Test Bank For Managers And the Legal Environment Strategies for the 21st Century 8th Edition by Constance E. Bagley

Test Bank For Managers And the Legal Environment Strategies for the 21st Century 8th Edition by Constance E. Bagley

Chapter No 3

1. Federal judges are appointed for ten-year renewable terms.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-5 Federal Courts

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Knowledge

2. Court opinions are published in collections of court opinions called reporters.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-1 How to Read a Case Citation

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Knowledge

3. A cite such as 2004 WL 1208516 may be found on Westlaw.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-1 How to Read a Case Citation

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Knowledge

4. Both the U.S. Congress and state legislatures may adopt statutes.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-2 Sources of Law

KEYWORDS: Blooms:Knowledge

5. There is no minimum monetary requirement for lawsuits involving a federal question.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-4 Federal Jurisdiction

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Knowledge

6. Federal diversity jurisdiction requires that litigants be residing in at least three different states.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-4 Federal Jurisdiction

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Comprehension

7. A court has __________ when it has jurisdiction over the location of property at issue in a lawsuit.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-8 Personal Jurisdiction

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Comprehension

8. Negotiating business contracts with an out-of-state individual via smart phone texting is insufficient to provide a court with personal jurisdiction over that individual.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-8 Personal Jurisdiction

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Application

9. A federal court of appeals in one circuit must follow an earlier decision on an issue made by a federal court of appeals in another circuit.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-5 Federal Courts

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Comprehension

10. A case involving a federal question may be brought in state court, but the defendant has the right to remove the case to federal court.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Moderate

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSBROG: – Analytic

ACCREDITING STANDARDS: DISC: – AICPA: BB-Legal

TOPICS: 3-4 Federal Jurisdiction

KEYWORDS: Blooms: Comprehension