Business and Personal Law

Chapter 1: The Law and the Courts

Online Practice Tests

1
Morality can be defined as the
A)group of character traits that make up one's personality.
B)ability to show empathy to others.
C)ability to know the difference between right and wrong.
D)values that govern a society's attitude about right and wrong.
2
Laws define the
A)conflict between a society and its morality.
B)legal rights and duties of the people.
C)ethics of a city, state, or country.
D)morality of a city, state, or country.
3
Laws passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by the President are called
A)administrative articles.
B)legislative statutes.
C)federal statutes.
D)administrative regulations.
4
Courts do not make laws.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5
Administrative agencies can make and enforce their own rules.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6
The common law is a set of laws made by
A)the courts which provide consistent rules that later courts must follow.
B)the courts in each state which are then complied to create federal law.
C)administrative agencies so that common regulations are followed.
D)Congress which provide consistent rules for all citizens to follow.
7
The United States has two major court system:
A)civil and criminal.
B)federal and state.
C)district and appellate.
D)upper and lower.
8
Civil trials begin with
A)remedies.
B)the introduction of evidence.
C)the selection of the jury.
D)pleadings.
9
Arbitration can be defined as
A)an expensive way to resolve a dispute between two feuding parties.
B)a substantive law requiring the government to resolve the issues.
C)the parties giving the power to settle their dispute to a third party.
D)using a facilitator to help the two parties resolve their dispute.
10
An informal hearing of a case in juvenile court is called
A)setting bail.
B)adjudicatory hearing.
C)detention hearing.
D)an arraignment.
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