PARALEGAL 101 EXAMPREP CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
◉ Double jeopardy
Answer: A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the
same crime.
◉ Mens rea
Answer: Bad intent.
◉ Actus rea
Answer: Bad act.
◉ Prima facie case
Answer: What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in
order for the case to go to the jury-that is, the elements of the
prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.
◉ Cause of action
,Answer: A claim that based on the law and the facts is sufficient to
support a lawsuit. If the plaintiff does not state a valid cause of
action in the complaint, the court will dismiss it.
◉ Affirmative defense
Answer: A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to
avoid judgment.
◉ Compensatory damages
Answer: Money is awared to a plaintiff in payment for his or her
actual losses.
◉ Punitive damages
Answer: Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in
order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.
◉ Nominal damages
Answer: A token sum awarded when liability has been found but
monetary damages cannot be shown.
◉ Contract
Answer: An agreement supported by consideration.
, ◉ Consideration
Answer: Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a
contract.
◉ Property law
Answer: Law dealing with ownership.
◉ Real property
Answer: Land and objects permanently attached to land.
◉ Personal property
Answer: All property that is not real property.
◉ Constructive
Answer: Not factually true, but accepted by the courts as being
legally true.
◉ Legal fiction
Answer: An assumption that something that is not real is real-for
example, saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its
being able to sue and be sued.
◉ Tort law
EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
◉ Double jeopardy
Answer: A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the
same crime.
◉ Mens rea
Answer: Bad intent.
◉ Actus rea
Answer: Bad act.
◉ Prima facie case
Answer: What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in
order for the case to go to the jury-that is, the elements of the
prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.
◉ Cause of action
,Answer: A claim that based on the law and the facts is sufficient to
support a lawsuit. If the plaintiff does not state a valid cause of
action in the complaint, the court will dismiss it.
◉ Affirmative defense
Answer: A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to
avoid judgment.
◉ Compensatory damages
Answer: Money is awared to a plaintiff in payment for his or her
actual losses.
◉ Punitive damages
Answer: Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in
order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.
◉ Nominal damages
Answer: A token sum awarded when liability has been found but
monetary damages cannot be shown.
◉ Contract
Answer: An agreement supported by consideration.
, ◉ Consideration
Answer: Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a
contract.
◉ Property law
Answer: Law dealing with ownership.
◉ Real property
Answer: Land and objects permanently attached to land.
◉ Personal property
Answer: All property that is not real property.
◉ Constructive
Answer: Not factually true, but accepted by the courts as being
legally true.
◉ Legal fiction
Answer: An assumption that something that is not real is real-for
example, saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its
being able to sue and be sued.
◉ Tort law
