QUESTION 1
If a computer store dumps waste behind its building in violation of local, state, or federal environmental regulations, the resulting dispute focuses on __________ law.
public
preferential
consensual
private
black letter
QUESTION 2
Which of the following is the minimal standard that a business must meet in a consideration of business ethics?
Decisions must be legal.
Decisions must meet the criteria of a follower of the WPH framework for business ethics.
Decisions must meet the requirements of the most important stakeholders.
Decisions must receive a majority vote of acceptance by employees.
Decisions must be legal, and decisions must receive a majority vote of acceptance by employees.
QUESTION 3
Which of the following involves disputes between private individuals or groups and their government?
Public law
Private law
Governmental law
Public law and private law, but not governmental law
Public law, private law, and governmental law
QUESTION 4
The "public disclosure" test is also known as the __________ test.
primary
golden
television
Powell
self-conscious
QUESTION 5
Which of the following are stakeholders of a business?
Owners and employees
Employees and customers
Customers, owners, and management
Management, owners, and employees
Customers, owners, management, and employees
QUESTION 6
Which of the following is true regarding administrative agencies?
There are state administrative agencies, but there are no federal administrative agencies.
There are federal administrative agencies, but there are no state administrative agencies.
There are state and federal administrative agencies, but there are no local administrative agencies.
Administrative agencies exist only at the local county level.
Administrative agencies exist at the federal, state, and local levels.
QUESTION 7
Which of the following is FALSE regarding executive agencies at the federal level?
The president with the advice and consent of the U.S. House of Representatives appoints the administrative head of an executive agency.
The president may discharge executive-agency heads at any time, for any reason.
Executive agencies are usually under one of the cabinet-level departments.
Executive agencies are generally located within the executive branch.
Executive agencies tend to have responsibility for making rules covering a broad spectrum of industries and activities.
QUESTION 8
Which of the following is accurate regarding the speed and cost of alternative dispute resolution?
It is usually faster and cheaper.
It is usually faster but more expensive.
It is usually slower and more expensive.
It is usually slower but cheaper.
No studies have known, so the answer is unknown.
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is (are) positive about arbitration?
Arbitrators are assigned so parties do not have to pick them.
Arbitration is generally less expensive than litigation.
Arbitrators are bound by the same rules as judges in applying precedent.
Arbitrators are assigned so parties do not have to pick them, and arbitration is generally less expensive than litigation.
Arbitrators are assigned so parties do not have to pick them, arbitration is generally less expensive than litigation, and arbitrators are bound by the same rules as judges in applying precedent.
QUESTION 10
Positive abstractions that capture our sense of what is good or desirable are __________.
ethical ideas
values
conscience demands
desirable principles
action goals
QUESTION 11
Congress created federal administrative agencies through passage of what type of legislation?
Administrative
Enabling
Statutory
Agency
Interstate
QUESTION 12
Business ethics:
results in a set of correct decisions made by a company.
refers to a standard of business conduct.
can improve business decisions.
refers to a standard of business conduct and can improve business decisions.
results in a set of correct decisions made by a company and can improve business decisions.
QUESTION 13
Which of the following do appellate courts primarily handle?
Questions of law
Questions of fact
Questions of law and fact
Cases when they initially enter the legal system
Questions of law and fact, and also cases when they initially enter the legal system
QUESTION 14
The United States Constitution and __________ establish the fundamental principles and rules by which the United States and the individual states are governed.
the administrative rules
the procedural rules
the constitution of each state
the bylaws of each state
both the procedural rules and the bylaws of each state
QUESTION 15
What usually happens to decisions of administrative law judges that are appealed to the federal court system?
The decisions are usually upheld.
The decisions are usually denied.
The decisions are upheld approximately 50% of the time.
The decisions are generally upheld as a matter of law unless a jury is requested.
None of these since there is no right of appeal to the federal court system.
QUESTION 16
Patricia, the president of a company that makes batteries, has a new interest in the environment. She recently went to a seminar on environmental dangers and has decided to take steps to clean things up. She started at home and was also committed to change things at work.
Patricia had to face the fact that her company has been cheating and is not in compliance with applicable environmental regulations due to dumping in a nearby river. Her company has never been cited, however, because it employs a very large number of people in the community, including the mayor's wife and the chief-of-police's brother.
On her mission to clean things up, Patricia has decided to go even further than the law requires and install the very latest environmental protections. When she announced her plan, the chair of the company's board of directors, Cindy, had a meeting with Patricia. Cindy told Patricia to analyze the situation carefully because the cost of the additional equipment would mean no dividend to shareholders and no raise for employees.
Furthermore, Cindy told Patricia that installing all the new equipment would result in higher prices for the company's batteries and could bankrupt the company because of foreign competition. Cindy hinted that Patricia could be fired if she persisted. Cindy suggested that Patricia just be concerned with a minimal standard of ethics. Which of the following is the minimal standard that a business must meet in a consideration of business ethics?
Decisions must meet the criteria of a follower of the WPH framework for business ethics.
Decisions must meet the requirements of the most important stakeholders.
Decisions must receive a majority vote of acceptance by employees.
Decisions must be legal.
Decisions must be legal, and decisions must receive a majority vote of acceptance by employees.
QUESTION 17
Adult siblings, John, Sam, and Andy, are in disagreement over how to split the proceeds of a piece of land left to them by a rich uncle who recently died. The uncle was a resident of Georgia, and the land is in Georgia, but neither John, Sam, or Andy live there. Which of the following is true regarding jurisdiction over the dispute?
A court in Georgia would not have jurisdiction. The case would have to be brought in a state in which at least one of the brothers lives.
A court in Georgia would have in rem jurisdiction over the dispute.
A court in Georgia would have in personam jurisdiction over the dispute.
A court in Georgia would have jurisdiction over the dispute only if all brothers signed a consent form agreeing to bring the case in Georgia.
QUESTION 18
What types of powers do administrative agencies have?
Legislative and judicial
Judicial and executive
Executive and legislative
Legislative, judicial, and executive
QUESTION 19
What do the initials ALJ represent in the administrative law arena?
Administrative Legal Journal
Agency Legal Jargon
Administrative Law Judge
Agency Legal Judge
Agency Law Jurisprudence
QUESTION 20
Which of the following are types of rule that an agency may enact?
Procedural and interpretive
Interpretive and legislative
Legislative and judicial
Procedural, interpretive, and legislative
QUESTION 21
An administrative law judge's decision may be directly appealed to:
a state trial court.
the full commission or head of an agency.
the circuit court of appeals.
the Senate.
administrative law judge's decisions are final and may not be appealed.
QUESTION 22
The term __________ involves the use of past decisions to guide future decisions.
commonality
precedent
restatement
uniformity
modeling
QUESTION 23
Which of the following are the most common types of rulemaking done by agencies?
Formal and hybrid
Informal and hybrid
Formal and informal
Judicial and informal
Legislative and formal
QUESTION 24
What type of law is created by administrative agencies involving applications, licenses, permits, available information, hearings, appeals, and decision making?
Executive law
Congressional law
Administrative law
Enabling law
Rule law
QUESTION 25
Which of the following involves disputes between private individuals or groups?
Public law
Private law
Governmental law
Public law and private law, but not governmental law
Public law, private