BUL 3310 FSU Business Law Practice Exam 2025
Questions with Answers & Legal Rationales |
Contracts, Torts, Agency, and Corporate Law
Review
FSU’s BUL 3310 Business Law course with this comprehensive 150-question practice exam. It
covers every core area — contracts, torts, sales, agency, corporate law, negotiable
instruments, and employment law
If a private employer denied an employee the right to speak freely about political issues in the
workplace, the employee could not claim a First Amendment violation because the element of
_____________is missing.
State action
In common law, a child under age seven is presumed to lack the mental capacity to form
criminal intent.
True
False
True
Traditionally in common law, children were presumed to lack sufficient understanding to form
the intent necessary to commit a crime if they were under the age of
7
10
14
,18
7
The purpose of the doctrine of stare decisis is to give certainty and predictability to the law.
True
False
True
The conclusion follows from the relationship between the major and minor premises.
True
False
True
Prof. Johnson is a law professor who teaches the existence of a higher authority than the state
binding human behavior. She is an adherent of the ____ school of jurisprudence.
Natural Law
When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case it issues a writ of attainder.
True
False
False
Juvenile court, probate court and traffic court are examples of courts of ___________.
Limited jurisdiction
To hear a case, courts must have subject matter jurisdiction.
True
,False
True
The power of the federal government to completely regulate an activity, to the exclusion of
any state regulation, is the power of occlusion.
True
False
False
The Supreme Court has ruled that electronic surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment
protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
True
False
False
Tort law is a subset of general criminal law.
True
False
False
Assume that the Vermont legislature passed a bill prohibiting the sale within the state of
detergents containing certain chemicals harmful to the environment. Assume further that the
governor signed the bill into law. This law has the status of a(n) ______ .
Statute
Timothy believes the law should reflect societal values, which may change over time. He is an
adherent of the ____ school.
Sociological
, The primary duty of appellate courts is to determine whether the law was correctly applied at
the trial level.
True
False
True
The primary source of law used to decide cases in courts of equity is
Equitable Maxims
Only the plaintiff may ask the court for a summary judgment.
True
False
False
In a criminal case, the burden of proof on the prosecution is
Beyond a reasonable doubt
The First Amendment is interpreted to include political free speech for corporations.
True
False
True
Which of the following would constitute a "taking" of personal property by the government?
A forced sale of land to construct a highway
The rezoning of an area so that formerly permitted uses of the property are lost.
Questions with Answers & Legal Rationales |
Contracts, Torts, Agency, and Corporate Law
Review
FSU’s BUL 3310 Business Law course with this comprehensive 150-question practice exam. It
covers every core area — contracts, torts, sales, agency, corporate law, negotiable
instruments, and employment law
If a private employer denied an employee the right to speak freely about political issues in the
workplace, the employee could not claim a First Amendment violation because the element of
_____________is missing.
State action
In common law, a child under age seven is presumed to lack the mental capacity to form
criminal intent.
True
False
True
Traditionally in common law, children were presumed to lack sufficient understanding to form
the intent necessary to commit a crime if they were under the age of
7
10
14
,18
7
The purpose of the doctrine of stare decisis is to give certainty and predictability to the law.
True
False
True
The conclusion follows from the relationship between the major and minor premises.
True
False
True
Prof. Johnson is a law professor who teaches the existence of a higher authority than the state
binding human behavior. She is an adherent of the ____ school of jurisprudence.
Natural Law
When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case it issues a writ of attainder.
True
False
False
Juvenile court, probate court and traffic court are examples of courts of ___________.
Limited jurisdiction
To hear a case, courts must have subject matter jurisdiction.
True
,False
True
The power of the federal government to completely regulate an activity, to the exclusion of
any state regulation, is the power of occlusion.
True
False
False
The Supreme Court has ruled that electronic surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment
protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
True
False
False
Tort law is a subset of general criminal law.
True
False
False
Assume that the Vermont legislature passed a bill prohibiting the sale within the state of
detergents containing certain chemicals harmful to the environment. Assume further that the
governor signed the bill into law. This law has the status of a(n) ______ .
Statute
Timothy believes the law should reflect societal values, which may change over time. He is an
adherent of the ____ school.
Sociological
, The primary duty of appellate courts is to determine whether the law was correctly applied at
the trial level.
True
False
True
The primary source of law used to decide cases in courts of equity is
Equitable Maxims
Only the plaintiff may ask the court for a summary judgment.
True
False
False
In a criminal case, the burden of proof on the prosecution is
Beyond a reasonable doubt
The First Amendment is interpreted to include political free speech for corporations.
True
False
True
Which of the following would constitute a "taking" of personal property by the government?
A forced sale of land to construct a highway
The rezoning of an area so that formerly permitted uses of the property are lost.
