Business and Its Legal
Environment
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. The law establishes rights, duties, and privileges that are
consistent with the values of society.
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Objective: AACSB Reflective Skill Level: AICPA Critical
Thinking
2. How judges apply the law to specific disputes may depend in
part on their personal philosophical views.
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Objective: AACSB Reflective Skill Level: AICPA Critical
Thinking
3. Law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships
among individuals and between individuals and their society.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
4. The natural law philosopher believes that the law should reflect
universal moral and ethical principles that are part of human
nature.
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Objective: AACSB Ethics Skill Level: AICPA Critical
Thinking
5. A federal law that conflicts with the U.S. Constitution will be
deemed unconstitutional.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
6. Constitutional law includes only the U.S. Constitution.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
7. A state law that conflicts with the U.S. Constitution will be
deemed unconstitutional.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
8. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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9. In determining whether a law is constitutional, a court will not
look at its source.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
10. No state has its own constitution.
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Objective: AACSB Reflective Skill Level: AICPA Legal
11. Federal statutes apply to all states.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
12. Statutory law includes only state statutes.
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Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal
13. The Uniform Commercial Code has been adopted by only a few
states.
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Objective: AACSB Reflective Skill Level: AICPA Legal
14. Federal agency regulations take precedence over conflicting
state agency regulations.
ANSWER: T PAGE: 8 TYPE: N
, Objective: AACSB Analytic Skill Level: AICPA Legal