C08 Quiz 6 The Judicial Branch SCORE 90 PERCENT

Question 1

5 / 5 points

What term refers to the tendency of courts to follow decisions that have been made by earlier courts?

Question options:

	a)  Tradition
	b)  Judicial review
	c)  Jurisdiction
	d)  Precedence

 

Question 2

5 / 5 points

Who decides the structure of each state's courts?

Question options:

	a)  The US Constitution
	b)  Congress
	c)  The Supreme Court
	d)  The states themselves

 

Question 3

5 / 5 points

What tradition forms the basis for American law?

Question options:

	a)  Civil law
	b)  Criminal law
	c)  Codified law
	d)  Common law

 

Question 4

5 / 5 points

What type of federal court handles the majority of the federal case work load?

Question options:

	a)  State Supreme Courts
	b)  District court
	c)  The Supreme Court
	d)  Court of appeals

 

Question 5

5 / 5 points

Which of the following applies to judicial review?

Question options:

	a)  It can be removed when the president requires it.
	b)  The Court was empowered with it by the Constitution.
	c)  It refers to the Court's power to strike down laws as unconstitutional.
	d)  It refers to a court's tendency to follow the decisions of earlier courts.

 

Question 6

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Who has the power to determine the number of federal courts?

Question options:

	a)  The Supreme Court
	b)  Congress
	c)  The Justice Department
	d)  The President

 

Question 7

5 / 5 points

What type of opinion is written by a justice who sides with the majority but disagrees with all or part of the legal reasoning?

Question options:

	a)  Legal opinion
	b)  Majority opinion
	c)  Concurring opinion
	d)  Dissenting opinion

 

Question 8

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Which of the following would best describe the recent conservative-dominated Supreme Court?

Question options:

	a)  Activist court
	b)  An elected court
	c)  A court that shows judicial restraint in all cases
	d)  A court that follows the lead of Congress (Incorrect)

 

Question 9

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What limits the political partisanship of federal judges?

Question options:

	a)  They must still make decisions according to the law, not their own opinions.
	b)  They take an oath to remain apolitical.
	c)  They may be impeached for making political decisions.
	d)  They may lose re-election if they make radical choices.

 

Question 10

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The constitutional provision that federal judges and justices hold office "during good behavior" has

Question options:

	a)  meant, in effect, that they'll serve until they die or choose to retire.
	b)  removed all presidential influence over judicial policy.
	c)  eliminated any legal ability by Congress to remove a judge from office.
	d)  given voters control over the conduct of federal judges.

 

Question 11

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Which of the following is true about today's Supreme Court?

Question options:

	a)  Nominees typically come from the appellate courts.
	b)  The Supreme Court is less racially diverse than before.
	c)  Nominees typically have previous high-level elected office experience. (Incorrect)
	d)  The Supreme Court is less diverse than before with regard to gender.

 

Question 12

5 / 5 points

What happens in appellate courts?

Question options:

	a)  They determine if trial courts apply the law properly.
	b)  They retry cases entirely.
	c)  They only handle issues regarding the constitutionality of laws.
	d)  They approve high-level presidential appointments.

 

Question 13

5 / 5 points

A writ of certiorari is

Question options:

	a)  an official transcript of Supreme Court proceedings.
	b)  a request to a lower court to submit to the Supreme Court a record of the case it has been requested to hear.
	c)  the statement explaining the reasoning behind a Supreme Court decision.
	d)  a statement from a group not directly involved in a Supreme Court case, indicating the group's opinion on the legal issue at hand.

 

Question 14

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How can federal judges act as policy makers?

Question options:

	a)  By interpreting the law
	b)  By appointing other federal judges
	c)  By changing the Constitution
	d)  By creating laws

 

Question 15

5 / 5 points

What type of opinion is written by one or more of the justices who disagree with the majority's decision?

Question options:

	a)  Legal opinion
	b)  Majority opinion
	c)  Concurring opinion
	d)  Dissenting opinion

 

Question 16

5 / 5 points

What court took the Supreme Court in a liberal (Democratic) direction?

Question options:

	a)  Rehnquist Court
	b)  Roberts Court
	c)  Warren Court
	d)  Jay Court

 

Question 17

5 / 5 points

When there's conflict in how a circuit court of appeals applied a law, what typically results?

Question options:

	a)  The appeals court representing the smallest population sets the precedence.
	b)  The Supreme Court reviews the case.
	c)  The DC Circuit Court settles the difference.
	d)  The appeals court representing the highest population sets the precedence.

 

Question 18

5 / 5 points

Why does the Supreme Court agree to hear such a relatively small number of cases in a year?

Question options:

	a)  It can only accept cases appealed from the state Supreme Courts.
	b)  The Supreme Court is only allowed 80 cases per year by law.
	c)  The Supreme Court only picks cases in which the lower courts made a mistake.
	d)  It's only one court and must reserve its time for substantial legal issues.

 

Question 19

5 / 5 points

The lowest level of the federal court system is the

Question options:

	a)  circuit court of appeal.
	b)  district court.
	c)  justice of the peace.
	d)  highest level of the state courts.

 

Question 20

5 / 5 points

With regard to the lower courts, the Supreme Court's primary responsibility is

Question options:

	a)  settling jurisdictional disputes between state and federal judges.
	b)  settling jurisdictional disputes among federal judges.
	c)  establishing legal precedents that will guide their decisions.
	d)  correcting any technical mistakes the lower courts make in the cases they hear.