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
- Retained Balance Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Retention Equals Invocation1 q · 3 choices
- Retroactive Cure1 q · 3 choices
- Retroactive Mens Rea Distractor1 q · 3 choices
- Retroactivity Omitted1 q · 3 choices
- Return Label Collision1 q · 3 choices
- Reversed Allocation Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Reversed Baseline1 q · 3 choices
- Reversed Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Reverse Call Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Reversion Label Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Revocable License Half Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Revocable Not Revoked1 q · 3 choices
- Revocation Notice Element1 q · 3 choices
- Reward Offer1 q · 3 choices
- Ricochet Risk1 q · 3 choices
- Right Amount Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Right Conclusion Wrong Reason Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Right Doctrine Wrong Remedy1 q · 3 choices
- Right Number Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Right Of Entry Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome False Premise1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome Wrong Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome Wrong Rationale1 q · 3 choices
- Right Party Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Right People Wrong Measurement1 q · 3 choices
- Right Reason Required1 q · 3 choices
- Right Result Wrong Reason State Law Professional Ethics1 q · 3 choices
- Right Test Wrong Quantum1 q · 3 choices
- Right To Travel Components1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Allocation Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Control Residual1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Timing Anchor1 q · 3 choices
- Robbery Extortion Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Robbery Force Element1 q · 3 choices
- Robbery Force Fear Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Role Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Role Specific Plan1 q · 3 choices
- Routine Practice1 q · 3 choices
- Rule35 Special Procedure1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 12 C Procedural Vehicle1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 14 Impleader Wrong Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 15 C Party Change Route1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 15 C Two Element Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 15 D Supplementation Route1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 19 Compulsory Joinder Wrong Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 23 B Category Fit1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 23 F Permission Based Carve Out1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 24 Timeliness Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 30 Vs Rule 45 Distinction1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 33 D Importation Into Rule 341 q · 3 choices
- Rule 50 B Renewal Not Invention Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 55 B 21 q · 3 choices
- Rule 6101 q · 3 choices
- Rule 8 Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 9 B Particularity1 q · 3 choices
- Rule Selector1 q · 3 choices
- Safety Label1 q · 3 choices
- Safe Product Dangerous Misuse1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Property Damage Never Excused1 q · 3 choices
- Property Definition1 q · 3 choices
- Property Demand Justifies Deadly Force1 q · 3 choices
- Property Location Controls After Judgment1 q · 3 choices
- Property Type1 q · 3 choices
- Property Value Justifies Deadly Force1 q · 3 choices
- Proponent Must Disprove Every Possible Duplicate1 q · 3 choices
- Proportional Acreage Equals Fair Division1 q · 3 choices
- Prosecution Bears Every Defense Burden1 q · 3 choices
- Prosecution Must Disprove Every Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Prosecution Possession Equals Brady Violation1 q · 3 choices
- Prosecutorial Autonomy1 q · 3 choices
- Prosecutor May Prove Bad Character First1 q · 3 choices
- Provocation Equals Self Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Provocation Threshold1 q · 3 choices
- Proximate Cause Controls Every Felony Murder Question1 q · 3 choices
- Proximate Cause Equals Actual Cause1 q · 3 choices
- Proximity Is An Element1 q · 3 choices
- Proximity Substitutes For Predicate1 q · 3 choices
- Pro Rata Shares Dictate Rent Obligation1 q · 3 choices
- Psi Fits Any Contemporaneous Statement Including Plans1 q · 3 choices
- Public Approach License Is Unlimited1 q · 3 choices
- Public Bag No Privacy1 q · 3 choices
- Public Benefits Are Always Discretionary1 q · 3 choices
- Public Employment Has No Constitutional Protection1 q · 3 choices
- Public Funding Makes Private Choices State Action1 q · 3 choices
- Public Interest Is A Magic Override Of Rule 241 q · 3 choices
- Public Investigator Means Public Records1 q · 3 choices
- Public Invitation Makes Private Conduct Constitutional1 q · 3 choices
- Public Notice Equals Advertisement1 q · 3 choices
- Public Nuisance Special Harm Applies To Private1 q · 3 choices
- Public Officer Treated Like Private Finder1 q · 3 choices
- Public Performance Equals Notice Of Acceptance1 q · 3 choices
- Public Policy Kills Offeror Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Public Records Covers Police Reports In Civil Cases1 q · 3 choices
- Public Record Absorbs Inner1 q · 3 choices
- Public Record Solves Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Public Safety Always Makes A Restriction Content Neutral1 q · 3 choices
- Public Safety Applies Only To Firearms1 q · 3 choices
- Public Venue Means State Action1 q · 3 choices
- Purchase Money Controls Every Priority Problem1 q · 3 choices
- Pure Economic Loss Is An Absolute Bar To Financial Recovery In Negligence1 q · 3 choices
- Purpose Defeats Compensation1 q · 3 choices
- Purpose Equals Penalty1 q · 2 choices
- Purpose Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Purpose Makes Asportation Count1 q · 3 choices
- Qualifications No Longer In Issue1 q · 3 choices
- Qualified Privilege Is Absolute1 q · 3 choices
- Quantity Dispute Voids Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Quiet Enjoyment Applies To Condemnation1 q · 3 choices
- Quiet Title Creates Adverse Possession Title1 q · 3 choices
- Quitclaim Creates Title1 q · 3 choices
- Quitclaim Means Grantor Has Uncertain Title1 q · 3 choices
- Quitclaim No Warranty Decides Title1 q · 3 choices
- Quitting Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Race Use Always Invalid1 q · 3 choices
- Rage Effect Equals Instruction1 q · 3 choices
- Ransom Requires Communication1 q · 3 choices
- Rap Applies To All Interests1 q · 3 choices
- Rap Doesnt Apply To Grantor Retained Interests1 q · 3 choices