AIM 400/0942/7 Access to
HE Diploma (Law)
,AIM 400/0942/7 Access to HE Diploma (Law)
Question 1
A response addresses The focus on critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments
under Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments. It now needs to address The
focus on personnel of the Legal System (Judges, Barristers, Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries).
Which additional focus most directly fills that remaining gap?
A. Law of Tort
B. Sources of English Law (Custom, Judicial Precedent, Legislation, and EU/International influences)
C. Personnel of the Legal System (Judges, Barristers, Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries)
D. Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments includes the focus on critical Thinking,
Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments. Personnel of the Legal System (Judges, Barristers,
Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries) includes the focus on personnel of the Legal System (Judges,
Barristers, Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries). A: Law of Tort concerns the focus on law of Tort, rather
than being the closest match for the concern in the question. B: Sources of English Law (Custom,
Judicial Precedent, Legislation, and EU/International influences) concerns the focus on sources of
English Law (Custom, Judicial Precedent, Legislation, and EU/International influences), rather than being
the closest match for the concern in the question. D: Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal
Arguments addresses the first concern, which is already covered.
Question 2
Match three concerns to their most directly relevant areas: (1) The focus on sentencing and the
Aims of Punishment; (2) The focus on consumer Law and Protection; (3) The focus on academic
Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units). Which ordering is correct?
A. Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units) / Consumer Law and Protection / Sentencing and
the Aims of Punishment
B. Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment / Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units) /
Consumer Law and Protection
C. Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment / Consumer Law and Protection / Academic Subject Content
(Level 3 Graded Units)
D. Consumer Law and Protection / Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment / Academic Subject
Content (Level 3 Graded Units)
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment includes the focus on sentencing and the Aims of Punishment.
Consumer Law and Protection includes the focus on consumer Law and Protection. Academic Subject
Content (Level 3 Graded Units) includes the focus on academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units).
A: The first and third associations are reversed; they should be Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment
and Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units). B: The second and third associations are
reversed; they should be Consumer Law and Protection and Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded
Units). D: The first two associations are reversed; they should be Sentencing and the Aims of
Punishment and Consumer Law and Protection.
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Question 3
Which statement most accurately distinguishes The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy from
Human Rights and Civil Liberties for the concerns under consideration?
A. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on theories of Crime and Deviance. Human Rights
and Civil Liberties: The focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties.
B. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy. Human
Rights and Civil Liberties: The focus on information Literacy and Effective Academic Research
Skills.
C. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties. Human
Rights and Civil Liberties: The focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy.
D. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy. Human
Rights and Civil Liberties: The focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties.
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy includes the focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy.
Human Rights and Civil Liberties includes the focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties. A: The first
part substitutes a concern of Theories of Crime and Deviance for the relevant focus of The Civil and
Criminal Court Hierarchy. B: The second part substitutes a concern of Information Literacy and Effective
Academic Research Skills for the relevant focus of Human Rights and Civil Liberties. C: This reverses
the associations: the first concern fits The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy, and the second fits
Human Rights and Civil Liberties.
Question 4
Which proposed activity applies the Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project
Research focus more directly than the competing focuses Academic Subject Content (Level 3
Graded Units), Nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher, and Occupiers' Liability?
A. Examine the focus on occupiers' Liability
B. Examine this video provides a helpful overview of how an Access to Higher Education Diploma is
structured and how it prepares adult learners for progression into university-level law degree
programmes
C. Examine the focus on nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher
D. Examine the focus on academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units)
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research includes this video provides a helpful
overview of how an Access to Higher Education Diploma is structured and how it prepares adult
learners for progression into university-level law degree programmes. A: Occupiers' Liability includes
the focus on occupiers' Liability. C: Nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher includes the focus on
nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher. D: Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units) includes
the focus on academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units).
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Question 5
An integrated review must address This video provides a helpful overview of how an Access to
Higher Education Diploma is structured and how it prepares adult learners for progression into
university-level law degree programmes as well as The focus on law of Tort. Which two areas
together provide the closest fit?
A. Fatal Offences (Murder and Manslaughter) and Law of Tort
B. Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research and Elements of a Crime (Actus
Reus and Mens Rea)
C. Elements of a Crime (Actus Reus and Mens Rea) and Fatal Offences (Murder and Manslaughter)
D. Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research and Law of Tort
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research includes this video provides a helpful
overview of how an Access to Higher Education Diploma is structured and how it prepares adult
learners for progression into university-level law degree programmes. Law of Tort includes the focus on
law of Tort. A: This retains Law of Tort but replaces the needed Presentation, Communication, and
Independent Project Research focus with Fatal Offences (Murder and Manslaughter). B: This retains
Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research but replaces the needed Law of Tort
focus with Elements of a Crime (Actus Reus and Mens Rea). C: Neither selected area is the closest
match for the two stated concerns.
Question 6
Two cases concern (1) The focus on vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and
Undue Influence) and (2) The focus on criminal Law. Which pair identifies the most directly
relevant areas in the same order?
A. Criminal Law; then Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence)
B. Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence); then Vitiating Factors
(Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence)
C. Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence); then Criminal Law
D. Criminal Law; then Criminal Law
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence) includes the focus on
vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence). Criminal Law includes the
focus on criminal Law. A: This reverses the associations: the first concern fits Vitiating Factors (Mistake,
Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence), and the second fits Criminal Law. B: The second
concern fits Criminal Law, so assigning both to Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress,
and Undue Influence) loses the distinction. D: The first concern fits Vitiating Factors (Mistake,
Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence), so assigning both to Criminal Law loses the
distinction.
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,AIM 400/0942/7 Access to HE Diploma (Law)
Question 1
A response addresses The focus on critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments
under Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments. It now needs to address The
focus on personnel of the Legal System (Judges, Barristers, Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries).
Which additional focus most directly fills that remaining gap?
A. Law of Tort
B. Sources of English Law (Custom, Judicial Precedent, Legislation, and EU/International influences)
C. Personnel of the Legal System (Judges, Barristers, Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries)
D. Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments includes the focus on critical Thinking,
Analysis, and Formulating Legal Arguments. Personnel of the Legal System (Judges, Barristers,
Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries) includes the focus on personnel of the Legal System (Judges,
Barristers, Solicitors, Magistrates, and Juries). A: Law of Tort concerns the focus on law of Tort, rather
than being the closest match for the concern in the question. B: Sources of English Law (Custom,
Judicial Precedent, Legislation, and EU/International influences) concerns the focus on sources of
English Law (Custom, Judicial Precedent, Legislation, and EU/International influences), rather than being
the closest match for the concern in the question. D: Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Formulating Legal
Arguments addresses the first concern, which is already covered.
Question 2
Match three concerns to their most directly relevant areas: (1) The focus on sentencing and the
Aims of Punishment; (2) The focus on consumer Law and Protection; (3) The focus on academic
Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units). Which ordering is correct?
A. Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units) / Consumer Law and Protection / Sentencing and
the Aims of Punishment
B. Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment / Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units) /
Consumer Law and Protection
C. Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment / Consumer Law and Protection / Academic Subject Content
(Level 3 Graded Units)
D. Consumer Law and Protection / Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment / Academic Subject
Content (Level 3 Graded Units)
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment includes the focus on sentencing and the Aims of Punishment.
Consumer Law and Protection includes the focus on consumer Law and Protection. Academic Subject
Content (Level 3 Graded Units) includes the focus on academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units).
A: The first and third associations are reversed; they should be Sentencing and the Aims of Punishment
and Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units). B: The second and third associations are
reversed; they should be Consumer Law and Protection and Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded
Units). D: The first two associations are reversed; they should be Sentencing and the Aims of
Punishment and Consumer Law and Protection.
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Question 3
Which statement most accurately distinguishes The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy from
Human Rights and Civil Liberties for the concerns under consideration?
A. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on theories of Crime and Deviance. Human Rights
and Civil Liberties: The focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties.
B. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy. Human
Rights and Civil Liberties: The focus on information Literacy and Effective Academic Research
Skills.
C. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties. Human
Rights and Civil Liberties: The focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy.
D. The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy: The focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy. Human
Rights and Civil Liberties: The focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties.
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy includes the focus on the Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy.
Human Rights and Civil Liberties includes the focus on human Rights and Civil Liberties. A: The first
part substitutes a concern of Theories of Crime and Deviance for the relevant focus of The Civil and
Criminal Court Hierarchy. B: The second part substitutes a concern of Information Literacy and Effective
Academic Research Skills for the relevant focus of Human Rights and Civil Liberties. C: This reverses
the associations: the first concern fits The Civil and Criminal Court Hierarchy, and the second fits
Human Rights and Civil Liberties.
Question 4
Which proposed activity applies the Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project
Research focus more directly than the competing focuses Academic Subject Content (Level 3
Graded Units), Nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher, and Occupiers' Liability?
A. Examine the focus on occupiers' Liability
B. Examine this video provides a helpful overview of how an Access to Higher Education Diploma is
structured and how it prepares adult learners for progression into university-level law degree
programmes
C. Examine the focus on nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher
D. Examine the focus on academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units)
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research includes this video provides a helpful
overview of how an Access to Higher Education Diploma is structured and how it prepares adult
learners for progression into university-level law degree programmes. A: Occupiers' Liability includes
the focus on occupiers' Liability. C: Nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher includes the focus on
nuisance and Rule in Rylands v Fletcher. D: Academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units) includes
the focus on academic Subject Content (Level 3 Graded Units).
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Question 5
An integrated review must address This video provides a helpful overview of how an Access to
Higher Education Diploma is structured and how it prepares adult learners for progression into
university-level law degree programmes as well as The focus on law of Tort. Which two areas
together provide the closest fit?
A. Fatal Offences (Murder and Manslaughter) and Law of Tort
B. Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research and Elements of a Crime (Actus
Reus and Mens Rea)
C. Elements of a Crime (Actus Reus and Mens Rea) and Fatal Offences (Murder and Manslaughter)
D. Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research and Law of Tort
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research includes this video provides a helpful
overview of how an Access to Higher Education Diploma is structured and how it prepares adult
learners for progression into university-level law degree programmes. Law of Tort includes the focus on
law of Tort. A: This retains Law of Tort but replaces the needed Presentation, Communication, and
Independent Project Research focus with Fatal Offences (Murder and Manslaughter). B: This retains
Presentation, Communication, and Independent Project Research but replaces the needed Law of Tort
focus with Elements of a Crime (Actus Reus and Mens Rea). C: Neither selected area is the closest
match for the two stated concerns.
Question 6
Two cases concern (1) The focus on vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and
Undue Influence) and (2) The focus on criminal Law. Which pair identifies the most directly
relevant areas in the same order?
A. Criminal Law; then Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence)
B. Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence); then Vitiating Factors
(Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence)
C. Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence); then Criminal Law
D. Criminal Law; then Criminal Law
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence) includes the focus on
vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence). Criminal Law includes the
focus on criminal Law. A: This reverses the associations: the first concern fits Vitiating Factors (Mistake,
Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence), and the second fits Criminal Law. B: The second
concern fits Criminal Law, so assigning both to Vitiating Factors (Mistake, Misrepresentation, Duress,
and Undue Influence) loses the distinction. D: The first concern fits Vitiating Factors (Mistake,
Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence), so assigning both to Criminal Law loses the
distinction.
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