NTRO TO PARALEGAL STUDIES FINAL EXAM
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
QUESTIONWorkers compensation - answerWorkers compensation laws protect people
who are injured on the job.
QUESTIONRegistration - answerThe process by which individuals or organizations
have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or
governmental agency.
QUESTIONCertification/Certified - answerThe status of being formally recognized by a
nongovernmental organization for having met special criteria, such as fulfilling
educational requirements and passing an exam, established by that organization.
QUESTIONCertificated - answerThe status of having received a certificate documenting
that the person has successfully completed an educational program.
QUESTIONResearch - answerAlmost all legal matters involve some sort of research.
This research may involve probing into the facts or finding applicable law.
QUESTIONDrafting - answerThe practice of law involves voluminous exchanges of
written documents. For example, contracts, wills, and other agreements are prepared,
signed, and filed.
QUESTIONAmerican Bar Association (ABA) - answerA national voluntary organization
of lawyers.
QUESTIONFreelance paralegal - answerA paralegal who works as an independent
contractor rather than as an employee of a law firm or corporation.
,QUESTIONLay advocate - answerGenerally someone operating within the law ,
representing persons before administrative agencies that permit this practice.
QUESTIONLegal technician - answerA nonlawyer who provides legal services directly
to the public without being under the supervision of an attorney. Absent a statute
allowing this activity, it constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.
QUESTIONPro se - answer(Client) To handle a case on their own without using a
lawyer.
QUESTIONIndependent paralegal - answerRefers to freelance paralegals, or legal
technicians.
QUESTIONLaw clerk - answerA law student or a recent law school graduate who has
not yet passed the bar exam and who was hired primarily to do legal research.
QUESTIONDocuments clerk - answerSomeone who organizes and files legal
documents (serves as an entry-level position for a recent paralegal graduate).
QUESTIONNFPA - answerNational Federation of Paralegal Associations. Formed in
1974, a national association of paralegal associations.
QUESTIONNALA - answerAssociation of Legal Assistants. Formed in 1975, a national
paralegal association.
QUESTIONAAfPE - answerAmerican Association for Paralegal Education. A national
organization for paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal
education.
QUESTIONIPMA - answerA national association of paralegal managers.
, QUESTIONStatue of Limitation - answerTwo years within date of the accident to file.
QUESTIONPartnership - answerA business run by two or more persons as co-owners.
QUESTIONProfessional corporation (PC) - answerA professional entity in which the
stockholders share in the organization's profits but have their liabilities limited to the
amount of their investment.
QUESTIONLimited liability partnership (LLP) - answerA professional entity in which the
owner's share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of
their partners.
QUESTIONSole proprietorship - answerOne lawyer owns all the assets of the business
and receives all the profits of the business and receives all the profits (or absorbs the
losses).
QUESTIONLaw office personnel - answerAttorneys, paralegals, law clerks,
investigators, librarians, secretaries, document clerks, file clerks, bookkeepers and
business managers.
QUESTIONInvestigators - answerAre often former law enforcement officers who
locate an interview witnesses, take photographs of accident scenes, and gather
documentary evidence.
QUESTIONClerical personnel - answerAnswer the telephone, type correspondence and
legal documents, greet visitors, set up appointments, distribute and post mail, find and
file internal office records, file docs in the courthouse, and process billing records.
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
QUESTIONWorkers compensation - answerWorkers compensation laws protect people
who are injured on the job.
QUESTIONRegistration - answerThe process by which individuals or organizations
have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or
governmental agency.
QUESTIONCertification/Certified - answerThe status of being formally recognized by a
nongovernmental organization for having met special criteria, such as fulfilling
educational requirements and passing an exam, established by that organization.
QUESTIONCertificated - answerThe status of having received a certificate documenting
that the person has successfully completed an educational program.
QUESTIONResearch - answerAlmost all legal matters involve some sort of research.
This research may involve probing into the facts or finding applicable law.
QUESTIONDrafting - answerThe practice of law involves voluminous exchanges of
written documents. For example, contracts, wills, and other agreements are prepared,
signed, and filed.
QUESTIONAmerican Bar Association (ABA) - answerA national voluntary organization
of lawyers.
QUESTIONFreelance paralegal - answerA paralegal who works as an independent
contractor rather than as an employee of a law firm or corporation.
,QUESTIONLay advocate - answerGenerally someone operating within the law ,
representing persons before administrative agencies that permit this practice.
QUESTIONLegal technician - answerA nonlawyer who provides legal services directly
to the public without being under the supervision of an attorney. Absent a statute
allowing this activity, it constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.
QUESTIONPro se - answer(Client) To handle a case on their own without using a
lawyer.
QUESTIONIndependent paralegal - answerRefers to freelance paralegals, or legal
technicians.
QUESTIONLaw clerk - answerA law student or a recent law school graduate who has
not yet passed the bar exam and who was hired primarily to do legal research.
QUESTIONDocuments clerk - answerSomeone who organizes and files legal
documents (serves as an entry-level position for a recent paralegal graduate).
QUESTIONNFPA - answerNational Federation of Paralegal Associations. Formed in
1974, a national association of paralegal associations.
QUESTIONNALA - answerAssociation of Legal Assistants. Formed in 1975, a national
paralegal association.
QUESTIONAAfPE - answerAmerican Association for Paralegal Education. A national
organization for paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal
education.
QUESTIONIPMA - answerA national association of paralegal managers.
, QUESTIONStatue of Limitation - answerTwo years within date of the accident to file.
QUESTIONPartnership - answerA business run by two or more persons as co-owners.
QUESTIONProfessional corporation (PC) - answerA professional entity in which the
stockholders share in the organization's profits but have their liabilities limited to the
amount of their investment.
QUESTIONLimited liability partnership (LLP) - answerA professional entity in which the
owner's share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of
their partners.
QUESTIONSole proprietorship - answerOne lawyer owns all the assets of the business
and receives all the profits of the business and receives all the profits (or absorbs the
losses).
QUESTIONLaw office personnel - answerAttorneys, paralegals, law clerks,
investigators, librarians, secretaries, document clerks, file clerks, bookkeepers and
business managers.
QUESTIONInvestigators - answerAre often former law enforcement officers who
locate an interview witnesses, take photographs of accident scenes, and gather
documentary evidence.
QUESTIONClerical personnel - answerAnswer the telephone, type correspondence and
legal documents, greet visitors, set up appointments, distribute and post mail, find and
file internal office records, file docs in the courthouse, and process billing records.
