I wonder how this type of question even gets written. Does the author purposely put in these "gotcha" questions to see if you read the textbook? Or are they lit

I wonder how this type of question even gets written. Does the author purposely put in these "gotcha" questions to see if you read the textbook? Or are they literally unaware of how bad the question is written - ie: their knowledge is limited to the point they don't see the nuance or unambiguity?