BLAW-2200 CHAPTER 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. ______ is a court's power to hear cases and render decisions
that bind the parties before them.
Answer:
Jurisdiction
Question:
2. ______ jurisdiction is the power to hear and decide cases
when they first enter the legal system.
Answer:
Original
Question:
3. ______ jurisdiction literally means "jurisdiction over the
person."
Answer:
In personam
Question:
4. True or false: Most industrialized countries have a single
court system, with courts that have the power to hear
both local and national cases.
Answer:
True
Question:
5. Which of the following is an accurate statement
regarding venue?
Answer:
Once a case is in the proper court system, venue determines which trial court in
the system will hear the case.
Question:
6. ______ is a court's power to bind the parties before it.
Answer:
Jurisdiction
, Question:
7. When a contract contains a(n) ______, the parties specify
which court would hear a dispute over an alleged breach
of the contract.
Answer:
forum-selection clause
Question:
8. Which of the following is not another term for trial
courts?
Answer:
Appellate courts
Question:
9. ______ jurisdiction is a court's power to render a decision
affecting the rights of the specific persons before the
court.
Answer:
In personam
Question:
10. ______ jurisdiction is a court's power to hear certain kinds of
cases.
Answer:
Subject-matter
Question:
11. Usually, the trial court for the county where the ____
resides is the appropriate venue.
Answer:
defendant
Question:
12. In the context of the Atlantic Marine Construction
Company, Inc. v United States District Court for the
Western District of Texas et Al., in the appeal by the
Atlantic, the Supreme Court held that the lower court
should seek to ______ before ______ the case.
Answer:
transfer, dismissing
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. ______ is a court's power to hear cases and render decisions
that bind the parties before them.
Answer:
Jurisdiction
Question:
2. ______ jurisdiction is the power to hear and decide cases
when they first enter the legal system.
Answer:
Original
Question:
3. ______ jurisdiction literally means "jurisdiction over the
person."
Answer:
In personam
Question:
4. True or false: Most industrialized countries have a single
court system, with courts that have the power to hear
both local and national cases.
Answer:
True
Question:
5. Which of the following is an accurate statement
regarding venue?
Answer:
Once a case is in the proper court system, venue determines which trial court in
the system will hear the case.
Question:
6. ______ is a court's power to bind the parties before it.
Answer:
Jurisdiction
, Question:
7. When a contract contains a(n) ______, the parties specify
which court would hear a dispute over an alleged breach
of the contract.
Answer:
forum-selection clause
Question:
8. Which of the following is not another term for trial
courts?
Answer:
Appellate courts
Question:
9. ______ jurisdiction is a court's power to render a decision
affecting the rights of the specific persons before the
court.
Answer:
In personam
Question:
10. ______ jurisdiction is a court's power to hear certain kinds of
cases.
Answer:
Subject-matter
Question:
11. Usually, the trial court for the county where the ____
resides is the appropriate venue.
Answer:
defendant
Question:
12. In the context of the Atlantic Marine Construction
Company, Inc. v United States District Court for the
Western District of Texas et Al., in the appeal by the
Atlantic, the Supreme Court held that the lower court
should seek to ______ before ______ the case.
Answer:
transfer, dismissing
