BUL 5810 FSU Woodyard Midterm
Multiple Choice Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
In the common law system of the United States, a crime is defined as:
(A) a private wrong that necessitates litigation between the victim and the perpetrator.
(B) any act or omission prohibited by the government and made punishable in a judicial
proceeding brought by the government.
(C) litigation where the injured party sues to recover compensation for the damages and
injury sustained as a result of the defendant's wrongful conduct.
(D) interstate compacts and the rules and regulations of federal and state agencies. -
✔✔(B) any act or omission prohibited by the government and made punishable in a
judicial proceeding brought by the government.
What is the supreme law of the land in the United States?
(A) Federal statutes
(B) The UCC
(C) The common law
(D) The U.S. Constitution - ✔✔(D) The U.S. Constitution
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,Statutory law is:
(A) not well suited for making drastic or comprehensive changes, thus its importance as
a source of law has diminished since the end of the nineteenth century.
(B) the primary source of law for such business law topics as contracts, agency,
property, and trusts.
(C) a primary source of new law and ordered social change in the United States.
(D) created by legislatures, which are less likely to repeal prior enactments than courts
are likely to overrule prior decisions - ✔✔(C) a primary source of new law and ordered
social change in the United States.
The courts are likely to provide remedies in all but which of the following cases?
(A) A person refuses to return your friend's book.
(B) A passerby refuses to help rescue a drowning woman.
(C) A person pushes a man into the lake.
(D) A person does not drive carefully on a busy street. - ✔✔(B) A passerby refuses to
help rescue a drowning woman
Which one of the following is NOT true of a suit brought under criminal law?
(A) It must be brought by the government.
(B) It is brought on the ground of public policy.
(C) Proof of guilt must be "by a preponderance of the evidence."
(D) Conviction may result in imprisonment. - ✔✔C) Proof of guilt must be "by a
preponderance of the evidence."
Sources of federal law include all but which of the following?
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,(A) Rules of administrative agencies
(B) Decisions of federal courts
(C) Executive orders of the President of the United States
(D) Hearings before the Senate - ✔✔(D) Hearings before the Senate
American jurists ____ and ____ defined law in a functional sense as predictions of the
way that a court will decide specific legal questions.
(A) Roscoe Pound and Alexander Hamilton
(B) Blackstone and Austin
(C) Roscoe Pound and Benjamin Cardozo
(D) Oliver Wendell Holmes and Benjamin Cardozo - ✔✔(D) Oliver Wendell Holmes
and Benjamin Cardozo
The separation of powers involves:
(A) the federal judiciary, the federal Congress and the federal executive branch
(B) the federal House of Representatives and the federal Senate
(C) the executive branches at the federal, state, and local levels
(D) the court systems at the federal, state and local levels - ✔✔(A) the federal judiciary,
the federal Congress and the federal executive branch
The law is a combination of:
(A) prohibitory, mandatory and permissive.
(B) mandatory, mundane and mediocre.
(C) permissive, passive and meditative.
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, (D) prohibitory, malevolent, and mandatory. - ✔✔(A) prohibitory, mandatory and
permissive.
A(n) ____ is the fundamental law of a particular level of government.
(A) Restatement of law
(B) executive order
(C) constitution
(D) code - ✔✔(C) constitution
44. A ____ is any act or omission prohibited by public law in the interest of protection of
the public
and made punishable by the government in a judicial proceeding brought by it,
whereby proof must
be beyond a reasonable doubt.
(A) rescission
(B) sanction
(C) crime
(D) maxim - ✔✔(C) crime
The courts in law systems such as the one in the United States have developed a body of
law that serves as precedent for determination of later controversies. This is sometimes
called:
(A) previous law.
(B) common law.
(C) equity law.
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Multiple Choice Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
In the common law system of the United States, a crime is defined as:
(A) a private wrong that necessitates litigation between the victim and the perpetrator.
(B) any act or omission prohibited by the government and made punishable in a judicial
proceeding brought by the government.
(C) litigation where the injured party sues to recover compensation for the damages and
injury sustained as a result of the defendant's wrongful conduct.
(D) interstate compacts and the rules and regulations of federal and state agencies. -
✔✔(B) any act or omission prohibited by the government and made punishable in a
judicial proceeding brought by the government.
What is the supreme law of the land in the United States?
(A) Federal statutes
(B) The UCC
(C) The common law
(D) The U.S. Constitution - ✔✔(D) The U.S. Constitution
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,Statutory law is:
(A) not well suited for making drastic or comprehensive changes, thus its importance as
a source of law has diminished since the end of the nineteenth century.
(B) the primary source of law for such business law topics as contracts, agency,
property, and trusts.
(C) a primary source of new law and ordered social change in the United States.
(D) created by legislatures, which are less likely to repeal prior enactments than courts
are likely to overrule prior decisions - ✔✔(C) a primary source of new law and ordered
social change in the United States.
The courts are likely to provide remedies in all but which of the following cases?
(A) A person refuses to return your friend's book.
(B) A passerby refuses to help rescue a drowning woman.
(C) A person pushes a man into the lake.
(D) A person does not drive carefully on a busy street. - ✔✔(B) A passerby refuses to
help rescue a drowning woman
Which one of the following is NOT true of a suit brought under criminal law?
(A) It must be brought by the government.
(B) It is brought on the ground of public policy.
(C) Proof of guilt must be "by a preponderance of the evidence."
(D) Conviction may result in imprisonment. - ✔✔C) Proof of guilt must be "by a
preponderance of the evidence."
Sources of federal law include all but which of the following?
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,(A) Rules of administrative agencies
(B) Decisions of federal courts
(C) Executive orders of the President of the United States
(D) Hearings before the Senate - ✔✔(D) Hearings before the Senate
American jurists ____ and ____ defined law in a functional sense as predictions of the
way that a court will decide specific legal questions.
(A) Roscoe Pound and Alexander Hamilton
(B) Blackstone and Austin
(C) Roscoe Pound and Benjamin Cardozo
(D) Oliver Wendell Holmes and Benjamin Cardozo - ✔✔(D) Oliver Wendell Holmes
and Benjamin Cardozo
The separation of powers involves:
(A) the federal judiciary, the federal Congress and the federal executive branch
(B) the federal House of Representatives and the federal Senate
(C) the executive branches at the federal, state, and local levels
(D) the court systems at the federal, state and local levels - ✔✔(A) the federal judiciary,
the federal Congress and the federal executive branch
The law is a combination of:
(A) prohibitory, mandatory and permissive.
(B) mandatory, mundane and mediocre.
(C) permissive, passive and meditative.
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, (D) prohibitory, malevolent, and mandatory. - ✔✔(A) prohibitory, mandatory and
permissive.
A(n) ____ is the fundamental law of a particular level of government.
(A) Restatement of law
(B) executive order
(C) constitution
(D) code - ✔✔(C) constitution
44. A ____ is any act or omission prohibited by public law in the interest of protection of
the public
and made punishable by the government in a judicial proceeding brought by it,
whereby proof must
be beyond a reasonable doubt.
(A) rescission
(B) sanction
(C) crime
(D) maxim - ✔✔(C) crime
The courts in law systems such as the one in the United States have developed a body of
law that serves as precedent for determination of later controversies. This is sometimes
called:
(A) previous law.
(B) common law.
(C) equity law.
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