CALIFORNIA LEGAL ASPECTS OF REAL ESTATE
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is the formal method the law offers for settling disputes?
Answer: The court system
◉ The law protects our numerous liberties and rights from what?
Answer: Violations or unreasonable interferences by individuals,
societies, and governments
◉ How does the law enforce promises? Answer: Through the use of
contracts
◉ What is the basis of law in the United States? Answer: Common law
◉ What do we call the overall accumulation of judicial decisions?
Answer: Case law
◉ hat did the Romans contribute to the legal system? Answer: Civil law
◉ Why did Spanish civil law form the basis for California's early legal
system? Answer: California was originally under Spanish control.
,◉ What is a substantive law? Answer: A law that establishes and
controls the rights and duties of parties
◉ What is a procedural law? Answer: A law that sets out the methods for
enforcing the rights and duties under substantive law
◉ Define civil law and criminal law. Answer: Civil law is the law of
private rights and duties.
Criminal law is the law of public rights and duties.
◉ What are four areas of difference between civil law and criminal law?
Answer: Concerns
Party filing the case
Burdens of proof
Goals
◉ Name three important sources of United State law. Answer: US
Constitution
State constitutions
Court decisions
◉ How does the Bill of Rights protect individual rights? Answer: By
limiting government power
,◉ What is due process? Answer: A fair hearing by an impartial judge
◉ What are the implied powers that the Constitution gives to Congress?
Answer: Implied powers include making any law that is not prohibited
by the Constitution or one that does not violate the letter or spirit of the
Constitution.
◉ What power do federal administrative agencies have? Answer: To
make rules and regulations that carry out the statutes passed by Congress
and to enforce the law, meaning they can mandate compliance with the
law, forbid actions, and levy penalties and fines for any violation of the
agency's rules, regulations, and their underlying statutes
◉ What laws belong exclusively to the states and not to the federal
government? Answer: Divorce law and the common law of torts and
contracts remain under the domain of the individual states.
◉ Why was the Uniform Commercial Code enacted? Answer: Simplify,
clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions.
Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom,
usage, and agreement of the parties.
Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
, ◉ What are local ordinances? Answer: Enactments by local legislative
bodies such as the city council or the town board
◉ What are the two main courts in the United States? Answer: The
federal court system and the state court system
◉ What are judicial circuits? Answer: Areas served by the US Court of
Appeals
◉ What are the two types of courts in California? Answer: Trial courts
and appellate courts
◉ What do appellate courts do? Answer: Hear and make decisions on
the appeals from the decisions of the trial courts
◉ Who are the parties involved in a civil lawsuit? Answer: Plaintiff
Defendant
Attorneys
Judge
Jury
◉ What are the main steps in a civil case? Answer: Pleadings
Discovery
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is the formal method the law offers for settling disputes?
Answer: The court system
◉ The law protects our numerous liberties and rights from what?
Answer: Violations or unreasonable interferences by individuals,
societies, and governments
◉ How does the law enforce promises? Answer: Through the use of
contracts
◉ What is the basis of law in the United States? Answer: Common law
◉ What do we call the overall accumulation of judicial decisions?
Answer: Case law
◉ hat did the Romans contribute to the legal system? Answer: Civil law
◉ Why did Spanish civil law form the basis for California's early legal
system? Answer: California was originally under Spanish control.
,◉ What is a substantive law? Answer: A law that establishes and
controls the rights and duties of parties
◉ What is a procedural law? Answer: A law that sets out the methods for
enforcing the rights and duties under substantive law
◉ Define civil law and criminal law. Answer: Civil law is the law of
private rights and duties.
Criminal law is the law of public rights and duties.
◉ What are four areas of difference between civil law and criminal law?
Answer: Concerns
Party filing the case
Burdens of proof
Goals
◉ Name three important sources of United State law. Answer: US
Constitution
State constitutions
Court decisions
◉ How does the Bill of Rights protect individual rights? Answer: By
limiting government power
,◉ What is due process? Answer: A fair hearing by an impartial judge
◉ What are the implied powers that the Constitution gives to Congress?
Answer: Implied powers include making any law that is not prohibited
by the Constitution or one that does not violate the letter or spirit of the
Constitution.
◉ What power do federal administrative agencies have? Answer: To
make rules and regulations that carry out the statutes passed by Congress
and to enforce the law, meaning they can mandate compliance with the
law, forbid actions, and levy penalties and fines for any violation of the
agency's rules, regulations, and their underlying statutes
◉ What laws belong exclusively to the states and not to the federal
government? Answer: Divorce law and the common law of torts and
contracts remain under the domain of the individual states.
◉ Why was the Uniform Commercial Code enacted? Answer: Simplify,
clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions.
Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom,
usage, and agreement of the parties.
Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
, ◉ What are local ordinances? Answer: Enactments by local legislative
bodies such as the city council or the town board
◉ What are the two main courts in the United States? Answer: The
federal court system and the state court system
◉ What are judicial circuits? Answer: Areas served by the US Court of
Appeals
◉ What are the two types of courts in California? Answer: Trial courts
and appellate courts
◉ What do appellate courts do? Answer: Hear and make decisions on
the appeals from the decisions of the trial courts
◉ Who are the parties involved in a civil lawsuit? Answer: Plaintiff
Defendant
Attorneys
Judge
Jury
◉ What are the main steps in a civil case? Answer: Pleadings
Discovery
