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
- Lost Volume Seller1 q · 3 choices
- Loud Warning Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Lower Rung Stopping Error1 q · 3 choices
- Low Pick Agency Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Low Price Moral Outrage1 q · 3 choices
- Low Signal Self Help1 q · 3 choices
- Loyalty Screen1 q · 3 choices
- Lucas Wipeout1 q · 3 choices
- Lujan Inversion1 q · 3 choices
- Magic Reservation Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Magic Words Fabrication1 q · 3 choices
- Magistrate1 q · 1 choice
- Magistrate Sign Off1 q · 1 choice
- Mailbox Presumption1 q · 3 choices
- Mailbox Rule Asymmetry Acceptance Vs Rejection1 q · 3 choices
- Mailbox Rule Overapplication1 q · 3 choices
- Mailbox Rule Testable Element Properly Dispatched1 q · 3 choices
- Maintenance Cost1 q · 3 choices
- Majority Rule Trigger1 q · 3 choices
- Maker Only Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Malice Aforethought1 q · 3 choices
- Malice Element1 q · 3 choices
- Malice Substitution Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Malice Vs Lack Of Probable Cause Vs Favorable Termination Independent Elements1 q · 3 choices
- Managing Member Fabricated Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Mandamus Two Prong Standard1 q · 3 choices
- Mandatory Vs Discretionary Inversion1 q · 3 choices
- Mandatory Vs Permissive1 q · 3 choices
- Manslaughter1 q · 1 choice
- Marketability After Closing1 q · 3 choices
- Marketable Title Timing1 q · 3 choices
- Marshalling Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Matched Pair1 q · 3 choices
- Matched Pairs1 q · 3 choices
- Matched Pair Mechanism Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Matched Pair Party Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Matched Pair Split1 q · 3 choices
- Matching Terms1 q · 3 choices
- Material Alteration1 q · 3 choices
- Material Benefit Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Matlock Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Matrix Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Maximum Protection Appeal1 q · 3 choices
- Meaning Mismatch1 q · 3 choices
- Medical Exception Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Medical Payment1 q · 3 choices
- Medium Based Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Memory Impairment1 q · 3 choices
- Memory Loss Red Herring1 q · 3 choices
- Mens Rea1 q · 3 choices
- Mens Rea Confusion1 q · 1 choice
- Mens Rea Gap1 q · 3 choices
- Mens Rea Ladder1 q · 3 choices
- Mens Rea Red Herring Fabricates Victim Knowledge Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Mens Rea Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Mental Illness Causation Vs Legal Test1 q · 3 choices
- Mental Impairment Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Mental Process Backwards1 q · 3 choices
- Mental State Classification1 q · 3 choices
- Mental State Conflation1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Judge Must Find Authenticity1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Personal Belief Equals Sufficiency1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Private Call1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Scheduling Is Absolute1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Status Changes Review1 q · 3 choices
- Judge Weighs Evidence On Acquittal1 q · 3 choices
- Judgment Against One Owner Reaches Whole Property1 q · 3 choices
- Judgment Creditor Is Bfp1 q · 3 choices
- Junior Lienholders Share Surplus1 q · 3 choices
- Juries Decide Facts Freely With No Burden Of Proof1 q · 3 choices
- Jurisdiction Condition Controls Merger1 q · 3 choices
- Jurisdiction Depends On Party Identity1 q · 3 choices
- Jurisdiction Fact Direction Error1 q · 3 choices
- Juror Reasoning Is Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Cannot Compare Specimens1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Can Decide Expert Qualification1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Can Review The Book1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Decides Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Decides Exceptions Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Discretion Is Unbounded On Punitive Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Instruction Always Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Instruction Is The Legal Basis For Admission1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Instruction Proves Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Must Always Decide1 q · 3 choices
- Jury Must Screen Alibi First1 q · 3 choices
- Katz Test Confused With Property Law Standing1 q · 3 choices
- Keeping Stolen Property Is Always A Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Kidnapping Does Not Require The Victim To Be Moved1 q · 3 choices
- Kidnapping Only Where Threat Begins1 q · 3 choices
- Knife Always Justifies1 q · 3 choices
- Knowingly Means Knowing The Regulation1 q · 3 choices
- Knowing You Won T Perform Lie About Present Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Knowledge Equals Accomplice1 q · 3 choices
- Knowledge Equals Assumption1 q · 3 choices
- Knowledge Equals Entitlement1 q · 3 choices
- Knowledge Equals Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Knowledge Negates Hostility1 q · 3 choices
- Knowledge Requires Confession1 q · 3 choices
- Lack Of Examination Goes To Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Landlocked Means Automatic Buyer Recovery1 q · 3 choices
- Landlocked Means Implied Easement First1 q · 3 choices
- Landlord Is Insurer Of Common Areas1 q · 3 choices
- Landlord Knowledge Controls Every Defect1 q · 3 choices
- Landlord Motive Matters1 q · 3 choices
- Landlord Only Language Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Landlord Taking Rent Release Of Original Tenant1 q · 3 choices
- Landlord Unfairness Erases Covenant1 q · 3 choices
- Land Sale Cannot Be Repudiated Before Closing1 q · 3 choices
- Land Transfer Requires Money1 q · 3 choices
- Lapse No Time Limit1 q · 3 choices
- Larceny By Trick Default1 q · 3 choices
- Larceny By Trick Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Larceny By Trick Title Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Larceny Covers All Takings1 q · 3 choices
- Larceny Requires Escape1 q · 3 choices
- Larceny Requires Leaving The Building1 q · 3 choices
- Larger Down Payment Controls Priority1 q · 3 choices
- Largest Number Is Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Large Equipment Is Realty1 q · 3 choices
- Last Shot Rule1 q · 3 choices