Which of the following is not a basic inchoate offense?

• A. Attempt
• B. Solicitation
• C. Conspiracy
• D. Burglary

Answer: (D)

The concept here is what counts as an inchoate offense: crimes that punish planning or initiating a crime, even if the underlying crime isn’t completed. Attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy all fit this idea because they penalize the prelude to a crime—trying to commit it, inviting someone else to commit it, or agreeing with others to do it and taking steps toward it. Burglary, however, is a standalone offense. It focuses on the act of unlawfully entering a building with intent to commit a felony or theft and is punished as a completed crime in itself, not as a preparation for another offense. So burglary is not an inchoate offense because it is a substantive crime, not a preparatory one.