BLEA UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Legislative Branch: - ✔✔House and Senate
Makes laws
✔✔Executive Branch: - ✔✔President
Executive Department
Cabinet Department
Enforces laws
✔✔Judicial Branch: - ✔✔Supreme Court
Lower Courts
Interprets laws
✔✔The First Amendment (6 points) - ✔✔Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Right to peaceably assemble
Right to petition the government to redress grievances
✔✔The Second Amendment - ✔✔"A well regulated militia being necessary for the
security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed."
✔✔The Third Amendment - ✔✔"No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any
house, without the consent of the owner, nor in the time of war, but in a manner to be
prescribed by law."
✔✔The Fourth Amendment (4 prongs) - ✔✔1. Prohibits unreasonable searches and
seizures of people, their houses, papers, and effects.
2. Warrants will only be issued upon a showing of probable cause.
3. Probable cause must be supported by an oath or affirmation
4. The warrant must particularly describe:
-the places to be searched
-the persons or things to be seized
✔✔The Fifth Amendment: - ✔✔1. Charges must be filed by indicment
2. Establishes a prohibition on double jeopardy
3. Prohibits self incrimination in criminal cases
4. No deprivation of life, liberty, or property without your right to appeal.
5. No taking of private property without just compensation
, ✔✔The Sixth Amendment - ✔✔1. Right to a speedy trial
2. Right to an impartial jury
3. Right to trial in the proper venue
4. Right to be informed of the nature of the accusation
5. Right to confront witnesses
6. Right to subpoena witnesses on your behalf
7. Right to the assistance of counsel
✔✔The Seventh Amendment - ✔✔Guarantees the right to a civil jury trial in accordance
with common law
✔✔The Eighth Amendment - ✔✔1. Prohibition of excessive bail
2. Prohibition of excessive fines
3. Prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment
✔✔The Ninth Amendment - ✔✔The enumeration of rights in the constitution shall not be
construed to deny other rights retained by the people
✔✔The Tenth Amendment - ✔✔Powers not delegated to the U.S by the constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or their people
✔✔The Fourteenth Amendment - ✔✔All persons born or naturalized in the U.S, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S and of the state wherein they
reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the U.S, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protections of the law.
✔✔Level of proof needed for criminal prosecutions: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Proof beyond
a reasonable doubt.
✔✔Level of proof needed for civil actions: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Proponderance of the
evidence
✔✔Trier of the law: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Exclusively the responsibility of the judge
✔✔Tier of the fact: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Responsibility of the judge or the jury
✔✔Jury Trial: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Trial by your peers
✔✔Bench Trial: (Court Definition) - ✔✔The judge is the trier of the law and the fact.
GRADED A+
✔✔Legislative Branch: - ✔✔House and Senate
Makes laws
✔✔Executive Branch: - ✔✔President
Executive Department
Cabinet Department
Enforces laws
✔✔Judicial Branch: - ✔✔Supreme Court
Lower Courts
Interprets laws
✔✔The First Amendment (6 points) - ✔✔Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Right to peaceably assemble
Right to petition the government to redress grievances
✔✔The Second Amendment - ✔✔"A well regulated militia being necessary for the
security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed."
✔✔The Third Amendment - ✔✔"No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any
house, without the consent of the owner, nor in the time of war, but in a manner to be
prescribed by law."
✔✔The Fourth Amendment (4 prongs) - ✔✔1. Prohibits unreasonable searches and
seizures of people, their houses, papers, and effects.
2. Warrants will only be issued upon a showing of probable cause.
3. Probable cause must be supported by an oath or affirmation
4. The warrant must particularly describe:
-the places to be searched
-the persons or things to be seized
✔✔The Fifth Amendment: - ✔✔1. Charges must be filed by indicment
2. Establishes a prohibition on double jeopardy
3. Prohibits self incrimination in criminal cases
4. No deprivation of life, liberty, or property without your right to appeal.
5. No taking of private property without just compensation
, ✔✔The Sixth Amendment - ✔✔1. Right to a speedy trial
2. Right to an impartial jury
3. Right to trial in the proper venue
4. Right to be informed of the nature of the accusation
5. Right to confront witnesses
6. Right to subpoena witnesses on your behalf
7. Right to the assistance of counsel
✔✔The Seventh Amendment - ✔✔Guarantees the right to a civil jury trial in accordance
with common law
✔✔The Eighth Amendment - ✔✔1. Prohibition of excessive bail
2. Prohibition of excessive fines
3. Prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment
✔✔The Ninth Amendment - ✔✔The enumeration of rights in the constitution shall not be
construed to deny other rights retained by the people
✔✔The Tenth Amendment - ✔✔Powers not delegated to the U.S by the constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or their people
✔✔The Fourteenth Amendment - ✔✔All persons born or naturalized in the U.S, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S and of the state wherein they
reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the U.S, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protections of the law.
✔✔Level of proof needed for criminal prosecutions: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Proof beyond
a reasonable doubt.
✔✔Level of proof needed for civil actions: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Proponderance of the
evidence
✔✔Trier of the law: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Exclusively the responsibility of the judge
✔✔Tier of the fact: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Responsibility of the judge or the jury
✔✔Jury Trial: (Court Definition) - ✔✔Trial by your peers
✔✔Bench Trial: (Court Definition) - ✔✔The judge is the trier of the law and the fact.
