FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
, ELA 2601 LAW 1 FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
_____ occurs when a trial judge requires the disputing parties to submit to the mediation
process before a complaint can be litigated formally. - -Answer--Court-annexed mediation
_____ refers to the power of a court, at the state or federal level, to hear a case. - -Answer--
Jurisdiction
______ states the Constitution will become effective upon ratification of the states. - -Answer--
Article VII
_____, one of the seven elements of principled, interest-based negotiations, are outcomes that
are possible without the agreement of the other party in a negotiation. - -Answer--Alternatives
A key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires - -Answer--Most
Americans to maintain minimum essential health care coverage
A lawsuit that is totally lacking in merit is said to be - -Answer--Frivolous
A state law imposed additional restrictions on companies in hiring foreign workers. The
Supreme Court held that the state law violated the federal immigration law and declared the law
unconstitutional. In this case, which of the following supports the act of the Court? - -Answer--
The supremacy clause
A zoning ordinance holds that writing anything on both public and private properties, including
one's own private property, is a crime. This law is most likely to be unconstitutional based on the
- -Answer--Overreaching doctrine
Courts have held that the existence of diversity of citizenship is determined by the citizenship of
the - -Answer--Parties in a case
Diversity of citizenship requires that - -Answer--All plaintiffs be citizens of different states from all
defendants
For a consequentialist, the - -Answer--Harm done by lying is unethical
In a state court, the party who is dissatisfied with a jury's verdict is most likely to file a post-trial
motion with the judge seeking - -Answer--A judgment notwithstanding the verdict
In civil cases, the _____ standard is achieved when there is greater weight of evidence in
support of a proposition than there is against it. - -Answer--Preponderance of evidence
In the context of alternative dispute resolution, mediators - -Answer--Typically use the principles
of interest-based negotiations
In the context of judicial review of voluntary arbitration, error of law renders an arbitration award
void only when - -Answer--It violates a positive mandate of the law