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WorksheetsCE.10 Judicial Branch
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the court of final appeal in Virginia?
a)
General District Court
b)
Circuit Court
c)
Virginia Appeals Court
d)
Virginia Supreme Court
2.
Who decides cases in the United States District Court?
a)
Jury, no judge
b)
Judge and jury
c)
Magistrates
d)
Judge, no jury
3.
Which Virginia court has only appellate jurisdiction?
a)
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
b)
General District Court of Virginia
c)
Circuit Court of Virginia
d)
Court of Appeals of Virginia
4.
Who decides the cases in the Virginia Court of Appeals?
a)
Magistrates
b)
Both judge and jury
c)
Judges, no jury
d)
Jury, no judges
5.
What court in Virginia has limited original and mostly appellate jurisdiction?
a)
Virginia Supreme Court
b)
Circuit Court
c)
General District Court
d)
Virginia Court of Appeals
6.
Which United States court has only original jurisdiction?
a)
Supreme Court
b)
Military Court
c)
District Court
d)
Court of Appeals
7.
What is the best title for this diagram?
a)
Organization of the Universal Court
b)
Organization of the Magistrate Courts
c)
Organization of the Virginia Court System
d)
Organization of the US Court System
8.
The 5th Amendment protects us from unfair actions by the —
a)
State government
b)
Foreign governments
c)
National government
d)
Local government
9.
Where does the judicial branch in Virginia get its power from?
a)
Virginia Constitution
b)
Federal Laws
c)
Virginia Voters
d)
United States Constitution
10.
What is the highest court in the country?
a)
District Court
b)
Court of Appeals
c)
Supreme Court
d)
Military Court
11.
What is the best title for the empty box of the diagram?
a)
Virginia Court of Appeals
b)
United States Court of Appeals
c)
World Court of Appeals
d)
Military Court of Appeals
12.
Which United States court conducts jury trials?
a)
Supreme Court
b)
Magistrate Court
c)
District Court
d)
Court of Appeals
13.
What types of cases are heard in Virginia Circuit Court?
a)
Cases involving families
b)
Misdemeanors
c)
Traffic cases
d)
Felonies
14.
What term means the authority of a court to be the first to hear a case?
a)
Appellate jurisdiction
b)
First jurisdiction
c)
Original jurisdiction
d)
Open jurisdiction
15.
What Virginia court hears misdemeanors and traffic violations?
a)
Virginia Supreme Court
b)
Circuit Court
c)
General District
d)
Court of Appelas
16.
What does judicial review allow the courts to do?
a)
Review laws and acts to see if they agree with the Constitution
b)
Change the laws of the Constitution
c)
Create new laws
d)
Release criminals from jail
17.
What court has the judicial review over all lower courts?
a)
State Supreme Court
b)
Court of Appeals
c)
US Supreme Court
d)
Circuit Court
18.
What Supreme Court decision gave the court system the power of judicial review?
a)
McCulloch v. Maryland
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Marbury v. Madison
19.
When a state law and national law are in conflict, which law has the higher authority?
a)
State law
b)
Military law
c)
Local law
d)
National law
20.
What is a criminal case?
a)
Disagreement between two parties
b)
Where someone is released from jail
c)
When someone is accused of breaking a contract
d)
Where someone is accused of breaking a law
21.
Bail is money used to-
a)
Hire a lawyer
b)
Release a defendant from jail
c)
Pay an expert witness
d)
Pay for protection
22.
When police have a good reason to believe a suspect has been involved in a crime, they have —
a)
Criminal cases
b)
Warrants for crimes
c)
Probable cause
d)
Criminal cause
23.
Who is the plaintiff in this case?
a)
Teddy Whitaker
b)
Charles Smith
c)
Paloma Mason
d)
Carl Johns
24.
What is a civil case?
a)
When someone goes to the Supreme Court
b)
When someone breaks the law
c)
When someone is caught speeding
d)
Disagreement between two parties
25.
In what part of a criminal case will a defendant be formally charged and enter a plea?
a)
Trial
b)
Arraignment
c)
Indictment
d)
Preliminary hearing
26.
All of the following are steps in a criminal case EXCEPT —
a)
Arraignment
b)
Arrest
c)
Discovery
d)
Trial
27.
A person accused of a crime is the -
a)
Defendant
b)
Prosecutor
c)
Judge
d)
Jury
28.
Which amendments are associated with due process?
a)
1st and 8th
b)
5th and 19th
c)
1st and 14th
d)
5th and 14th
29.
Constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions and laws is —
a)
Freedom of relgion
b)
Due process of law
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
Voting rights
30.
Which amendment prevents state and local governments from acting in an unfair manner?
a)
10th
b)
14th
c)
1st
d)
5th
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