PCC Business Law (Dosson) Questions And
Answers
The definition of law - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A body of rules and
conduct with legal force and effect set forth by the government of
society
The three components of the definition of law - Correct Answer
✔✔ - Rules of Conduct
With legal force and effect
Set forth by the government
What are two sources of law - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Common law
Statutory law
What is statutory law? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Laws enacted by a
legislative body
What is common law? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The body of law
developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and US
courts
What is case law? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Rules of law announced
in court decisions
What is precedent? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A court decision that
furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases
involving identical or similar facts.
What is stare decisis? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A doctrine of the
courts under which judges are OBLIGATED to follow the precedent
established within their jurisdictions
What are the five advantages of stare decisis? - Correct Answer
✔✔ - Efficiency
Uniformity
,Consistency
Stability
Predictability
What is jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The authority of a
court to hear and decide a specific action
What are the three types of jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Over the people
Over the property
Over the subject matter
What is the geographic limitations on a state appellate courts
jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The boundary lines of that
state
Under stare decisis is a court obligated to follow a decision from
another jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - No. A ruling from
another jurisdiction is only persuasive authority and not binding
authority
Under what four circumstances may a court ignore the mandate
of stare decisis and deviate from legal precedent? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ - Change in public policy
The particular law at issue has become illegal
A law is no longer just
Changes in society
What is the supreme law of the land? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - U.S.
Constitution
What do we call a us Supreme Court case in which the ruling
deviates from stare decisis? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A landmark
decision
What are the four general areas of law - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Civil
, Criminal
Administrative
International
What determines the area of law we seek to use to help with a
problem? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The outcome we desire
What is a lawsuit? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A judicial proceeding for
the resolution of a dispute between parties in which rights are
enforced or protected, wrongs are prevented or redressed, or
public offenses are prosecuted
Generally under what two circumstances does a lawsuit arise? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ - One party have been wronged
A dispute exists
What is ambiguity? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A statement in a
written document (contract or statute) that is unclear to the
extent that it has two possible interpretations
What is a breach? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A failure to perform a
legal obligation (also known as a legal duty)
What is a C/A? FA - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Cause of Action- a
situation or state of facts that gives a person a right to initiate a
lawsuit
Who are the parties to a civil lawsuit - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Plaintiff
Defendant
(Counter)
The ten general steps that a typical civil lawsuit follows from start
to finish - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Event causing problem
Drafting complaint
Filing of complaint
Service on defendant
Answers
The definition of law - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A body of rules and
conduct with legal force and effect set forth by the government of
society
The three components of the definition of law - Correct Answer
✔✔ - Rules of Conduct
With legal force and effect
Set forth by the government
What are two sources of law - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Common law
Statutory law
What is statutory law? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Laws enacted by a
legislative body
What is common law? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The body of law
developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and US
courts
What is case law? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Rules of law announced
in court decisions
What is precedent? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A court decision that
furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases
involving identical or similar facts.
What is stare decisis? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A doctrine of the
courts under which judges are OBLIGATED to follow the precedent
established within their jurisdictions
What are the five advantages of stare decisis? - Correct Answer
✔✔ - Efficiency
Uniformity
,Consistency
Stability
Predictability
What is jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The authority of a
court to hear and decide a specific action
What are the three types of jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Over the people
Over the property
Over the subject matter
What is the geographic limitations on a state appellate courts
jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The boundary lines of that
state
Under stare decisis is a court obligated to follow a decision from
another jurisdiction? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - No. A ruling from
another jurisdiction is only persuasive authority and not binding
authority
Under what four circumstances may a court ignore the mandate
of stare decisis and deviate from legal precedent? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ - Change in public policy
The particular law at issue has become illegal
A law is no longer just
Changes in society
What is the supreme law of the land? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - U.S.
Constitution
What do we call a us Supreme Court case in which the ruling
deviates from stare decisis? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A landmark
decision
What are the four general areas of law - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Civil
, Criminal
Administrative
International
What determines the area of law we seek to use to help with a
problem? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The outcome we desire
What is a lawsuit? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A judicial proceeding for
the resolution of a dispute between parties in which rights are
enforced or protected, wrongs are prevented or redressed, or
public offenses are prosecuted
Generally under what two circumstances does a lawsuit arise? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ - One party have been wronged
A dispute exists
What is ambiguity? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A statement in a
written document (contract or statute) that is unclear to the
extent that it has two possible interpretations
What is a breach? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A failure to perform a
legal obligation (also known as a legal duty)
What is a C/A? FA - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Cause of Action- a
situation or state of facts that gives a person a right to initiate a
lawsuit
Who are the parties to a civil lawsuit - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Plaintiff
Defendant
(Counter)
The ten general steps that a typical civil lawsuit follows from start
to finish - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Event causing problem
Drafting complaint
Filing of complaint
Service on defendant
