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
- Adverse Possession Red Herring1 q · 3 choices
- Adversity Requirement1 q · 3 choices
- Aedpa Gateway1 q · 3 choices
- Affidavit Sufficiency1 q · 3 choices
- Affirmative Defense Burden1 q · 3 choices
- After Acquired Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- After The Fact Value Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Agency Label Over Control1 q · 3 choices
- Agency Misapprehension1 q · 3 choices
- Agency Theory Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Agency Theory Cutoff1 q · 3 choices
- Agent Admission Timing1 q · 3 choices
- Agent Knowledge Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Agreement Requirement Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Agreement Tunnel Vision1 q · 3 choices
- Agreement Vs Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Alibi Does Not Trigger Consent Or Source Exception1 q · 3 choices
- Alibi Instruction1 q · 3 choices
- Allocation Arithmetic Pressure1 q · 3 choices
- Allocation Of Postal Loss Risk To Offeror1 q · 3 choices
- All Compulsion Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- All Eyewitness Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- All Inchoate Merger Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- All Lots Delay1 q · 3 choices
- All Or Nothing Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Alternate Cause1 q · 3 choices
- Alter Ego Actual Right1 q · 3 choices
- Always Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Ambiguous Invocation1 q · 3 choices
- Amendment Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Amount Comparison Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Amount Comparison Treated As Priority Rule1 q · 1 choice
- Amount Ladder1 q · 3 choices
- Anchor Assisted Decision1 q · 3 choices
- Anchor Assisted Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Anchor Assisted Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Anchor Dependent1 q · 3 choices
- Anchor Gap Procedural Prerequisites1 q · 3 choices
- Anger As No Deliberation Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Animus To Tier Escalation1 q · 3 choices
- Another S Property1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array 2x21 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array Burden Split1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array Clash On Stated Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array Grid1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array Lane Fight1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array Split1 q · 3 choices
- Answer Array Two Axes1 q · 3 choices
- Answer As Trigger Myth1 q · 2 choices
- Answer To Different Question Fact Not In Evidence1 q · 1 choice
- Anticipated Defense Misread1 q · 3 choices
- Anticipatory Repudiation1 q · 3 choices
- Anticipatory Repudiation Timing1 q · 3 choices
- Anticipatory Warrant1 q · 3 choices
- Anti Lapse To Heir At Law1 q · 3 choices
- Any Error Reversal Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Any Expected Witness Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Any Inaccuracy Dominant Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Any Taking Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Apparent Legal Efficacy Of A Check1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Any Doubt Equals Breach1 q · 3 choices
- Any Economic Consequence Means Commerce Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Any Exclusion From Office Means Due Process1 q · 3 choices
- Any Expansion Overburdens1 q · 3 choices
- Any Extrinsic Evidence Attacking Witness Is Barred1 q · 3 choices
- Any Factual Mistake Defeats Truth1 q · 3 choices
- Any Fairness Rule Is P I1 q · 3 choices
- Any Felony Death Is Felony Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Any Felony Plus Death Equals Fm1 q · 3 choices
- Any Fraud Is Larceny By Trick1 q · 3 choices
- Any Future Interest After A Fee Simple Is A Vested Remainder1 q · 3 choices
- Any Government Burden Is A Taking1 q · 3 choices
- Any Immediate Statement Is Psi1 q · 3 choices
- Any Inconsistency Makes Substantive Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Any Inconsistency Proves Bad Faith1 q · 3 choices
- Any Intentional Act Plus Death Equals Felony Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Any Intent Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Any Judicial Reduction Of Jury Verdict Is Unconstitutional1 q · 3 choices
- Any Juror Misconduct Supports New Trial1 q · 3 choices
- Any Land Fact Means Eminent Domain1 q · 3 choices
- Any Later Event Breaks Chain1 q · 3 choices
- Any Lawyer Reference Stops Questioning1 q · 3 choices
- Any Local Sale Is Purely Local1 q · 3 choices
- Any Major Cost Is Impracticability1 q · 3 choices
- Any Mention Invokes Miranda1 q · 3 choices
- Any Merchant Quote Is A Firm Offer1 q · 3 choices
- Any Mid Trial Judgment Motion Is Jmol Or Summary Judgment1 q · 3 choices
- Any Misdemeanor Plus Death Equals Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Any Mistake Is Insanity1 q · 3 choices
- Any Money Received Counts As Sale Price1 q · 3 choices
- Any Movement Counts For Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Any Nonconformity Allows Rejection1 q · 3 choices
- Any Offeree Response Is A Counteroffer1 q · 3 choices
- Any Official Discretion Is Unbridled1 q · 3 choices
- Any On Land Injury Triggers The Highest Duty1 q · 3 choices
- Any Opening Means Freedom1 q · 3 choices
- Any Oral Offer Implicates Statute Of Frauds1 q · 3 choices
- Any Other Occupant Subtenant1 q · 3 choices
- Any Party Conduct Admissible1 q · 3 choices
- Any Plaintiff Action Equals Contributory Negligence1 q · 3 choices
- Any Positive Seller Statement Is An Express Warranty1 q · 3 choices
- Any Possession Terminates Servitude1 q · 3 choices
- Any Post Event Statement Is Excited Utterance1 q · 3 choices
- Any Prior Act Fits Identity Plan Motive1 q · 3 choices
- Any Prior Argument Means Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Any Prior Conviction Impeaches1 q · 3 choices
- Any Prior Lie Can Be Proved By Witness1 q · 3 choices
- Any Promise Can Be Enforced By Promissory Estoppel1 q · 3 choices
- Any Provocation Reduces To Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Any Quantity Term Is Requirements Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Any Reliance Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Any Religion On Public Land Is Unconstitutional1 q · 3 choices
- Any Rent Payment Means Periodic1 q · 3 choices
- Any Restriction Of Conduct Triggers Appealability1 q · 3 choices
- Any Rule 50 A Motion Preserves Every Rule 50 B Ground1 q · 3 choices
- Any Sale Equals Strict Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Any Saw Question Is Personal Knowledge1 q · 3 choices
- Any Secret Substance Equals Poison1 q · 3 choices
- Any Seen Conduct Is Plain View1 q · 3 choices
- Any Services Means Common Law1 q · 3 choices