AAERT PRACTICE TEST UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
ACTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a witness whose testimony is prejudicial
to the case of the party who called him
AFFIDAVIT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- signs an affidavit
AFFIRM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- considerations which
increase a sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- considerations which
decrease a sentence imposed
ALLOCUTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- formal statement by convicted defendant as to
whether there is any reason why judgment should not be rendered against him
AMENDMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- change/correction
ANSWER - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
,ARRAIGNMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- bringing an accused person to court to plead
a criminal charge
ARREST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- restraint and detention of a person suspected of a
crime
BAIL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- amount of money deposited as form of collateral to
guarantee that a person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled
BENCH CONFERENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a discussion between attorneys and
the judge outside the hearing of courtroom
BENCH WARRANT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- authority to find and to bring into court
someone who has failed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- standard for conviction in
a criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- standard for winning a
civil matter
BIRFUCATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- obligation to provide affirmative proof
on an issue
,STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- how much evidence (or what
type) is needed to bear that burden
CALENDAR - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- printed decisions and opinions of appellate
jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- situations causing a lawsuit
WRIT OF CERTIORARI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- appellate court order granting a
hearing to an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- record showing proper maintenance of
real evidence
CHALLENGE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- instructions from the judge
concerning the law which governs a case
CHATTEL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- federal appellate level
immediately below the Supreme Court
CLASS ACTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- suit joined in by a group of people who share
a common interest in matter
, CLOSING STATEMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- claim or lien which impairs an owners
otherwise free right to use property
QUIET TITLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- federal regulatory
agency rules and regulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a bar to re litigating an issue
already been tried between the same parties
COLLOQUY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- any formal conference, conversation or
discussion
COMMON LAW - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- customary law
COMPLAINT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant
initially answers
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 or more sentences served at
the same time
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- conflict between the private
interests an public obligations
CONFRONT ACCUSERS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- right of a person accused of a crime
to face those making accusations
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
ACTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a witness whose testimony is prejudicial
to the case of the party who called him
AFFIDAVIT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- signs an affidavit
AFFIRM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- considerations which
increase a sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- considerations which
decrease a sentence imposed
ALLOCUTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- formal statement by convicted defendant as to
whether there is any reason why judgment should not be rendered against him
AMENDMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- change/correction
ANSWER - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
,ARRAIGNMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- bringing an accused person to court to plead
a criminal charge
ARREST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- restraint and detention of a person suspected of a
crime
BAIL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- amount of money deposited as form of collateral to
guarantee that a person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled
BENCH CONFERENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a discussion between attorneys and
the judge outside the hearing of courtroom
BENCH WARRANT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- authority to find and to bring into court
someone who has failed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- standard for conviction in
a criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- standard for winning a
civil matter
BIRFUCATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- obligation to provide affirmative proof
on an issue
,STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- how much evidence (or what
type) is needed to bear that burden
CALENDAR - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- printed decisions and opinions of appellate
jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- situations causing a lawsuit
WRIT OF CERTIORARI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- appellate court order granting a
hearing to an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- record showing proper maintenance of
real evidence
CHALLENGE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- instructions from the judge
concerning the law which governs a case
CHATTEL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- federal appellate level
immediately below the Supreme Court
CLASS ACTION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- suit joined in by a group of people who share
a common interest in matter
, CLOSING STATEMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- claim or lien which impairs an owners
otherwise free right to use property
QUIET TITLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- federal regulatory
agency rules and regulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a bar to re litigating an issue
already been tried between the same parties
COLLOQUY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- any formal conference, conversation or
discussion
COMMON LAW - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- customary law
COMPLAINT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant
initially answers
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 or more sentences served at
the same time
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- conflict between the private
interests an public obligations
CONFRONT ACCUSERS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- right of a person accused of a crime
to face those making accusations
