Who determines the boundaries for the circuit court of appeals?

Question 1 Who determines the boundaries for the circuit court of appeals?

 

Question options:

 

 Congress

 

 Individual state’s executive branch

 

 Individual state’s judicial branch

 

 U.S. courts of appeals

 

Question 2

 

Which of the following responses is not a reason for the limited number of published trial court opinions?

 

Question options:

 

 Cost-effectiveness

 

 Lack of customers to purchase the publications

 

 Limited value of trial opinions

 

 Frequency of overturned opinions

 

Question 3 What is the first step in preparing a case brief?

 

Question options:

 

 Identify key issues.

 

 Identify key facts.

 

 Identify similar cases.

 

 Identify similar verdicts.

 

Question 4 Originally, the U.S. Constitution provided for which of the following?

 

Question options:

 

Thirteen colonial courts

 

Military courts

 

A single federal court

 

Courts to be created by each of the states and overseen by the Congress

 

Question 5 The specific elements of a judicial opinion are often written in which format?

 

Question options:

 

 Bullet format

 

 Detailed format

 

 Key issue format

 

 Narrative format

 

Question 6 When there are no judicial precedents, a judge must create one. This is known as what?

 

Question options:

 

 Administrative law

 

 Delegated law

 

 Common law

 

 Original law

 

Question 7 The Supreme Court most commonly employs what type of jurisdiction?

 

Question options:

 

 State jurisdiction

 

 Appellate jurisdiction

 

 Pendent jurisdiction

 

 U.S. district court jurisdiction

 

Question 8 Judicial opinions from a single court are published in what manner?

 

Question options:

 

 Annually

 

 Topically

 

 Sequentially

 

 Chronologically

 

Question 9 What is the general function of the appellate court in all cases?

 

Question options:

 

 Determine if a statute was constitutional.

 

 Determine if a statute was applicable in a particular case.

 

 Determine if a law was in violation of a federal statute.

 

 Determine if law was applied properly and fairly.

 

Question 10 Which court has the general authority to change the trial court’s verdict on review?

 

Question options:

 

 Appellate court

 

 Municipal court

 

 Federal district court

 

 Judicial court