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Questions
1. Which statement distinguishes a criminal from a civil case?
A) A judge must be the one to determine the outcome.
B) Compensation is the remedy being sought as justice.
C) The decision will be based on a preponderance of the evidence.
D) The plaintiff will be a lawyer representing the government.
2. Fraud is
A) an email or text trying to sell you a product
B) an attempt to cheat you out of your money
C) any unproven report made to an agency
D) any type of unethical business behavior
3. The Bill of Rights is the legacy of which document?
A) Anti-Federalist Essays
B) Federalist Papers
C) Human Rights
D) Magna Carta
4. Which is an example of how new laws and law reform in the tort system have had a positive outcome?
A) Nuisance laws are often used to protect the public from dangerous products and services.
B) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares fundamental rights that should be protected.
C) The supremacy clause grants primacy to federal law, meaning it is of highest importance.
D) Property and child custody laws expanded the rights of women in the last century.
5. Preventing cybercrimes and protecting online privacy are both reasons for
A) establishing patent law
B) regulating the internet
C) limiting free speech
D) statutory exclusion
6. Which conflict would be under state jurisdiction?
A) A person is accused of breaking into and vandalizing a national park after hours.
B) A citizen goes to vote but is denied. The state says the person is not qualified to vote.
C) A person is accused of stealing people's money by tricking them through manipulative online messages.
D) A singer sues a streaming music service for selling their music without permission to customers in foreign countries.
7. Which scenario reflects the guiding principles of the child's best interest standard?
A) A child remains in foster care as disputing caregivers frequently expand their legal case.
B) A divorced couple takes turns living in the family home so their child can stay in one place.
C) A parent convinces a child to lie to a social worker so they will not have to visit the other parent.
D) An adopted child is removed from their home of nine years when a biological parent contests the adoption.
8. Examine the list of features descriptions, and then answer the question.
Hearsay
Irrelevant
Misleading
Prejudicial
All of these terms describe
A) admissable evidence
B) inadmissable evidence
C) status offenses
D) statutory exclusions
9. Over time, the United States has ______________ legal protections for those who wish to marry or cohabitate.
A) reduced
B) expanded
C) minimized
D) subsidized
10. Which statement is true about the due process clause?
A) Under special circumstances, laws can prohibit behavior that is protected by the law.
B) No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without a fair trial.
C) You have the obligation to notify the government of any action you are taking.
D) People have the right to petition for change and to assemble and protest.