LES 305 Exam 1 CourseHero Practice (T/F)
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Part of Laura Nash's model for resolving ethical dilemmas is to ask, "How would this decision
appear if it was reported on the front page of a newspaper?" - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
2. Re-labeling our conduct is one of the techniques that we use to avoid facing ethical dilemmas.
For example, we might use the term "managing earnings" to refer to accounting fraud. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
"Is it in compliance with the law?" is one of the categories of ethical dilemmas according to your
textbook. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
4. When we are rationalizing, we are not doing a thorough analysis of the ethical problem at
hand. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
. If you would return an envelope full of cash to an elderly person who dropped it, and you
would
keep the money if that woman was Oprah Winfrey, a famously wealthy entertainer, then you are
practicing moral relativism. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
Jurisdiction of the courts in Arizona is proper over a Nevada defendant who directed its
advertising at Arizona residents and shipped a sufficient amount of goods to Arizona. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
Rebel groups have been fighting to overthrow Syria's President Bashar al-Assad since 2011.
The Syrian government has allegedly responded by shooting and bombing its people and it
,reportedly unleashed a chemical attack against people in a suburb of Damascus on August 21,
2013. Reports indicate that more than 100,000 people have died and millions more have fled
their
homes for refugee camps in other countries since the outset of the rebellion. President Obama
can
bring a lawsuit in the United States against President Bashar al-Assad to recover damages for
these atrocities. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
One of the purposes of law is to influence conduct - CORRECT ANSWER -T
Appellate courts will affirm the trial court's ruling when they are unable to find that a reversible
error has been made - CORRECT ANSWER -T
If you reveal information to someone who is not your lawyer, you may lose your privilege to
keep that information confidential. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
A state court needs to have both a long-arm statue and sufficient minimum contacts with an
out-of-state defendant to have the power to call the defendant into court. - CORRECT
ANSWER -T
13. The United States Supreme Court issues a writ of certiorari for the cases that it wants to hear.
- CORRECT ANSWER -T
To initiate a lawsuit in the federal court system, the plaintiff would file a complaint in a federal
superior court. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
15.Cases that can be heard in federal court include federal question cases. - CORRECT
ANSWER -T
, In a federal diversity of citizenship suit, either the plaintiff and defendant must be from
different states or the amount in controversy must be $75,000 or more. - CORRECT
ANSWER -F
Ordinarily, if you are in charge of retaining evidence for your any lawsuits that may be filed
against your company, then you should retain the evidence for any particular case only until the
statute of limitations expires. If no lawsuit is filed before the statute of limitations expires, then
you may dispose of it. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
If you plan to file a suit for negligence in a jurisdiction with a two-year statute of limitations,
you must file suit before the statute of limitation expires or your lawsuit will be dismissed. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
. One of the reasons that businesses prefer to resolve disputes using ADR methods over
traditional litigation is that the records and testimony will not be accessible by the public. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
. Mini-trials are most commonly used to resolve disputes between employers and employees.
During the proceeding, groups of fellow employees review the actions of management against a
fellow employee and the panel can take testimony, review documents and make decisions that
can
include an award of damages. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
When an attorney, who is a paid consultant or volunteer, meets with the parties to the case and
receives an assessment of the case by the attorneys for both sides and then renders an opinion on
the resolution of the case, this is called peer review. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
The defendant has the burden of proof in criminal cases but the plaintiff has the burden of proof
in civil cases. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Part of Laura Nash's model for resolving ethical dilemmas is to ask, "How would this decision
appear if it was reported on the front page of a newspaper?" - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
2. Re-labeling our conduct is one of the techniques that we use to avoid facing ethical dilemmas.
For example, we might use the term "managing earnings" to refer to accounting fraud. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
"Is it in compliance with the law?" is one of the categories of ethical dilemmas according to your
textbook. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
4. When we are rationalizing, we are not doing a thorough analysis of the ethical problem at
hand. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
. If you would return an envelope full of cash to an elderly person who dropped it, and you
would
keep the money if that woman was Oprah Winfrey, a famously wealthy entertainer, then you are
practicing moral relativism. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
Jurisdiction of the courts in Arizona is proper over a Nevada defendant who directed its
advertising at Arizona residents and shipped a sufficient amount of goods to Arizona. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
Rebel groups have been fighting to overthrow Syria's President Bashar al-Assad since 2011.
The Syrian government has allegedly responded by shooting and bombing its people and it
,reportedly unleashed a chemical attack against people in a suburb of Damascus on August 21,
2013. Reports indicate that more than 100,000 people have died and millions more have fled
their
homes for refugee camps in other countries since the outset of the rebellion. President Obama
can
bring a lawsuit in the United States against President Bashar al-Assad to recover damages for
these atrocities. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
One of the purposes of law is to influence conduct - CORRECT ANSWER -T
Appellate courts will affirm the trial court's ruling when they are unable to find that a reversible
error has been made - CORRECT ANSWER -T
If you reveal information to someone who is not your lawyer, you may lose your privilege to
keep that information confidential. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
A state court needs to have both a long-arm statue and sufficient minimum contacts with an
out-of-state defendant to have the power to call the defendant into court. - CORRECT
ANSWER -T
13. The United States Supreme Court issues a writ of certiorari for the cases that it wants to hear.
- CORRECT ANSWER -T
To initiate a lawsuit in the federal court system, the plaintiff would file a complaint in a federal
superior court. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
15.Cases that can be heard in federal court include federal question cases. - CORRECT
ANSWER -T
, In a federal diversity of citizenship suit, either the plaintiff and defendant must be from
different states or the amount in controversy must be $75,000 or more. - CORRECT
ANSWER -F
Ordinarily, if you are in charge of retaining evidence for your any lawsuits that may be filed
against your company, then you should retain the evidence for any particular case only until the
statute of limitations expires. If no lawsuit is filed before the statute of limitations expires, then
you may dispose of it. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
If you plan to file a suit for negligence in a jurisdiction with a two-year statute of limitations,
you must file suit before the statute of limitation expires or your lawsuit will be dismissed. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
. One of the reasons that businesses prefer to resolve disputes using ADR methods over
traditional litigation is that the records and testimony will not be accessible by the public. -
CORRECT ANSWER -T
. Mini-trials are most commonly used to resolve disputes between employers and employees.
During the proceeding, groups of fellow employees review the actions of management against a
fellow employee and the panel can take testimony, review documents and make decisions that
can
include an award of damages. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
When an attorney, who is a paid consultant or volunteer, meets with the parties to the case and
receives an assessment of the case by the attorneys for both sides and then renders an opinion on
the resolution of the case, this is called peer review. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
The defendant has the burden of proof in criminal cases but the plaintiff has the burden of proof
in civil cases. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
