POLITICS & THE LAW exam #3 -- The Legislative Branch (closed book/notes)
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___ 1. Most criminal and civil laws are passed by state or local legislatures. This demonstrates what two constitutional principles?
a. limited government and federalism
b. separation of powers and checks and balances
c. judicial review and federalism
d. Bill of Rights and judicial review
___ 2. Congress made it a requirement that in order for the states to receive highway funds from the federal government, they would have to raise the drinking age to 21. This is one way that Congress has expanded its power under which constitutional principle?
a. limited government
b. checks and balances
c. judicial review
d. separation of powers
___ 3. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty on the international rights of women. The Senate has not passed the treaty as today. The requirement to get the advice and consent of the Senate is an example of what constitutional principle?
a. limited government
b. separation of powers
c. checks and balances
d. judicial review
___ 4. Which of the following is a characteristic of an appeals court?
a. Evidence is submitted through the proper witness.
b. Only arguments from attorneys are presented in court.
c. Witnesses give testimony under oath.
d. Juries decide the facts.
___ 5. When the highest state court in a state makes a decision, this precedent must be followed by
a. all federal trial courts in the state.
b. all federal appellate courts in the state.
c. the U.S. Supreme Court.
d. the lower appellate and trial courts in the state.
___ 6. What type of case would likely be heard in federal court?
a. divorce between two persons who now live in different states
b. criminal case involving shoplifting
c. car accident case in which plaintiff and defendant live in different states and the plaintiff is suing for $100,000
d. probate case in which a son is claiming that his deceased father was not competent when he made his will
___ 7. What statement is NOT true about the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. The U.S. Supreme Court hears very few cases that it is asked to review.
b. The U.S. Supreme Court accepts cases by granting petitions of certiorari.
c. The party who appeals its case to the U.S. Supreme Court is usually the winning party in the lower court.
d. If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear a case, the attorneys submit written briefs and make oral arguments.
___ 8. Through interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protections in the Bill of Rights apply to state and local government?
a. all
b. most
c. no
d. a few
___ 9. Which statement is false?
a. All forms of discrimination are unfair and illegal.
b. Discrimination is an unavoidable result of lawmaking.
c. Discrimination along reasonable classifications does not violate the Constitution.
d. Discrimination is treatment of others based on their membership in a group.
___ 10. Efforts to end discrimination in the United States include which of the following?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. all of the above
___ 1. Most criminal and civil laws are passed by state or local legislatures. This demonstrates what two constitutional principles?
a. limited government and federalism
b. separation of powers and checks and balances
c. judicial review and federalism
d. Bill of Rights and judicial review
___ 2. Congress made it a requirement that in order for the states to receive highway funds from the federal government, they would have to raise the drinking age to 21. This is one way that Congress has expanded its power under which constitutional principle?
a. limited government
b. checks and balances
c. judicial review
d. separation of powers
___ 3. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty on the international rights of women. The Senate has not passed the treaty as today. The requirement to get the advice and consent of the Senate is an example of what constitutional principle?
a. limited government
b. separation of powers
c. checks and balances
d. judicial review
___ 4. Which of the following is a characteristic of an appeals court?
a. Evidence is submitted through the proper witness.
b. Only arguments from attorneys are presented in court.
c. Witnesses give testimony under oath.
d. Juries decide the facts.
___ 5. When the highest state court in a state makes a decision, this precedent must be followed by
a. all federal trial courts in the state.
b. all federal appellate courts in the state.
c. the U.S. Supreme Court.
d. the lower appellate and trial courts in the state.
___ 6. What type of case would likely be heard in federal court?
a. divorce between two persons who now live in different states
b. criminal case involving shoplifting
c. car accident case in which plaintiff and defendant live in different states and the plaintiff is suing for $100,000
d. probate case in which a son is claiming that his deceased father was not competent when he made his will
___ 7. What statement is NOT true about the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. The U.S. Supreme Court hears very few cases that it is asked to review.
b. The U.S. Supreme Court accepts cases by granting petitions of certiorari.
c. The party who appeals its case to the U.S. Supreme Court is usually the winning party in the lower court.
d. If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear a case, the attorneys submit written briefs and make oral arguments.
___ 8. Through interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protections in the Bill of Rights apply to state and local government?
a. all
b. most
c. no
d. a few
___ 9. Which statement is false?
a. All forms of discrimination are unfair and illegal.
b. Discrimination is an unavoidable result of lawmaking.
c. Discrimination along reasonable classifications does not violate the Constitution.
d. Discrimination is treatment of others based on their membership in a group.
___ 10. Efforts to end discrimination in the United States include which of the following?
a. Jim Crow laws
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. all of the above