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
- Surplus Owner Shortcut1 q · 3 choices
- Survival Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Survivorship Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Survivorship Erasure1 q · 3 choices
- Survivorship Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Survivorship Silence Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Survivorship Timing1 q · 3 choices
- Sword And Shield1 q · 3 choices
- Sympathy Evidence In Defamation1 q · 3 choices
- Sympathy Pull1 q · 3 choices
- Targeted Motion Rule Missed1 q · 3 choices
- Target Intent Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Target Price Arithmetic1 q · 3 choices
- Target Victim Mismatch1 q · 3 choices
- Taxonomy Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Temporal Proximity Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- Temporal Scope Misconception1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Absence Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Lodging1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Possession1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Use And Return Pattern Spotting1 q · 3 choices
- Tenancy Label1 q · 3 choices
- Tenth Amendment Misuse1 q · 3 choices
- Term Of Years Label Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Tertiary Trap Flat Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Testimonial Compulsion1 q · 3 choices
- Testimonial Hearsay1 q · 3 choices
- Testimonial Nontestimonial Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Testimonial Vs Communications1 q · 3 choices
- Theft Alone Half Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Theoretical Vs Reasonable Egress1 q · 3 choices
- The Distinction Between Final As To One Party And Final For Appellate Purposes1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Approval1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Causation Irrelevant To Regulated Actor Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Conduct1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Consent1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Consent Authority1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Gift Over1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Killing1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Listener1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Negligence Red Herring1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Payment Misframes Delegation1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Red Herring1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Violence Bystander Pattern1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Writing1 q · 3 choices
- Third Person Payment1 q · 3 choices
- Third Prong Plaintiff Contribution Test1 q · 3 choices
- Threat Element Fixation1 q · 3 choices
- Three Guideposts1 q · 3 choices
- Three Outcome Ladder1 q · 3 choices
- Three Theft Offense Answer Array1 q · 3 choices
- Three True One False1 q · 3 choices
- Three Vs One Admissibility Array1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Before Merits1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Before Remedy1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Error1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Omitted1 q · 3 choices
- Threshold Skip1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Same Event Not Enough Without Same Offense Check1 q · 3 choices
- Same Medication Equals Sex Classification1 q · 3 choices
- Same Occurrence Test Applies Only To Plaintiffs1 q · 3 choices
- Same Proof Means Same Offense1 q · 3 choices
- Same Result Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Same T O Command1 q · 3 choices
- Same Witnesses Requires New Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Sanctions Motion Procedural Prerequisites Unknown1 q · 3 choices
- Sanctions Require Bad Faith1 q · 2 choices
- Satisfaction Means Total Discretion1 q · 3 choices
- Satisfying Duress Elements Means Defense Succeeds1 q · 3 choices
- Scheduled Counsel Cures Lineup1 q · 3 choices
- School Ground Means Reasonable Suspicion1 q · 3 choices
- Scienter Only Suffices1 q · 3 choices
- Scientific Certainty Required For Speed Opinion1 q · 3 choices
- Scientific Proof Displaces Ordinary Observation1 q · 3 choices
- Screenshots Always Trigger Best Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Search Incident Can Run Backward1 q · 3 choices
- Search Incident Cures Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Search Problem Controls All Crimpro1 q · 3 choices
- Search Warrant Authorizes Arrests1 q · 3 choices
- Secondary Source Supplies Personal Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- Second Conference Is Forbidden1 q · 3 choices
- Second Court Is Federal Federal Preclusion Law Always1 q · 3 choices
- Secret Confinement Always Equals Kidnapping1 q · 3 choices
- Secret Intention Equals Different Meaning1 q · 3 choices
- Secret Recording Means Constitutional Exclusion1 q · 3 choices
- Section5 Reaches Private Action1 q · 3 choices
- Section 1367b Bars All Low Value Claims1 q · 3 choices
- Section 2 706 Auction Required For All Seller Claims1 q · 3 choices
- Seibert Applied Without Deliberateness1 q · 3 choices
- Selection Attachment1 q · 3 choices
- Self Defense Availability1 q · 3 choices
- Self Defense Cures Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Self Defense Erases All Charges1 q · 3 choices
- Self Defense Means Any Self Protection1 q · 3 choices
- Self Defense Requires Actual Danger1 q · 3 choices
- Self Defense Requires Serious Bodily Harm1 q · 3 choices
- Self Help Always Bars Equity1 q · 3 choices
- Self Interest Equals Agency1 q · 3 choices
- Self Representation Turns On Legal Skill1 q · 3 choices
- Self Serving Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Self Serving Statements Are Inadmissible1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Can Invoke Buyer Rights1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Can Keep Only Actual Loss1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Fault Replaces Notice1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Finances Automatically Move Up Title Delivery1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Inspection Controls Price Action1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Is Always Passive1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Is Just A Salvager1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Must Choose After Buyer Delay1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Note Equals Lien1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Risk Means Buyer Can Cancel1 q · 3 choices
- Seller S Possession Defeats Performance1 q · 3 choices
- Seller Willingness Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Selling Without Ownership Is Fraud1 q · 3 choices
- Sentencing Phase Must Be Redone1 q · 3 choices
- Sent It Away Means Unavailable1 q · 3 choices
- Separate Outbuilding Outside Warrant1 q · 3 choices
- Separate Prong Enough1 q · 3 choices