Judicial Branch Quiz

The two types of courts are ___ and ___.

• domestic and foregin

• tribal and tax

• neutral and biased

• federal and state

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 15

The __ nominates federal and Supreme Court justices with confirmation from a majority of the __.

• president; Senate

• Senate Judiciary Committee; Attorney General

• president; House of Representatives

• vice president; electors

Why did the Founding Fathers want federal judges to serve life terms?

• they wanted to ensure that judges couldn't be bribed

• they didn't want masses of uneducated people to influence the outcome of the judicial process

• they wanted an independent judiciary that was free from the influence of politics

• they wanted to make sure that there was long-lasting stability in the judiciary

Article _____ in the Constitution is about the Judicial branch.

• I
• II
• III
• IV

These types of cases can be heard in federal or state courts:

• exclusive
• appellate
• original
• concurrent

How long is the term for a Supreme Court Justice?

• 2 years
• 4 years
• 6 years
• lifetime

Unconstitutional means _____________

• to charge a public official with wrong doing
• the Constitution does NOT allow it
• rejecting a law and refusing to sign it
• to determine the meaning of the Constitution

A case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by the law 

• civil case
• certificate 
• criminal case 
• original jurisdiction

A case involving a noncriminal matter such as a contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement

• criminal case
• certificate
• civilian tribunal
• civil case