Judicial Branch Test Review

What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?

• Original jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a federal court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a State court.
• Original jurisdiction refers to criminal or civil cases; appellate jurisdiction refers to only to civil cases.
• Original jurisdiction refers to a case that could be heard in a federal or a State court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case that must be heard in a federal court.
• Original jurisdiction refers to a court where a case is first heard; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard after it was tried in a lower court.

How are federal judges selected?

• The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is named to the bench by the President and does not need to be confirmed.
• The person is publicly elected to the bench and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is nominated by the Senate and chosen by the President.

When a case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the court can do which of the following?

• Declares the law involved in the case to be unconstitutional.
• Sends the case to Congress to decide on the legality of the law involved.
• Sends the case back to the lower court for reconsideration.
• Passes the case on to a higher court.

In the federal system, a district court has the power to

• retry a case that was first decided by a State court.
• exercise original jurisdiction over a federal case.
• apply appellate jurisdiction to a federal case.
• determine if a lower court made an unconstitutional ruling on a case.

What conclusion could be drawn  considering only about 1% of the cases applied to the Supreme court are actually taken.

• The Supreme Court accepts almost all of the cases that are brought to it.
• The Supreme Court deals only with cases involving constitutionality.
• Many cases are appealed to the Supreme Court, but it could only deal with a few of them.
• The Supreme Court used three different methods with which to rule upon a case.

In the federal court system, the cases tried by the district courts

• are usually appealed to a higher court by the losing side.
• make up the majority of federal cases brought to trial.
• deal only with federal crimes as defined by Congress.
• always involve the United States as a plaintiff.

What is the highest Court in the United States.

• State Court

• Federal Court

• Supreme Court

• District Court

How many justices serve on the Supreme Court?

• 9

• 7

• 11

• 13

A Supreme Court Justice is appointed by the ----

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• Vice President

• President

How long can you remain a Supreme Court Justice once you are appointed and approved?

• 10 years

• 6 years

• until you are re-elected

• until you resign or die