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
- Appeal Waiver Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Appearance1 q · 3 choices
- Apportionment Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Apportionment Gap1 q · 3 choices
- Appreciated Value Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Apprendi1 q · 3 choices
- Appropriations Power Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Approval Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Appurtenant Transfer1 q · 3 choices
- Arrest Attachment1 q · 3 choices
- Arson Burning1 q · 3 choices
- Arson Under Extended Statute1 q · 3 choices
- Asportation Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Asportation Minimum1 q · 3 choices
- Asportation Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Assault Battery Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Assault Form Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Assignment Vs Delegation1 q · 3 choices
- Association Disclosure1 q · 3 choices
- Assumed Liability Call1 q · 3 choices
- Assumption Novation Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Assumption Offer Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Assumption Of Risk1 q · 3 choices
- As Is Risk Allocation1 q · 3 choices
- As Of Date Call1 q · 3 choices
- Attachment Event Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Attachment Only Split1 q · 3 choices
- Attachment Priority Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Attempt Blind Spot1 q · 3 choices
- Attempt Completion Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Attempt Impossibility1 q · 3 choices
- Attempt Over Completed Offense1 q · 3 choices
- Attenuation Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Attorney Required Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Attractive Wrong Answer Half Right Answer Exception Over Applied1 q · 1 choice
- Attribution As Defense1 q · 3 choices
- At Will Doctrine Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- At Will Overcut1 q · 3 choices
- Authentication Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Authority Gate Skipped1 q · 3 choices
- Authority Source Array1 q · 3 choices
- Authorization Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Authorized Movement1 q · 3 choices
- Author Foundation Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Certification Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Cure Misconception1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Exclusion Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Excuse1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic General Appearance1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Invalidity1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Liability Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Manslaughter Reduction1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Preemption Myth1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Respondeat Superior Misstatement1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Reverter Miss1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Taint1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Termination Missed1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Validity1 q · 3 choices
- Automatic Win Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Automobile Exception1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Any Signed Writing Clause Controls Delegation1 q · 3 choices
- Any Statement To A Doctor Qualifies1 q · 3 choices
- Any State Action Job Is Entitlement1 q · 3 choices
- Any Stop Equals Full Search1 q · 3 choices
- Any Structural Phrase Can Answer Any Constitutional Question1 q · 3 choices
- Any Threat Equals Robbery1 q · 3 choices
- Any Threat Means Robbery1 q · 3 choices
- Any True Warranty Statement Must Win1 q · 3 choices
- Any Unauthorized Alteration Equals Waste Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Any Unauthorized Use Is Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Any Unavailability Story Works1 q · 3 choices
- Any Uncertain Phrase Defeats Modification1 q · 3 choices
- Any Unlawful Death Is Felony Murder1 q · 3 choices
- Any Voluntary Bad Act Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Any Voluntary Yes Waives Counsel1 q · 3 choices
- Any Volunteer Rescuer Is Officious1 q · 3 choices
- Any Waiver Word Is Good Enough1 q · 3 choices
- An Executory Interest Requires A Later Deed To Be Created1 q · 3 choices
- An Individual Can Hold Two State Citizenships At Once For Diversity1 q · 3 choices
- An Undetermined Cause Always Supports Res Ipsa1 q · 3 choices
- Apology Is Irrelevant1 q · 3 choices
- Applies Direct Cause Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Applying Tort Doctrine To Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Approach To Any Structure Is A Search1 q · 3 choices
- Appropriation Is Defamation1 q · 3 choices
- Appropriation Requires False Fact1 q · 3 choices
- Appropriation Requires Literal Identification1 q · 3 choices
- Appropriation Requires Name Or Photo1 q · 3 choices
- Approval Does Not Matter1 q · 3 choices
- Approval Equals Formal Ratification1 q · 3 choices
- Approval Of Plan Releases Original Obligor1 q · 3 choices
- Appurtenant Means Indestructible1 q · 3 choices
- Arbitrary Refusal Forfeits Landlord1 q · 3 choices
- Arrest Allows Every Search1 q · 3 choices
- Arrest Allows House Search1 q · 3 choices
- Arrest Required For Passenger Property1 q · 3 choices
- Arrest Warrant Is Only Search Authority1 q · 3 choices
- Arrest Warrant Solves Everything1 q · 3 choices
- Arson As Property Title Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Arson Is Always A Wharton S Rule Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Arson Requires Complete Destruction1 q · 3 choices
- Arson Requires House Destroyed1 q · 3 choices
- Arson Requires Specific Purpose1 q · 3 choices
- Article Iv P I Is A Criminal Procedure Clause1 q · 3 choices
- Article Iv P I Protects Corporations1 q · 3 choices
- Art Is Too Subjective For Experts1 q · 3 choices
- Asking To Reconsider Equals Waiver1 q · 3 choices
- Asportation Equals Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Asportation Requires Distance1 q · 3 choices
- Assault After Death1 q · 3 choices
- Assault Conviction Controls Double Jeopardy1 q · 3 choices
- Assault Over Attempt1 q · 3 choices
- Asset Value Confers Power1 q · 3 choices
- Assignee Must Be Capable1 q · 3 choices
- Assignee Must Perform Work1 q · 3 choices
- Assignment Consent Equals Release1 q · 3 choices
- Assignment Creates Novation1 q · 3 choices
- Assignment Destroys Property Interest1 q · 3 choices
- Assignment Is Modification1 q · 3 choices
- Assignment Language Erases Obligor1 q · 3 choices