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
- Remedy Adequacy1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Availability Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Call Mismatch1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Jump1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Matrix1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Menu1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Object Drift1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Spectrum1 q · 3 choices
- Remedy Versus Enforceability1 q · 3 choices
- Remorse Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Remorse Eraser1 q · 3 choices
- Rendering State Vs Forum State Vs Federal Common Law Of Preclusion1 q · 3 choices
- Renovation First1 q · 3 choices
- Rental Value Number Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Rent Acceptance Release Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Rent Attribution Miss1 q · 3 choices
- Rent Breach Invention1 q · 3 choices
- Rent Withholding1 q · 3 choices
- Repair And Deduct1 q · 3 choices
- Repair Duty Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Report Substitution1 q · 3 choices
- Report Within Report1 q · 3 choices
- Republication As Publication1 q · 3 choices
- Republication Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Repudiation1 q · 3 choices
- Repudiation Alone1 q · 3 choices
- Reputation Alone Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Reputation Harm1 q · 3 choices
- Reputation Only1 q · 3 choices
- Reputation Survives Witness Excuse1 q · 3 choices
- Rep Overextended1 q · 1 choice
- Request Complete1 q · 3 choices
- Requirement1 q · 1 choice
- Requirements Contract Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Requirements Contract Label1 q · 1 choice
- Requirements Contract Validity1 q · 3 choices
- Requirements Label Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Requirement Fabrication1 q · 3 choices
- Resale Price Decoy1 q · 3 choices
- Resale Red Herring1 q · 3 choices
- Rescission Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Rescission Posture1 q · 3 choices
- Rescue Doctrine Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Reservation Of Rights Contradiction1 q · 3 choices
- Residence Domicile1 q · 3 choices
- Resident Nonresident Trigger1 q · 3 choices
- Residue Fall Through1 q · 3 choices
- Residue Routing1 q · 3 choices
- Restraint On Alienation Misapplied1 q · 3 choices
- Result Based Benefit Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Result Based Validation1 q · 3 choices
- Result Not Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Result Right Reason Wrong1 q · 3 choices
- Res Gestae Misapplication1 q · 3 choices
- Res Ipsa Vs Statutory Violation Distinction1 q · 3 choices
- Res Ipsa Vs Strict Liability Distinction1 q · 3 choices
- Res Judicata Overapplication1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Prior Restraint Is A Tort Doctrine Not A Constitutional Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Similar Case Proves Current Facts1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Similar Conduct Contradicts Current Testimony1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Statement Means Impeachment Only1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Tickets Prove Current Speed1 q · 3 choices
- Prior Understandings Always Change Legal Effect1 q · 3 choices
- Privacy Breach Means Inadmissible1 q · 3 choices
- Privacy Controls Discovery Exam1 q · 3 choices
- Privacy Expectation1 q · 3 choices
- Privacy Trade Libel Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Private Actor Forever Private1 q · 3 choices
- Private Clubs Receive Deference Under Rational Basis Wrong Level Of Analysis1 q · 3 choices
- Private Company Records Are Outside Subpoena Reach1 q · 3 choices
- Private Compliance Cures Delegation Problem1 q · 3 choices
- Private Diaries Are Absolutely Protected1 q · 3 choices
- Private Land Always Requires Warrant1 q · 3 choices
- Private Newsletters Are Absolutely Privileged1 q · 3 choices
- Private Plan Overrides Zoning1 q · 3 choices
- Private Rule Overrides Zoning1 q · 3 choices
- Privileges And Immunities Is Always The State Discrimination Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Blocks All Consequences1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Covers All Communications1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Has A Necessity Element1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Means No Constitutional Limits1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Privilege Word Matching1 q · 3 choices
- Privity Blocks All Beneficiaries1 q · 3 choices
- Privity Decides Mortgage Debt Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Privity Of Estate Ends On Vacation1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Applies To Private Actor1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Controls Force1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Defeats Abuse Of Process1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Equals Home Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Fixes Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Lasts Forever1 q · 3 choices
- Probable Cause Required For Terry Stop1 q · 3 choices
- Probably Order Some Equals Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Probate Exception Overbreadth1 q · 3 choices
- Probate Facts Decide Title1 q · 3 choices
- Procedure Caused Harm Equals Breach Caused Harm1 q · 3 choices
- Proceeds Sharing Equals Embezzlement1 q · 3 choices
- Produce Stays Realty1 q · 3 choices
- Production Equals Persuasion1 q · 3 choices
- Production Requires Offering1 q · 3 choices
- Professional Equals Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Professional Error Equals Strict Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Professional Liability Requires Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Professional Licensing Has No State Action1 q · 3 choices
- Professional Title Equals Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Profit As Maintenance Benefit1 q · 3 choices
- Profit Means Revenue1 q · 3 choices
- Promises Are Not Covered Until Paid1 q · 3 choices
- Promise Equals Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Promise To Perform Equals Acceptance1 q · 3 choices
- Promissory Estoppel Does Not Require A Promise1 q · 3 choices
- Promotions Are Gift Promises1 q · 3 choices
- Propensity Is Admissible If Relevant1 q · 3 choices
- Propensity Vs Predisposition1 q · 3 choices
- Property Crimes Reserved For Original Taker1 q · 3 choices
- Property Crime Controls Merger1 q · 3 choices