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ACTUAL EXAM 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
Identify the various types of civil process as provided in the lesson plan. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1. Magistrate's summons (aoc-cvm-100)
2. Civil summons ( aoc-cv-100)
3. Special proceeding summons( aoc-sp-100)
4. partition proceedings summons ( aoc-sp-101)
5. notice of hearing- power of sale forecloser.
6. Juvenile summons ( undisciplined/delinquent) ( aoc-j-340)
7. juvenile summons ( abuse/neglect/dependent) ( aoc-j-142)
8. Summons in proceeding to terminate parental right( aoc-j-208)
9. subpoena (aoc-g-100)
10. domestic violence (50 b) civil process
11. civil no contact ( 50-c) civil process
12. workplace violence prevention civil process.
State what is required for select types of civil process to be considered valid -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1.copy of the complaint or petition and all other
necessary court documents
2.summons, must be served on each name defendant
3.printed on the aoc form to the check the governing statue to determine what
must be attached and served
4. enough copies included to be served on each of the parties named for service.
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,State how to properly serve the civil process on the different types of parties to a
civil suit, beginning with an ordinary civil summons and then moon g on to special
item of civil process. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1. Ordinary civil summons: is
personal service , leaving copy of the complain and summons at the defendants
home with someone of suitable age and ( mentally competent) or specified agent.
Demonstrate how to make a proper return of the civil process - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ - the sheriff must certify in his return that the process has been
served, showing the place, time, and manner of service this answers the
questions of who, where, why , what, how, when.
State the time limits for service of various types of civil process and demonstrate
how to compute the time limit in which to serve civil process. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ - 1. ordinary civil summons= 60 days from the date it is issued.
2. Magistrate summons= 60 days, served no late than 5 days before the date
scheduled for hearing.
3. Magistrate summons in a summary ejectment action= 5 days form the issuance
of the summons and at least 2 days before the date of the scheduled hearing
4. juvenile summons ( undisciplined/ delinquent)= served not less than 5 days
before the scheduled hearing. after 30 days if not served it should be immediately
returned to the issuing clerk.
5. Juvenile summons ( abuse/ neglect/ dependent)= served not less than 5 days
before the scheduled hearing date.
6. Notice of hearing the foreclosure under power sale= served not less than 10
days, via posting must be done lo later than 20 days.
7. domestic violence civil summons= expire after 60 days
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,State the function and purpose of civil process. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Primary
function: 1. Giving notice 2. preserving the status quo. 3. Providing remedies for
parties. 4. Enforcing decisions of the courts.
State the purpose of civil process - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Civil actions, there is
no arrest or issued citation. Non- criminal actions, there must be a way to notify
the defendant that claims that have been alleged against them by the plaintiff
and what the must do to respond.
State how to access the North Carolina administrative office of the court's
standard forms for civil process and describe the standard fee for service of that
process by law enforcement. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - The referenced form
number can be entered in the form number field on the AOC'S webpage and a
copy of that civil process will be retrieved in fillable PDF format.
Standard fees for services of the process: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - If a law
enforcement officer is serving items of the civil process there is a 30.00 fee for
service to be collected in advance. This fee is the fee per party to be served by the
item of civil process. Only 1 party only 30.00 is collected however 1 item of the
civil process is to be served on two parties a fee of 60.00 is collected 3 parties is a
fee of 90.00
as provided in the lesson plan identify the following prejudgment remedies. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1.attachment= seizure of a debtor's real or personal
property sufficient in amount to satisfy a judgment.
2.garnishment= proceeding is to discover and subject to attachment tangible
personal property of the defendant, not in his/ her possession, but the possession
of another person and any indebtedness
3. claim and delivery= is to claim the immediate delivery of certain specified
personal property.
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identify the post- judgment remedy of execution - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1.
executions against the property: the sheriff is to seize the personal property to
sell to satisfy the outstanding judgment. 2. executions against the person: civil
order for arrest and are very specific in nature and rare. issued when there is
reason to believe the judgment debtor is about to flee the jurisdiction to avoid
paying the judgment or has concealed assets to defraud creditors. 3. executions
for delivery of specific property: execution is against property which requires levy
on and sale of personal or real property to satisfy a judgment.
As provided in the lesson plan identify the reoccurring issues with the following
circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1. Bankruptcies= defendant has filed for
bankruptcy protection the deputy should not attempt to service the summons.
2. repossessions: call about a vehicle theft in progress, or about 2 people arguing
over a vehicle and the call turns out to be an attempted repossession.
3. evictions: occasionally a hotel guest may refuse to leave the lodging if the
occupant is not a guest but a residential tenant the occupant can only be
removed through summary ejectment procedures.
4. child custody order: one parent is granted custody of the child to the exclusion
of the other parent or parents have joint custody and one parent is nor complying
with the court order.
Define human trafficking according to federal and state law. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ - Human trafficking commonly referred to as "modern-day slavery" is a global
phenomenon that involves obtaining or maintaining the labor or services of
another through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of an individual's
human rights.
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ACTUAL EXAM 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
Identify the various types of civil process as provided in the lesson plan. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1. Magistrate's summons (aoc-cvm-100)
2. Civil summons ( aoc-cv-100)
3. Special proceeding summons( aoc-sp-100)
4. partition proceedings summons ( aoc-sp-101)
5. notice of hearing- power of sale forecloser.
6. Juvenile summons ( undisciplined/delinquent) ( aoc-j-340)
7. juvenile summons ( abuse/neglect/dependent) ( aoc-j-142)
8. Summons in proceeding to terminate parental right( aoc-j-208)
9. subpoena (aoc-g-100)
10. domestic violence (50 b) civil process
11. civil no contact ( 50-c) civil process
12. workplace violence prevention civil process.
State what is required for select types of civil process to be considered valid -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1.copy of the complaint or petition and all other
necessary court documents
2.summons, must be served on each name defendant
3.printed on the aoc form to the check the governing statue to determine what
must be attached and served
4. enough copies included to be served on each of the parties named for service.
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,State how to properly serve the civil process on the different types of parties to a
civil suit, beginning with an ordinary civil summons and then moon g on to special
item of civil process. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1. Ordinary civil summons: is
personal service , leaving copy of the complain and summons at the defendants
home with someone of suitable age and ( mentally competent) or specified agent.
Demonstrate how to make a proper return of the civil process - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ - the sheriff must certify in his return that the process has been
served, showing the place, time, and manner of service this answers the
questions of who, where, why , what, how, when.
State the time limits for service of various types of civil process and demonstrate
how to compute the time limit in which to serve civil process. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ - 1. ordinary civil summons= 60 days from the date it is issued.
2. Magistrate summons= 60 days, served no late than 5 days before the date
scheduled for hearing.
3. Magistrate summons in a summary ejectment action= 5 days form the issuance
of the summons and at least 2 days before the date of the scheduled hearing
4. juvenile summons ( undisciplined/ delinquent)= served not less than 5 days
before the scheduled hearing. after 30 days if not served it should be immediately
returned to the issuing clerk.
5. Juvenile summons ( abuse/ neglect/ dependent)= served not less than 5 days
before the scheduled hearing date.
6. Notice of hearing the foreclosure under power sale= served not less than 10
days, via posting must be done lo later than 20 days.
7. domestic violence civil summons= expire after 60 days
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,State the function and purpose of civil process. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Primary
function: 1. Giving notice 2. preserving the status quo. 3. Providing remedies for
parties. 4. Enforcing decisions of the courts.
State the purpose of civil process - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Civil actions, there is
no arrest or issued citation. Non- criminal actions, there must be a way to notify
the defendant that claims that have been alleged against them by the plaintiff
and what the must do to respond.
State how to access the North Carolina administrative office of the court's
standard forms for civil process and describe the standard fee for service of that
process by law enforcement. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - The referenced form
number can be entered in the form number field on the AOC'S webpage and a
copy of that civil process will be retrieved in fillable PDF format.
Standard fees for services of the process: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - If a law
enforcement officer is serving items of the civil process there is a 30.00 fee for
service to be collected in advance. This fee is the fee per party to be served by the
item of civil process. Only 1 party only 30.00 is collected however 1 item of the
civil process is to be served on two parties a fee of 60.00 is collected 3 parties is a
fee of 90.00
as provided in the lesson plan identify the following prejudgment remedies. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1.attachment= seizure of a debtor's real or personal
property sufficient in amount to satisfy a judgment.
2.garnishment= proceeding is to discover and subject to attachment tangible
personal property of the defendant, not in his/ her possession, but the possession
of another person and any indebtedness
3. claim and delivery= is to claim the immediate delivery of certain specified
personal property.
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, .
identify the post- judgment remedy of execution - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1.
executions against the property: the sheriff is to seize the personal property to
sell to satisfy the outstanding judgment. 2. executions against the person: civil
order for arrest and are very specific in nature and rare. issued when there is
reason to believe the judgment debtor is about to flee the jurisdiction to avoid
paying the judgment or has concealed assets to defraud creditors. 3. executions
for delivery of specific property: execution is against property which requires levy
on and sale of personal or real property to satisfy a judgment.
As provided in the lesson plan identify the reoccurring issues with the following
circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 1. Bankruptcies= defendant has filed for
bankruptcy protection the deputy should not attempt to service the summons.
2. repossessions: call about a vehicle theft in progress, or about 2 people arguing
over a vehicle and the call turns out to be an attempted repossession.
3. evictions: occasionally a hotel guest may refuse to leave the lodging if the
occupant is not a guest but a residential tenant the occupant can only be
removed through summary ejectment procedures.
4. child custody order: one parent is granted custody of the child to the exclusion
of the other parent or parents have joint custody and one parent is nor complying
with the court order.
Define human trafficking according to federal and state law. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ - Human trafficking commonly referred to as "modern-day slavery" is a global
phenomenon that involves obtaining or maintaining the labor or services of
another through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of an individual's
human rights.
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