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
- False Present Fact Authorization1 q · 3 choices
- False Pretenses Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- False Pretenses Misroute1 q · 3 choices
- False Pretenses Title Transfer Miss1 q · 3 choices
- False Scope Rule1 q · 3 choices
- False Statement Only Trap1 q · 3 choices
- False Suggestion Exception1 q · 3 choices
- False Voluntariness1 q · 3 choices
- Falsity Requirement Fabrication1 q · 3 choices
- Family Fact Distraction1 q · 3 choices
- Fastening Only Shortcut1 q · 3 choices
- Fault Cure1 q · 3 choices
- Favorable Termination Element Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Favorable Termination Misattributed1 q · 3 choices
- Fear Word Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Federalism Reflex1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Common Law Mislabel1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Common Law Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Contract Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Directive Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Forum Shortcut1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Issue Half Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Land Anchor1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Law Clue1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Merits Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Only Cliche1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Only Incorporation Theory1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Ownership Misroute1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Ownership Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Police Power Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Procedural Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Purpose Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question As Procedural Gate False Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 54 B Two Part Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Words On Face Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Fee Prohibition Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Aggregation Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Label Timing Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Murder Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Theft Deadly Force Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Ferens 1406 A Transferee Law Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Fiduciary Duty Fabrication1 q · 3 choices
- Field Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Fifth Amendment1 q · 3 choices
- Fifth Amendment Civil1 q · 3 choices
- Fifth Amendment Overextension1 q · 3 choices
- Filing Location Treated As Pj Basis1 q · 3 choices
- Finality Myth Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Final Judgment Misstatement Cut1 q · 3 choices
- Findings Vs Notation1 q · 3 choices
- Finish First Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Firearm Shortcut1 q · 3 choices
- Firm Offer Cap1 q · 3 choices
- First Acceptance Event1 q · 3 choices
- First Death Order1 q · 3 choices
- First Degree Overescalation1 q · 3 choices
- First Party Vs Liability Conflation1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Estoppel Without Reliance1 q · 3 choices
- Event Location Only1 q · 3 choices
- Everything Answer Is Fairest1 q · 3 choices
- Everything Said To Doctor Is Privileged1 q · 3 choices
- Everything Told To Lawyer Is Secret1 q · 3 choices
- Every Appeal Permits Retrial1 q · 3 choices
- Every Claim Must Exceed 750001 q · 3 choices
- Every Dangerous Product Needs A Warning1 q · 3 choices
- Every Felony Merges1 q · 3 choices
- Every Inconsistency Is Provable1 q · 3 choices
- Every Large Fine Is Automatically Unconstitutional1 q · 3 choices
- Every Negligent Message Causes Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Every Offer Is Bilateral1 q · 3 choices
- Every Out Of Court Statement Is Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Every Police Sniff Is Search1 q · 3 choices
- Every Prior Inconsistent Statement Is Hearsay Only1 q · 3 choices
- Every Property Defect Is Fraud1 q · 3 choices
- Every Record Needs A Custodian Witness1 q · 3 choices
- Every Term In A Request Must Be Further Defined Or It Is Invalid1 q · 3 choices
- Every Transfer Needs Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Every Writing Needs A Witness1 q · 3 choices
- Every Wrongful Taking Is Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Eviction Automatic On Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Evidence Use Establishes Standing1 q · 3 choices
- Exact Chain Required1 q · 3 choices
- Exact Dollar Assent Required1 q · 3 choices
- Exception Before Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Exception List Gap1 q · 3 choices
- Excessive Fines Is A Procedural Due Process Issue1 q · 3 choices
- Excited Utterance Equals Emotional Language1 q · 3 choices
- Excluded Evidence Must Be Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Excluded Witness Presumed Helpful1 q · 3 choices
- Exclude Result Alone Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Exclusionary Rule Applies Everywhere1 q · 3 choices
- Exclusionary Rule As Immunity1 q · 3 choices
- Exclusionary Rule Is Transferable1 q · 3 choices
- Execution Date Fixes Testamentary Interests1 q · 3 choices
- Executive Privilege Is Automatic1 q · 3 choices
- Exhaustion Equals Relief1 q · 3 choices
- Expectancies Are Never Protected1 q · 3 choices
- Expectation Is Only Remedy1 q · 3 choices
- Expected Inheritance Is Transferable1 q · 3 choices
- Expected Profits Are Property1 q · 3 choices
- Experimental Contract Means Best Efforts1 q · 3 choices
- Expertise Creates Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Experts Can Always Rely On Anything1 q · 3 choices
- Experts Never Reach Ultimate Issues1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Belief Creates Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Can Certify Truthfulness1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Examination Establishes Witness Competency1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Explains Lying1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Label Must Matter1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Must Personally Examine1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Needs Opponent To Open Door1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Nonreliance Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Reliance Equals Admission1 q · 3 choices
- Expert Testimony Bars Defense Directed Verdict1 q · 3 choices
- Explosion Fire Not Arson1 q · 3 choices
- Express Conditions Are Absolute1 q · 3 choices
- Express Conditions Are Like Promises1 q · 3 choices