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. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Commerce clause
Tenth Amendment
Question of fact
Natural law
2. Protects you from unreasonable search and seizure of your home and property
Arbitration clause
Legal realism
Cost-benefit analysis
Fourth Amendment
3. Judges must abide by precedents in thier jurisdictions.
Cyber torts
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
abnormally dangerous
Summons
4. Supreme Court followed by the U.S. Court of Appeals and The highest state courts. Then followed by federal administrative agencies. U.S. District Courts - Specialized U.S. Courts(bankruptcy courts - court of Federal claims - court of international tr
Default judgement
Cost-benefit analysis
Alleges
State and Federal Court Systems
5. Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court
Criminal law
Strict liability
Alternative dispute resolution
Search warrant
6. A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
Question of law
Sociological school
Res ipsa loquitur
Trespass to land
7. 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.
Common law
Petitioner
Administrative agency
Arbitrability
8. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Appellant
Cases on point
State Jurisdiction
Pleadings
9. A clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
Pleadings
Respondent Superior
Arbitration clause
Comparative negligence
10. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Seventh Amendment
Strict liability
Bankruptcy courts
Cyber torts
11. Set of books containing published court decisions
positive law
Analogy
Pleadings
Reporters
12. Law concerned with public wrongs against society
Motion for a new trial
Motion for a directed verdict
Criminal law
ordinaces
13. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
Police powers
Strict liability
positive law
Counterclaim
14. The First Amendment guarantee that citizens may freely engage in the religious activities of their choice
Rejoinder
Free exercise clause
Second Amendment
In rem jurisdiction
15. 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.
Natural law
Trespass to land
positivist school
Small Claims courts
16. A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
Case law
Bill of Rights
fradulent Misrepresentation
Federal form of government
17. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Writ of certiorari
Filtering software
Remedies
Public Policy
18. The courts that awarded compensation back in English Realm
Mini-trial
Privileges and and immunities clause
Comparative negligence
Courts of law
19. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Legal and Equitable Remedies
Writ of certiorari
dram shop acts
Privileges and and immunities clause
20. Assumption of risk - Superseding cause - and contributory and comparative negligence.
Damages
Corporate social responsibility
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
Defenses to negligence
21. When the matter is between private parties the constitution laws do not apply. Between individuals and government organizations then constitutional laws apply.
Remedies
When constitutional lawz apply
Sociological school
voir dire
22. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Arbitrability
Checks and balances
Litigation
Damages
23. The unlawful taking or harming of another's personal property; interference with another's right to the exclusive possession of his or her personal property.
Award
Negligence
Question of law
Trespass to personal property
24. 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
Award
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Assumption of risk
Probate courts
25. 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.
Filtering software
Business Ethics
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Hearsay
26. The act of changing location from one place to another
Rule of four
Trespass to personal property
Motion
Damages
27. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
Compensatory damages
Seventh Amendment
Trespass to personal property
Arbitrability
28. The power to speak the law.
Cross-examination
Motion for a directed verdict
Jurisdiction
Search warrant
29. Excessive bail shall not be required - nor excessive fines imposed - nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Justicable controversy
Analogy
Eighth Amendment
tilitarinism
30. 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
Federal form of government
Syllogism
First Amendment
Ethical reasoning
31. 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
Motion
Free exercise clause
Symbolic speech
32. Claims
Defenses to negligence
Bill of Rights
Alleges
State and Federal Court Systems
33. 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.
Bill of Rights
Award
Cyberlaw
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
34. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
Fourth Amendment
Commerce clause
fradulent Misrepresentation
Malpractice
35. A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society.
Affirmative defense
Business Ethics
Sixth Amendment
Sociological school
36. Use deductive reasoning to identify relevant legal rules - applying those rules to to the facts of the case and drawing a conclusion.
Cases on point
importance of common law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Independent regulatory agencies
37. Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system
Federal form of government
ordinaces
Bill of Rights
Historical school
38. 1. employee activity within scope of employment 2. employee is negligent
Respondent Superior
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Res ipsa loquitur
Remedies of Law
39. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Constitutional Law
Question of fact
Jurisdiction
Statues of limitation
40. Liability without fault. (Strict product liability)
Search warrant
Sociological school
Second Amendment
Strict liability
41. The body of laws created by legislative statutes
Case law
Opening statements
Motion for judgement on the pleadings
Statutory Law
42. Party who defends an appeal
Cyberlaw
Contributory negligence
Appellee
Negotiation
43. The principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
Natural law
law
Answer
Jurisdiction
44. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
diversity of citizenship
Affirmative defense
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
law
45. Three remedies known as land - items of value - or money
Remedies of Law
Comparative negligence
Equal protection clause
Small Claims courts
46. Evidence tending to make a fact at issue in the case more or less probable than it would be without the evidence. Only relevant evidence is admissible in court.
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Negligence
Relevant evidence
in personam jurisdiction
47. The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
Early neutral case evaluation
Rules of evidence
Administrative law
Defenses to negligence
48. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
In rem jurisdiction
When constitutional lawz apply
Legal reasoning
Privileges and and immunities clause
49. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
due proccess clause
Malpractice
Burden of proof
Award
50. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Direct examination
Standing to sue
Fifth Amendment
Contributory negligence