Question 1

Which of the following best defines the term public law?

Accepted Answer

A) law that governs the relationships between and among individuals 
B) rules and regulations issued by administrative agencies 
C) law that deals with the relationship between individuals and the state 
D) law detailing how individual legal rights are enforced 
A) law that governs the relationships between and among individuals 
B) rules and regulations issued by administrative agencies 
C) law that deals with the relationship between individuals and the state 
D) law detailing how individual legal rights are enforced C

Question 2

A negative effect of the Perry Mason syndrome is that it may cause:

Accepted Answer

A) jurors to acquit defendants based on lack of DNA evidence 
B) jurors to expect witnesses to confess in open court 
C) judges to hold attorneys in contempt during preliminary hearings 
D) Colonel's to refuse to take the witness stand in court 
A) jurors to acquit defendants based on lack of DNA evidence 
B) jurors to expect witnesses to confess in open court 
C) judges to hold attorneys in contempt during preliminary hearings 
D) Colonel's to refuse to take the witness stand in court B

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of law?

Accepted Answer

A) constitutions 
B) ordinances 
C) popular legal culture 
D) statutes 
A) constitutions 
B) ordinances 
C) popular legal culture 
D) statutes C

Question 4

The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the Court's power of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) judicial review 
B) stare decisis 
C) writ of mandamus 
D) original jurisdiction 
A) judicial review 
B) stare decisis 
C) writ of mandamus 
D) original jurisdiction

Question 5

Which of the following best defines the term positive law?

Accepted Answer

A) the idea that law reflects a built-in sense of right and wrong 
B) man-made law that confers or denies privileges to individuals or groups 
C) a legal system based on precedent 
D) a legal system based on God's law 
A) the idea that law reflects a built-in sense of right and wrong 
B) man-made law that confers or denies privileges to individuals or groups 
C) a legal system based on precedent 
D) a legal system based on God's law

Question 6

An example of an executive order is:

Accepted Answer

A) a curfew passed by a local city council requiring children 12 years of age and younger to be in their homes by a certain time. 
B) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
C) President Truman directing the Secretary of Commerce to seize the steel mills during the Korean War 
D) the Supreme Court's decision in City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) 
A) a curfew passed by a local city council requiring children 12 years of age and younger to be in their homes by a certain time. 
B) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
C) President Truman directing the Secretary of Commerce to seize the steel mills during the Korean War 
D) the Supreme Court's decision in City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)

Question 7

The following hypothesis is a ______________________ hypothesis: The older the Supreme Court precedent, the lower the likelihood that a lower court will follow that precedent.

Accepted Answer

A) correlative 
B) positive relationship directional hypothesis 
C) negative relationship directional hypothesis 
D) none of the above 
A) correlative 
B) positive relationship directional hypothesis 
C) negative relationship directional hypothesis 
D) none of the above

Question 8

The first step when conducting social science research is:

Accepted Answer

A) operationalizing the dependent variable 
B) establishing a research question 
C) stating a hypothesis 
D) developing a theory 
A) operationalizing the dependent variable 
B) establishing a research question 
C) stating a hypothesis 
D) developing a theory

Question 9

One of the first written sets of laws that is still intact today is:

Accepted Answer

A) the Code of Hammurabi 
B) the Law of the Twelve Tables 
C) the U.S. Constitution 
D) the Magna Carta 
A) the Code of Hammurabi 
B) the Law of the Twelve Tables 
C) the U.S. Constitution 
D) the Magna Carta

Question 10

A ________________ predicts that two concepts will increase in size together.

Accepted Answer

A) negative relationship 
B) correlative hypothesis 
C) regression analysis 
D) positive relationship 
A) negative relationship 
B) correlative hypothesis 
C) regression analysis 
D) positive relationship

Question 11

A common law system is based on

Accepted Answer

A) a fixed body of written rules and statutes 
B) the codes of the Roman Empire 
C) the principle of jurisprudence constante 
D) judge-made law in the form of judicial decisions, or precedent 
A) a fixed body of written rules and statutes 
B) the codes of the Roman Empire 
C) the principle of jurisprudence constante 
D) judge-made law in the form of judicial decisions, or precedent

Question 12

Which of the following is not true regarding a constitutional decision of the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

A) it can be undone by another court decision 
B) it can be undone by an amendment to the Constitution 
C) it can be undone by the passage of federal legislation 
D) it is based on an interpretation of the Constitution 
A) it can be undone by another court decision 
B) it can be undone by an amendment to the Constitution 
C) it can be undone by the passage of federal legislation 
D) it is based on an interpretation of the Constitution

Which of the following best defines the term public law?

A negative effect of the Perry Mason syndrome is that it may cause:

Which of the following is not an example of law?

The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the Court's power of __________.

Which of the following best defines the term positive law?

An example of an executive order is:

The following hypothesis is a ______________________ hypothesis: The older the Supreme Court precedent, the lower the likelihood that a lower court will follow that precedent.

The first step when conducting social science research is:

One of the first written sets of laws that is still intact today is:

A ________________ predicts that two concepts will increase in size together.

A common law system is based on

Which of the following is not true regarding a constitutional decision of the Supreme Court?

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Exam 1: Myth and Reality in the Judicial Process

Which of the following best defines the term public law?

A negative effect of the Perry Mason syndrome is that it may cause:

Which of the following is not an example of law?

The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the Court's power of __________.

Which of the following best defines the term positive law?

An example of an executive order is:

The following hypothesis is a ______________________ hypothesis: The older the Supreme Court precedent, the lower the likelihood that a lower court will follow that precedent.

The first step when conducting social science research is:

One of the first written sets of laws that is still intact today is:

A ________________ predicts that two concepts will increase in size together.

A common law system is based on

Which of the following is not true regarding a constitutional decision of the Supreme Court?

Thinking Like a Lawyer: Legal Education and Law School

The Legal Profession: Lawyers and the Practice of Law

Organization of Courts

Choosing Judges

Civil Law

Criminal Law

Trials

Appeals

The Supreme Court

Implementation and Impact

Filters