LGS 200 ACTUAL EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Trial de novo - ✔✔New trial in higher court, usually after a lower-level court decision.
✔✔Selective prosecution - ✔✔Claim that prosecution targeted defendant based on
improper reasons.
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔Protection from prosecution in exchange for testimony.
✔✔Use immunity - ✔✔Testimony cannot be used against the witness.
✔✔Transactional immunity - ✔✔Witness cannot be prosecuted for offenses related to
their testimony.
✔✔Prosecutorial discretion - ✔✔Prosecutor's authority to decide charges and pursue
cases.
✔✔Public defender - ✔✔Lawyer provided to indigent defendants.
✔✔Self-representation - ✔✔Defendant's right to represent themselves in court.
✔✔Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) - ✔✔Federal law governing military criminal
justice.
✔✔Criminal procedure (military) - ✔✔Rules governing investigations, trials, and appeals
in military courts.
✔✔Convening authorities - ✔✔Commanders who initiate and oversee courts-martial.
✔✔Summary court-martial - ✔✔Simplified trial for minor offenses with one officer.
, ✔✔Special court-martial - ✔✔Mid-level military trial for intermediate offenses.
✔✔General court-martial - ✔✔Highest military court for serious offenses, including
death-eligible crimes.
✔✔Military judge - ✔✔Judicial officer presiding over special and general courts-martial.
✔✔Military courts of review - ✔✔Appellate courts for each service branch.
✔✔Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces - ✔✔Civilian appellate court overseeing
military justice.
✔✔Affiant - ✔✔Person who swears to the truth of a written statement.
✔✔Affidavit - ✔✔Sworn written statement used to support warrants.
✔✔Federalism - ✔✔Division of power between national and state governments.
✔✔Dual federalism - ✔✔A system where federal and state governments operate in
separate, clearly defined spheres.
✔✔Cooperative federalism - ✔✔Federal and state governments work together and
share responsibilities.
✔✔Coercive federalism - ✔✔The federal government pressures states into compliance,
often through funding conditions.
✔✔Unitary system - ✔✔A system where all governing power is held by a central
authority.
✔✔Enumerated powers - ✔✔Powers specifically granted to Congress by the
Constitution.
✔✔Implied powers - ✔✔Powers not explicitly listed but reasonably assumed under the
Necessary and Proper Clause.
✔✔Preemption - ✔✔Federal law overrides conflicting state law because of the
Supremacy Clause.
✔✔Commander-in-chief - ✔✔The president's constitutional role as head of the armed
forces.
✔✔Separation of powers - ✔✔Division of government authority among legislative,
executive, and judicial branches.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Trial de novo - ✔✔New trial in higher court, usually after a lower-level court decision.
✔✔Selective prosecution - ✔✔Claim that prosecution targeted defendant based on
improper reasons.
✔✔Immunity - ✔✔Protection from prosecution in exchange for testimony.
✔✔Use immunity - ✔✔Testimony cannot be used against the witness.
✔✔Transactional immunity - ✔✔Witness cannot be prosecuted for offenses related to
their testimony.
✔✔Prosecutorial discretion - ✔✔Prosecutor's authority to decide charges and pursue
cases.
✔✔Public defender - ✔✔Lawyer provided to indigent defendants.
✔✔Self-representation - ✔✔Defendant's right to represent themselves in court.
✔✔Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) - ✔✔Federal law governing military criminal
justice.
✔✔Criminal procedure (military) - ✔✔Rules governing investigations, trials, and appeals
in military courts.
✔✔Convening authorities - ✔✔Commanders who initiate and oversee courts-martial.
✔✔Summary court-martial - ✔✔Simplified trial for minor offenses with one officer.
, ✔✔Special court-martial - ✔✔Mid-level military trial for intermediate offenses.
✔✔General court-martial - ✔✔Highest military court for serious offenses, including
death-eligible crimes.
✔✔Military judge - ✔✔Judicial officer presiding over special and general courts-martial.
✔✔Military courts of review - ✔✔Appellate courts for each service branch.
✔✔Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces - ✔✔Civilian appellate court overseeing
military justice.
✔✔Affiant - ✔✔Person who swears to the truth of a written statement.
✔✔Affidavit - ✔✔Sworn written statement used to support warrants.
✔✔Federalism - ✔✔Division of power between national and state governments.
✔✔Dual federalism - ✔✔A system where federal and state governments operate in
separate, clearly defined spheres.
✔✔Cooperative federalism - ✔✔Federal and state governments work together and
share responsibilities.
✔✔Coercive federalism - ✔✔The federal government pressures states into compliance,
often through funding conditions.
✔✔Unitary system - ✔✔A system where all governing power is held by a central
authority.
✔✔Enumerated powers - ✔✔Powers specifically granted to Congress by the
Constitution.
✔✔Implied powers - ✔✔Powers not explicitly listed but reasonably assumed under the
Necessary and Proper Clause.
✔✔Preemption - ✔✔Federal law overrides conflicting state law because of the
Supremacy Clause.
✔✔Commander-in-chief - ✔✔The president's constitutional role as head of the armed
forces.
✔✔Separation of powers - ✔✔Division of government authority among legislative,
executive, and judicial branches.
