What is a "false problem"?

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I've read and heard of issues or ideas referenced as a "false problem" or "based on a false problem". Apparently, I cannot totaly wrap my head around the idea of the false problem I know this is a phrase used in politics, philosophy, and mathematics/computation. I can cognitively guesstimate that a false problem refers to a delusion or an unecessary trajectory in logic that disguises itself as something that warrants attention. But I find myself unable to discern the criteria that differentiates a true problem from a false problem. Is this supposed to Philosophy of Logic 101? Is the labeling of a problem as "true" or "false" merely a matter of opinion and rhetoric? Who gets to judge what is true and what is false and how is it done?

I guess I'm trying to figure out what makes a problem false because I've always assumed that, ideally, the manifestation of a problem needs be addressed and therefore taken seriously as if true. To divide problems into true or false feels like determining if a question is true or false. An answer can be true or false, but I can't comprehend the idea of a false question.

Is there a practical, concise definition to a "false problem"?

I dunno about a false problem but I could understand it as maybe a faulty way of looking at a problem...approaching a problem from the wrong side...maybe blaming the wrong factor as the cause of the problem.

an excuse?...

Do you mean "false dilemma"?

Something tells me the expression isn't THAT common.