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
- Fourth Amendment Standing1 q · 3 choices
- Four Corners Absolutism1 q · 3 choices
- Fpt Absolutism Ignores Exceptions1 q · 3 choices
- Fpt Inverted Direction1 q · 3 choices
- Framework Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Fraud Reliance Element1 q · 3 choices
- Fraud Vitiated Consent1 q · 3 choices
- Frcp 50 Timing And Party Restrictions On Jmol1 q · 3 choices
- Frcp 59 D Sua Sponte New Trial1 q · 3 choices
- Fre615 Natural Person Party Exemption1 q · 3 choices
- Freestanding Power Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Free Speech Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Free Transfer Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Fresh Denial On Stand1 q · 3 choices
- Fresh Warnings1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 404b Mimic Drift1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 405a Cross Permissible Purpose1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 408 Categorical Exclusion Overstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 411 Over Application1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 608b Extrinsic Bar1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 608 A After Attack Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 609b Impeachment Misdirection1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 609 Vs Fre 608b Channel Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 611 B1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 612 Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 615 A 1 Stops Reading1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 615 A 2 Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Fre 8051 q · 3 choices
- Fre 8061 q · 3 choices
- Fre 806 Override1 q · 3 choices
- Frisk Does Not Justify Pocket Search1 q · 3 choices
- Front End Fraud1 q · 3 choices
- Front End Fraud Missing1 q · 3 choices
- Fruit Analysis1 q · 3 choices
- Fruit Of Poisonous Tree1 q · 3 choices
- Fruit Of Poisonous Tree Misapplied1 q · 3 choices
- Fruit Of Poisonous Tree Negation1 q · 1 choice
- Fruit Of Tree Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Full Balance Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Full Home Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Full Occupancy Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Full Privilege No Damages Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Full Satisfaction Notation1 q · 3 choices
- Functional Test1 q · 3 choices
- Funding Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Furtherance1 q · 3 choices
- Future Closing1 q · 3 choices
- Future Conditional Threat1 q · 3 choices
- Future Defect Versus Present Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Future Gift Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Future Interest Acceleration1 q · 3 choices
- Future Interest As Present Possession1 q · 3 choices
- Future Interest Holder Check1 q · 3 choices
- Future Interest Label Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Future Interest Source Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Future Owner Pays All Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Future Promise As Present Fact Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Future Provider Beneficiary1 q · 3 choices
- Future Threat1 q · 3 choices
- Gap Filler As Source Law1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Fault Statement Equals State Of Mind1 q · 3 choices
- Favorability Vs Suppression Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Fda Approval Preempts Warranty1 q · 3 choices
- Fear Alone Equals Robbery1 q · 3 choices
- Fear Equals Apprehension1 q · 3 choices
- Fear Equals Unreasonableness1 q · 3 choices
- Fear Excuses Confrontation1 q · 3 choices
- Feasibility Magic Word1 q · 3 choices
- Federalism Truism As Constitutional Argument1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Benefits Power Is Plenary1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Common Law Favors Plaintiff1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Contractor Equals Federal Government1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Courts Abolished Mandamus In Civil Cases1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Courts Always Prefer Merits Decisions1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Court Always Applies Federal Law Or Plaintiff S Home Law1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Court Always Means Federal Privilege Law1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Court Means Federal Limitations Period1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Court Requires Diversity1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Defenses Always Win1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Defense As Federal Jurisdiction1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Defense Creates Federal Question1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Discussion Equals Federal Control1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Exclusivity Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Forum Means Fresh Review1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Function As State Function1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Government Has General Police Power1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Law Always Applies Cliche1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Law Imports Every State Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Money Blank Check1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Negligence Defense Displaces State Law1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question Is Any Federal Court Case1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question Is The Basis Whenever The Answer Is Yes1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question Is The Gate For Class Certification Appellate Review1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Question Jurisdiction Is Required For A Federal Court Suit1 q · 3 choices
- Federal Win Means Exclusive Federal Power1 q · 3 choices
- Feelings Impair Consent1 q · 3 choices
- Fee Simple Cannot Be Divested1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Causation Equals Malice1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Ends When Leaving Structure1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Murder Has Accomplice Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Murder Is Always Highest1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Murder Predicate Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Murder Required1 q · 3 choices
- Felony Murder Requires Completed Felony1 q · 3 choices
- Fencing Requires Resale1 q · 3 choices
- Fifth Amendment Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Fifth Amendment Covers All Compelled Disclosure1 q · 3 choices
- Fifth And Sixth Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Filing Location Confers Pj1 q · 3 choices
- Final As To One Party Is The Same As Final For Appellate Purposes1 q · 3 choices
- Financial Records Are Private1 q · 3 choices
- Financing Fact Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Finders Keepers1 q · 3 choices
- Firearm Use Automatically Creates First Degree Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Fire Equals Arson1 q · 3 choices
- Firm Offer Equals Option Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Firm Offer Without Assurance1 q · 3 choices
- Firsthand Identification Never Excluded1 q · 3 choices
- Firsthand Knowledge Cures Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- First Amendment Always Blocks Any Association Penalty1 q · 3 choices