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WorksheetsLEB- Mid Year Assessment Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The jury’s decision is called the verdict.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
An organized group of laws is referred to as a
a)
law
b)
standard
c)
code
d)
ethics
3.
Substitution for damages for revenge is the first stage in the evolution of law.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Louisiana is the only one of the 50 states whose legal system was not originally based on the English common law system.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The 1st 10 amendments to the US Constitution are called statues of limitations.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Legislative enactments by a city government are called ordinances.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A crime is considered an offense against ______________.
a)
its victims
b)
those who commit it
c)
society
d)
the courts
8.
There is no difference between mediation and arbitration.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Stare decisis is the doctrine that requires lower courts to adhere to existing case law in their decisions.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
An ethical decision as to what is right or wrong must be reasoned and impartial.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Which of the following best describes the elements involved in civil disobedience?
a)
violating the law
b)
violating the law openly
c)
violating the law openly and peacefully
d)
violating the law openly, peacefully, and accepting punishment for the violation
12.
Trial court has original jurisdiction over a case.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Courts _________________________________.
a)
award damages in criminal cases
b)
here witnesses at the appellate level
c)
decide questions of fact at the trial level
d)
enforce mediators' decisions
14.
The chief officer of the lower court is the bailiff.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which of the following are involved in appellate court proceedings?
a)
bailiffs
b)
juries
c)
judges
d)
witnesses
16.
To ____________ means to allow a court to resolve a dispute.
a)
litigate
b)
mediate
c)
arbitrate
d)
repremand
17.
When appellate court sends a case back down to trial court for a new trial it is said to have ____________ the case.
a)
affirmed
b)
reversed
c)
original
d)
remanded
18.
A decision of the lower court that has been changed by an appellate court is said to be _______________________.
a)
affirmed
b)
reversed
c)
amended
d)
remanded
19.
There are three levels of courts with general jurisdiction in the federal system.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Attorneys generally are not required in a small claims court.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The two systems of law in use today are the English common law and the
a)
American Constitution
b)
French legal code
c)
Roman common law
d)
none of the above
22.
A decision of the lower court that has been overturned by an appellate court is said to have been
a)
affirmed
b)
reversed
c)
amended
d)
remanded
23.
Most American law courts can use either damages or an injunction or both as remedies in civil cases.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Torts are private wrongs committed aganist individuals or organizations.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Businesss activities are at times governed by criminal law.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Businesses cannot commit torts.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The statutory definition of murder is a
a)
substantive law
b)
procedural law
c)
prohibitive law
d)
none of the above
28.
Which of the following means of dispute resolution may be enforced bya court order?
a)
The parties invite a mediator to develop a solution
b)
The parties retain an arbitrator to prescribe a solution
c)
The parties call the police in to resolve the dispute
29.
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.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
A decision of the lower court that has been upheld by an appellate court is said to have been affirmed.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
A Supreme Court did not exist under the Articles of Confederation.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
The means utilized by the United States Supreme Court to order a lower court to turn over the record of a case to the USSC is termed a writ of certiorari.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Cases involving citizens of different states in which less than $75,000 is at stake must be tried in the state courts.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
An appeal to the federal court system of a ruling of a federal agency initially would be taken to __________________.
a)
a federal district court
b)
a federal court of appeals
c)
the USSC
35.
Which of the following is generally not included in the "record" of a case?
a)
verbatim transcript
b)
physical and documentary evidence
c)
the judment of the lower court
d)
all of the above are generally included
36.
A state trial court has the power to hear some appeals.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
A minor tried in a juvenile court does not have the right to confront his or her accuser(s).
a)
True
b)
False
38.
A state supreme court can make its own determinations of the facts in a particular case.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Your PowerPoint presentations should begin with a(n)_____________ slide
a)
objective
b)
body
c)
title
d)
summary
40.
____________ is the term generally used to refer to unscheduled employee absences from the workplace.
a)
Absenteeism
b)
teamwork
c)
discipline
d)
character
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