices
- Education Is States Only1 q · 3 choices
- Efficiency Controls Arbitration1 q · 3 choices
- Eighth Amendment Only Capital1 q · 3 choices
- Either Answer Is Safer1 q · 3 choices
- Either Or Inchoate Choice1 q · 3 choices
- Either Or When Both Required1 q · 3 choices
- Either Party Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Embarrassment Equals Fault1 q · 3 choices
- Embedded Quote Ends Analysis1 q · 3 choices
- Embezzlement Without Lawful Possession1 q · 3 choices
- Emergency Facts Create Unlimited Presidential Power1 q · 3 choices
- Emergency Means Full Search1 q · 3 choices
- Emergency Questions Waive All Later Rights1 q · 3 choices
- Emotional Distress Requires Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Emotional Killing Equals Unintentional1 q · 3 choices
- Employee Conduct Equals Embezzlement1 q · 3 choices
- Employee Statements Need Speaking Authority1 q · 3 choices
- Employee Status Equals Entrustment1 q · 3 choices
- Employment Is A Fundamental Right1 q · 3 choices
- Encumbrance Means Buyer Loses1 q · 3 choices
- Ended Jeopardy Helps The Prosecution1 q · 3 choices
- Enhanced Maximum Controls Automatically1 q · 3 choices
- Entire Report Cures Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Entity Parties May Keep All Employees In Courtroom1 q · 3 choices
- Entry Consent Authorizes Every Room1 q · 3 choices
- Entry Equals Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Entry Only Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Entry Required1 q · 3 choices
- Environmental Rules Are Never Takings1 q · 3 choices
- EP Requires Universal Coverage1 q · 3 choices
- Equal Owners Means No Money Adjustment1 q · 3 choices
- Equal Protection Explains Any Tax Classification1 q · 3 choices
- Equal Protection Means Any Unfairness1 q · 3 choices
- Equal Protection Means Automatic Loss1 q · 3 choices
- Equal Protection Merits Can Be Reached Without State Action1 q · 3 choices
- Equal Shares Equal Cash1 q · 3 choices
- Equate Emotional Response With Legal Adequacy1 q · 3 choices
- Equitable Mortgage Is Not A Real Security Device1 q · 3 choices
- Equity Fills Gaps Whenever Statutes Do Not1 q · 3 choices
- Equity Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Equity Overrides Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Equity Requires Reciprocal Seller Remedy1 q · 3 choices
- Erie Controls Federal Question Preclusion1 q · 3 choices
- Erie Is A Forum Shopping Party Preference Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Erie Is The Outcome Test Cliche1 q · 3 choices
- Erie Killed Every Kind Of Federal Common Law1 q · 3 choices
- Establishment Required For Religion Claim1 q · 3 choices
- Estate Payment Is Optional Gift1 q · 3 choices
- Estimate Equals Minimum1 q · 3 choices
- Estoppel Applies To Any Party Denying A Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Estoppel As General Escape Hatch1 q · 3 choices
- Estoppel By Deed Fixes Every After Acquired Title Fact1 q · 3 choices