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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. Based on the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs
Arbitrability
Administrative law
Justicable controversy
Legal realism
2. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Second Amendment
Cost-benefit analysis
dram shop acts
3. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Seventh Amendment
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Closing argument
Cross-examination
4. The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem as deemed by widely held belief.
Constitutional Law
Causation in fact
Public Policy
First Amendment
5. A computer program that is designed to block access to certain Web sites based on their content. The software blocks the retrieval of a site whose URL or key words are on a list within the program.
Administrative law
Filtering software
Free exercise clause
in personam jurisdiction
6. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression
First Amendment
citation
Rules of evidence
Equitable maxims
7. 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.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
establishment clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Binding authority
8. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Disparagement of property
Strict product liability
Principle of rights
Categorical imperative
9. Formal chancery courts - grant unique remedies. These remedies include specific performance - injunction and rescission.
Commerce clause
Long arm statue
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Courts of equity
10. 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
Full faith and credit clause
Common law
Administrative agency
Courts of equity
11. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Bill of Rights
ordinaces
Direct examination
Police powers
12. 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
Cyber torts
Alleges
Justicable controversy
Binding authority
13. Set of books containing published court decisions
Reporters
Answer
Jurisdiction
Slander of quality
14. A reference to or a quotation from an authority
citation
Common law
voir dire
Trespass to land
15. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Natural law
establishment clause
Respondent
Binding authority
16. 1. Resident 2. (while within boundaries of state) 3. Long arm statue.
State Jurisdiction
Award
Bill of Rights
Relevant evidence
17. The body of conventional - or written - law of a particular society at a particular point in time.
Compensatory damages
Causation in fact
positive law
Contributory negligence
18. 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
Counterclaim
Negligence
Comparative negligence
Service of process
19. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Slander of title
Closing argument
Analogy
Corporate social responsibility
20. 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.
Chancellor
Historical school
Affirmative defense
Compensatory damages
21. Authority shared by both federal and state courts
breaches
Writ of execution
Direct examination
Concurrent Jurisdiction
22. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
ordinaces
Cases on point
Bankruptcy courts
Punitive damages
23. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Online dispute resolution
Seventh Amendment
citation
Fourth Amendment
24. 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.
Jurisdiction
Tenth Amendment
Pleadings
Privileges and and immunities clause
25. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Opening statements
Award
Cyberlaw
Trade libel
26. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Defenses to negligence
Disparagement of property
Stages in an A Typical Lawsuit
Common law
27. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Analogy
Malpractice
Ninth Amendment
jurisprudence
28. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Fourth Amendment
Trespass to personal property
jurisprudence
Statutory Law
29. A major provider of arbitration services
American Arbitration Association
law
Alleges
citation
30. Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision
Cost-benefit analysis
Cyberlaw
Strict liability
Award
31. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
dram shop acts
Respondent Superior
Direct examination
State Jurisdiction
32. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Torts(Wrongs)
Common law
33. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Online dispute resolution
Courts of equity
breaches
34. To confirm priestly authority upon
ordinaces
Assumption of risk
Malpractice
Seventh Amendment
35. Is strict liability hold a claim if the product or service in question is...
abnormally dangerous
Common law
Jurisdiction
Small Claims courts
36. A system of government in which the states form a union and the sovereign power is divided between the central government and the member states
Remedies
Arbitration
Federal form of government
Defenses to negligence
37. Torts committed via the internet
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Trespass to personal property
Cyber torts
Defense
38. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Online dispute resolution
Chancellor
citation
Answer
39. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Reporters
Summary jury trials
Principle of rights
Cyberlaw
40. Wrongs
Fourth Amendment
Chancellor
Compensatory damages
Torts(Wrongs)
41. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Police powers
Brief
Statues of limitation
Remedies of Law
42. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Case law
Fourth Amendment
Federal Jurisdiction
43. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Rejoinder
Courts of law
Direct examination
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
44. 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
Jurisdiction
Pretrial motions
Summary jury trials
Relevant evidence
45. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
In rem jurisdiction
Chancellor
Syllogism
State level appeal eligibility
46. The obligation of organization management to make decisions and take actions that will enhance the welfare and interests of society as well as the organization
Corporate social responsibility
Contributory negligence
Petitioner
Causation in fact
47. 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.
Police powers
dram shop acts
Sixth Amendment
Question of law
48. A legal proceeding in a court
Litigation
Privileges and and immunities clause
Historical school
Alleges
49. The constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel - the right to confront witnesses - and the right to a speedy and public trial.
Jurisdiction
Counterclaim
Sixth Amendment
Motion for a directed verdict
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
Cyber torts
ordinaces
Common law
Search warrant