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
- Absolute Right Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Absolute Rule Error1 q · 1 choice
- Absolute Sales Effect Language1 q · 3 choices
- Absolute Temporary Never1 q · 1 choice
- Absolute When Uncertain Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Absolute Wording1 q · 3 choices
- Absolute Yes Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Absolute Zero Recovery1 q · 3 choices
- Abstractor No Privity Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Abuse Of Writ Misfire1 q · 3 choices
- Acceptance By Act Vs Promise1 q · 3 choices
- Acceptance Memo Distraction1 q · 3 choices
- Acceptance Only Distractor1 q · 3 choices
- Acceptance Word Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Accepted Buyer Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Accepted Goods Overstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Accepted Nonconforming Default Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Access Axis1 q · 3 choices
- Accidental Mechanism1 q · 3 choices
- Accident Equals Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Accident No Intent Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Accident State Anchor Mislabel1 q · 3 choices
- Accommodation Notice Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Accomplice Active Encouragement1 q · 3 choices
- Accomplice Threats Count1 q · 3 choices
- Accomplice Victim Misleads To Policy Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Accord And Satisfaction1 q · 3 choices
- Accounting Omission1 q · 3 choices
- Accreditation Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Accuracy Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Accuracy Condition Invented1 q · 3 choices
- Acquittal Call1 q · 3 choices
- Active Concealment1 q · 3 choices
- Actor Identity Pivot1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Damages Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Death Overweighting1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Notice Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Notice Beats Deed Omission1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Vesting Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- Actual Weapon Required1 q · 3 choices
- Act Of Production1 q · 3 choices
- Added Procedural Hurdle1 q · 1 choice
- Added Restraints1 q · 3 choices
- Additional Term1 q · 3 choices
- Additive Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Add On Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Ademption Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Adequacy Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Adequacy Separation1 q · 3 choices
- Adjacent Confession Clutter1 q · 3 choices
- Adjacent Doctrine Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Adjacent Reporting Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Adjacent Use Right1 q · 3 choices
- Administrative Record Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Admissibility Defeats Responsiveness Motion1 q · 3 choices
- Admissibility Vs Credibility Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Admissibility Vs Weight1 q · 3 choices
- Admission Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Admission Treated As Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Adult Default Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- All Similar Accident Footage Is Useful1 q · 3 choices
- All Similar Events Must Be Taxed1 q · 3 choices
- All Speech Gets Strict Scrutiny1 q · 3 choices
- All Speech Is Testimonial1 q · 3 choices
- All Spending Is Restitution1 q · 3 choices
- All Station Interviews Are Custody1 q · 3 choices
- All Statutory Violations Void Contracts1 q · 3 choices
- All Suppression Is Global1 q · 3 choices
- All Tainted Evidence Falls1 q · 3 choices
- All Taxpayers Can Sue1 q · 3 choices
- All Thefts Near People Are Robbery1 q · 3 choices
- All Third Party Consent Valid1 q · 3 choices
- All Threats Are Robbery1 q · 3 choices
- All Tortfeasors Must Be Joined1 q · 3 choices
- All Transfers Carry Transferor Law1 q · 3 choices
- All Ucc Yes Answers Are Modification Answers1 q · 3 choices
- All Uncounseled Events Count1 q · 3 choices
- All Unfair Classifications Get Heightened Scrutiny1 q · 3 choices
- All Unusual Mortgages Are Equitable1 q · 3 choices
- All Use Language Is Covenant1 q · 3 choices
- All Workplace Theft Is Embezzlement1 q · 3 choices
- All Written Records Are Recorded Recollection1 q · 3 choices
- All Zoning Is Rational Basis1 q · 3 choices
- Alternative Access Defeats Prescription1 q · 3 choices
- Alternative Explanation Bars Admission1 q · 3 choices
- Alternative Pleading Is Absolute1 q · 3 choices
- Alter Ego Majority Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Always Paid For Work Done1 q · 3 choices
- Amateur Status Equals Unconscionability1 q · 3 choices
- Amended Complaint Resets All Defenses1 q · 3 choices
- Amendment Process Confused With Veto Override1 q · 3 choices
- Amnesia Equals Insanity1 q · 3 choices
- Anger Equals Provocation1 q · 3 choices
- Anger Equals Voluntary Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Anger Is Enough For Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Angry Listeners Can Veto Speech1 q · 3 choices
- Animus Triggers Strict Scrutiny1 q · 3 choices
- Annulment Affects Only Punishment1 q · 3 choices
- Anonymous Informant Auto Invalid1 q · 3 choices
- Another Cause Erases But For Cause1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Triggers Consolidation1 q · 2 choices
- Anti Assignment Voids Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Anti Lapse Substitutes Heir1 q · 3 choices
- Anything Appropriate Is Np1 q · 3 choices
- Anything In Lawyer Hands Is Privileged1 q · 3 choices
- Any Break In Is Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Any Caused Loss Is Recoverable1 q · 3 choices
- Any Claimant Can Invoke Recording Act1 q · 3 choices
- Any Conceded Error Reverses1 q · 3 choices
- Any Condition Makes Acceptance A Counteroffer1 q · 3 choices
- Any Constructive Notice Language Is Relevant1 q · 3 choices
- Any Contact Equals Assumption Of Risk1 q · 3 choices
- Any Conversion Means Embezzlement1 q · 3 choices
- Any Conviction Impeaches1 q · 3 choices
- Any Correct Outcome Choice Is Safe1 q · 3 choices
- Any Debt Collection Is No Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Any Defendant Asserted Claim Is A Counterclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Any Defendant Testimony Satisfies Confrontation1 q · 3 choices
- Any Destroyed Listed Item Is Material1 q · 3 choices
- Any Dismissal Of One Of Two Defendants Is Automatically A Final Judgment1 q · 3 choices