Q1. The Environmental Protection Agency is an example of:

    a. a state legislature

    b. an administrative agency

    c. an executive agency

    d. a congressional agency

Q2. State constitutions:

    a. must be approved by majority vote in Congress

    b. must be approved by a two-thirds vote of Congress

    c. are the highest form of law within each state

    d. tend to be much shorter than the U.S. Constitution

Q3. The division in government power as established by the Constitution is referred to as the:

    a. Three Branches

    b. Executive Privilege

    c. Stare Decisis

    d. Separation of Powers

    e. Law of the Land

Q4. In response to declining public image and to internal problems, most corporations now have:

    a. written codes of ethics

    b. occasional discussions about ethical dilemmas

    c. intensive multi-week training about ethics

    d. more in-house security guards

Q5. Federal courts have jurisdiction over matters such as divorce if the parties to the case now live in separate states.

    a. true

    b. false

Q6. If both parties agree, a case can be tried by a magistrate instead of a district judge. This generally happens when:

    a. there is a backlog of cases in the courts and the parties want a quick trial

    b. there is bad feeling between the district judge(s) and one or more of the attorneys

    c. one of the parties involved is a minor

    d. both of the parties involved are minors

Q7. Right of removal allows:

    a. defendants to have a case removed to a federal court if concurrent jurisdiction exists

    b. defendants to have a case rejected by a federal court if concurrent jurisdiction exists

    c. defendants to have a court appointed lawyer

    d. defendants to have multiple lawyers

    e. defendants to have the plaintiff removed from the court room when the verdict is read

Q8. Although states are free to develop their own procedural rules, many have adopted:

    a. the Civil Court Rules

    b. the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

    c. the Official Litigation Rules for Civil Procedure

    d. the Civil Litigation Code

Q9. Concurrent jurisdiction means both a state court and a federal court may have the power to hear a case.

    a. true

    b. false

Q10. The general conflict-of-law rule for tort cases is that:

    a. the law of the place where the tort occurred applies

    b. the law of the place where the defendant lives applies

    c. the law of the place where the plaintiff lives applies

    d. the court may decide what law to apply