GBL 323 Test 1 Study Guide Questions
and Answers.
The process during which Attorneys and judges question potential individuals to evaluate
whether they can serve as unbiased and objective jurors is called: - Answer Vior Dire
The sworn testimony of a witness before trial is called - Answer Deposition
The power of a court to issue a binding ruling in a case is based on both subject matter
jurisdiction and in personal jurisdiction - Answer True
All of the following are considered types of pleadings except:
A.) Answer
B.) Complaint
C.) Counterclaim
D.) Interrogatories
E.) non of the above - Answer D.) Interrogatories
Which of the following is not a tool of discovery - Answer Jury Selection
The party that files a lawsuit to bring a case or controversy into court is the - Answer Plaintiff
For the United States Supreme Court to agree to hear a case, it must - Answer Issue a writ of
certiorari
Courts of "general" jurisdiction - Answer Hear cases that involve a variety of cases or
controversies
Which of the following is an intermediate appellate court? - Answer Court of Appeals for the
7th Circuit
Most states require that a corporation appoint an agent authorized to receive service of legal
process - Answer True
A motion for a new trial could be granted if - Answer There was not enough evidence to
support the jury's verdict
, In determining jurisdiction, a corporation is considered a citizen of - Answer Both b and c :
The state in which it is incorporated & the state in which it conducts the majority of its business
The power of long-arm statues stems from - Answer The authority of a court to obtain
jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant when that defendant has sufficient minimum
contacts with a state
Venue is (1) another term for Jurisdiction, and (2) it is appropriate in the county of the Plaintiff's
residence - Answer (1) No, (2) Yes
Generally, according to the Attorney-Client Privilege, - Answer Information provided
confidentially to an attorney by a client regarding a legal matter, may not be used
interchangeably as the work-product doctrine
Jurisprudence can be best defined as - Answer The science and philosophy of law
An American legal system includes three sources of law - Answer False
The Natural Law school of thought - Answer Advocates that a moral person may disobey an
unjust law
Followers of the Legal Positivist School believe that morals are separate from the law - Answer
True
The legislative branch creates ___________ law - Answer Statutory
A possible chronological sequence that a bill may undertake to become a law is - Answer
Subcommittee's vote, House of Representatives vote, Committee's vote, President's vote
The Positivist School of thought advocates that - Answer Morality and the law should be kept
separate, and morality issues should not influence judges decisions
The United States Constitution is the source that creates all of the following branches of
government except for - Answer The State and Federal branch
Which of the following is true about the process of judicial review?
and Answers.
The process during which Attorneys and judges question potential individuals to evaluate
whether they can serve as unbiased and objective jurors is called: - Answer Vior Dire
The sworn testimony of a witness before trial is called - Answer Deposition
The power of a court to issue a binding ruling in a case is based on both subject matter
jurisdiction and in personal jurisdiction - Answer True
All of the following are considered types of pleadings except:
A.) Answer
B.) Complaint
C.) Counterclaim
D.) Interrogatories
E.) non of the above - Answer D.) Interrogatories
Which of the following is not a tool of discovery - Answer Jury Selection
The party that files a lawsuit to bring a case or controversy into court is the - Answer Plaintiff
For the United States Supreme Court to agree to hear a case, it must - Answer Issue a writ of
certiorari
Courts of "general" jurisdiction - Answer Hear cases that involve a variety of cases or
controversies
Which of the following is an intermediate appellate court? - Answer Court of Appeals for the
7th Circuit
Most states require that a corporation appoint an agent authorized to receive service of legal
process - Answer True
A motion for a new trial could be granted if - Answer There was not enough evidence to
support the jury's verdict
, In determining jurisdiction, a corporation is considered a citizen of - Answer Both b and c :
The state in which it is incorporated & the state in which it conducts the majority of its business
The power of long-arm statues stems from - Answer The authority of a court to obtain
jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant when that defendant has sufficient minimum
contacts with a state
Venue is (1) another term for Jurisdiction, and (2) it is appropriate in the county of the Plaintiff's
residence - Answer (1) No, (2) Yes
Generally, according to the Attorney-Client Privilege, - Answer Information provided
confidentially to an attorney by a client regarding a legal matter, may not be used
interchangeably as the work-product doctrine
Jurisprudence can be best defined as - Answer The science and philosophy of law
An American legal system includes three sources of law - Answer False
The Natural Law school of thought - Answer Advocates that a moral person may disobey an
unjust law
Followers of the Legal Positivist School believe that morals are separate from the law - Answer
True
The legislative branch creates ___________ law - Answer Statutory
A possible chronological sequence that a bill may undertake to become a law is - Answer
Subcommittee's vote, House of Representatives vote, Committee's vote, President's vote
The Positivist School of thought advocates that - Answer Morality and the law should be kept
separate, and morality issues should not influence judges decisions
The United States Constitution is the source that creates all of the following branches of
government except for - Answer The State and Federal branch
Which of the following is true about the process of judicial review?
