American Government: The Federal Court System!
A quiz on the material from my American Government class regarding the Federal Court System.
- 1.Define Jurisdiction.
- A.
Authority of the accused to defend themselves independently in a case.
- B.
Authority of a judge to hear, or try a case.
- C.
Authority of a court to hear, or try, a case.
- D.
Authority of a lawyer to hear, or try, a case.
- 2.The Framers created the national judiciary in what Article of the Constitution?
- A.
Article I
- B.
Article III
- C.
Article II
- D.
Article IV
- 3.Cases that can only be heard in federal courts give federal courts...
- A.
Concurrent Jurisdiction
- B.
Original Jurisdiction
- C.
Appellate Jurisdiction
- D.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
- 4.When a case can be tried in both State and/or federal courts, the State and federal courts have...
- A.
Concurrent Jurisdiction
- B.
Original Jurisdiction
- C.
Appellate Jurisdiction
- D.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
- 5.A court in which a case is first heard is said to have...
- A.
Concurrent Jurisdiction
- B.
Original Jurisdiction
- C.
Appellate Jurisdiction
- D.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
- 6.A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court has...
- A.
Concurrent Jurisdiction
- B.
Original Jurisdiction
- C.
Appellate Jurisdiction
- D.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
- 7.The Supreme Court has both...
- A.
Original and Exclusive Jurisdiction
- B.
Original and Appellate Jurisdiction
- C.
Appellate and Exclusive Jurisdiction
- D.
Concurrent and Original Jurisdiction
- 8.Power to appoint judges to federal courts falls on...
- A.
Vice President
- B.
Chief Justice
- C.
President
- D.
Ambassadors
- 9.President nominates...
- A.
Supreme Court Justices
- B.
Federal Court Judges
- C.
Both A and B
- D.
None of the Above
- 10.The Presidents nominees are then subject to the approval of...
- A.
Congress
- B.
The House of Representatives
- C.
The Senate
- D.
The People
- 11.Judges appointed to the constitutional courts, including the Supreme Court, have terms that last...
- A.
10 Years
- B.
20 Years
- C.
30 Years
- D.
For Life
- 12.The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government action is called...
- A.
The Court's Decision
- B.
Judicial Review
- C.
The Court's Choice
- D.
The Court Vote
- 13.The Supreme Court first asserted its power of Judicial Review in the case of...
- A.
Marbury vs. Madison
- B.
Rowe vs. Wade
- C.
Brown vs. The Board of Education
- D.
John vs. Jack
- 14.The Court's decision aid the foundation for its involvement in the development of...
- A.
Popular Sovereignty
- B.
Death Row
- C.
Jails
- D.
The American system of government.
- 15.The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over cases involving...
- A.
Two or More States
- B.
Ambassadors
- C.
Public Ministers
- D.
A,B, and C
- 16.Most cases heard by the Supreme Court are...
- A.
Appeals Cases
- B.
Concurrent Cases
- C.
Exclusive Cases
- D.
Original Cases
- 17.The Supreme Court hears only one to two cases per year in which it has...
- A.
Concurrent Jurisdiction
- B.
Appellate Jurisdicion
- C.
Original Jurisdiction
- D.
Exclusive Jurisdiction
- 18.Once the Supreme Court accepts a case, it sets a date on which lawyers on both sides will present...
- A.
A Brief
- B.
Oral Arguments
- C.
A Court Conference
- D.
NONE
- 19.Written documents filed with the Supreme Court before Oral Arguments are known as....
- A.
Briefs
- B.
Oral Argument Letters
- C.
Court Conference Address
- D.
None
- 20.The _________ presides over a closed-door conference in which justices present their views on the case at hand.
- A.
Chief of State
- B.
President
- C.
Chief Justice
- D.
Commanding Chief
- 21.The "Opinion of the Court" is formally known as the...
- A.
Majority Opinion
- B.
Opinion of the Court
- C.
Presidents Opinion
- D.
Minority Opinion
- 22.Examples (such as Majority Opinions) to be followed in similar cases are known as...
- A.
Dissenting Opinions
- B.
Following Examples
- C.
Precedents
- D.
None.
- 23.Written by those Justices who do not agree with the Court's majority opinion.
- A.
Dissenting Opinions
- B.
Following Examples
- C.
Precedents
- D.
None
- 24.The Court of Chief Justice Earl Warren was known as an "___________" for its use of judicial action to deal with America's social problems.
- A.
Activist Court
- B.
Anarchist Court
- C.
Independent Court
- D.
Isolated Court
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