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
- Intoxication Overclaim1 q · 1 choice
- Invented Absolute Privilege Private Newsletter1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Easement Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Estate1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Extra Element1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Future Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Homicide Purpose1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Predicate1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Prerequisite1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Procedural Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Procedural Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Remedy1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Reversion1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Safe Harbor1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Timing Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Trigger1 q · 3 choices
- Invented Waiver Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Inventory Consent Requirement Invented1 q · 3 choices
- Inverted Burden Shifting1 q · 3 choices
- Invitee Vs Licensee Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Involuntary Intoxication Distortion1 q · 1 choice
- Involuntary Manslaughter Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Involuntary Movement1 q · 3 choices
- Ip Clause Method Overlook1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevance1 q · 1 choice
- Irrelevance Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevant Contract1 q · 2 choices
- Irrelevant Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevant Fact Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevant Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevant Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevant Reference Clutter1 q · 3 choices
- Irrelevant Severity Classification1 q · 3 choices
- Issue Frame Formation Vs Excuse1 q · 3 choices
- Issue Sense Bait Doctrine1 q · 1 choice
- Issue Sense Misfit On Federal Common Law1 q · 3 choices
- Issue Spotting Misfire1 q · 3 choices
- Items1 q · 1 choice
- Jmol Timing Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Job Transfer Excuse1 q · 3 choices
- John Doe Placeholder Theory1 q · 3 choices
- Joinder As Precondition Misframe1 q · 3 choices
- Joinder Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Joinder Misread As Requiring Single Transaction1 q · 3 choices
- Joint And Several Liability Plaintiff S Collection Right1 q · 3 choices
- Joint Trial1 q · 3 choices
- Joyride Never Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Jt Will Creates Title Cloud1 q · 3 choices
- Judges Personal Conviction Irrelevant1 q · 3 choices
- Judge As Truth Finder Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Discretion Limited To Cross Channel1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Found Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Jury Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Jury Split1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Jury Swap1 q · 3 choices
- Judgment First1 q · 3 choices
- Judicial Notice1 q · 3 choices
- Junior Lien Cutoff1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Hypotheticals Are Abolished1 q · 3 choices
- If Covenant Omitted From Deed Successor Is Free1 q · 3 choices
- If No Exception Comes To Mind The Statement Is Inadmissible1 q · 3 choices
- If Performance Possible Then No Excuse1 q · 3 choices
- If The Stem Mentions Year Two Then Year Two Was Required1 q · 3 choices
- Ignorance Alone Voids Deal1 q · 3 choices
- Ignorance Of Statute Answers Every Charge1 q · 3 choices
- Ignores Defense Entirely1 q · 3 choices
- Ignores Title Transfer1 q · 3 choices
- Ignore Progress Payment Allocation1 q · 3 choices
- Ignoring Imperfect Sd1 q · 3 choices
- Ignoring Question Assumptions1 q · 3 choices
- Illegal Arrest As Complete Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Illegal Evidence Always Invalidates Case1 q · 3 choices
- Illegal Search Always Means Immediate Suppression1 q · 3 choices
- Illegal Use Forfeits The Entire Security Deposit1 q · 3 choices
- Illness Excuses Contract Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Immediacy Always Helps1 q · 3 choices
- Immediate Act Defeats Premeditation1 q · 3 choices
- Immediate Lawyer Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Immunity Controls Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Immunity Requires Current Office1 q · 3 choices
- Immunity Strips All Protection1 q · 3 choices
- Impact Alone Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Impairment Is Excuse1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Creates New Burden1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Destorys Personal Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Equals Substantive Use1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Is Special1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Only Reflex1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Permission Equals Substantive Permission1 q · 3 choices
- Impeachment Vs Substantive Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Implied Constitutional Doctrine Cannot Exist1 q · 3 choices
- Implied Malice Requires Specific Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Implied Warranty Always Applies To Defects1 q · 3 choices
- Implied Warranty Triggers Anticipatory Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Important Constitutional Question Saves Moot Case1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Defeats Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Defeats Inchoate Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Equals Frustration1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Excuses Own Sale1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Negates Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Only Excuses Performer1 q · 3 choices
- Impossibility Required For Discharge1 q · 3 choices
- Impossible Means Equals No Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Improvements Are Contributable1 q · 3 choices
- Improvement Destroys Right1 q · 3 choices
- Impulse Overrides Cognition1 q · 3 choices
- Impulsive Killing Is Involuntary1 q · 3 choices
- Inadmissible Means Secret1 q · 3 choices
- Inadmissible Result Makes Reason Good1 q · 3 choices
- Incapacity Assumes Involuntariness1 q · 3 choices
- Incidentals Absorbed Into Differential1 q · 3 choices
- Incidental To Robbery Always Defeats Kidnapping1 q · 3 choices
- Incident To Arrest Covers Whole Home1 q · 3 choices
- Incitement Merits Before Jurisdiction1 q · 3 choices
- Included Elements Allow Two Convictions1 q · 3 choices
- Incorporation Is The Only Citizenship1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Contractors Always Insulate1 q · 3 choices
- Independent Contractor Default Is Absolute1 q · 3 choices