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
- Witness Attack Classification1 q · 3 choices
- Witness Certainty Cure1 q · 3 choices
- Words Only1 q · 3 choices
- Word Match1 q · 3 choices
- Word Match Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Work Product Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Writing Requirement Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Written Modification No Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Actor1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Amendment Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Area Vocabulary1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Authority Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Basis1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Because Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Branch Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Constitutional Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Declarant Frame1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Defendant Class1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Defendant Strict Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Federal Question Jurisdiction Not In Play1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Focus1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Import1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Misframing1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Relevance For Foundation1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Doctrine Substitution1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Double Jeopardy Tool1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Capability1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Cap Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Distractor1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Economic Loss Import1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Occupancy1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Reasoning1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Element Wrong Frame Answer To Different Question1 q · 1 choice
- Wrong Evidentiary Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Evidentiary Layer1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Exception Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Exception Name1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Excuse Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Federal Power1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Forum Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Architecture1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Commerce1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Contract Theory On A Tort Claim1 q · 1 choice
- Wrong Frame Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Good Faith1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Level Of Review1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Market Value1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Perception1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Plaintiff Preference1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Frame Private Law Contract Trope On A Tort Claim1 q · 1 choice
- Wrong Frame Same Judge1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Harm Lane1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Hearsay Route1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Identification Lane1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Identity Hook1 q · 3 choices
- Wrong Inconsistency Focus1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Temporal Proximity Equals Derivative1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Borrowing Is Automatically Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Control Equals Ownership1 q · 3 choices
- Temporary Use Blocks Larceny Forever1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Gets Only Award1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Gets Only Rent Release1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Guests Get No Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Must Vacate1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Must Vacate To Stop Rent1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Needs Permission To Assign1 q · 3 choices
- Tenant Possession Creates A Special Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Tenth Amendment As Shield1 q · 3 choices
- Tenth Amendment Blocks Delegated Power1 q · 3 choices
- Termination Clause Determines Outcome1 q · 3 choices
- Terry And Automobile Exception Are Same1 q · 3 choices
- Terry Frisk Seizes Anything1 q · 3 choices
- Terry Is Clothing Only1 q · 3 choices
- Testifying Waives Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Testimony Opens All Doors1 q · 3 choices
- Theft Inside Home Equals Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Theft Intent At Entry Always Equals Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Theft Intent Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Theft Required For Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Theft Requires Leaving The Premises1 q · 3 choices
- Therapist Must Also Testify1 q · 3 choices
- Therapy Room Automatically Privileged1 q · 3 choices
- The 10 Year Rule Applies To Any Use Of A Prior1 q · 3 choices
- The Accident Location Is The Klaxon Anchor1 q · 3 choices
- The Certification Step In Section 1292 B Is Optional1 q · 3 choices
- The Constitution Bans All Private Discrimination Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- The Contract S Choice Of Law Clause Is Self Executing In Federal Diversity1 q · 3 choices
- The Corporate Rule Applies To Llcs1 q · 3 choices
- The Court Can Make A Partial Disposition Appealable By Saying So Without Rule 54 B Certification1 q · 3 choices
- The Defendant S Citizenship Is The Klaxon Anchor1 q · 3 choices
- The Defendant S Home State Rule Applies Automatically1 q · 3 choices
- The Defendant S Pre Existing Presence Immunizes Later Expansions1 q · 3 choices
- The Defendant S Process Is The Question1 q · 3 choices
- The Excessive Fines Clause Applies Only To The Federal Government1 q · 3 choices
- The Fact That Property Was Stolen Makes Anyone Who Received It Guilty1 q · 3 choices
- The Forum S Preclusion Law Applies Whenever The Second Suit Is There1 q · 3 choices
- The Judge Can Sua Sponte Add To A Jury S Damages Award1 q · 3 choices
- The Judge Can Sua Sponte Enter Jmol On A Jury Verdict1 q · 3 choices
- The Originality Of Specific Items Is Always Opinion1 q · 3 choices
- The Person Who Paid For The Cure Controls Title1 q · 3 choices
- The Plaintiff S Death Destroys Diversity1 q · 3 choices
- The President Can Declare War1 q · 3 choices
- The Proponent Must Personally Observe Public Office Filing1 q · 3 choices
- Thinking Rebuttability Cures Mandatory Language On An Element1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Benefit Equals Intended Beneficiary1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Involvement Equals Novation1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Menace Means Buyer Loses1 q · 3 choices
- Third Party Negligence Erases Product Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Thirteenth Requires State Action1 q · 3 choices
- Threat Must Be Immediately Executable1 q · 3 choices
- Threat Only Analysis1 q · 3 choices
- Threat Plus Money Equals Robbery1 q · 3 choices
- Threat Words Add Assault1 q · 3 choices
- Three Misses Equals Total Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Three Month Cap Means Expired1 q · 3 choices
- Tic Implies Divisible Lien1 q · 3 choices