Constitutional Law and Procedure, CJL 2062
Mid-Term (First Exam)
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the BEST answer. 1) Print your answer in
capital letter form on the answer key on the last page. The answer on the
answer key shall be the last and final answer, and shall be the only answer
that will count. Email the answers in PDF format per the schedule
indicated in the syllabus. The correct answers are based only on items and
information reviewed in class lectures, the textbook, and that which was
contained in the Review, and not any other sources.
1) Article 1, of the U.S. Constitution establishes and sets out the powers of the
federal legislature in what it calls:
a. The “State Assembly”
b. The “Supreme Court”
c. The “Congress”
d. The “Magna Carta”
e. The “Commission”
2) All U.S. Constitutional legislative jurisdiction is within, which two
chambers:
a. The water boarding and Terry chambers.
b. The Senate and House of Representatives.
c. The SCOTUS and POTUS chambers.
d. The Parliament and House of Lords.
e. The Supreme Soviet and the Politburo.
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,3) Substantive law is a general law (the law itself) such as a federal criminal
law that makes cocaine distribution an unlawful act, i.e., 21 U.S. Code
Section 841.
a. True.
b. False.
4) Procedural law is a law that administers how the substantive law is applied,
carried out, and processed.
a. True.
b. False.
5) Jurisdiction refers to the authority and power of:
a. The legislature to enact a law.
b. The authority a law has over a group of people.
c. The authority a court has over a person or organization.
d. The authority of a court to hear cases first (originally), hold a trial,
and render a decision (either by a judge, or a jury).
e. All of the above.
6) Case Law is:
a. Law that arises from decisions made by a court in a case that it
reviews.
b. The Circuit court docket.
c. Law that arises from Article 15 of the Constitution.
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, d. Murphy’s Law.
e. All of the above.
7) Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution:
a. Establishes the 4th of July as a national holiday.
b. Establishes the Congress.
c. Establishes the executive branch, in the U.S. President and Vice
President.
d. Establishes the Supreme Court.
e. All of the above.
8) The President must be born in one of the states of the U.S., or a U.S.
Territory, and be 45 years of age.
a. True.
b. False.
9) Judicial Review is the power of a court to scrutinize and rule on the validity
or “constitutionality of:
a. An action taken by the executive branch of the government.
b. An action and the laws passed by the legislative branch.
c. The decisions lower courts.
d. All of the above.
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Mid-Term (First Exam)
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the BEST answer. 1) Print your answer in
capital letter form on the answer key on the last page. The answer on the
answer key shall be the last and final answer, and shall be the only answer
that will count. Email the answers in PDF format per the schedule
indicated in the syllabus. The correct answers are based only on items and
information reviewed in class lectures, the textbook, and that which was
contained in the Review, and not any other sources.
1) Article 1, of the U.S. Constitution establishes and sets out the powers of the
federal legislature in what it calls:
a. The “State Assembly”
b. The “Supreme Court”
c. The “Congress”
d. The “Magna Carta”
e. The “Commission”
2) All U.S. Constitutional legislative jurisdiction is within, which two
chambers:
a. The water boarding and Terry chambers.
b. The Senate and House of Representatives.
c. The SCOTUS and POTUS chambers.
d. The Parliament and House of Lords.
e. The Supreme Soviet and the Politburo.
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,3) Substantive law is a general law (the law itself) such as a federal criminal
law that makes cocaine distribution an unlawful act, i.e., 21 U.S. Code
Section 841.
a. True.
b. False.
4) Procedural law is a law that administers how the substantive law is applied,
carried out, and processed.
a. True.
b. False.
5) Jurisdiction refers to the authority and power of:
a. The legislature to enact a law.
b. The authority a law has over a group of people.
c. The authority a court has over a person or organization.
d. The authority of a court to hear cases first (originally), hold a trial,
and render a decision (either by a judge, or a jury).
e. All of the above.
6) Case Law is:
a. Law that arises from decisions made by a court in a case that it
reviews.
b. The Circuit court docket.
c. Law that arises from Article 15 of the Constitution.
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, d. Murphy’s Law.
e. All of the above.
7) Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution:
a. Establishes the 4th of July as a national holiday.
b. Establishes the Congress.
c. Establishes the executive branch, in the U.S. President and Vice
President.
d. Establishes the Supreme Court.
e. All of the above.
8) The President must be born in one of the states of the U.S., or a U.S.
Territory, and be 45 years of age.
a. True.
b. False.
9) Judicial Review is the power of a court to scrutinize and rule on the validity
or “constitutionality of:
a. An action taken by the executive branch of the government.
b. An action and the laws passed by the legislative branch.
c. The decisions lower courts.
d. All of the above.
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