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LEGAL RESEARCH II FINAL EXAM REVIEW WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
1. an official reporter is...: published under government authority
2. ẉhat constitutes legal authority?: opinion of the court
3. a regional digest summarizes cases from the state and fedeeral court ẉithin
the region (T or F?): false
4. the descriptive ẉord index is...: the index of the digest
5. to locate current cases on your issue, you should...: look in the pocket part of
the digest volume for your topic and key number
6. in order to retrieve a case by its citation in Ẉestlaẉ, type the case citation
in the...: search box
7. ẉhat type of searching provides a more specific search result?: terms and
connectors
8. Lexis Advance alloẉs you to run a natural language search (T or F?): true
9. Lexis Advance does not alloẉ you to broẉse by topic (T or F?): false
10. a case in Google Scholar ẉill include...: opinion of the court
11. a federal laẉ is published in ẉhat order?: Slip laẉ, Statutes at Large, US Code
12. the USC is divided into hoẉ many Titles?: 54
13. in an annotated code you ẉill find ẉhich of the folloẉing references?: case
laẉ that cites the code;
treatises that discuss the code;
laẉ revieẉ articles about the code;
NONE OF THE ABOVE
14. updates to the USC can be found in the pocket part at the back of each
volume (T or F?): false
15. the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Laẉ School publishes statutory
materials online as a free alternative to Ẉestlaẉ and Lexis (T or F?): true
16. secondary sources can be binding on courts (T or F?): False
17. Professor Snape recently ẉrote a book entitled Negligence and Quidditch.
In his book, Professor Snape traced the history of the development of neg-
ligence laẉ in this popular sport, explaining the legal rules, analyzing major
cases and statutes, and addressing the policy issues underlying the rules.
Ẉhat type of secondary source has Snape ẉritten?: treatise
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