LME3701 LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

LME3701 LEGAL RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY PRACTICE TEST 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

◉ The legislative branch _________.
Answer: --passes statutes
--can pass statutes that supersede the common law


◉ The chief executive _________.
Answer: --sets priorities in law enforcement
--can veto legislation
--issues proclamations and executive orders


◉ The supremacy clause _________.
Answer: --is part of the United States Constitution
--makes the United States Constitution the supreme law of the land


◉ The following is true about the law library: _________.
Answer: --Primary sources contain the law itself
--Secondary sources can be used to understand primary sources

, --Finding tools are used to locate relevant primary sources


◉ The doctrine of stare decisis
Answer: --applies to the same court and lower courts
--requires that a legal principal announced in a prior case be applied
to future cases
--applies if facts are substantially the same
--gives case law predictability
--allows gradual change


◉ An opinion that reaches the same result as an opinion joined in by
a majority of the Court, but has different reasons for reaching the
same result is known as
Answer: a concurring opinion


◉ An Attorney is bound to interpret a precedent setting case the
same way as opposing counsel.
Answer: True


◉ Legal analysis does NOT involve:
Answer: creating a thesis statement


◉ Legal Encyclopedias ____________.