BL: 3-1 Assessment

Which of the following means of dispute resolution may be enforced by a court order?

• The parties invite a mediator to develop a solution.
• The parties retain an arbitrator to prescribe a solution.
• The parties call the police in to resolve the dispute.
• There is no way to resolve a dispute without court involvement.

There is no difference between mediation and arbitration.

• True
• False

A trial court has _____ jurisdiction over a case.

• only
• original
• generally solo
• repetitive

Courts 

• award damages in criminal cases
• hear witnesses at the appellate level
• decide questions of fact at the trial level
• enforce mediator's decisions

Appellate courts review decisions of lower courts when one or more of the parties appeal, claiming an error of law was made during the lower court's proceeding.

• True
• False

Appellate court review of trial court decisions is normally confined to errors of ____?

• fact
• law
• opinions
• judgments

Which of the following are involved in appellate court proceedings?

• bailiffs
• juries
• judge
• witnesses

To _______ means to allow a court to resolve a dispute.

• arbitrate
• mediate
• negotiate
• litigate

When an appellate court sends a case back down to a trial court for a new trial, it is said to have ____ the case.

• affirmed
• reversed
• remanded
• none of these

A decision of the lower court that has been overturned by an appellate court is said to have been

• affirmed
• reversed
• amended
• remanded