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Business Law Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Right to bear arms
Legal realism
Analogy
Second Amendment
Administrative agency
2. The clause in the Constitution (Article I - Section 8 - Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Brief
due proccess clause
Slander of title
Commerce clause
3. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Privileges and and immunities clause
In rem jurisdiction
Strict product liability
4. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Sociological school
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Third Amendment
Syllogism
5. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
Malpractice
Corporate social responsibility
breaches
Strict liability
6. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Opening statements
Summary jury trials
Online dispute resolution
Legal realism
7. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
Remedies of Law
Question of fact
Pleadings
Fourth Amendment
8. The idea that the goal of society should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number of its citizens
tilitarinism
Categorical imperative
Brief
Early neutral case evaluation
9. 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.
Corporate social responsibility
Contributory negligence
Writ of execution
Affirmative defense
10. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
Slander of quality
Small Claims courts
Syllogism
Administrative law
11. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Contributory negligence
Probate courts
Disparagement of property
Compensatory damages
12. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Remedies of Law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Full faith and credit clause
Bankruptcy courts
13. Set of books containing published court decisions
Reporters
Good samaritan statues
State level appeal eligibility
Exclusive Jurisdiction
14. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Disparagement of property
First Amendment
Criminal law
State level appeal eligibility
15. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
fradulent Misrepresentation
jurisprudence
Negotiation
Strict product liability
16. If the injured party can be made whole by receiving something of economic value - the remedy is a legal remedy [damages] - if a remedy at law is inadequate - a litigant may seek a remedy in equity - which involves notions of fair dealing and justice
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Rebuttal
Direct examination
Jurisdiction
17. The party against whom legal action is taken; the party against whom a writ of certiorari is sought.
Respondent
American Arbitration Association
Defense
Service of process
18. A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at hand.
Pleadings
Ethical reasoning
Natural law
Negotiation
19. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
Privileges and and immunities clause
Slander of title
Symbolic speech
Rules of evidence
20. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Principle of rights
Trade libel
Courts of equity
Administrative agency
21. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Business invitees
Independent regulatory agencies
Writ of certiorari
Punitive damages
22. To confirm priestly authority upon
Comparative negligence
Rules of evidence
ordinaces
State Jurisdiction
23. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Bill of Rights
Fourth Amendment
Cyberlaw
Tenth Amendment
24. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
State and Federal Court Systems
Administrative agency
Public Policy
25. 1066 in Britain - King William implemented this uniform legal system. He sent judges out to make rulings on cases - thus creating precedents. 1225 - the signing of the Magna Carta established the rule of law in England
Origins Of Common Law
positive law
Syllogism
Sixth Amendment
26. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
Chancellor
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Reporters
Mini-trial
27. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Online dispute resolution
Equal protection clause
Filtering software
Arbitration
28. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Equitable maxims
Ninth Amendment
Common law
Disparagement of property
29. In a lawsuit - an issue involving the application or interpretation of a law. Only a judge - not a jury - can rule on questions of law.
jurisprudence
Question of law
Courts of equity
Alleges
30. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Business invitees
Symbolic speech
Jurisdiction
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
31. Jurisdiction based on claims against property
Summary jury trials
Negotiation
In rem jurisdiction
Contributory negligence
32. The question of whether an issue lies within the authority and jurisdiction of the arbitrator. A matter may be declared non-arbitrable either because certain steps - timetables and procedures have not been followed prior to submitting it to arbitrati
Complaint
Principle of rights
Arbitrability
Reporters
33. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
Appellee
Courts of equity
abnormally dangerous
Respondent Superior
34. Propositions or general statements of equitable rules
Chancellor
Equitable maxims
Independent regulatory agencies
Cyber torts
35. A nonbinding process in which attorneys for both sides present synopses of their cases to a jury - which renders an advisory opinion on the basis of these presentations
Summary jury trials
Statutory Law
Case law
Direct examination
36. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
dram shop acts
Standing to sue
Answer
Counterclaim
37. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Jurisdiction
Bankruptcy courts
Search warrant
First Amendment
38. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Rebuttal
citation
Appellee
39. In a jury trial - a motion for the judge to take the decision out of the hands of the jury and to direct a verdict for the party who filed the motion on the ground that the other party has not produced sufficient evidence to support her or his claim.
Remedies of Law
ordinaces
Motion for a directed verdict
Probable cause
40. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Independent regulatory agencies
Alternative dispute resolution
Jurisdiction
Business Ethics
41. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
Second Amendment
positivist school
Litigation
Assumption of risk
42. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
establishment clause
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal question
Checks and balances
43. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
laches
Case law
Criminal law
in personam jurisdiction
44. (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
jurisprudence
Torts(Wrongs)
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Legal and Equitable Remedies
45. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarentees that no state deny basic rights to its people
Default judgement
Bill of Rights
Arbitration clause
due proccess clause
46. An economically injurious falsehood made about another's product or property; a general term for torts that are more specifically referred to as slander of quality or slander of title.
Arbitrability
Tenth Amendment
Disparagement of property
Arbitration
47. Clause in the Constitution (Article IV - Section 1) requiring each state to recognize the civil judgments rendered by the courts of the other states and to accept their public records and acts as valid
Respondent
Full faith and credit clause
Alternative dispute resolution
Second Amendment
48. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Cases on point
breaches
Defenses to negligence
Courts of equity
49. Negate the claim of negligence(assumption of risk - superceding intervening clause)
Absolute bar
Checks and balances
Justicable controversy
Sixth Amendment
50. 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
Jurisdiction
Probate courts
Question of fact
Disparagement of property