Question 1

The two large national legal encyclopedias are Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) and American _____ 2d.

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Question 2

What are the different factual categories into which facts often fall?

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The different categories of facts are: r...

Question 3

Precedent is an example set by the decision of an earlier court for similar cases or similar legal questions which arise in later cases.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following are not secondary sources?

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A)   Treatises
B)   Ordinances
C)   Digests
D)   Periodicals
E)   Form books

Question 5

What type of facts help the researcher understand what happened?

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A)   Relevant facts
B)   Explanatory facts
C)   Unnecessary facts
D)   All of the above

Question 6

Secondary sources explain the law and aid in finding the law.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Case law is a collection of reported cases.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 8

Facts fall into one of three categories: relevant, explanatory, and unnecessary.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 9

Before comparing your facts and issues with case law, it is important you properly identify:

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A)   important precedent.
B)   facts and issues in your client's situation.
C)   judicial history.
D)   the question presented.
E)   explanatory facts.

Question 10

Statutes and regulations are examples of primary legal research sources.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Both federal and state court cases are published in:

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A)   reporters.
B)   statutes.
C)   codes.
D)   All of the above

Question 12

A legal encyclopedia is arranged _____.

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The answer of A legal encyclopedia is arranged _____....

Question 13

Why would a legal researcher want to use a subscription based legal research system like Westlaw or Lexis rather than free Internet sources?

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A legal researcher might prefer to use a...

Question 14

_______ facts help the researcher understand what happened.

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The answer of _______ facts help the researcher understand what...

Question 15

Which of the following is an encyclopedia?

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A)   Corpus Juris Secundum
B)   American Jurisprudence 2d
C)   California Jurisprudence 3d
D)   All of the above
E)   None of the above

Question 16

We look to statutes to provide:

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A)   concise statements of the law.
B)   a detailed summary of the law.
C)   summaries of important cases.
D)   guidance for the public.
E)   references to secondary sources.

Question 17

Relevant facts are sometimes called:

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A)   key facts.
B)   focus facts.
C)   explanatory facts.
D)   important.
E)   precedent.

Question 18

Some secondary sources are referred to as:

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A)   annotations.
B)   dictionaries.
C)   finding tools.
D)   research manuals.
E)   indexes.

Question 19

The official reporter for U.S. Supreme Court cases is:

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A)   Supreme Court Reporter.
B)   United States Reports.
C)   Lawyer's Edition.
D)   The Supreme Court Web Site.
E)   Westlaw.

Question 20

The Pacific Reporter, a set of published volumes of cases by courts in a specific region of the United States, is known as a regional ______.

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Which of the following are not secondary sources?

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What type of facts help the researcher understand what happened?

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Secondary sources explain the law and aid in finding the law.

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Case law is a collection of reported cases.

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Facts fall into one of three categories: relevant, explanatory, and unnecessary.

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Before comparing your facts and issues with case law, it is important you properly identify:

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Statutes and regulations are examples of primary legal research sources.

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Both federal and state court cases are published in:

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A legal encyclopedia is arranged _____.

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