BUSI
NESSLAW TESTBANK
Ch
apt
er1
MUL
TIPL
ECHOICE . Cho o
set heonealt
ernati
vet h
atb e
stcomple
testhesta
temen
tora
nswe
rst
heq
ues
tion
.
1)Asop
histi
cat
edc l
i
ent
A)doesnotrequi
retheservi
cesofala wyer
.
B)i
ss omeonewithformall
egaltr
aini
n g.
C)di
strust
sandd eri
desla
wy er
s.
D)unders
tandstheimport
anceofthes oli
ci
tor-
cl
ie
ntrel
ati
onshi
p.
E)shoul
drepresentt
h e
ms el
ves,r
atherthanpayi
ngforl
egals
e r
vi
ces.
2
)Ra
manisasophisti
cat
e dcl
ie
n t
.Thisme an
sthatshe
A)un
derst
andsh owtoma nagealawyer-
cli
entre
lat
ion
ship.
B)i
sas mall
bu si
nessowner.
C)managesherlega
l af
fai
rswit
hou ta
ssist
ancefr
omal awyer
.
D)ha
sal a
wd e g
ree.
E)wi
llp
robablyneverfi
ndherse
lfinasitu
ati
onn e
cessi
tat
ingl
ega
lad
vic
e.
3
)Inthecont
extofasopisti
cate
dc l
ien
t,"
sophi
sti
cat
ed"c
anb
estb
ede
fin
eda
s
A)compli
cated
,sel
f-r
eli
ant
,andcosmopoli
tan
.
B)conf
ident
,knowl
edgeabl
e,andup-t
o-d
ate.
C)aggr
essiv
e,dynamic,
andforc
eful
.
D)ref
ine
da ndcul
tur
ed.
E)si
mp l
eandn aï
ve.
4
)Whi
chofthefol
lowingbestde
scri
bestheli
kel
ihoodofastu
de n
tb e
cominginvol
vedi
nas it
uati
on
ne
cessi
tat
ingle
g a
ladvice
?
A)Astudent,
orsome onecl
osetothestu
dent,wiawaysbecomein v
olv
edinsucha
s
it
uat
ionB)Be cau
ses t
udent
scannotbesoph i
st
ic
ated
,thywi of
tenbecomeinvol
vedin
s
uchsit
uati
ons.
C)Legaladvi
ceisnotavai
l
ablet
os t
udents.
D)Astudent,
orsome onecl
osetoas t
udent
,somt i
msb ecomesinvol
vedinsuchasit
uati
on.
E)Becausestudent
sa r
enotbusi
nesspeopl
e,thynvrb ec
omei nvol
vedinsuchsi
tuat
ions.
5
)Be
comi
ngas ophi
sti
catedcli
entwil
l
A)en
suretha
tab usi
n e
ssp er
sonneverne
e d
salawyer.
B)r
eli
eveabusi
nessp ers
onf r
omh av
ingtoconduc
tlega
lres
earch
.
C)pr
otectabus
inesspersonfromneedi
nglegal
advic
e.
D)r
esul
tinabusin
es spersondeve
lopi
ngab i
asagai
nstla
wyers
.
, E
)he
lpab
usi
nes
spe
rsonma
nag
ehe
rle
gal
aff
air
smor
eef
fi
ci
ent
lya
nde
ffe
cti
vel
y.
6
)Ha
vin
gag oodlawye rony ourteamis
A)ale
galrequi
reme ntpri
ortoinc
orpor
ati
ngabusi
ness
.
B)acri
ti
calcomp on entofbeingasoph
ist
ica
tedcl
i
ent.
C)onl
ynecessaryf orlarg
ec ompani
es.
D)agoodalter
nativet obecomingasophi
sti
cat
edcl
ie
nt.
E)usu
all
ytooe xpe nsivetobeworth
whil
e.
7
)Will
i
amSh a
k e
sp ea
r e
'sHe n
ryVI,PartII
incl
u desthel
ine"Thef
irs
tthi
ngwedo,
let'
ski
ll
all
the
la
wy er
s."ThepresidentoftheCa n
ad i
anBa rAssocia
tionin
ter
pret
edthi
squ
ota
tionas
A)athreatt
oa llmemb ersofthelegalprofe
s s
ion.
B)anoffenceme ri
ti
n gsever
elega lc
on s
e quences
.
C)acomme ntonthei mport
anceo fthe"rul
eoflaw".
, D)al
awy
er-b
ashi
ngjoke
.
E)ah
umorousa
ttemptt
oemb
arr
assl
awy
erse
ver
ywh
ere
.
8
)Whi
choft
hefoll
owingbestde s
cri
bestheroleofthelawyer
?
A)Thel
awyerissimpl
yoneoft heexpert
stheb u
s i
nesspers
onc ons
ult
s.
B)Thec
li
entma kesdeci
sionsregar
dingcivi
lmatter
s;thelawyermakesde
cis
ion
sre
gar
din
g
cr
imi
nalmatte
rs.
C)Thel
awyermak esdeci
sionsreg
ardi
n gciv
ilmatt
ers;t
h ecli
entmakesde
cis
ion
sre
gar
din
g
cr
imi
nalmatte
rs.
D)Thec
li
entmu stfol
l
owt helawyer
'si
n st
ruct
ions,a
slonga stheyar
elawf
ul.
E)Thel
awyermak est
heleg al
deci
sionsforthecli
ent.
9
)Whi
choft
h efoll
owingst
a t
ementsb e
s tdescr
ibessol
ici
tor-
cl
ie
n tpr
ivi
l
eg e
?
A)Thel
awy ermakesde c
isi
onsregardingciv
ilmatt
ers;t
heclien
tma kesdeci
sionsregar
din
g
cr
imi
n al
ma tte
rs.
B)Thel
awy ermakesthelegal
d e
c i
sionsforthecli
ent
.
C)Thel
awy erist
heonlyexper
tac li
e n
ts h
ouldconsul
t.
D)Ref
erstothed ut
yoftel a
wy ertokeeptheinfor
ma ti
onprovi
dedb ythecl
i
en tcon
fid
enti
al.
E)Thel
awy ermustfol
lowtec li
ent'sinst
ruct
ion
s ,
evenifth
e yarei
ll
egalinnatur
e.
1
0)Whi
chofthef
oll
owingisNOTag oodreas
onforab usi
nessper
sontosee
kadvi
cefr
omalawy
er?
A)Thebusi
nesspe
rsoncannotunde
rsta
ndthen ec
essaryl
egali
nfor
mat
ion
.
B)Thebusi
nesspe
rsonisfaci
ngcri
minalcha
rges.
C)Thebusi
nesspe
rsoncannotfi
ndthenecessa
rylega
linf
ormat
ion.
D)Itwou
ldtak
etoolongforthebus
inessp
ersontofi
ndthenecessa
ryl
ega
lin
for
mati
on.
E)Thenece
ssaryl
egalinf
ormati
onisavai
la
bleonli
ne.
1
1)F
orsophi
sti
catedcli
e nt
s,t
hea v
ail
abi
li
tyofana bun d
anceofl e
g a
lin
formati
ononli
neis
A)anegati
ved e
v el
opme nt
,becaus
ea cc
es s
ingth i
sinfor
ma t
iontendst
ob emorecostl
ythan
ret
ain
ingalawy er.
B)anegati
ved e
v el
opme nt
,becaus
eon l
in
ei nf
orma ti
onisrarel
yaccura
teorhelp
ful
.
C)aneutr
aldevelopme n
t,becau
selawyersarestil
ltheonlyonesablet
oa cce
ssthi
sinfor
mation.
D)aposit
ivedevelopment,b
ecauseitpr
ovidsg ratra cc
esstoinformat
ionth
eycanu s
ea spart
ofthei
rdeci
sion -
makingpr
ocess.
E)aposit
ivedevelopment,b
ecauseitmeanstha tthe
ywi l
lnolongerneedtor
etai
nlawyer
sasp ar
t
ofthei
rtea
m.
1
2)Whensearc
hingonlineforlegal
inf
ormat
ion,
iti
sbestto
A)tr
ustthati
fitispu bl
ish
edon l
in
e,i
tmu s
tbeaccura
te.
B)useAme ri
cans ources,a
stheyten
dt obemorecompr
ehens
ivetha
nCa
nad
ianon
es.
C)gaugethea c
cu r
ac yofthei
nfor
mationbyt
helookoft
hewebsit
e.
D)nevertr
usttheinformati
onfoundonawe b
sit
e.
E)seekadvicefr
omal awyerwhenanswer
scannotbere
adi
lyf
ou n
d.
1
3)Sophi
st
ic
atedcl
i
ent
s
A)k
nowthati
ti
sbet
tert
ohir
ealawy
e rt
hantocon
duc
tre
sea
rchonon
e'sown
.
B)a
rewil
l
ingt
opayf
orlega
ladv
iceatanycost
.
, C)h
avetheski
l
lan
dc onf
ide
ncetofi
ndbas
icle
gali
nfor
mat
ion
.
D)t
endtobeembar
rass
edtoreques
tle
gala
dvic
e.
E)d
on otne
edtor
etai
nalawyer.
1
4)On
ere
asonf
ort
heg
ene
ral
lac
kofr
esp
ectf
orl
awy
ersi
sth
at
NESSLAW TESTBANK
Ch
apt
er1
MUL
TIPL
ECHOICE . Cho o
set heonealt
ernati
vet h
atb e
stcomple
testhesta
temen
tora
nswe
rst
heq
ues
tion
.
1)Asop
histi
cat
edc l
i
ent
A)doesnotrequi
retheservi
cesofala wyer
.
B)i
ss omeonewithformall
egaltr
aini
n g.
C)di
strust
sandd eri
desla
wy er
s.
D)unders
tandstheimport
anceofthes oli
ci
tor-
cl
ie
ntrel
ati
onshi
p.
E)shoul
drepresentt
h e
ms el
ves,r
atherthanpayi
ngforl
egals
e r
vi
ces.
2
)Ra
manisasophisti
cat
e dcl
ie
n t
.Thisme an
sthatshe
A)un
derst
andsh owtoma nagealawyer-
cli
entre
lat
ion
ship.
B)i
sas mall
bu si
nessowner.
C)managesherlega
l af
fai
rswit
hou ta
ssist
ancefr
omal awyer
.
D)ha
sal a
wd e g
ree.
E)wi
llp
robablyneverfi
ndherse
lfinasitu
ati
onn e
cessi
tat
ingl
ega
lad
vic
e.
3
)Inthecont
extofasopisti
cate
dc l
ien
t,"
sophi
sti
cat
ed"c
anb
estb
ede
fin
eda
s
A)compli
cated
,sel
f-r
eli
ant
,andcosmopoli
tan
.
B)conf
ident
,knowl
edgeabl
e,andup-t
o-d
ate.
C)aggr
essiv
e,dynamic,
andforc
eful
.
D)ref
ine
da ndcul
tur
ed.
E)si
mp l
eandn aï
ve.
4
)Whi
chofthefol
lowingbestde
scri
bestheli
kel
ihoodofastu
de n
tb e
cominginvol
vedi
nas it
uati
on
ne
cessi
tat
ingle
g a
ladvice
?
A)Astudent,
orsome onecl
osetothestu
dent,wiawaysbecomein v
olv
edinsucha
s
it
uat
ionB)Be cau
ses t
udent
scannotbesoph i
st
ic
ated
,thywi of
tenbecomeinvol
vedin
s
uchsit
uati
ons.
C)Legaladvi
ceisnotavai
l
ablet
os t
udents.
D)Astudent,
orsome onecl
osetoas t
udent
,somt i
msb ecomesinvol
vedinsuchasit
uati
on.
E)Becausestudent
sa r
enotbusi
nesspeopl
e,thynvrb ec
omei nvol
vedinsuchsi
tuat
ions.
5
)Be
comi
ngas ophi
sti
catedcli
entwil
l
A)en
suretha
tab usi
n e
ssp er
sonneverne
e d
salawyer.
B)r
eli
eveabusi
nessp ers
onf r
omh av
ingtoconduc
tlega
lres
earch
.
C)pr
otectabus
inesspersonfromneedi
nglegal
advic
e.
D)r
esul
tinabusin
es spersondeve
lopi
ngab i
asagai
nstla
wyers
.
, E
)he
lpab
usi
nes
spe
rsonma
nag
ehe
rle
gal
aff
air
smor
eef
fi
ci
ent
lya
nde
ffe
cti
vel
y.
6
)Ha
vin
gag oodlawye rony ourteamis
A)ale
galrequi
reme ntpri
ortoinc
orpor
ati
ngabusi
ness
.
B)acri
ti
calcomp on entofbeingasoph
ist
ica
tedcl
i
ent.
C)onl
ynecessaryf orlarg
ec ompani
es.
D)agoodalter
nativet obecomingasophi
sti
cat
edcl
ie
nt.
E)usu
all
ytooe xpe nsivetobeworth
whil
e.
7
)Will
i
amSh a
k e
sp ea
r e
'sHe n
ryVI,PartII
incl
u desthel
ine"Thef
irs
tthi
ngwedo,
let'
ski
ll
all
the
la
wy er
s."ThepresidentoftheCa n
ad i
anBa rAssocia
tionin
ter
pret
edthi
squ
ota
tionas
A)athreatt
oa llmemb ersofthelegalprofe
s s
ion.
B)anoffenceme ri
ti
n gsever
elega lc
on s
e quences
.
C)acomme ntonthei mport
anceo fthe"rul
eoflaw".
, D)al
awy
er-b
ashi
ngjoke
.
E)ah
umorousa
ttemptt
oemb
arr
assl
awy
erse
ver
ywh
ere
.
8
)Whi
choft
hefoll
owingbestde s
cri
bestheroleofthelawyer
?
A)Thel
awyerissimpl
yoneoft heexpert
stheb u
s i
nesspers
onc ons
ult
s.
B)Thec
li
entma kesdeci
sionsregar
dingcivi
lmatter
s;thelawyermakesde
cis
ion
sre
gar
din
g
cr
imi
nalmatte
rs.
C)Thel
awyermak esdeci
sionsreg
ardi
n gciv
ilmatt
ers;t
h ecli
entmakesde
cis
ion
sre
gar
din
g
cr
imi
nalmatte
rs.
D)Thec
li
entmu stfol
l
owt helawyer
'si
n st
ruct
ions,a
slonga stheyar
elawf
ul.
E)Thel
awyermak est
heleg al
deci
sionsforthecli
ent.
9
)Whi
choft
h efoll
owingst
a t
ementsb e
s tdescr
ibessol
ici
tor-
cl
ie
n tpr
ivi
l
eg e
?
A)Thel
awy ermakesde c
isi
onsregardingciv
ilmatt
ers;t
heclien
tma kesdeci
sionsregar
din
g
cr
imi
n al
ma tte
rs.
B)Thel
awy ermakesthelegal
d e
c i
sionsforthecli
ent
.
C)Thel
awy erist
heonlyexper
tac li
e n
ts h
ouldconsul
t.
D)Ref
erstothed ut
yoftel a
wy ertokeeptheinfor
ma ti
onprovi
dedb ythecl
i
en tcon
fid
enti
al.
E)Thel
awy ermustfol
lowtec li
ent'sinst
ruct
ion
s ,
evenifth
e yarei
ll
egalinnatur
e.
1
0)Whi
chofthef
oll
owingisNOTag oodreas
onforab usi
nessper
sontosee
kadvi
cefr
omalawy
er?
A)Thebusi
nesspe
rsoncannotunde
rsta
ndthen ec
essaryl
egali
nfor
mat
ion
.
B)Thebusi
nesspe
rsonisfaci
ngcri
minalcha
rges.
C)Thebusi
nesspe
rsoncannotfi
ndthenecessa
rylega
linf
ormat
ion.
D)Itwou
ldtak
etoolongforthebus
inessp
ersontofi
ndthenecessa
ryl
ega
lin
for
mati
on.
E)Thenece
ssaryl
egalinf
ormati
onisavai
la
bleonli
ne.
1
1)F
orsophi
sti
catedcli
e nt
s,t
hea v
ail
abi
li
tyofana bun d
anceofl e
g a
lin
formati
ononli
neis
A)anegati
ved e
v el
opme nt
,becaus
ea cc
es s
ingth i
sinfor
ma t
iontendst
ob emorecostl
ythan
ret
ain
ingalawy er.
B)anegati
ved e
v el
opme nt
,becaus
eon l
in
ei nf
orma ti
onisrarel
yaccura
teorhelp
ful
.
C)aneutr
aldevelopme n
t,becau
selawyersarestil
ltheonlyonesablet
oa cce
ssthi
sinfor
mation.
D)aposit
ivedevelopment,b
ecauseitpr
ovidsg ratra cc
esstoinformat
ionth
eycanu s
ea spart
ofthei
rdeci
sion -
makingpr
ocess.
E)aposit
ivedevelopment,b
ecauseitmeanstha tthe
ywi l
lnolongerneedtor
etai
nlawyer
sasp ar
t
ofthei
rtea
m.
1
2)Whensearc
hingonlineforlegal
inf
ormat
ion,
iti
sbestto
A)tr
ustthati
fitispu bl
ish
edon l
in
e,i
tmu s
tbeaccura
te.
B)useAme ri
cans ources,a
stheyten
dt obemorecompr
ehens
ivetha
nCa
nad
ianon
es.
C)gaugethea c
cu r
ac yofthei
nfor
mationbyt
helookoft
hewebsit
e.
D)nevertr
usttheinformati
onfoundonawe b
sit
e.
E)seekadvicefr
omal awyerwhenanswer
scannotbere
adi
lyf
ou n
d.
1
3)Sophi
st
ic
atedcl
i
ent
s
A)k
nowthati
ti
sbet
tert
ohir
ealawy
e rt
hantocon
duc
tre
sea
rchonon
e'sown
.
B)a
rewil
l
ingt
opayf
orlega
ladv
iceatanycost
.
, C)h
avetheski
l
lan
dc onf
ide
ncetofi
ndbas
icle
gali
nfor
mat
ion
.
D)t
endtobeembar
rass
edtoreques
tle
gala
dvic
e.
E)d
on otne
edtor
etai
nalawyer.
1
4)On
ere
asonf
ort
heg
ene
ral
lac
kofr
esp
ectf
orl
awy
ersi
sth
at
