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
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Valid Arrest Warrant Alone Authorizes Any Home Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Valid Lawsuit Shields All Post Filing Conduct1 q · 3 choices
- Valid Result Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Valid Violation Permits Self Help1 q · 3 choices
- Valid Warrant Controls Public Place Offense1 q · 3 choices
- Valid Warrant Means Search Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Vehicle Pc Covers Every Passenger1 q · 3 choices
- Vehicle Search Means Search Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Vehicular Search Always Permitted1 q · 3 choices
- Venue Follows Plaintiff1 q · 3 choices
- Verbal Threat Equals Imminent Danger1 q · 3 choices
- Vested Label Before Gift Language1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Age Controls Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Age Focus1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Awareness Always Required1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Awareness Required1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Carelessness Automatically Acquits1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Carelessness Reduces Defendant Guilt1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Pursuit Breaks Felony Transaction1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Refusal Breaks Chain1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Specificity1 q · 3 choices
- Victim Started It Means No Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Victim State Helps Defendant1 q · 3 choices
- Victim S Guilt Justifies Defendant S Homicide1 q · 3 choices
- Video Means Reliable1 q · 3 choices
- Viewpoint Discrimination Is Only Defect1 q · 3 choices
- Violation Always Reaches Jury1 q · 3 choices
- Violent Crime Always Foreseeable1 q · 3 choices
- Violent Only Misdemeanor Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Violent Record Overrides Categorical Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Visibility Required1 q · 3 choices
- Visible Harm Count Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Visible Object Equals Appreciated Danger1 q · 3 choices
- Visible Possessor Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Visible Use Creates Right1 q · 3 choices
- Voice Identification Must Be Positive1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Agreement Equals Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Arrival Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Commitment Changes Privilege1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Compliance Negates Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Entry Only For Duress Defendants1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Equals Protected1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Equals Valid1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Handover Forecloses The Offense1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Help Means Assumption Of Risk1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Initial Entry Means No Crime Occurred1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Intoxication Always Excluded1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Intoxication Controls All1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Intoxication Equals Complete Defense1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Intoxication Excuses General Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Intoxication Excuses Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Manslaughter Without Provocation1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Means No Violation1 q · 3 choices
- Voluntary Opening Defeats Consent1 q · 3 choices
- Volunteer Equals Intermeddler1 q · 3 choices
- Voucher Rule Still Alive1 q · 3 choices
- Wade Applies To All Lineups1 q · 3 choices
- Wait And See At Common Law1 q · 3 choices
- Waiver Controls All Privilege Questions1 q · 3 choices
- Waiver Cures Statute Of Frauds1 q · 3 choices