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
- Pre Contact Revocation1 q · 3 choices
- Pre Filing Only Mislabel1 q · 3 choices
- Pre Termination Process1 q · 3 choices
- Pre Vesting Modification Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Pre Vs During1 q · 3 choices
- Price Alone Isolation1 q · 3 choices
- Price First1 q · 3 choices
- Price Payment1 q · 3 choices
- Priority Before Status1 q · 3 choices
- Priority Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Priority Overpayment1 q · 3 choices
- Priority Reversal Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Bad Acts1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Bad Act Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Bad Act Frame Shift1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Bad Act Propensity1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Consistent Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Conviction Status Element1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Cure Waiver1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Harm Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Identification Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Inconsistent Statement1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Judgment Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Payment Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Restraint Doctrine Advance Approval Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Voluntary Act1 q · 3 choices
- Privacy1 q · 1 choice
- Privacy Clutter1 q · 3 choices
- Private Actor Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Private Actor Posture1 q · 3 choices
- Private Administration Distraction1 q · 3 choices
- Private Discrimination Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Private Fact Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- Private Resale Procedure1 q · 3 choices
- Private Search1 q · 3 choices
- Private Signs Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Private Third Party Target1 q · 3 choices
- Private Writing Subpoena1 q · 3 choices
- Privileged Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Boundary Test1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Decoy1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Layer1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Overread1 q · 1 choice
- Privilege Right Misframe1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Scope Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Waiver1 q · 3 choices
- Privity Failure1 q · 3 choices
- Probability Vs Certainty Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Anchor1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Misapplied1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Tunnel Vision1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Vs Critical Stage1 q · 3 choices
- Probate Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Procedural Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Procedural Defense Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Procedural Departure1 q · 3 choices
- Procedural Detail Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Procedural Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Procedural Due Process Misdirection1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Oral Statement Equals Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Order Label Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Complete Diversity Intuition Controls Statutory Interpleader1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Discovery Applies To All Devices1 q · 3 choices
- Ordinary Vs Criminal Negligence1 q · 3 choices
- Organization Named Inside Phrase Owns1 q · 3 choices
- Original Borrower Is Always Solely Liable1 q · 3 choices
- Original Jurisdiction Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Original Terms Survive Modification1 q · 3 choices
- Other Actor Fault Defeats Claim1 q · 3 choices
- Outcome Only Choice Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Outcome Validates Interest1 q · 3 choices
- Outdoor Firepits Are Not Products1 q · 3 choices
- Outer Record Qualification Saves Inner Statement1 q · 3 choices
- Out Of Court Means Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Out Of Court Statement Equals Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Overclaiming Honesty1 q · 3 choices
- Overclaiming Miranda1 q · 3 choices
- Overclaims Eleventh Amendment Immunity1 q · 3 choices
- Overclaims Political Question Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Overgeneralize 6th Amendment1 q · 3 choices
- Overrule Result Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Overt Act Equals Conspiracy1 q · 3 choices
- Overuse Forfeits Easement1 q · 3 choices
- Overwhelming Evidence Cures Counsel Errors1 q · 3 choices
- Over 21 Always Rap1 q · 3 choices
- Ownership Controls Searchability1 q · 3 choices
- Ownership Revives Lien1 q · 3 choices
- Owners Must Warn Of Every Natural Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Owner Interest Controls All Lease Disputes1 q · 3 choices
- Owner Keeps Money And Land1 q · 3 choices
- Owner Liability Solves All1 q · 3 choices
- Owner Maintenance Counts As Licensee Reliance1 q · 3 choices
- Owner S Joke Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Own Confession Cures Codefendant Confession1 q · 3 choices
- Own Statement Limit1 q · 3 choices
- Paid Money Means Recover Some Money1 q · 3 choices
- Paid Options Always Valid1 q · 3 choices
- Pain Equals Excited Utterance1 q · 3 choices
- Paperwork Defect Equals Fraud1 q · 3 choices
- Paperwork Formality Is The Issue1 q · 3 choices
- Parking Outside Scope Ends Easement1 q · 3 choices
- Parolees Have No Rights1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Bars All Negotiation Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Blocks Frustration Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Only1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Rule Has No Exceptions1 q · 3 choices
- Parol Evidence Rule Overgeneralization1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Completion Creates Partial Contract Price1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Exclusion Means Partial Rent1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Indemnity Applies To Insurers1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Performance Equals Payment1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Performance Triggers Payment Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Rejection Available1 q · 3 choices
- Partial Work Means Substantial Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Participant Victim Negates Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Partition By Sale Is The Default Remedy1 q · 3 choices
- Party Admission Is Only For Impeachment1 q · 3 choices
- Party Status Alone Creates Issue Preclusion1 q · 3 choices
- Party Who Asks To Cancel Forfeits1 q · 3 choices