BUSA 2106 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Believers of judicial restraint
Answer:
believe that power should not be used except in unusual cases
Question:
2. Believers of judicial activism
Answer:
believe that power should be used whenever the needs of society justify its use
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3. Judicial activism
Answer:
conservative judges often appointed by Republican presidents
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4. Judicial restraint
Answer:
liberal judges generally appointed by Democratic presidents
Question:
5. Those who believe in the judicial restraint believe that
social, political, and economic change in society should
result from
Answer:
the political process
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6. A trial judge
Answer:
uses knowledge gained from participation after observing the witness as an
essential ingredient in making decision
, Question:
7. An appellate judge
Answer:
spends most of the time studying the briefs, the record of proceedings, and the
law in reaching decisions
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8. Activist jurists believe that
Answer:
the meaning of the Constitution is relative to the times in which it is being
interpreted
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9. People who support judicial restraint believe that
Answer:
many constitutional issues should not be decided by courts unless absolutely
necessary
Question:
10. T/F: For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a corporation
cannot be a citizen of the state in which it has its principal
place of business.
Answer:
False
Question:
11. Members of some appellate courts, such as the U.S.
Supreme Court are called
Answer:
Justices
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12. Which of the following is a characteristic of justices?
Answer:
They often give reasons for their decisions
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13. true statements about justices
Answer:
their decisions become precedent and a part of the body of the law that may
affect society as a whole, they are essentially concerned with issues of law rather
that with issues of fact when reviewing appeals
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Believers of judicial restraint
Answer:
believe that power should not be used except in unusual cases
Question:
2. Believers of judicial activism
Answer:
believe that power should be used whenever the needs of society justify its use
Question:
3. Judicial activism
Answer:
conservative judges often appointed by Republican presidents
Question:
4. Judicial restraint
Answer:
liberal judges generally appointed by Democratic presidents
Question:
5. Those who believe in the judicial restraint believe that
social, political, and economic change in society should
result from
Answer:
the political process
Question:
6. A trial judge
Answer:
uses knowledge gained from participation after observing the witness as an
essential ingredient in making decision
, Question:
7. An appellate judge
Answer:
spends most of the time studying the briefs, the record of proceedings, and the
law in reaching decisions
Question:
8. Activist jurists believe that
Answer:
the meaning of the Constitution is relative to the times in which it is being
interpreted
Question:
9. People who support judicial restraint believe that
Answer:
many constitutional issues should not be decided by courts unless absolutely
necessary
Question:
10. T/F: For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a corporation
cannot be a citizen of the state in which it has its principal
place of business.
Answer:
False
Question:
11. Members of some appellate courts, such as the U.S.
Supreme Court are called
Answer:
Justices
Question:
12. Which of the following is a characteristic of justices?
Answer:
They often give reasons for their decisions
Question:
13. true statements about justices
Answer:
their decisions become precedent and a part of the body of the law that may
affect society as a whole, they are essentially concerned with issues of law rather
that with issues of fact when reviewing appeals
