SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Business Law Test
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
law
,
business-law
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Litigation
Brief
Cost-benefit analysis
breaches
2. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Natural law
Defenses to negligence
Pleadings
Complaint
3. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Arbitrability
Question of law
Damages
Ethical reasoning
4. Right to a trial by jury
Seventh Amendment
Independent regulatory agencies
Bankruptcy courts
Legal and Equitable Remedies
5. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Police powers
Business Ethics
Good samaritan statues
Federal form of government
6. State courts that handle only matters relating to the transfer of a person's assets and obligations after that person's death - including issues relating to custody and guardianship of children
Probate courts
Categorical imperative
Fourth Amendment
due proccess clause
7. An order to appear in person at a given place and time
Respondent
Absolute bar
Search warrant
Summons
8. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Precedent
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Pretrial motions
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
9. An act or omission without which an event would not have occurred.
Causation in fact
Equal protection clause
Administrative agency
Motion
10. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Federal question
Defense
Compensatory damages
Fourth Amendment
11. A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Award
Defense
Ninth Amendment
Contributory negligence
12. The government may not house soldiers in private homes without consent of the owner
Police powers
Third Amendment
citation
Cyberlaw
13. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Courts of law
Tenth Amendment
uniform laws
Question of fact
14. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Natural law
establishment clause
citation
voir dire
15. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Free exercise clause
Assumption of risk
law
Affirmative defense
16. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Punitive damages
Strict product liability
Origins Of Common Law
Hearsay
17. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
law
In rem jurisdiction
Equal protection clause
citation
18. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
positive law
Summons
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
When constitutional lawz apply
19. (accident - breach of contract - or other event) > Party consults with Attorney(Initial client interview - signing of retainer agreement) > Informal investigation > Plaintiffs attorney files complaint > Defendant attorney files answer to complaint or
Probable cause
Answer
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
20. Rules governing the admissibility of evidence in trial courts.
Remedies of Law
Commerce clause
Proximate cause
Rules of evidence
21. A major provider of arbitration services
Corporate social responsibility
American Arbitration Association
Respondent
Slander of title
22. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Torts(Wrongs)
Motion
Proximate cause
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
23. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Closing argument
Syllogism
Opinions
Comparative negligence
24. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Full faith and credit clause
Trespass to land
diversity of citizenship
Contributory negligence
25. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Precedent
due proccess clause
Defense
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
26. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Disparagement of property
Alleges
Cyberlaw
Legal reasoning
27. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Federal Jurisdiction
Punitive damages
Chancellor
Question of fact
28. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Business invitees
Hearsay
Compensatory damages
29. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Answer
Bill of Rights
Default judgement
Precedent
30. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Rejoinder
Complaint
Privileges and and immunities clause
Remedies of Law
31. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Civil Law
Writ of execution
Remedies
In rem jurisdiction
32. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
uniform laws
State and Federal Court Systems
Free exercise clause
In rem jurisdiction
33. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Statutory Law
In rem jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
jurisprudence
34. Jurisdiction that exists when a case can be heard only in a particular court or type of court.
Causation in fact
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Alternative dispute resolution
breaches
35. 1. That the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff. 2. The the defendant breached that duty. 3. That the defendant's breach caused the plaintiff's injury. 4. That the defendants breach caused the plaintiff's injury and that injury was forseea
Hearsay
Jurisdiction
Negligence
Bill of Rights
36. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Litigation
Analogy
Hearsay
establishment clause
37. A legal proceeding in a court
Petitioner
Business Ethics
Litigation
Malpractice
38. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
Default judgement
Appellee
State Jurisdiction
State level appeal eligibility
39. The publication of a statement that denies or casts doubt on another's legal ownership of any property - causing financial loss to that property's owner.
Slander of title
Cost-benefit analysis
Motion for a new trial
Damages
40. Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
Statues of limitation
Binding authority
In rem jurisdiction
law
41. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Search warrant
Binding authority
abnormally dangerous
42. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Legal realism
Long arm statue
Symbolic speech
Criminal law
43. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Opinions
Slander of quality
Res ipsa loquitur
Origins Of Common Law
44. 1. Federal statute 2. Constitution(U.S.) 3. Diversity of Citizenship($75 -000 or more)
Free exercise clause
Legal realism
Federal Jurisdiction
Question of fact
45. Violation of a law - duty - or other form of obligation - either by engaging in an action or failing to act
Absolute bar
Slander of title
breaches
Tenth Amendment
46. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
In rem jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Arbitration
Absolute bar
47. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
positive law
Courts of equity
Remedies of Law
Independent regulatory agencies
48. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Business Ethics
establishment clause
Third Amendment
Complaint
49. Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a case. This includes constitutions - statues - and regulations - that govern the issue being decided - as well as previous court decisions in the same jurisdiction.
Binding authority
Defense
Defenses to negligence
Jurisdiction
50. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court
Search warrant
Slander of title
Opening statements
Appellant