1. Which of the following statements is true about associate justices?

A. They are solely responsible for running the day-to-day issues for all the federal courts.

B. The number of associate justices is determined by the chief justice.

C. There are nine associate justices at present.

D. They are currently paid the same salary as the chief justice.

E. They have the same power as the chief justice when it comes to deciding cases.

2. Which of the following is NOT a role played by Congress in controlling the judiciary?

A. Confirming judicial selections

B. Controlling annual budgetary process

C. Determining what kind of cases the courts can hear

D. Reducing judicial salaries

E. Determining the courts' jurisdictions

3. Which of the following is true about the federal court system? A. As a trial court, the U.S. district courts hear only civil trials.

B. There are sixteen circuit courts of appeals in the United States.

C. Under the court administration system, there are sixty-five judicial districts in the country.

D. All states have more than one judicial district.

E. Only a few federal litigations end at the U.S. Supreme Court level for review.

4. Roe v. Wade was criticized...

A. By judicial activists as an assault on privacy.

B. As not going far enough to protect a woman's right to privacy

C. As being the first case to declare that a right to privacy exists in the Constitution.

D. By constructionists as an activist decision that bypassed the electorate.

E. By activists for too strictly adhering to the "originalist" view of the Constitution.

5. A(n) _____ is a transcript of what was said in the courtroom along with supporting documentation.

6. Small claims court is an example of a(n) _____ jurisdiction court.

7. The arrangement in which many justices rely on their clerks to read filed petitions and to make recommendations on whether or not to grant a petition for certiorari is known as _____.

8. _____ is the view that the Constitution should be interpreted in the context of what the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote the document.