Legal Studies Practice Test – Business Law, Courts, Contracts, and Legal System Review
Questions
You and your business depend on the law to provide: - correct answer ✔✔stability,
predictability, continuity
X sues Y in Tuscaloosa Circuit Court for injuries received when Y crashed his car into X's
motorcycle. X wants to be compensated for his wrecked motorcycle, lost wage, and his physical
injuries. This type of case is known as: - correct answer ✔✔civil Case
The primary sources of our laws include the following, EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔NATO's new
rules of order
The legal doctrine whereby judges are obligated to follow prior cases or precedents to promote
stability and predictability of the law is known as: - correct answer ✔✔stare decisis
This law is concerned with wrongs committed by a person against the public as whole: - correct
answer ✔✔criminal law
Legal papers can be served by: - correct answer ✔✔process server, certified mail, the sheriff
The discovery that includes written questions that have to be replied with written answers
under oath and signed is: - correct answer ✔✔interrogatories
A fee arrangement between an attorney and client where the attorney gets a portion of
whatever money is recovered by the client: - correct answer ✔✔contingency fee
The alternative dispute resolution method in which parties meet with a neutral third party who
assists them in reaching a voluntary settlement is: - correct answer ✔✔mediation
Questions
You and your business depend on the law to provide: - correct answer ✔✔stability,
predictability, continuity
X sues Y in Tuscaloosa Circuit Court for injuries received when Y crashed his car into X's
motorcycle. X wants to be compensated for his wrecked motorcycle, lost wage, and his physical
injuries. This type of case is known as: - correct answer ✔✔civil Case
The primary sources of our laws include the following, EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔NATO's new
rules of order
The legal doctrine whereby judges are obligated to follow prior cases or precedents to promote
stability and predictability of the law is known as: - correct answer ✔✔stare decisis
This law is concerned with wrongs committed by a person against the public as whole: - correct
answer ✔✔criminal law
Legal papers can be served by: - correct answer ✔✔process server, certified mail, the sheriff
The discovery that includes written questions that have to be replied with written answers
under oath and signed is: - correct answer ✔✔interrogatories
A fee arrangement between an attorney and client where the attorney gets a portion of
whatever money is recovered by the client: - correct answer ✔✔contingency fee
The alternative dispute resolution method in which parties meet with a neutral third party who
assists them in reaching a voluntary settlement is: - correct answer ✔✔mediation
