Question 1

Which of the following is reported in the Federal Reporter?
A)Executive orders
B)Statutes
C)Local ordinances
D)Administrative laws
E)Common law

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that the Federal Reporter is a
source for common law.
B)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that the Federal Reporter is a source for common law.
C)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that the Federal Reporter is a source for common law.
D)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that the Federal Reporter is a source for common law.
E)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that the Federal Reporter is a source for common law.

Question 2

The city council is considering a new ordinance to require stores provide reusable bags and eliminate disposal paper or plastic bags.In determining whether to pass the law,the city council obtained an estimate for the expense stores would incur in offering reusable instead of disposable bags.They also obtained estimate for the savings which would result from not having to clean up litter from disposable bags.Finally,they consulted with an environmentalist to assess the positive impact that phasing out bags would have,including enhanced safety for local wildlife.In deciding whether to pass the law,the council relied on:
A)Legal positive
B)The historical school
C)Stare decisis
D)A cost benefit analysis
E)Common law

Accepted Answer

A)Cost-benefit analysis involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and
minimize costs.
B)Cost-benefit analysis involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
C)Cost-benefit analysis involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
D)Cost-benefit analysis involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
E)Cost-benefit analysis involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.

Question 3

Which approach to jurisprudence is tied to the pursuit of efficiency and is based on choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs?
A)Historical school
B)Executive positivism
C)Legal realism
D)Cost-benefit analysis
E)Legal positivism

Accepted Answer

A)Cost-benefit analysis is tied closely to the pursuit of efficiency and involves
choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
B)Cost-benefit analysis is tied closely to the pursuit of efficiency and involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
C)Cost-benefit analysis is tied closely to the pursuit of efficiency and involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
D)Cost-benefit analysis is tied closely to the pursuit of efficiency and involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.
E)Cost-benefit analysis is tied closely to the pursuit of efficiency and involves choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs.

Question 4

If Maria decides to follow all laws and regulations,even if she does not agree with them,this approach is rooted in what?
A)Legal realism
B)Cost-benefit analysis
C)Legal positivism
D)Natural law
E)The historical school

Accepted Answer

A)The concept of legal positivism sees our proper role as obedience to duly
authorized law.
B)The concept of legal positivism sees our proper role as obedience to duly authorized law.
C)The concept of legal positivism sees our proper role as obedience to duly authorized law.
D)The concept of legal positivism sees our proper role as obedience to duly authorized law.
E)The concept of legal positivism sees our proper role as obedience to duly authorized law.

Question 5

Maria's strategy to try to change the law through petitioning city council,which others have done in the past,is rooted in which of the following?
A)The historical school
B)Natural law
C)Legal positivism
D)Legal realism
E)Cost-benefit analysis

Accepted Answer

A)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition or custom,
referenced as the historical school.
B)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition or custom,referenced as the historical school.
C)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition or custom,referenced as the historical school.
D)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition or custom,referenced as the historical school.
E)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition or custom,referenced as the historical school.

Question 6

In which school of jurisprudence is the concept of stare decisis rooted?
A)Positivism
B)Cultural reenactment
C)Legal realism
D)The historical school
E)The cost-benefit analysis school

Accepted Answer

A)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition,or custom;
and stare decisis is rooted in this historical school.
B)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition,or custom;and stare decisis is rooted in this historical school.
C)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition,or custom;and stare decisis is rooted in this historical school.
D)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition,or custom;and stare decisis is rooted in this historical school.
E)One of the guidelines most often used for shaping the law is tradition,or custom;and stare decisis is rooted in this historical school.

Question 7

Which of the following is an independent agency?
A)The General Services Administration
B)The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C)The Small Business Administration
D)The Office of Personnel Management
E)The Consumer Product Safety Commission

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Consumer
Product Safety Commission is an independent agency.
B)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent agency.
C)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent agency.
D)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent agency.
E)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent agency.

Question 8

Which of the following is an executive agency?
A)The Federal Trade Commission
B)The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
C)The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
D)The Federal Communications Commission
E)The Securities and Exchange Commission

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation is an executive agency.
B)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an executive agency.
C)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an executive agency.
D)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an executive agency.
E)Exhibit 1-4 "Major Federal Administrative Agencies" reflects that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is an executive agency.

Question 9

Assume a judge writes that she is deciding to enforce a law in question but that her decision does not mean that she sees the law as the morally correct rule.The judge would have leanings in the direction of ________.
A)Conscience reaction
B)Legal positivism
C)Legal realism
D)Concluding law
E)Natural law

Accepted Answer

A)A judge with leanings in the direction of legal positivism might write that she is
deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule.
B)A judge with leanings in the direction of legal positivism might write that she is deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule.
C)A judge with leanings in the direction of legal positivism might write that she is deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule.
D)A judge with leanings in the direction of legal positivism might write that she is deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule.
E)A judge with leanings in the direction of legal positivism might write that she is deciding to enforce the law in question but that her decision does not necessarily mean she sees the law as the morally correct rule.

Question 10

An example of pursuing change through identification with the vulnerable would involve:
A)Arguing for a stronger law to protect abused children because other jurisdictions have stronger laws.
B)Arguing that current laws on child abuse should not be changed because of the tradition behind the laws
C)Arguing for stronger laws to protect abused children because abused children cannot protect themselves
D)Arguing for a stronger law to protect abused children because those who abuse children are not obeying duly authorized laws on child protection.
E)Arguing for a stronger law to protect abused children because treating child victims is too costly for the public

Accepted Answer

A)Identification with the vulnerable involves pursuing change on the grounds that some higher law or body of moral principles connects all within the human community.Some members of society are able to take care of themselves,but others-especially the ill,children,the disabled,and the poor-require assistance to meet their fundamental needs.
B)Identification with the vulnerable involves pursuing change on the grounds that some higher law or body of moral principles connects all within the human community.Some members of society are able to take care of themselves,but others-especially the ill,children,the disabled,and the poor-require assistance to meet their fundamental needs.
C)Identification with the vulnerable involves pursuing change on the grounds that some higher law or body of moral principles connects all within the human community.Some members of society are able to take care of themselves,but others-especially the ill,children,the disabled,and the poor-require assistance to meet their fundamental needs.
D)Identification with the vulnerable involves pursuing change on the grounds that some higher law or body of moral principles connects all within the human community.Some members of society are able to take care of themselves,but others-especially the ill,children,the disabled,and the poor-require assistance to meet their fundamental needs.
E)Identification with the vulnerable involves pursuing change on the grounds that some higher law or body of moral principles connects all within the human community.Some members of society are able to take care of themselves,but others-especially the ill,children,the disabled,and the poor-require assistance to meet their fundamental needs.

Question 11

Which of the following is justified under a natural law theory:
A)Disobeying a law which requires shooting trespassers because the law is not uniform across all jurisdictions.
B)Disobeying a law which requires shooting trespassers because you do not believe you have a duty of obedience to duly authorized laws.
C)Disobeying a law which requires shooting trespassers because you believe the law is wrong.
D)Disobeying a law which requires shooting trespassers because the law harms the vulnerable
E)Obeying a law which requires shooting trespassers because you believe you do have a duty to obey duly authorized laws.

Accepted Answer

A)Under natural law,individuals have not only basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
B)Under natural law,individuals have not only basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
C)Under natural law,individuals have not only basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
D)Under natural law,individuals have not only basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
E)Under natural law,individuals have not only basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.

Question 12

What type of law are municipal ordinances?
A)Executive orders
B)Statutes
C)Administrative law
D)Local ordinances
E)Common law

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that municipal ordinances are
statutes.
B)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that municipal ordinances are statutes.
C)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that municipal ordinances are statutes.
D)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that municipal ordinances are statutes.
E)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that municipal ordinances are statutes.

Question 13

Where can you find local common law?
A)Municipal ordinances
B)State reporters
C)The state administrative code
D)The local courthouse and clerk's office
E)Regional reporters

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that local common laws can be
found at the local clerk's officer or local courthouses.
B)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that local common laws can be found at the local clerk's officer or local courthouses.
C)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that local common laws can be found at the local clerk's officer or local courthouses.
D)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that local common laws can be found at the local clerk's officer or local courthouses.
E)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that local common laws can be found at the local clerk's officer or local courthouses.

Question 14

Which of the following is reported in the Code of Federal Regulations?
A)Statutes
B)Executive orders
C)Congressional orders
D)Common law
E)Administrative law

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that administrative law is
reported in the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
B)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that administrative law is reported in the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
C)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that administrative law is reported in the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
D)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that administrative law is reported in the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
E)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that administrative law is reported in the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.

Question 15

Which of the following is based on the idea that,when ruling on a case,judges consider more than just the law;they also weigh factors such as social and economic conditions?
A)Legal positivism
B)Historical school
C)Executive positivism
D)Cost-benefit analysis
E)Legal realism

Accepted Answer

A)Legal realism is based on the idea that,when ruling on a case,judges need to
consider more than just the law;they also weigh factors such as social and economic conditions,since legal guidelines were designed by humans and exist in an ever-changing environment.

Question 16

Which of the following is reported in the United States Code?
A)Statutes
B)Local ordinances
C)Administrative law
D)Common law
E)Executive orders

Accepted Answer

A)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that statutes are reported in the
United States Code.
B)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that statutes are reported in the United States Code.
C)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that statutes are reported in the United States Code.
D)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that statutes are reported in the United States Code.
E)Exhibit 1-5 "Where to Locate the Law," shows that statutes are reported in the United States Code.

Question 17

Which of the following contains summaries of common law rules in a particular area of the law?
A)Executive Proclamations
B)U)S.Code
C)Restatements of the Law
D)State Administrative Codes
E)Case Reporters

Accepted Answer

A)Restatements of the law are summaries of the common law rules in a particular
area of the law.
B)Restatements of the law are summaries of the common law rules in a particular area of the law.
C)Restatements of the law are summaries of the common law rules in a particular area of the law.
D)Restatements of the law are summaries of the common law rules in a particular area of the law.
E)Restatements of the law are summaries of the common law rules in a particular area of the law.

Question 18

When the Supreme Court made its ruling on the legality of homosexual marriage,they considered social and economic conditions surrounding marriage rather than relying on precedent alone.This was an example of:
A)Historical school
B)Legal positivism
C)Executive positivism
D)Cost-benefit analysis
E)Legal realism

Accepted Answer

A)Legal realism is based on the idea that,when ruling on a case,judges need to
consider more than just the law;they also weigh factors such as social and economic conditions,since legal guidelines were designed by humans and exist in an ever-changing environment.
B)Legal realism is based on the idea that,when ruling on a case,judges need to consider more than just the law;they also weigh factors such as social and economic conditions,since legal guidelines were designed by humans and exist in an ever-changing environment.
C)Legal realism is based on the idea that,when ruling on a case,judges need to consider more than just the law;they also weigh factors such as social and economic conditions,since legal guidelines were designed by humans and exist in an ever-changing environment.

Question 19

[To the Dogs] Maria loves animals and is opening a grooming business.She believes that caring for animals properly is very important and plans to exceed any applicable regulations regarding cleanliness and health standards.Maria thinks,however,some local regulations make no sense.For example,there is a local ordinance that all dogs always must be kept on a leash when not in an inside area.Maria believes dogs need to exercise and to run freely in a safe area,so she is placing her business on a large lot with a fenced outside area.She thinks it is wrong to have to keep the dogs tied up while in a securely fenced area.She is aware that some members of the community have had success in changing local regulations by petitioning city council.Maria plans to proceed by petitioning to attempt a change in the leash law.
-If Maria decides to ignore the leash law and let dogs run freely in the fenced outside area,this is an example of which legal school of thought?
A)Legal realism
B)Natural law
C)Cost-benefit analysis
D)Legal positivism
E)The historical school

Accepted Answer

A)The term natural law describes certain ethical laws and principles believed to be
morally right and "above" the laws devised by humans.
B)The term natural law describes certain ethical laws and principles believed to be morally right and "above" the laws devised by humans.
C)The term natural law describes certain ethical laws and principles believed to be morally right and "above" the laws devised by humans.
D)The term natural law describes certain ethical laws and principles believed to be morally right and "above" the laws devised by humans.
E)The term natural law describes certain ethical laws and principles believed to be morally right and "above" the laws devised by humans.

Question 20

The concept of ________ suggests that individuals should have the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against the law and they believe the law is wrong.
A)Legal positivism
B)Natural law
C)Comparative law
D)Conscience reaction
E)Legal Realism

Accepted Answer

A)Under natural law,individuals not only have basic human rights but also the
freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
B)Under natural law,individuals not only have basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
C)Under natural law,individuals not only have basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
D)Under natural law,individuals not only have basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.
E)Under natural law,individuals not only have basic human rights but also the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against it and they believe it is wrong.

Quiz 1: An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law

Which of the following is reported in the Federal Reporter?

Which approach to jurisprudence is tied to the pursuit of efficiency and is based on choosing alternatives that maximize benefits and minimize costs?

If Maria decides to follow all laws and regulations,even if she does not agree with them,this approach is rooted in what?

Maria's strategy to try to change the law through petitioning city council,which others have done in the past,is rooted in which of the following?

In which school of jurisprudence is the concept of stare decisis rooted?

Which of the following is an independent agency?

Which of the following is an executive agency?

Assume a judge writes that she is deciding to enforce a law in question but that her decision does not mean that she sees the law as the morally correct rule.The judge would have leanings in the direction of ________.

An example of pursuing change through identification with the vulnerable would involve:

Which of the following is justified under a natural law theory:

What type of law are municipal ordinances?

Where can you find local common law?

Which of the following is reported in the Code of Federal Regulations?

Which of the following is based on the idea that,when ruling on a case,judges consider more than just the law;they also weigh factors such as social and economic conditions?

Which of the following is reported in the United States Code?

Which of the following contains summaries of common law rules in a particular area of the law?

When the Supreme Court made its ruling on the legality of homosexual marriage,they considered social and economic conditions surrounding marriage rather than relying on precedent alone.This was an example of:

The concept of ________ suggests that individuals should have the freedom to disobey a law enacted by people if their conscience goes against the law and they believe the law is wrong.