Legal Research and Writing Quiz
Questions and correct Answers –
2023- 2024
The most persuasive secondary sources that are almost always
acceptable to cite include:
a. treatises, nutshells, and restatements.
b. treatises, restatements, and law review articles.
c. treatises, American Law Reports, and encyclopedias.
d. hornbooks, nutshells, and restatements. - -b. treatises,
restatements, and law review articles.
-Which of the following legal sources includes short case
descriptions arranged topically?
a. Reporters
b. Digests
c. Annotated Codes
d. Both digests and annotated codes - -d. Both digests and
annotated codes
-A petition notation for a Texas appellate case:
a. never affects the authoritative weight of the case.
b. may affect the authoritative weight of the case.
c. always signifies that the high court approved the outcome but
not necessarily the reasoning of the court below.
,d. is required by the Bluebook when citing that case in a
Minnesota court. - -b. may affect the authoritative weight of the
case.
-The ultimate goal of legal research is to find:
a. persuasive primary authority.
b. primary secondary authority.
c. persuasive secondary authority.
d. binding primary authority. - -d. binding primary authority.
-Imagine that you are using the following synthesized rule for an
issue in a memo: "false imprisonment is the intentional
confinement of a person without that person's consent and within
boundaries set by the tortfeasor." Based on this synthesized rule,
which of the following statements is false?
a. Your rule is conjunctive.
b. Your rule can be broken down into elements.
c. Your rule should be referenced in the thesis paragraph of the
memo.
d. Your rule is disjunctive. - -d. Your rule is disjunctive.
-Which of the following statements about the legislative process
is a true statement?
a. All states follow the identical legislative process.
b. In the federal legislative process, a bill only needs to be passed
by one house in order to become law.
,c. A published slip law is identified by its public law number.
d. Federal laws are codified before they are session laws. - -c. A
published slip law is identified by its public law number.
-You are researching a family law matter for a senior partner at
your law firm. In your research, you have learned that the legal
issue has not been addressed by a court of law in your state.
Which kind of secondary source would be best to rely upon to
determine how a court of law in your state might address this
legal issue?
a. Federal environmental administrative regulations
b. A law review article that examines the legal issue you are
researching
c. A nonlegal website that addresses only the social issues and
policies involved
d. A case or statute from another jurisdiction - -b. A law review
article that examines the legal issue you are researching
-When citing a current federal statute for the first time in a
memo, which of the following is true?
a. You will cite to the United States Code if you have access to it.
b. You will include the official name of the act if there is one.
c. You no longer are required to include the year the source was
published.
d. All of the answers - -d. All of the answers
, -When citing a Texas Court of Appeals case in a Texas court, you
must:
a. include a writ or petition history only if the case is less than two
years old.
b. include a writ or petition history unless you find nothing in the
subsequent history table.
c. include a writ or petition history always.
d. include a writ or petition history only if filing a pleading with the
court. - -c. include a writ or petition history always.
-Which of the following statements about primary authority is
true?
a. Primary authority is always binding.
b. Primary authority can only come from a legislature.
c. Article III of the U.S. Constitution is primary authority.
d. All of the answers - -c. Article III of the U.S. Constitution is
primary authority.
-Assume that you are citing in a North Carolina law firm legal
memo regarding a federal court matter. Lawrence A. Schmid,
Plaintiff, versus Robert A. Frosch, Administrator of NASA,
Defendant. This case was decided in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia on January 30, 1985. This case
is reported in volume 609, page 490, of the Federal Supplement
and in volume 36, page 1687, of Fair Employment Practice Cases.
Questions and correct Answers –
2023- 2024
The most persuasive secondary sources that are almost always
acceptable to cite include:
a. treatises, nutshells, and restatements.
b. treatises, restatements, and law review articles.
c. treatises, American Law Reports, and encyclopedias.
d. hornbooks, nutshells, and restatements. - -b. treatises,
restatements, and law review articles.
-Which of the following legal sources includes short case
descriptions arranged topically?
a. Reporters
b. Digests
c. Annotated Codes
d. Both digests and annotated codes - -d. Both digests and
annotated codes
-A petition notation for a Texas appellate case:
a. never affects the authoritative weight of the case.
b. may affect the authoritative weight of the case.
c. always signifies that the high court approved the outcome but
not necessarily the reasoning of the court below.
,d. is required by the Bluebook when citing that case in a
Minnesota court. - -b. may affect the authoritative weight of the
case.
-The ultimate goal of legal research is to find:
a. persuasive primary authority.
b. primary secondary authority.
c. persuasive secondary authority.
d. binding primary authority. - -d. binding primary authority.
-Imagine that you are using the following synthesized rule for an
issue in a memo: "false imprisonment is the intentional
confinement of a person without that person's consent and within
boundaries set by the tortfeasor." Based on this synthesized rule,
which of the following statements is false?
a. Your rule is conjunctive.
b. Your rule can be broken down into elements.
c. Your rule should be referenced in the thesis paragraph of the
memo.
d. Your rule is disjunctive. - -d. Your rule is disjunctive.
-Which of the following statements about the legislative process
is a true statement?
a. All states follow the identical legislative process.
b. In the federal legislative process, a bill only needs to be passed
by one house in order to become law.
,c. A published slip law is identified by its public law number.
d. Federal laws are codified before they are session laws. - -c. A
published slip law is identified by its public law number.
-You are researching a family law matter for a senior partner at
your law firm. In your research, you have learned that the legal
issue has not been addressed by a court of law in your state.
Which kind of secondary source would be best to rely upon to
determine how a court of law in your state might address this
legal issue?
a. Federal environmental administrative regulations
b. A law review article that examines the legal issue you are
researching
c. A nonlegal website that addresses only the social issues and
policies involved
d. A case or statute from another jurisdiction - -b. A law review
article that examines the legal issue you are researching
-When citing a current federal statute for the first time in a
memo, which of the following is true?
a. You will cite to the United States Code if you have access to it.
b. You will include the official name of the act if there is one.
c. You no longer are required to include the year the source was
published.
d. All of the answers - -d. All of the answers
, -When citing a Texas Court of Appeals case in a Texas court, you
must:
a. include a writ or petition history only if the case is less than two
years old.
b. include a writ or petition history unless you find nothing in the
subsequent history table.
c. include a writ or petition history always.
d. include a writ or petition history only if filing a pleading with the
court. - -c. include a writ or petition history always.
-Which of the following statements about primary authority is
true?
a. Primary authority is always binding.
b. Primary authority can only come from a legislature.
c. Article III of the U.S. Constitution is primary authority.
d. All of the answers - -c. Article III of the U.S. Constitution is
primary authority.
-Assume that you are citing in a North Carolina law firm legal
memo regarding a federal court matter. Lawrence A. Schmid,
Plaintiff, versus Robert A. Frosch, Administrator of NASA,
Defendant. This case was decided in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia on January 30, 1985. This case
is reported in volume 609, page 490, of the Federal Supplement
and in volume 36, page 1687, of Fair Employment Practice Cases.
