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
- Mental State Decoy1 q · 3 choices
- Mental State Degree Error1 q · 3 choices
- Mental State Mismatch1 q · 3 choices
- Merchant Additional Terms1 q · 3 choices
- Merchant Status Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Mercy Heat Of Passion Confusion1 q · 1 choice
- Mercy Killing1 q · 3 choices
- Mere Negligence Equated To Gross Negligence1 q · 3 choices
- Mere Words As Provocation1 q · 3 choices
- Merger As Total Acquittal Misapplication1 q · 3 choices
- Merger Clause Absolutism1 q · 3 choices
- Merger Clause Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Merger Error1 q · 1 choice
- Merger Misconception1 q · 3 choices
- Merger Myth Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Merger To Ownership Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Merits As Procedure Substitution1 q · 2 choices
- Merits Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Merits Penalty Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Merits Preference Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Metes And Bounds Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Midnight False Pretenses Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Mid Performance Demand1 q · 3 choices
- Milestone Payment Trigger1 q · 3 choices
- Mimic Over Application1 q · 3 choices
- Minimum Distance Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Minimum Quantity Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Minimum Time Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Minority Overkill1 q · 3 choices
- Minor Injection Trivializes Battery1 q · 3 choices
- Minor Loss Nominal Mislabel1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Due Process Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Sixth Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Total Bar1 q · 3 choices
- Miranda Vs Massiah1 q · 1 choice
- Miranda Waiver Imported To 4th Amendment1 q · 3 choices
- Mirror Overclaim Array Every Never1 q · 3 choices
- Misapplied Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Misclassify Vested As Contingent1 q · 3 choices
- Misdemeanor Dishonesty1 q · 3 choices
- Misdemeanor Manslaughter Rule Scope Error1 q · 3 choices
- Misfit Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Misfit Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Misfit Corporate Plaintiff1 q · 3 choices
- Misfit Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Misfit Issue Sense1 q · 1 choice
- Misleading Half Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Missed Accommodation Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Missing Original Panic1 q · 3 choices
- Missing Reentry Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Missing Release Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Missing Restoration Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Mission Completion1 q · 3 choices
- Misstated Rule Bar Exam Bait Attractive Wrong Answer1 q · 1 choice
- Misstated Rule Bar Exam Bait Attractive Wrong Answer Exception O1 q · 1 choice
- Misstated Rule Purpose Of Offer Confusion1 q · 1 choice
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Later Ambiguity Erases Earlier Waiver1 q · 3 choices
- Later Cancellation Erases Solicitation1 q · 3 choices
- Later Communication Cancels Original Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Later Crime Validates Stop1 q · 3 choices
- Later Cure Revives Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Later Death Always Allows Murder Trial1 q · 3 choices
- Later Deed Must Repeat Easement1 q · 3 choices
- Later Deed Silence Means Outside Chain1 q · 3 choices
- Later Dismissal Controls Suppression1 q · 3 choices
- Later Fix Always Proves Defect1 q · 3 choices
- Later Hoa Rules Cannot Bind Existing Owners1 q · 3 choices
- Later Intent Backfills Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Later Knowledge Equals Guilt1 q · 3 choices
- Later Knowledge Relates Back To The Purchase And Supplies The Missing Mens Rea1 q · 3 choices
- Later Knowledge Satisfies Foreseeability1 q · 3 choices
- Later Loss Can Create Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Later Means Irrelevant1 q · 3 choices
- Later Notice Revives Lien1 q · 3 choices
- Later No Discount Note Erases Prior Dealings1 q · 3 choices
- Later Resale Wipes Out Buyer Default1 q · 3 choices
- Later Sale Changes Theft Label1 q · 3 choices
- Later Termination Equals Prompt Objection1 q · 3 choices
- Late Objection Always Waives1 q · 3 choices
- Late Recording Destroys The Lien1 q · 3 choices
- Lawbreaking Equals Untruthful1 q · 3 choices
- Lawful Acts Cannot Count1 q · 3 choices
- Lawful Arrest Means No Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Lawful Place Equals Castle1 q · 3 choices
- Lawful Possession1 q · 3 choices
- Lawful Stop Means Lawful Search1 q · 3 choices
- Lawsuit Premature Before Performance Date1 q · 3 choices
- Lawyerly Phrase Bias1 q · 3 choices
- Lawyer Appointment Applies To Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Lawyer Knowledge Required1 q · 3 choices
- Lawyer Presence Equals Knowing1 q · 3 choices
- Lawyer Summary Never Counts1 q · 3 choices
- Lawyer Word Creates Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Law Enforcement Witness Cannot Testify To Character1 q · 3 choices
- Lay And Expert Opinions Cannot Overlap1 q · 3 choices
- Lay Witnesses Cannot Give Opinions1 q · 3 choices
- Leadership Status Changes Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Leading Always Bad1 q · 3 choices
- Leading Questions Mandatory On Cross1 q · 3 choices
- Leasehold Not Property1 q · 3 choices
- Lease Clause Always Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Lease Equals Hostility1 q · 3 choices
- Leaving Scene Equals Exigency1 q · 3 choices
- Legal Detriment Requires Good Title1 q · 3 choices
- Legal Label Beats Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Legal Title Relates Back To Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Legislative Authorization Required1 q · 3 choices
- Legislative Label As Constitutional Cure1 q · 3 choices
- Lender Can Become Co Owner Through Non Owner1 q · 3 choices
- Lesser Evil Equals Duress1 q · 3 choices
- Licensee Applies To Any Permitted Presence1 q · 3 choices
- Licenses Are Mere Privileges With No Constitutional Limits1 q · 3 choices
- License As Payment Condition1 q · 3 choices
- License Status Is Subjective Opinion1 q · 3 choices
- Licensing Controls Reach1 q · 3 choices
- Lien Theory Prevents Premises Liability1 q · 3 choices