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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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1. Motion to dismiss - motion for judgment on the pleadings - motion of summary judgement(amont others - motion to strike - motion to make more definite and certain - motion for judgement on the pleadings - motion to compel discovery - motion for summar
Opening statements
uniform laws
abnormally dangerous
Pretrial motions
2. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Hearsay
Chancellor
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Equal protection clause
3. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Causation in fact
Absolute bar
Cyberlaw
Search warrant
4. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Opinions
ordinaces
Cases on point
5. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Question of law
Damages
Syllogism
6. (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Motion for a directed verdict
laches
Comparative negligence
Cost-benefit analysis
7. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution - nor prohibited by it to the states - are reserved to the states respectively - or to the people.
Tenth Amendment
Proximate cause
Criminal law
Commerce clause
8. 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
Long arm statue
law
Full faith and credit clause
Rule of four
9. Ethical or unethical behaviors by employees in the context of their jobs
Case law
In rem jurisdiction
Standing to sue
Business Ethics
10. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Business invitees
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Trespass to land
Sociological school
11. A controversey that is not hypotheical or academic but real and substansial; a requirement the must be satisfied before a court will hear a case
Counterclaim
Analogy
Justicable controversy
voir dire
12. 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
abnormally dangerous
Search warrant
Trespass to land
Chancellor
13. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Burden of proof
Federal question
Remedies of Law
Proximate cause
14. (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
Opinions
uniform laws
Contributory negligence
diversity of citizenship
15. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Question of fact
Criminal law
Remedies
due proccess clause
16. In litigation - the amount of monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit as damages. In the context of alternative dispute resolution - the decision rendered by an arbitrator.
Punitive damages
Strict product liability
Award
Free exercise clause
17. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
abnormally dangerous
Trade libel
Business invitees
Writ of execution
18. Nonverbal communication - such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.
importance of common law
Opening statements
Symbolic speech
breaches
19. To confirm priestly authority upon
Sixth Amendment
ordinaces
Damages
Federal Jurisdiction
20. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Legal realism
Motion for a new trial
Compensatory damages
Administrative law
21. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Independent regulatory agencies
Civil Law
Jurisdiction
Complaint
22. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
Administrative agency
Fifth Amendment
Cross-examination
Litigation
23. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Ethical reasoning
Burden of proof
importance of common law
Sociological school
24. 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
Equitable maxims
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Petitioner
Summary jury trials
25. The process by which the parties in a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent
Tenth Amendment
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Arbitration
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
26. A final judgment for one side in a lawsuit without trial when a judge finds based on pleadings - affidavits - and depositions that there is no genuine factual issue in the lawsuit
Common law
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Courts of law
Equitable maxims
27. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Probable cause
Slander of title
In rem jurisdiction
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
28. 14th amendment clause that prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law - and has been used to combat discrimination
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Counterclaim
due proccess clause
Equal protection clause
29. 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.
Courts of equity
Free exercise clause
Appellant
Motion for a directed verdict
30. State statute that permits a state to obtain personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants
law
Long arm statue
Answer
Tenth Amendment
31. The act of changing location from one place to another
Question of fact
Jurisdiction
Motion
Pretrial motions
32. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party evaluates the strengths and weakness of the disputing parties' positions; the evaluator's opinion forms the basis for negotiating a settlement.
Rule of four
Early neutral case evaluation
Hearsay
Administrative law
33. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Independent regulatory agencies
Burden of proof
Arbitration clause
Res ipsa loquitur
34. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
citation
Respondent Superior
Courts of equity
Concurrent Jurisdiction
35. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
laches
Proximate cause
Online dispute resolution
36. 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
Tenth Amendment
Statutory Law
Eighth Amendment
37. 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.
Small Claims courts
Disparagement of property
Case law
Defenses to negligence
38. On the premises fr the potential financial benefit of the occupier
citation
Remedies of Law
Full faith and credit clause
Business invitees
39. A question asked to determine what is true or to what extent something is true
State and Federal Court Systems
Federal Jurisdiction
Question of fact
Free exercise clause
40. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
Opening statements
Second Amendment
Defenses to negligence
citation
41. 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.
Service of process
Commerce clause
Question of law
Administrative law
42. A question that had to do with the US Constitution - acts of Congress - or treaties; it provides a basis for federal jurisdiction
Pretrial motions
Causation in fact
Federal question
Case law
43. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Venue
Trespass to land
Petitioner
44. The publication of false information about another's product - alleging that it is not what its seller claims.
fradulent Misrepresentation
Slander of quality
Venue
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
45. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Legal realism
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Independent regulatory agencies
Punitive damages
46. Statutes adopted in many states that impose strict liability upon tavern owners for injuries to third parties caused by their intoxicated patrons
Petitioner
Question of fact
dram shop acts
Long arm statue
47. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Counterclaim
Appellee
Relevant evidence
Standing to sue
48. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Opening statements
When constitutional lawz apply
Exclusive Jurisdiction
Online dispute resolution
49. Party who defends an appeal
Appellee
Arbitrability
Legal realism
Ethical reasoning
50. A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
Bill of Rights
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Common law
Third Amendment