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
- Offense Bundle1 q · 3 choices
- Offered For Purpose Architecture1 q · 3 choices
- Offered For Purpose Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Offered Purpose Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Offering Crime Misclassified As Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Offer Of Proof Wrong Element1 q · 3 choices
- Official Authority Pressure1 q · 3 choices
- Official Duty Bar1 q · 3 choices
- Official Label Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Official Label Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- Official Report Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Official Use Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Off Axis Procedure1 q · 3 choices
- Oldest Child Fixation1 q · 3 choices
- Old Argument Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Old Right Versus New Right1 q · 3 choices
- Omission Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Omission Without Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Omitted Party1 q · 3 choices
- One Citizenship Categorical Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- One Conference Cap Myth1 q · 3 choices
- One Shot Arithmetic1 q · 3 choices
- One Sided Discharge1 q · 3 choices
- One Year Renewal Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Only Answer Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Only Choice Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Only Language1 q · 3 choices
- Only Original Parties Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Only Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Opened Door Misconception1 q · 3 choices
- Opened Door Rebuttal1 q · 3 choices
- Opened The Door Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Open And Obvious Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Open Class1 q · 3 choices
- Open Class As Condition Precedent1 q · 3 choices
- Open Court Reset1 q · 3 choices
- Open Term Formation Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Open The Door Scope Error1 q · 3 choices
- Open To Public1 q · 3 choices
- Opinion Vs Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Opinion Vs Reputation Under 608 A Both Authorized Both Gated1 q · 3 choices
- Opportunity To Inspect1 q · 3 choices
- Opposing Party Statement1 q · 3 choices
- Optional Seller Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Option Clause Blindness1 q · 3 choices
- Option Contract By Part Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Option Contract Label1 q · 3 choices
- Oral License Invalidity Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Oral Modification Unenforceable1 q · 3 choices
- Oral Quantity Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Oral Ratification1 q · 3 choices
- Oral Talk Not Statute Of Frauds Trigger1 q · 3 choices
- Oral Waiver Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Order Of Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinance Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Condition Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Language Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Murder Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Rule Overapplied1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Rule Versus Exception1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Money Damages Always Adequate In Contracts1 q · 3 choices
- Money Is A Fundamental Right Triggering Strict Scrutiny1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Burden Equals Legal Burden1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Common Sense AnswerBarMatrix curated1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Deception Equals False Pretenses1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Duty Equals Legal Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Fairness As Law1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Guilt Equals Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Obligation Equals Legal Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Wrongness Equals Both Crimes1 q · 3 choices
- Moral Wrong Equals Legal Wrong1 q · 3 choices
- More Conditions Means More Correct1 q · 3 choices
- More Serious Means More Exclusion1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgagee Must Be Party1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Attaches To Expectancy1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Covers Every Home Component1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Discovered Means Title Is Presently Unmarketable1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Reaches The Whole Property1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Requires Consideration Benefit1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Requires Personal Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgage Statute Creates Borrower Title1 q · 3 choices
- Mortgagor Must Be Debtor1 q · 3 choices
- Most Standards Equals Federal Compliance1 q · 3 choices
- Motive Defeats Immunity1 q · 3 choices
- Motive Evidence Can Rewrite A Will1 q · 3 choices
- Motive Exception Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Motive Must Prove Alone1 q · 3 choices
- Movement Equals Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Mo And Habit Are The Same Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Mpc Unilateral Rule Required Whenever Officer Is Present1 q · 3 choices
- Multiple Defendants Means A Proportional Split For The Plaintiff1 q · 3 choices
- Murder Is Only Specific Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Murder Requires Death Purpose1 q · 3 choices
- Murder Requires Direct Shooter1 q · 3 choices
- Murder Sufficiency Defeats Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Must Be Aware Entire Time1 q · 3 choices
- Must Bring Now1 q · 3 choices
- Must Choose One Hearsay Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Must Know Victim To Confine1 q · 3 choices
- Must Own Or Rent To Have Fourth Amendment Standing1 q · 3 choices
- Must Retreat Even When No Safe Alternative1 q · 3 choices
- Must Retreat If Possible1 q · 3 choices
- Must Sign To Be Bound1 q · 3 choices
- Must Wait To Be Shot1 q · 3 choices
- Must Witness Start Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Mutual Benefit Makes Binding1 q · 3 choices
- Mutual Mistake Without Risk Check1 q · 3 choices
- M Naghten Ends All Insanity1 q · 3 choices
- Named Doctrine Must Be The Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Named Remedy Reflex1 q · 3 choices
- Naming Person Means Identification1 q · 3 choices
- National Security Creates Article I Shortcuts1 q · 3 choices
- National Usefulness Equals Federal Power1 q · 3 choices
- Near Death Equals Attempted Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Necessary And Proper Is General Police Power1 q · 3 choices
- Necessary And Proper Overrides Appointments1 q · 3 choices
- Necessary Means Indispensable1 q · 3 choices
- Necessary Participation Equals Guilt1 q · 3 choices
- Necessity Creates Jurisdiction1 q · 3 choices
- Necessity Is Automatic1 q · 3 choices