NYLE EXAM MODULES PRACTICE EXAM
RATED A.
By paying the attorney registration fee, an attorney is contributing to which
one of the following organizations?
a) The New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics.
b) The American Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics.
c) The New York Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection.
d)The New York State Grievance Committee.
c) The New York Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection.
The Rules of Professional Responsibility prohibit a lawyer's in-person
solicitation for the purpose of retention of the lawyer:
a) If a significant motive of the lawyer is pecuniary gain and the person is not
an existing client.
b) If a significant motive of the lawyer is pecuniary gain regardless of
whether the person is an existing client.
c) Anytime the lawyer is likely to receive pecuniary gain regardless of
whether the person is an existing client.
d) Regardless of the lawyer's motive or whether the person is an existing
client.
a) If a significant motive of the lawyer is pecuniary gain and the person is not an
existing client.
A lawyer's failure to meet the biannual attorney registration requirement:
a) Is not professional misconduct, but will result in a judgment against the
lawyer.
b) Is not professional misconduct, but will suspend the lawyer's driving
privileges.
c) Is professional misconduct that may result in a disciplinary suspension.
,d) Is professional misconduct that may result in an administrative
suspension.
c) Is professional misconduct that may result in a disciplinary suspension.
A periodic tenancy:
a) Must be created by a lease.
b) May be terminated by the tenant but not the landlord.
c) Terminates when the tenant sublets the premises with the landlord's
consent.
d) Is created if a tenant remains in possession after the lease ends and the
landlord accepts rent.
d) Is created if a tenant remains in possession after the lease ends and the
landlord accepts rent.
A lawyer who represents a seller in a real estate contract and who receives a
$5,000
deposit on the purchase price in trust for the seller and buyer....
Must deposit the $5,000 in his attorney trust account.
A lender foreclosed on a mortgage and the total judgment with interest at
the time of sale was $500,000. At the foreclosure sale, the property sold for
$350,000. Is the lender entitled to seek a deficiency judgment against the
borrower if the court determines the market value of the property is
$400,000?
a) No, because the lender accepted a sale price less than the debt.
b) No, because the lender accepted a sale price less than the market value
as determined by the court.
c) Yes, in the amount of $150,000.
d) Yes, in the amount of $100,000.
d) Yes, in the amount of $100,000.
, If one defendant in a negligence action with two defendants settles with the
plaintiff and is released in the action, the remaining defendant:
a) Is also released from liability to the plaintiff in the same action.
b) Receives the benefit of the greater of the proportionate share of liability
of the settling defendant or the amount that the settling defendant paid.
c) Receives the benefit of the lesser of the proportionate share of liability of
the settling defendant or the amount that the settling defendant paid.
d)May seek contribution from the settling defendant if the settling
defendant paid less than its equitable share of the damages.
b) Receives the benefit of the greater of the proportionate share of liability of
the settling defendant or the amount that the settling defendant paid.
Which one of the following statements is true regarding whether a particular
violation constitutes negligence per se or some evidence of negligence?
a) A traffic violation under the Vehicle and Traffic Law is some evidence of
negligence.
b) A violation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting the use of fireworks is
negligence per se.
c) A violation of a safety regulation under 241 (6) of the Labor Law is some
evidence of negligence.
d) A violation of a Department of Health regulation requiring inspections of
public swimming pools is some evidence of negligence.
d) A violation of a Department of Health regulation requiring inspections of
public swimming pools is some evidence of negligence.
The right to privacy under New York Law:
a) Was created under common law.
d) Extends to private individuals while alive and deceased.
c) Applies to newsworthy events and matters of public interest.
d) If violated could give rise to a civil action and can constitute a
misdemeanor.
RATED A.
By paying the attorney registration fee, an attorney is contributing to which
one of the following organizations?
a) The New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics.
b) The American Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics.
c) The New York Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection.
d)The New York State Grievance Committee.
c) The New York Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection.
The Rules of Professional Responsibility prohibit a lawyer's in-person
solicitation for the purpose of retention of the lawyer:
a) If a significant motive of the lawyer is pecuniary gain and the person is not
an existing client.
b) If a significant motive of the lawyer is pecuniary gain regardless of
whether the person is an existing client.
c) Anytime the lawyer is likely to receive pecuniary gain regardless of
whether the person is an existing client.
d) Regardless of the lawyer's motive or whether the person is an existing
client.
a) If a significant motive of the lawyer is pecuniary gain and the person is not an
existing client.
A lawyer's failure to meet the biannual attorney registration requirement:
a) Is not professional misconduct, but will result in a judgment against the
lawyer.
b) Is not professional misconduct, but will suspend the lawyer's driving
privileges.
c) Is professional misconduct that may result in a disciplinary suspension.
,d) Is professional misconduct that may result in an administrative
suspension.
c) Is professional misconduct that may result in a disciplinary suspension.
A periodic tenancy:
a) Must be created by a lease.
b) May be terminated by the tenant but not the landlord.
c) Terminates when the tenant sublets the premises with the landlord's
consent.
d) Is created if a tenant remains in possession after the lease ends and the
landlord accepts rent.
d) Is created if a tenant remains in possession after the lease ends and the
landlord accepts rent.
A lawyer who represents a seller in a real estate contract and who receives a
$5,000
deposit on the purchase price in trust for the seller and buyer....
Must deposit the $5,000 in his attorney trust account.
A lender foreclosed on a mortgage and the total judgment with interest at
the time of sale was $500,000. At the foreclosure sale, the property sold for
$350,000. Is the lender entitled to seek a deficiency judgment against the
borrower if the court determines the market value of the property is
$400,000?
a) No, because the lender accepted a sale price less than the debt.
b) No, because the lender accepted a sale price less than the market value
as determined by the court.
c) Yes, in the amount of $150,000.
d) Yes, in the amount of $100,000.
d) Yes, in the amount of $100,000.
, If one defendant in a negligence action with two defendants settles with the
plaintiff and is released in the action, the remaining defendant:
a) Is also released from liability to the plaintiff in the same action.
b) Receives the benefit of the greater of the proportionate share of liability
of the settling defendant or the amount that the settling defendant paid.
c) Receives the benefit of the lesser of the proportionate share of liability of
the settling defendant or the amount that the settling defendant paid.
d)May seek contribution from the settling defendant if the settling
defendant paid less than its equitable share of the damages.
b) Receives the benefit of the greater of the proportionate share of liability of
the settling defendant or the amount that the settling defendant paid.
Which one of the following statements is true regarding whether a particular
violation constitutes negligence per se or some evidence of negligence?
a) A traffic violation under the Vehicle and Traffic Law is some evidence of
negligence.
b) A violation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting the use of fireworks is
negligence per se.
c) A violation of a safety regulation under 241 (6) of the Labor Law is some
evidence of negligence.
d) A violation of a Department of Health regulation requiring inspections of
public swimming pools is some evidence of negligence.
d) A violation of a Department of Health regulation requiring inspections of
public swimming pools is some evidence of negligence.
The right to privacy under New York Law:
a) Was created under common law.
d) Extends to private individuals while alive and deceased.
c) Applies to newsworthy events and matters of public interest.
d) If violated could give rise to a civil action and can constitute a
misdemeanor.
