1. When an administrative rule has been properly promulgated under the Administrative Procedures Act, what effect does it have?

A. It has the same force and effect as a statute passed by the legislature.

B. It has an effect only on the particular parties involved but not on the public at large.

C. It takes effect within the agency but not outside of the agency.

D. It has no effect, since administrative agencies usually are not given rulemaking authority.

2.Alexander is a trial court judge in St. Louis County. He sees a case on his docket in which the defendant is listed as Talleyrand, Inc. Alexander's wife is an executive at Talleyrand, Inc. In this situation, Alexander should:

A. Ask his wife for any inside details of the case so that he can better determine which party is telling the truth at the trial.

B. Recuse (remove) himself as the judge in the case, because he has connections with a party that might compromise his neutral role as the judge.

C. Assure both parties at the beginning of the trial that he will be impartial and unbiased despite his wife's connection with Talleyrand, Inc.

D. Say nothing and hope no one discovers his connection to one of the parties.

3.What authority do federal courts have in reviewing federal agency actions?

A. Courts cannot overturn rulings of administrative law judges, which are more powerful than federal court judges.

B. Courts can review the legal findings of an agency but must give due deference to factual findings.

C. Courts hear the case from the beginning and pay no attention to findings of the agency.

D. None-federal agency actions usually are not reviewable by courts.

4.Jennifer, a resident of Nebraska, slips and falls on the deck of a cruise ship while it is docked in Alaska. The cruise ship is owned and operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, a company based in Florida. Jennifer wants to recover the $12,000 cost of her medical bills incurred at a local Alaska hospital, but Carnival Cruise Lines refuses to pay. Assume there is no federal question raised by this case, and also assume that Jennifer hasn't signed any "choice of forum" agreements limiting where she could sue which of the courts below would have jurisdiction to hear Jennifer's case?

A. Federal court in Alaska.

B. State court in Alaska.

C. State court in Nebraska.

D. A & B, but not C.

5.The feature that distinguishes a common-law legal system from a civil law system is:

A. Requiring guilt to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt

B. Using lay juries to decide cases

C. Having an appeal process

D. Stare decisis, or following precedent in reaching decisions

6.Alexander is a trial court judge in St. Louis County. He sees a case on his docket in which the defendant is listed as Talleyrand, Inc. Alexander's wife is an executive at Talleyrand, Inc. In this situation, Alexander should:

A. Ask his wife for any inside details of the case so that

he can better determine which party is telling the truth at the trial.

B. Recuse (remove) himself as the judge in the case, because he has connections with a party that might compromise his neutral role as the judge.

C. Assure both parties at the beginning of the trial that he will be impartial and unbiased despite his wife's connection with Talleyrand, Inc.

D. Say nothing and hope no one discovers his connection to one of the parties.