WorksheetsSeptember Techbytes -- Bit to Byte about Westlaw
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
How does Westlaw get its name?
It was started in a Western Country
John B. West, founder of West Publishing
West End Girls, a popular song of the '90s influenced the naming of many companies at the time
The trial of Fred West demanded the creation of a database to aid lawyers to build a strong case which later influenced its naming
Biggest competitors and threats to Westlaw (Select all that apply)
Start-ups that are sprouts of highly efficient technology companies as they use newer strategies
The pioneer of electronic accessibility of legal and journalistic documents, LexisNexis
People who have binged the American Drama Series, Suits more than once
AntarcticLaw, a legal research software that is managed entirely by pinnipeds
What are the features and characteristics of Westlaw?
Cases are classified using a key-number system for easy information retrieval
40,000 databases consisting of cases, judges, lawyers that is available in over 68 countries worldwide
Novus Search, a distributed, cloud-like search architecture that uses thousands of Linux-based search servers
All of the above
Which of the following is NOT a feature of Westlaw Edge?
WestSearch Plus, an enhanced search engine that offers predictive suggestions and most relevant information
EdgeVoice, a powerful AI judge bot before which you can present your case for practice
Quick Check, a state-of-the-art AI analyses your brief to suggest changes
Litigation Analytics delivers relevant data-driven insights on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, and case types
Westlaw product is also used internally
True
False
A four quadrant model to describe the Westlaw architecture would include:
(Select all that apply)
Customer facing applications and features
Internal support systems
The Mural quadrant
Content management systems
Which of the following is NOT a key architectural quality of Westlaw?
Modularity
Roman architecture
RESTful
Versioning
Westlaw enhances the content that it provides by doing which of these things (Select all that apply)
Provides well curated and proprietary content with appropriate licenses
Displays its content on walls as graffiti
Content is presented properly by in-house attorney editors
Includes analytical content to compare cases
JCaRE engine would describe which automated enhancement function in the flow of content in Westlaw?
Novus
Jacare (Portuguese for crocodile)
Judicial Auto Classification
Cobalt
The OnPrem platform for the infrastructure architecture uses the LION architecture which would stand for:
Lightweight Integrated Oracle Nest
Linux Integrated Oracle Nest
Linux Intel Oracle NAS
Linux Intel Oracle Novus
In the Oracle infrastructure at IHN, which of the following is a retired Replication and DR Solution:
Oracle SuperPlus
Oracle Data Guard
Oracle Goldengate
Oracle Streams
Which of the following is NOT a type of machine learning ?
Supervised learning
Unsupervised learning
Reinforcement learning
Inforcement learning
Match the era with its respective timeline
The stages of evolution of Legal market and Thomson Reuters Legal
[1] The Platform Era ----------- [a] 1800-1980s
[2] The Print Era ----------------[b] 1990-2010
[3] The Online Era -------[c] 2010+
1-c , 2-b , 3-a
1-c , 2-a , 3-b
1-b , 2-a , 3-b
1-b , 2-c , 3-a
Which of the following is NOT supervised learning ?
Principal component analysis
Decision tree
Linear regression
Naive bayesian
In the regression equation y = mx + b, b is the
Slope of the line
Independent variable
Y intercept
Coefficient of determination
