TAMU MGMT 209 Study Guide Multiple Choice ||
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS!!
You get angry at your roommate and decide to kill him/her. If you do, what type of law have
you violated?
A) Statutory
B) State
C) Criminal
D) Public
E) All of the above correct answers E) All of the above
There are two major functions of the legal system. When you are sued in Court this is an
example of what type of major function of the legal system?
A) Gov. regulation
B) Dispute resolution
C) Civil Law
D) Criminal Law
E) All of the above correct answers B) Dispute resolution
Which of the following is NOT a source of law?
A) Administrative
B) Judge made
C) Statutory
D) Presidential opinions
E) Judicial interpretation correct answers D) Presidential opinions
When the POTUS creates a law to control the policies of the Executive Branch during his
administration, this is called:
A) Appointing Federal judges
B) Presidential oversight
C) Judicial review
D) Executive order
E) A and D correct answers D) Executive order
The Court System can create law by:
A) Judicial review
B) Judicial interpretation
C) Common law
D) Opinions of the trial court judge
E) A, B, C only correct answers E) A, B, C only
Which is the most important source of law?
,A) Administrative
B) Common
C) Statutory
D) Constitutional
E) Executive Orders correct answers D) Constitutional
Law is:
A) An abstract term
B) Always clear, specific, and definite
C) A collection of rules and regulations and the enforcement thereof
D) A waste of time
E) A and C correct answers E) A and C
If a judge feels that it is within his/her discretion how to interpret a statute, but only,
according to congressional intent, that judge is utilizing:
A) Judicial activism
B) Judicial passivism
C) Precedent
D) Judicial review
E) A, C, D correct answers B) Judicial passivism
Federal Law includes all of the following except:
A) Congressional, statutory law
B) Executive Orders from the President
C) Treaties
D) A law of the EPA of the U.S.
E) All of the above correct answers E) All of the above
Fred and Barney have a car wreck. Barney feels that Fred did not yield the right of way and
demands the Fred pay the damages. Fred disagrees. Barney sues Fred. What type of law is
involved?
A) Civil
B) Criminal
C) Public
D) Private
E) A and D correct answers E) A and D
If a judge feels that it is within his discretion how to interpret a statute, however, they feel is
correct, without regard to Congressional intent, that judge is utilizing:
A) Judicial activism
B) Judicial passivism
C) Precedent
D) Judicial review
E) A, C, D correct answers A) Judicial activism
,Statutory Law can come from all of the following except:
A) City Councils
B) State Legislatures
C) U.S. Congress
D) Administrative Agencies or Judicial decisions
E) County or Metro gov. correct answers D) Administrative Agencies or Judicial decisions
A President can independently create law through:
A) Appointing Federal judges
B) The power of veto
C) Executive orders
D) The State of the Union Address
E) All of the above correct answers C) Executive orders
Judge-made law:
A) Is common law
B) Utilizes precedent and the "stare decisis" doctrine
C) Is also called statutory law
D) All of the above
E) A and B correct answers E) A and B
Lucy sues Ethel for breaking her food processor. What type of damages can Lucy expect to
receive if she wins the lawsuit?
A) Putting Ethel in jail
B) Legal damages
C) Equitable damages
D) Money
E) B and D correct answers E) B and D
Herman is a drug dealer and is charged by the U.S. Prosecutor with drug trafficking. What
type of law is involved?
A) Criminal
B) Civil
C) Public
D) Private
E) A and C correct answers E) A and C
Enforcement of the law leads to:
A) Predictability
B) Treating everyone uniformly
C) Astrological wonder
D) Stability
E) A and D correct answers E) A and D
, Ricky and Lucy are driving to Los Angeles with Fred and Ethel. Ricky and Lucy own the car.
Fred is driving and has a wreck. Ricky sues Fred for the damages to Ricky's car. What type of
law(s) is/are involved when Ricky sues Fred?
A) Federal
B) Public
C) Criminal
D) Civil
E) All of the above correct answers D) Civil
If Jack sues Jill, but recovering money does him no good, Jack is seeking what types of
damages?
A) Legal
B) Monetary
C) Equitable
D) A and B
E) All of the above correct answers C) Equitable
Judicial Review was created by:
A) The wording of the Constitution
B) The Articles of Confederation
C) The U.S. Supreme Court
D) "Marbury vs. Madison"
E) C and D correct answers E) C and D
Chapter 2 correct answers Constitutional Law
The first case to show the power of the Necessary & Proper Clause is:
A) McCulloch vs. Maryland
B) Marbury vs. Madison
C) Gibbons vs. Ogden
D) Smith vs. Allwright
E) None of the above correct answers A) McCulloch vs. Maryland
Who advocated a wall of separation between church and state?
A) James Madison
B) John Jay
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
E) James Locke correct answers D) Thomas Jefferson
What case ruled that if commerce involved more than one state, then it was interstate
commerce?
A) Gibbons vs. Ogden
B) NLRB vs. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT SOLUTIONS!!
You get angry at your roommate and decide to kill him/her. If you do, what type of law have
you violated?
A) Statutory
B) State
C) Criminal
D) Public
E) All of the above correct answers E) All of the above
There are two major functions of the legal system. When you are sued in Court this is an
example of what type of major function of the legal system?
A) Gov. regulation
B) Dispute resolution
C) Civil Law
D) Criminal Law
E) All of the above correct answers B) Dispute resolution
Which of the following is NOT a source of law?
A) Administrative
B) Judge made
C) Statutory
D) Presidential opinions
E) Judicial interpretation correct answers D) Presidential opinions
When the POTUS creates a law to control the policies of the Executive Branch during his
administration, this is called:
A) Appointing Federal judges
B) Presidential oversight
C) Judicial review
D) Executive order
E) A and D correct answers D) Executive order
The Court System can create law by:
A) Judicial review
B) Judicial interpretation
C) Common law
D) Opinions of the trial court judge
E) A, B, C only correct answers E) A, B, C only
Which is the most important source of law?
,A) Administrative
B) Common
C) Statutory
D) Constitutional
E) Executive Orders correct answers D) Constitutional
Law is:
A) An abstract term
B) Always clear, specific, and definite
C) A collection of rules and regulations and the enforcement thereof
D) A waste of time
E) A and C correct answers E) A and C
If a judge feels that it is within his/her discretion how to interpret a statute, but only,
according to congressional intent, that judge is utilizing:
A) Judicial activism
B) Judicial passivism
C) Precedent
D) Judicial review
E) A, C, D correct answers B) Judicial passivism
Federal Law includes all of the following except:
A) Congressional, statutory law
B) Executive Orders from the President
C) Treaties
D) A law of the EPA of the U.S.
E) All of the above correct answers E) All of the above
Fred and Barney have a car wreck. Barney feels that Fred did not yield the right of way and
demands the Fred pay the damages. Fred disagrees. Barney sues Fred. What type of law is
involved?
A) Civil
B) Criminal
C) Public
D) Private
E) A and D correct answers E) A and D
If a judge feels that it is within his discretion how to interpret a statute, however, they feel is
correct, without regard to Congressional intent, that judge is utilizing:
A) Judicial activism
B) Judicial passivism
C) Precedent
D) Judicial review
E) A, C, D correct answers A) Judicial activism
,Statutory Law can come from all of the following except:
A) City Councils
B) State Legislatures
C) U.S. Congress
D) Administrative Agencies or Judicial decisions
E) County or Metro gov. correct answers D) Administrative Agencies or Judicial decisions
A President can independently create law through:
A) Appointing Federal judges
B) The power of veto
C) Executive orders
D) The State of the Union Address
E) All of the above correct answers C) Executive orders
Judge-made law:
A) Is common law
B) Utilizes precedent and the "stare decisis" doctrine
C) Is also called statutory law
D) All of the above
E) A and B correct answers E) A and B
Lucy sues Ethel for breaking her food processor. What type of damages can Lucy expect to
receive if she wins the lawsuit?
A) Putting Ethel in jail
B) Legal damages
C) Equitable damages
D) Money
E) B and D correct answers E) B and D
Herman is a drug dealer and is charged by the U.S. Prosecutor with drug trafficking. What
type of law is involved?
A) Criminal
B) Civil
C) Public
D) Private
E) A and C correct answers E) A and C
Enforcement of the law leads to:
A) Predictability
B) Treating everyone uniformly
C) Astrological wonder
D) Stability
E) A and D correct answers E) A and D
, Ricky and Lucy are driving to Los Angeles with Fred and Ethel. Ricky and Lucy own the car.
Fred is driving and has a wreck. Ricky sues Fred for the damages to Ricky's car. What type of
law(s) is/are involved when Ricky sues Fred?
A) Federal
B) Public
C) Criminal
D) Civil
E) All of the above correct answers D) Civil
If Jack sues Jill, but recovering money does him no good, Jack is seeking what types of
damages?
A) Legal
B) Monetary
C) Equitable
D) A and B
E) All of the above correct answers C) Equitable
Judicial Review was created by:
A) The wording of the Constitution
B) The Articles of Confederation
C) The U.S. Supreme Court
D) "Marbury vs. Madison"
E) C and D correct answers E) C and D
Chapter 2 correct answers Constitutional Law
The first case to show the power of the Necessary & Proper Clause is:
A) McCulloch vs. Maryland
B) Marbury vs. Madison
C) Gibbons vs. Ogden
D) Smith vs. Allwright
E) None of the above correct answers A) McCulloch vs. Maryland
Who advocated a wall of separation between church and state?
A) James Madison
B) John Jay
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
E) James Locke correct answers D) Thomas Jefferson
What case ruled that if commerce involved more than one state, then it was interstate
commerce?
A) Gibbons vs. Ogden
B) NLRB vs. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
