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
- Sentencing Enhancement1 q · 3 choices
- Serious Injury Malice1 q · 3 choices
- Servient Owner Selection Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Servient Owner Sympathy1 q · 3 choices
- Setting Over Confidentiality1 q · 3 choices
- Settlement As Fault Admission1 q · 3 choices
- Seventh Amendment Overapplication1 q · 3 choices
- Severance Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Shifting Vs Springing Distinction Third Party Vs Grantor Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Shipment Equals Acceptance1 q · 3 choices
- Short Tender1 q · 3 choices
- Side Issue Contradiction1 q · 3 choices
- Signature As Cure1 q · 3 choices
- Signature Capacity Ambiguity1 q · 3 choices
- Signature Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Signed Acceptance Without Buyer Commitment1 q · 1 choice
- Signed Note Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Signed Price Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Signed Seller Writing Firm Offer Hook1 q · 1 choice
- Signed Writing Formalism1 q · 1 choice
- Signed Writing Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Silence As Agreement Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Silence As Full Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Silence Invocation1 q · 3 choices
- Similarity As Contradiction1 q · 3 choices
- Similar Occurrences1 q · 3 choices
- Single Contact Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Single Parcel Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Single Photo Suggestiveness1 q · 3 choices
- Single Plaintiff Aggregation Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Single Prong Promoted To Whole Test1 q · 3 choices
- Sita Immediate Control Exceeded1 q · 3 choices
- Sixth Amendment Identification1 q · 3 choices
- Size Use Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Skill Substitution Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Smj Pj Conflation1 q · 2 choices
- Smoke Heat Not Sufficient1 q · 3 choices
- Snapshot Finality1 q · 3 choices
- Snapshot Pc Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Sole Heir Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Sole Offerer Pressure1 q · 3 choices
- Sole Owner Lien Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Sole Possession Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Solicitation Actus Reus1 q · 3 choices
- Solicitation Completed On Request1 q · 3 choices
- Sounds Lawyerly Fact Not In Evidence Wrong Procedural Posture1 q · 1 choice
- Sovereign Identity Skip1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Acts As Bias Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Exception Beats Broad Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Intent Kill Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Specific Intent Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Intent Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Specific Need1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Performance Directionality1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Performance To Nominal Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Specific Target1 q · 3 choices
- Speculative Chill1 q · 3 choices
- Speech Only Aid1 q · 3 choices
- Spending Vs Regulation Confusion1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Recording Cures Defects1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Cures Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Cures Invalid Grantee1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Cures Void Deed1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Defect Equals Invalidity1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Determines Validity1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Equals Ownership1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Equals Permanent Lien1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Makes Appurtenant1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Order Determines Priority1 q · 3 choices
- Recording Required For Valid Deed1 q · 3 choices
- Record Owner Remains Owner After Limitation Period1 q · 3 choices
- Redemption Is Always Equitable1 q · 3 choices
- Reentry Status As Suspect Class1 q · 3 choices
- Referral Equals Agency1 q · 3 choices
- Reflex Erases Later Choice1 q · 3 choices
- Refusal To Reassure Always Equals Repudiation1 q · 3 choices
- Regret Proves Misrepresentation1 q · 3 choices
- Regular Course Of Business Means Whole Record Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- Regulatory Breach Equals Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Regulatory Compliance Equals Legal Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Regulatory Takings Have Percentage Cutoffs1 q · 3 choices
- Rejection Limited To Refund1 q · 3 choices
- Rejection Waives Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Relatedness Is Required For All Aggregation1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Cures All Objections1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Defeats Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Equals Rule 35 Eligibility1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Equals Sufficiency1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Equals Unlimited Repetition1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Opens Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Relevance Requires Direct Topic Match1 q · 3 choices
- Relevant Evidence Always Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- Relevant Means Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- Relevant Photos Cannot Be Excluded1 q · 3 choices
- Reliability Estoppel As Universal Fix1 q · 3 choices
- Reliability Means Exhibit1 q · 3 choices
- Reliability Over Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Reliability Replaces Counsel1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Alone Always Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Always Means Promissory Estoppel1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Conflated With Acceptance1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Creates Express Easement1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Equals Market Value1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Equals Restitution1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Expenses Must Equal Price1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Must Benefit Promisor1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Must Equal Promise1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Overcomes Lack Of Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Presumed1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Required For Covenant Enforcement1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Required For Free Promises1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Saves Easement1 q · 3 choices
- Reliance Without Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- Religion Blackout1 q · 3 choices
- Religious Motive Means Free Exercise Governs1 q · 3 choices
- Remainderman Owes Current Taxes1 q · 3 choices
- Remainderman Takes Immediately After Transfer1 q · 3 choices
- Remedial Race Classifications Get Rational Basis1 q · 3 choices