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
- Hot Pursuit Scope Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Hypothetical Loss Call1 q · 3 choices
- Hypothetical Rewrite1 q · 3 choices
- Identification Label Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Identity Contested1 q · 3 choices
- Ignore Outcome Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Ignore The Will1 q · 3 choices
- Iied Intent Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Illegal Detention Taint1 q · 3 choices
- Illegal Status Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Illusory Promise1 q · 3 choices
- Illusory Promise Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Illusory Promise Cutoff1 q · 3 choices
- Immediate Actor Blame1 q · 3 choices
- Immediate Flight1 q · 3 choices
- Immigration Consequence1 q · 3 choices
- Imminence1 q · 1 choice
- Imminence Wrong Element1 q · 3 choices
- Immunity Ladder1 q · 3 choices
- Immunity Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Immunity Overread No Compulsion Answer1 q · 1 choice
- Immutability Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Impact Vs Intent Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Destruction Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Misconception1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Only Half Answer1 q · 1 choice
- Impeachment Purpose1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Vs Substantive1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Vs Substantive Use1 q · 3 choices
- Imperfect Self Defense Prongs1 q · 3 choices
- Impersonation At Closing1 q · 3 choices
- Importance Priority Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- Imported Evidentiary Test Into Rule 8 A1 q · 3 choices
- Imported Warrant1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Confusion1 q · 1 choice
- Impossibility Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Vs Hardship1 q · 3 choices
- Improvements Not Contributable1 q · 3 choices
- Improvement Line Blindness1 q · 3 choices
- Inadequate Market Price Subtraction1 q · 3 choices
- Inadmissible Hearsay Half Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Inchoate Crimes1 q · 3 choices
- Incidental Damages Omission1 q · 3 choices
- Incorporation Of The Excessive Fines Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Incorrect Quantity Wipeout1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Contractor Default Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Defects Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Felony Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Lethality Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Source Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Source Testimony Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Source Without Source1 q · 3 choices
- Indirect Revocation1 q · 3 choices
- Indivisible Lien1 q · 3 choices
- Ineffective Assistance1 q · 3 choices
- Informant Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Informant Presence Bias1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Gift Promise Is Binding Immediately1 q · 3 choices
- Global Waiver From Any Testimony1 q · 3 choices
- Good Faith Applies To Every Fourth Amendment Problem1 q · 3 choices
- Good Faith Equals Claim Sufficiency1 q · 3 choices
- Good Faith Overuse1 q · 3 choices
- Good Faith Validates Every Modification1 q · 3 choices
- Good Motive Defeats Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Good Motive Reduces Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Good Public Purpose Saves Discrimination1 q · 3 choices
- Good Samaritan Means No Compensation1 q · 3 choices
- Government Action Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Government Caused Loss Equals Taking1 q · 3 choices
- Government Control Answers Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Government Defamation Always Triggers Due Process1 q · 3 choices
- Government Employer Can Publish Any Accusation1 q · 3 choices
- Government Has Confrontation Right1 q · 3 choices
- Government Must Always Accommodate Religion1 q · 3 choices
- Government Prosecutors Are Ordinary Party Opponent Agents1 q · 3 choices
- Government Records Create Title1 q · 3 choices
- Government Self Protection Cures Attainder1 q · 3 choices
- Grandfather Clauses Are Automatically Unconstitutional1 q · 3 choices
- Grand Jury Evidence Is Screened Like Trial Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Grand Jury Informality Removes Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Grand Jury Must Hear Favorable Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Grand Jury Refusal Equals Acquittal1 q · 3 choices
- Grand Jury Testimony Is Not A Qualifying Proceeding1 q · 3 choices
- Grantee Must Search Title1 q · 3 choices
- Grantee Signature Required1 q · 3 choices
- Grantor Always Keeps A Reversion1 q · 3 choices
- Grantor Cannot Convey After Prior Grant1 q · 3 choices
- Grantor Consent Required For Life Tenant Transfer1 q · 3 choices
- Grantor Death Ends Grantee Life Estate1 q · 3 choices
- Grantor Must Always Reenter1 q · 3 choices
- Grant Result Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Graphic Photos Are Automatically Excluded1 q · 3 choices
- Gratitude Equals Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Gross Negligence Prong Bypasses Duty Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Guaranty Requires Return Promise1 q · 3 choices
- Guests Never Have Fourth Amendment Standing1 q · 3 choices
- Guest Has No Privacy Interest1 q · 3 choices
- Guest Standing Overrides Consent1 q · 3 choices
- Gun Always Unreasonable1 q · 3 choices
- Gun Means First Degree1 q · 3 choices
- Habeas As Appellate Review1 q · 3 choices
- Habeas Retries Fourth Amendment Suppression1 q · 3 choices
- Half Right Answer Is Good Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Half Rule Is Good Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Half Truth1 q · 1 choice
- Handling Property Equals Larceny Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Hard To Value Means No Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Harmless Error Is Jurisdictional1 q · 3 choices
- Harm Satisfies Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Harsh Policy Equals Unconstitutional1 q · 3 choices
- Have You Heard Equals Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Hearing Requests Are Substantive Right Claims1 q · 3 choices
- Hearsay Always Bars Written Assertions1 q · 3 choices
- Hearsay Always Excluded1 q · 3 choices
- Hearsay Always Needs Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Hearsay Anywhere Means Strike Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Hearsay Bars Every Out Of Court Statement1 q · 3 choices