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
- Boundary Anxiety1 q · 3 choices
- Brady1 q · 3 choices
- Brady Suppression Independent Access1 q · 3 choices
- Breach Only Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Breach Vs Damages1 q · 3 choices
- Breaking Confusion1 q · 1 choice
- Breaking Element1 q · 3 choices
- Breaking Element Overlooked1 q · 3 choices
- Broader Test Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- Broad Credibility Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Broad Power Label1 q · 3 choices
- Broad Power Reflex1 q · 3 choices
- Brutality Equals Premeditation1 q · 3 choices
- Burden Allocation1 q · 3 choices
- Burden Assignment1 q · 3 choices
- Burden Flip1 q · 3 choices
- Burden On A State Law Claim Element Allocation1 q · 3 choices
- Burden Reversal In Directed Verdict1 q · 3 choices
- Burden Shift Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Burden Shift Bluff1 q · 3 choices
- Burglary1 q · 3 choices
- Burglary Add On1 q · 3 choices
- Burglary Entry1 q · 3 choices
- Burglary Entry Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Burglary Label Overreach1 q · 3 choices
- Business Hours1 q · 3 choices
- Business Pressure Duress Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Business Records Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Business Record Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Business Record Odd One Out1 q · 3 choices
- Business Risk1 q · 1 choice
- But For Causation1 q · 3 choices
- But For Causation Overread1 q · 3 choices
- But For Causation Trap1 q · 1 choice
- But For Cause Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- But For Only Fallacy1 q · 3 choices
- But For Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- But For Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Buyer Remorse Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Bystander Death1 q · 3 choices
- Bystander No Special Relationship1 q · 3 choices
- Bystander Rule Import1 q · 3 choices
- B 2 Vs B 3 Notice Regimes1 q · 3 choices
- Calendar Period Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Call Direction Blindness1 q · 3 choices
- Call Focus Strongest Problem1 q · 3 choices
- Call Misfocus1 q · 3 choices
- Call Posture1 q · 3 choices
- Call Scope Narrowing1 q · 3 choices
- Call Vs Col Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Capability Belief As Authentication1 q · 3 choices
- Capital Only Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Cap Cancels Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Carrying Charges1 q · 3 choices
- Cashing Check1 q · 3 choices
- Cash Only Misfit Distractor1 q · 3 choices
- Castle Doctrine1 q · 3 choices
- Castle Doctrine Overextension To Unoccupied Property1 q · 3 choices
- Castle Doctrine Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Castle Doctrine Stretch1 q · 1 choice
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- A Signed Consent Form Is Binding1 q · 3 choices
- A Single Corporate Policy Makes Class Certification Automatic1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Actor Loses Title1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Arrest Erases Case1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Bargain Equals Mistake1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Bargain Equals No Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Check Equals False Pretense Basis1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Conduct Equals Homicide1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Faith Controls Jmol1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Faith Equals Unfair Price1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Faith Required1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Identification Means All Identification Excluded1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Intent Alone Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Intent Completes Result Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Later Conduct Proves Initial Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Lawyer Advice Controls1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Manners Equal Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Motive Equals Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Motive Poisons All Evidence1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Policy Equals Strict Scrutiny1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Price Equals No Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Public Road Equals Necessity1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Result Controls Grade1 q · 3 choices
- Bad Witness Means Inadmissible1 q · 3 choices
- Bag Means Warrant Question1 q · 3 choices
- Balanced Split Without Direction1 q · 3 choices
- Bank Fees Illegal1 q · 3 choices
- Bank Offer Creates Foreclosure Rights1 q · 3 choices
- Bare Violation Equals Negligence1 q · 3 choices
- Bargain Language Equals Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Batson Is Criminal Only1 q · 3 choices
- Batson Needs Government Actor1 q · 3 choices
- Battery Is Strict Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Battery Requires Bruise1 q · 3 choices
- Battery Requires Injury1 q · 3 choices
- Battery Requires Intent To Injure Victim1 q · 3 choices
- Battery Requires Serious Injury1 q · 3 choices
- Beginning Performance Does Not Matter1 q · 3 choices
- Behind House Equals Curtilage1 q · 3 choices
- Belief Equals Conspiracy1 q · 3 choices
- Belief Equals Guilt1 q · 3 choices
- Belief Equals No Intent1 q · 3 choices
- Believing Counterclaims Are Prohibited In Federal Court1 q · 3 choices
- Bench Trials Have Fewer Requirements1 q · 3 choices
- Bench Trial Eliminates Evidentiary Fairness1 q · 3 choices
- Beneficiary Must Be Named1 q · 3 choices
- Beneficiary Must Give Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Beneficiary Must Know Before Contracting1 q · 3 choices
- Beneficiary Status Equals Win1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Alone Creates Enforceability1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Creates Larceny Liability1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Equals Consideration1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Must Go To Promisor1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Received Means Extra Payment1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Received Means Must Pay1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Received Means Unjust Enrichment1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit Required For Easement1 q · 3 choices
- Benefit To Offerror Suffices1 q · 3 choices
- Benign Motive Negates Malice1 q · 3 choices
- Ber Is A Hearsay Exception1 q · 3 choices