Business Law Chapter 2 Review

A regulation made by a federal agency has the same effect as a law made by Congress.

• True

• False

Which of the following areas of law is primarily a concern and responsibility of individual state governments? (mark all that apply)

• interstate commerce law

• business and contract law

• Most criminal and tort (civil) law

• military and national defense law

For a proposed amendment to become a valid part of the U.S. Constitution it must be _____

• voted by a two-thirds majority vote in both the Senate and the House.

• in a convention called for by the legislatures of two thirds of the states.

• a vote by the people

• the constitution can't be amended

Personal, natural rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution are known as

• due process rights.

• peripheral rights.

• civil rights.

• legal rights.

The three branches of the U.S. government are

• President, Congress, and Supreme Court.

• President, Vice President, and Supreme Court.

• President, House of Representatives, and Senate.

• executive, legislative, and judicial.

Which of the following powers was NOT retained by the states?

• power to define and apply tort law

• power to define and apply criminal laws

• power to define and apply probate laws

• the states retain all of the above powers.

The United States is a democracy.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Democracy allows all eligible citizens to vote on all issues. We are a republic or representative democracy as we vote to elect our representatives that vote on day to day issues.

The ___ branch is headed by the president.

• Legistative

• Executive

• Judicial

An employee's personal email, composed and sent at work, is protected by the right of privacy.

• True

• False

There is no protection for trade secrets online.

• True

• False