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Judicial Branch

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 2 types of laws?

a)

Civil and Criminal

b)

Good and Bad

c)

Civil and Statutory

d)

Criminal and Common

2.

Which one is NOT a law source?

a)

Administrative

b)

Statutory

c)

Constitutional

d)

Civil

e)

Common

3.

Which law source comes from the constitution and supreme court decisions?

a)

Administrative

b)

Common

c)

Statutory

d)

Constitutional

4.

Which law source comes from common sense or any previous rulings?

a)

Common

b)

Administrative

c)

Statutory

d)

Constitutional

5.

This law source is any law passed by a legislative body

a)

Common

b)

Administrative

c)

Constitutional

d)

Statutory

6.

which law source is any law made by a regulatory commission?

a)

Administrative

b)

Common

c)

Constitutional

d)

Statutory

7.

what is a statue?

a)

a law

b)

a previous decision

8.

What is a precedent?

a)

a law

b)

a previous ruling

9.

The district court has ______ jurisdiction.

a)

Appellate

b)

Both

c)

Original

10.

The supreme court has ______ jurisdiction.

a)

Original

b)

Apellate

c)

Both

11.

The Appeals court has ____ jurisdiction.

a)

Original

b)

Appellate

c)

Both

12.

_______ jurisdiction is the first to hear the case

a)

Original

b)

Appellate

13.

____ jurisdiction hears the case a second time.

a)

Original

b)

Appellate

14.

____ court determines whether a case goes on or starts over

a)

Appeals

b)

District

c)

Supreme

15.

How long do you serve on the supreme court

a)

Until you die

b)

Until you quit

c)

Both

16.

How many district courts are there?

a)

12

b)

94

c)

1

d)

69,420

17.

How many Appeals courts are there?

a)

0

b)

13

c)

12

d)

14

18.

How many Supreme courts are there?

a)

12

b)

1

c)

2

d)

16