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
- Paid Money Omitted1 q · 3 choices
- Paid Party Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Paid Workaround Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Palsgraf1 q · 3 choices
- Paper Title Lure1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Mechanical Application1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Overbar1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Timing Error1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Bundle1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Element Formula1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Fixture Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- Partial List Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Payment1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Performance Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Vs Full Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Particularity1 q · 2 choices
- Particularity Miss1 q · 3 choices
- Particularized Probable Cause1 q · 3 choices
- Partition Denial1 q · 3 choices
- Partition Offset Split1 q · 3 choices
- Partition Preference Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Party Admission Declarant Status Skipped1 q · 3 choices
- Party Attendance Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Party Opponent Misapplication1 q · 3 choices
- Party Preference Is Not The Rule Of Decision1 q · 3 choices
- Party Status Drift1 q · 3 choices
- Party Status Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Part Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Passcode1 q · 3 choices
- Passenger Belongings1 q · 3 choices
- Passenger Container1 q · 3 choices
- Passenger Control1 q · 3 choices
- Past Service Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Past Symptoms Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Past Threat1 q · 3 choices
- Pattern Matching Without Verification1 q · 3 choices
- Payment Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Payment Only Part Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Pc Irrelevant To Sita1 q · 3 choices
- Percentage Math Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Percentage Source Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Perception Vs Method Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Perfect Tender1 q · 3 choices
- Perfect Tender Overapplication1 q · 3 choices
- Performance Date Decoy1 q · 3 choices
- Performance Vs Purpose1 q · 3 choices
- Periodical1 q · 3 choices
- Permanent And Unlimited Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Permission As Release1 q · 3 choices
- Permission Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Permission Scope Half Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Permission Scope Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Permission To Touch Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Permissive1 q · 3 choices
- Permissive Vs Mandatory Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Perpetrator Status1 q · 3 choices
- Perpetuities Misfire1 q · 3 choices
- Personal Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Personal Defense Attribution1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Notice Required Before Reliance1 q · 3 choices
- Notice Required For Act Repudiation1 q · 3 choices
- Notice Required For Every Acceptance1 q · 3 choices
- Notice Required In Unilateral Contracts Always1 q · 3 choices
- Not Call Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Not Guilty Choice Automatically Correct1 q · 3 choices
- Not Hearsay Equals Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- Not Illegal Means Enforceable1 q · 3 choices
- Not In Documents Always Invalid1 q · 3 choices
- Novation Is A Catch All1 q · 3 choices
- No Actual Awareness No Duty1 q · 3 choices
- No Actual Contraband No Crime1 q · 3 choices
- No Actual Knowledge Means No Liability1 q · 3 choices
- No Agreement Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- No Apportionment No Recovery1 q · 3 choices
- No Benefit Right Ends Equal Protection1 q · 3 choices
- No Bill Is An Acquittal1 q · 3 choices
- No Causation Equals No Liability1 q · 3 choices
- No Class Can Be Certified1 q · 3 choices
- No Communication Means Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- No Completion Means No Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- No Consideration Always Defeats Enforcement1 q · 3 choices
- No Constitutional Protection For Nonresidents1 q · 3 choices
- No Contact Means No Assault1 q · 3 choices
- No Damages Means No Rejection Right1 q · 3 choices
- No Direct Promise Means No Contract Loss1 q · 3 choices
- No Direct Questions No Violation1 q · 3 choices
- No Duty For Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- No Duty If The Possessor Did Not Create The Hazard1 q · 3 choices
- No Duty Means No Duty To Anyone1 q · 3 choices
- No Exact Defect No Case1 q · 3 choices
- No Express Ban Means Valid1 q · 3 choices
- No Express Consent Means No Contract1 q · 3 choices
- No Fixed Number Is Fatal1 q · 3 choices
- No Fixed Quantity Means Illusory1 q · 3 choices
- No Fixed Quantity Means No Contract1 q · 3 choices
- No Harm Equals No Crime1 q · 3 choices
- No Harm Promise Withdraws1 q · 3 choices
- No Immediate Appeal Means Never1 q · 3 choices
- No Immunity If Document Preexists1 q · 3 choices
- No Inquiry Overextension1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent Means Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent Means Not Murder1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent Means No Battery1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent To Kill Always Acquits1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent To Kill Always Means Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent To Kill Equals Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- No Intent To Kill Means Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- No Loss Means No Breach1 q · 3 choices
- No Memory Means No Intent1 q · 3 choices
- No Neighboring Parcel Means License1 q · 3 choices
- No New Consideration Always Defeats Modification1 q · 3 choices
- No Note Signature No Foreclosure1 q · 3 choices
- No Notice Purchaser Cures Omitted Party1 q · 3 choices
- No Number No Contract1 q · 3 choices
- No Ongoing Obligation1 q · 3 choices
- No Option But Continue1 q · 3 choices
- No Option Means No Offer1 q · 3 choices
- No Permission Defeats Adverse Possession1 q · 3 choices
- No Plurality Required1 q · 3 choices