Final Practice Exam
277 Law And Policy in Society
1. Which of the following items are NOT considered a basis for political power? a. Wealth, bureaucracy, and creativity/innovation b. Justice, fairness, and equity c. Entrepreneurship, longevity/seniority, and law d. Reputation, status, and family connections 2. Which of the following is NOT a method of resolving interstate water disputes? a. Congressional apportionment b. Interstate compacts c. Fair exchange doctrine d. Equitable apportionment doctrine 3. An example of a secondary intended effect is having: a. Divorce litigants treat each other respectfully during litigation so cases can proceed efficiently b. People obey traffic laws c. Corporations comply with tax laws d. People arrested for speeding 4. A main difference between mediation and arbitration is that: a. Arbitration involves a neutral third party and mediation does not b. Mediation involves a neutral third party and arbitration does not c. Mediation is binding and arbitration is not d. Arbitration is binding and mediation is not 5. A mother with a drug abuse problem being given custody of her biological child could be construed as an example of: a. Law influencing custom b. Judicial commonsense c. Custom influencing law d. The law refusing to recognize the importance of the family 6. Which of the following statements bests describes the "Mediator" approach that a judge may take in his/her role? a. Views the law as a set of neutral principles to be applied to the case b. Seeks to identify and recommend to the parties a settlement strategy c. Views laws as a resource, not a constraint d. Emphasizes his/her personal responsibility for decisions 7. After the collapse of the Nazi regime, a woman was tried for informing on her husband and procuring his imprisonment and sentence to death. This example illustrates the lesson that: a. A persons and societys view of morality may influence the creation and implementation of the law b. Immoral acts can never achieve moral ends c. Simply following orders of those higher up in the Nazi party violates internal morality 1
d. An individual may violate her own views of morality if she thought her husband was part of an conspiracy to undermine the government 8. ___________________ is also known as ,,crimes without victims. a. Traffic b. Patrol c. Vice d. Skid Row 9. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a command? a. Appeal b. Rationality c. Communication d. Sanction 10. In appealing the ruling of the trial court, one of Kathy Gentrys arguments was that: a. As a policy, antenuptial agreements are invalid since it is impossible to foresee whether a marriage will end in divorce b. Her antenuptial agreement with Tom Gentry was invalid because Tom had misrepresented his net worth prior to their entering the agreement c. Her antenuptial agreement with Tom Gentry was invalid because she had been ill at the time agreement was signed and did not realize what she was signing d. As a policy, antenuptial agreements are invalid because they undermine marriage by providing an incentive for people to get divorced 11. What was a conclusion of the study of wrongful discharge articles in personnel and legal journals? a. Legal journals inflated the threat of wrongful discharge actions b. Personnel journals inflated the threat of wrongful discharge actions c. Wrongful discharge was a major problem for companies d. Personnel journals had 27% more typographical errors than legal journals 12. According to the Theory of Evolution and Law, the fact that living law often more closely approximates our concept of justice than written law suggests that: a. Our concept of justice is learned b. Formal law is more closely aligned with the "law in society" approach c. Living Law is always the basis for written law d. Formal law does not generate our sense of justice 13. The prosecutors role includes: a. Monitoring skid row b. Deliberating and issuing verdicts c. Ensuring calendar movement d. Serving as the trier of law 14. One main criticism of the Theory of Behavior and Law is that by merely focusing on "observable acts of social control", one cannot easily:
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a. b. c. d.
Distinguish the unintended from the intended effects of law Compare the legal systems of different societies Understand law from the "law in action" perspective Use social science research methods to study law
15. What is the main duty of the California Attorney General? a. Serves President as of the Senate and may cast a vote to break ties b. Keeps the correct record of official acts of legislative and executive departments c. Directs the collection of all moneys due the state d. Serves as chief law enforcement officer of the state 16. When compared to juries that received instructions with different versions of the insanity standard, a control group jury that received no instructions: a. Was less likely to make fine-grained distinctions b. Reached a verdict similar to the verdicts reached by the juries that received instructions c. Reached a verdict of guilty with greater frequency d. Was more likely to follow a commonsense standard of justice 17. The experience of a mid-western town before and after the Supreme Courts ruling against school supported prayer in public schools suggested that: a. Constitutional authority can be effective in suppressing political activism b. Attitudes stimulate the creation of law c. Law can change attitudes d. Attitudes can impede the implementation of law 18. One of the unintended effects of Georgias stiffer laws against drug trafficking in the early 1980s was that: a. Black traffickers were significantly more likely than white traffickers to be incarcerated b. Non-drug offenders got tougher sentences through a process known as spillover c. Black traffickers got longer probation terms than white traffickers d. Traffickers were seen as victims 19. What is the process of double institutionalization? a. Institutions are usually created in pairs b. Custom creates law, while law creates and recreates custom c. Organizations are created by both laws and other institutions d. The process of institutionalizing psychological patients who have been convicted 20. In a study on witness speech style and social expectations, university students and judges rated the speech of Mr. Rawls under two conditions. The evaluations made by the raters are best explained by the fact that: a. One subject group was composed of judges, the other of students b. Mr. Rawls physical appearance differed in each condition c. The content of Mr. Rawls testimony differed in each condition d. Mr. Rawls manner of speaking differed in each condition
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21. As emphasized in lecture, what is the primary difference between justice and fairness as the concepts relate to law? a. Justice refers to moral correctness in outcome, while fairness refers to procedures b. Fairness refers to moral correctness in outcome, while justice refers to procedures c. Justice refers to criminal cases, while fairness refers to civil cases d. Fairness is a subjective perception, while justice is an objective concept 22. According to the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Act is to be administered primarily by the Illinois: a. Governor b. Attorney General c. Department of Human Rights d. Legal Rights Protection Division (LRPD) 23. Which of the following represents an effect of social networks in job seeking for minorities? a. Social networks have no significant effect in employment seeking b. Segregated networks lead to better paying jobs c. Those with larger social networks generally seek jobs with lower responsibility and more free time d. Segregated social networks constitute an important racial barrier at the job candidate stage 24. In Arizona v. Graciano, the Court held that: a. The officers arrest of Graciano was constitutional because it was based on a legitimate "profile" developed from statistical information obtained by highway patrol officers b. Gracianos due process rights were violated because he was not read his Miranda warnings prior to his confessing to possessing drugs c. The officers reasons for stopping Graciano were mere hunches and therefore not sufficient to raise a justifiable suspicion that Graciano was involved in criminal activity d. Gracianos sentence was constitutional because it did not violate the public policy against states blending their Police Power and Parens Patriae Power 25. What is an "antenuptial agreement"? a. A contract made before the United States had defined contract laws at the beginning of the 17th century and therefore is no longer valid b. An legal agreement written during marriage where a couple defines who will take care of their children in case of an emergency or accident c. An agreement made in contemplation of an impending marriage that defines how property should be divided if the marriage fails d. The old common law name for a marriage certificate
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