Business Its Legal Ethical and Global Environment 10th Edition by Marianne M. Jennings - Test Bank

,1. Violations of civil laws can result in imprisonment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

2. If conduct is a criminal violation, it cannot also be a civil violation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension

3. There are no criminal laws at the federal level.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

4. Terms of a consulting contract are an example of private law.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

5. Substantive laws provide the means and mechanisms for the enforcement of laws.
a. True

, b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

6. Stare decisis is Latin for "let the decision stand."
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

7. The common law in each state is the same.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

8. Jurisprudence is legal philosophy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: The Theory of Law: Jurisprudence
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

9. Zoning laws are substantive only.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

, POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Classifications of Law
Sources of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Application

10. The scholars of jurisprudence generally agree on the theory of law.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: The Theory of Law: Jurisprudence
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

11. Statutory law exists at all levels of government.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Sources of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

12. The United States Code includes laws on anticompetitive activities as well as laws regulating the sale of securities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - OH - AICPA: BB-Legal
TOPICS: Sources of Law
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Application

13. Ordinances are generally found in state legislative codes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1