AAERT UPDATED TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔TYPE OF WITNESS MATCH
Types of witnesses:
Lay ------>
Expert ------>
Character ------>
fact witness about the case
fact and opinion witness on a specific topic
testifies on if someone is a good person - ✔✔LAY WITNESS ----> FACT WITNESS
ABOUT THE CASE
EXPERT WITNESS ----> FACT AND OPINION WITNESS ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC
CHARACTER WITNESS ----> TESTIFIES ON IF SOMEONE IS A GOOD PERSON
✔✔If the case is about a car accident on 10/19/2022, which term describes that date?
A: Date of Injury
B: Day of Injury
C: Day of Accident
D: Date of Loss - ✔✔D: Date of Loss
✔✔Can a lay witness give an opinion during their testimony?
A: No
B: Yes - ✔✔A: No
✔✔During trial the attorney who calls a witness gets to ask them questions first. What is
it called when that attorney is asking their second round of questions?
A: direct examination
, B: redirect examination
C: cross-examination
D: recross-examination - ✔✔B: redirect examination
✔✔Match the parties with their position in the case.
Defendant ---->
Plaintiff ----->
Party who is accused of wrongdoing
Party that feels they have been wronged - ✔✔DEFENDANT ----> PARTY WHO IS
ACCUSED OF WRONGDOING
PLAINTIFF ----> PARTY THAT FEELS THEY HAVE BEEN WRONGED
✔✔Is the burden of proof on the plaintiff for both criminal and civil cases?
A: Yes
B: No - ✔✔A: Yes
✔✔At what point in the lifecycle of a case does a deposition usually take place?
A: During interrogatories.
B: During document production.
C: During discovery.
D: Presuit
E: Trial
F: Appeal - ✔✔C: During discovery.
✔✔Burden of Proof:
Criminal ----->
Civil ----->
Decided by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt
Decided by a preponderance of the evidence - ✔✔CRIMINAL - DECIDED BY
EVIDENCE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
CIVIL - DECIDED BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
✔✔COUNSEL: Match the following terms to the correct definitions.
- Outside Counsel
- Pro Se
- et. seq.
- Third Party
- Pro Hac Vice
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔TYPE OF WITNESS MATCH
Types of witnesses:
Lay ------>
Expert ------>
Character ------>
fact witness about the case
fact and opinion witness on a specific topic
testifies on if someone is a good person - ✔✔LAY WITNESS ----> FACT WITNESS
ABOUT THE CASE
EXPERT WITNESS ----> FACT AND OPINION WITNESS ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC
CHARACTER WITNESS ----> TESTIFIES ON IF SOMEONE IS A GOOD PERSON
✔✔If the case is about a car accident on 10/19/2022, which term describes that date?
A: Date of Injury
B: Day of Injury
C: Day of Accident
D: Date of Loss - ✔✔D: Date of Loss
✔✔Can a lay witness give an opinion during their testimony?
A: No
B: Yes - ✔✔A: No
✔✔During trial the attorney who calls a witness gets to ask them questions first. What is
it called when that attorney is asking their second round of questions?
A: direct examination
, B: redirect examination
C: cross-examination
D: recross-examination - ✔✔B: redirect examination
✔✔Match the parties with their position in the case.
Defendant ---->
Plaintiff ----->
Party who is accused of wrongdoing
Party that feels they have been wronged - ✔✔DEFENDANT ----> PARTY WHO IS
ACCUSED OF WRONGDOING
PLAINTIFF ----> PARTY THAT FEELS THEY HAVE BEEN WRONGED
✔✔Is the burden of proof on the plaintiff for both criminal and civil cases?
A: Yes
B: No - ✔✔A: Yes
✔✔At what point in the lifecycle of a case does a deposition usually take place?
A: During interrogatories.
B: During document production.
C: During discovery.
D: Presuit
E: Trial
F: Appeal - ✔✔C: During discovery.
✔✔Burden of Proof:
Criminal ----->
Civil ----->
Decided by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt
Decided by a preponderance of the evidence - ✔✔CRIMINAL - DECIDED BY
EVIDENCE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
CIVIL - DECIDED BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
✔✔COUNSEL: Match the following terms to the correct definitions.
- Outside Counsel
- Pro Se
- et. seq.
- Third Party
- Pro Hac Vice
