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LWC1 Sample Test Questions
This document will provide you with sample multiple-choice questions taken from the textbook publisher’s test
bank (the answer key is at the end of the document). The questions on the actual LWC1 pre-assessment and
objective exam are pulled from another source and will look and feel different from those you see here. Please keep
in mind that the objective exam is meant to be challenging and difficult.
Chapter 1
1. The law of which country provided the roots for U.S. law?
a. France.
b. Germany.
c. Canada.
d. England.
2. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration promulgated a rule requiring guards for hand-fed circular
crosscut table saws. The purpose of the guards is to keep employees clear of any danger zones. This rule is:
a. an executive order.
b. a statute.
c. common law.
d. administrative law.
3. Common law refers to:
a. law that is the same or similar in all the states.
b. law made when judges decide cases and then follow those decisions in later cases.
c. law made by legislatures in the form of statutes.
d. the legal systems of France, Germany, and Italy.
4. Hasbro, Inc., the trademark owner of "Candy Land," sought a court injunction to stop Internet Entertainment Group,
LTD from using the domain name, "candyland.com." Internet Entertainment Group had established a sexually
explicit site at the domain name. An injunction can only be issued by:
a. a jury.
b. a judge exercising equitable powers.
c. an executive order.
d. a subpoena.
5. The three branches of government in the United States are:
a. the executive, legislative, and administrative.
b. the executive, legislative, and statutory.
c. the executive, legislative, and judicial.
d. the executive, legislative, and international.
6. The doctrine of stare decisis:
a. makes the legal process more expensive.
b. is an equitable remedy.
c. makes the law more predictable.
d. is unimportant to the common law.
7. In 1992, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a case entitled Goodman v. Wenco Foods, Inc., that when a
substance in food causes injury to a consumer of the food, it is not a bar to recovery against the seller that the
substance was natural to the food. If, in a 2004 case involving a consumer’s injury caused by a fish bone in a bowl
of fish chowder, the court followed the decision in Goodman v. Wenco Foods, Inc., the court's action in the second
case is an example of:
a. stare decisis.
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b. statutory law.
c. public law.
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d. criminal law.
8. All powers not granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution are retained by:
a. the states or the people.
b. Congress.
c. the President.
d. federal administrative agencies.
9. If the title of an appellate court case appears as Jones v. Smith:
a. Jones is the plaintiff and Smith is the defendant.
b. Smith won the trial court decision.
c. you cannot determine which party is the plaintiff, because when a defendant loses a trial and files
an appeal, some courts (but not all) reverse the names of the parties.
d. the trial judge was Jones and the appellate judge is Smith.
10. The Minnesota legislature passed a law requiring that employers allow each employee adequate time within each
four consecutive hours of work to utilize the nearest convenient restroom. This law is:
a. an executive order.
b. an ordinance.
c. a statute.
d. a stare decisis.
11. In 1998, the President of the United States and other world leaders signed an agreement on global warming called
the Kyoto Protocol. Subsequently, the Senate was asked to ratify the agreement. The Kyoto Protocol is:
a. an executive order.
b. a statute.
c. an administrative law.
d. a treaty.
12. Which of the following played a role in the creation of the U.S. government by solving the problem of federalism?
a. The Visigoths.
b. The Iroquois Native Americans.
c. Confucius.
d. Alexis de Tocqueville.
13. Congress enacted legislation in 1933 to regulate the securities industry and prohibit various forms of
fraud with securities. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was passed a year later. This law created the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) as an independent regulatory entity whose function is to administer the two laws. The SEC
has generated rules and regulations to administer these acts. These rules and regulations are:
a. statutes.
b. administrative law.
c. executive orders.
d. common law.
14. Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared
war on Mexico. Thoreau felt that there was a higher law than the law of the land. Which theory of jurisprudence was
he applying?
a. Legal Positivism.
b. Natural Law.
c. Legal Realism.
d. Common Law.
15. The federal judicial branch of the U.S. government:
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a. interprets statutes.
b. passes statutes.
LWC1 Sample Test Questions
This document will provide you with sample multiple-choice questions taken from the textbook publisher’s test
bank (the answer key is at the end of the document). The questions on the actual LWC1 pre-assessment and
objective exam are pulled from another source and will look and feel different from those you see here. Please keep
in mind that the objective exam is meant to be challenging and difficult.
Chapter 1
1. The law of which country provided the roots for U.S. law?
a. France.
b. Germany.
c. Canada.
d. England.
2. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration promulgated a rule requiring guards for hand-fed circular
crosscut table saws. The purpose of the guards is to keep employees clear of any danger zones. This rule is:
a. an executive order.
b. a statute.
c. common law.
d. administrative law.
3. Common law refers to:
a. law that is the same or similar in all the states.
b. law made when judges decide cases and then follow those decisions in later cases.
c. law made by legislatures in the form of statutes.
d. the legal systems of France, Germany, and Italy.
4. Hasbro, Inc., the trademark owner of "Candy Land," sought a court injunction to stop Internet Entertainment Group,
LTD from using the domain name, "candyland.com." Internet Entertainment Group had established a sexually
explicit site at the domain name. An injunction can only be issued by:
a. a jury.
b. a judge exercising equitable powers.
c. an executive order.
d. a subpoena.
5. The three branches of government in the United States are:
a. the executive, legislative, and administrative.
b. the executive, legislative, and statutory.
c. the executive, legislative, and judicial.
d. the executive, legislative, and international.
6. The doctrine of stare decisis:
a. makes the legal process more expensive.
b. is an equitable remedy.
c. makes the law more predictable.
d. is unimportant to the common law.
7. In 1992, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a case entitled Goodman v. Wenco Foods, Inc., that when a
substance in food causes injury to a consumer of the food, it is not a bar to recovery against the seller that the
substance was natural to the food. If, in a 2004 case involving a consumer’s injury caused by a fish bone in a bowl
of fish chowder, the court followed the decision in Goodman v. Wenco Foods, Inc., the court's action in the second
case is an example of:
a. stare decisis.
, 2
b. statutory law.
c. public law.
, 3
d. criminal law.
8. All powers not granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution are retained by:
a. the states or the people.
b. Congress.
c. the President.
d. federal administrative agencies.
9. If the title of an appellate court case appears as Jones v. Smith:
a. Jones is the plaintiff and Smith is the defendant.
b. Smith won the trial court decision.
c. you cannot determine which party is the plaintiff, because when a defendant loses a trial and files
an appeal, some courts (but not all) reverse the names of the parties.
d. the trial judge was Jones and the appellate judge is Smith.
10. The Minnesota legislature passed a law requiring that employers allow each employee adequate time within each
four consecutive hours of work to utilize the nearest convenient restroom. This law is:
a. an executive order.
b. an ordinance.
c. a statute.
d. a stare decisis.
11. In 1998, the President of the United States and other world leaders signed an agreement on global warming called
the Kyoto Protocol. Subsequently, the Senate was asked to ratify the agreement. The Kyoto Protocol is:
a. an executive order.
b. a statute.
c. an administrative law.
d. a treaty.
12. Which of the following played a role in the creation of the U.S. government by solving the problem of federalism?
a. The Visigoths.
b. The Iroquois Native Americans.
c. Confucius.
d. Alexis de Tocqueville.
13. Congress enacted legislation in 1933 to regulate the securities industry and prohibit various forms of
fraud with securities. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was passed a year later. This law created the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) as an independent regulatory entity whose function is to administer the two laws. The SEC
has generated rules and regulations to administer these acts. These rules and regulations are:
a. statutes.
b. administrative law.
c. executive orders.
d. common law.
14. Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared
war on Mexico. Thoreau felt that there was a higher law than the law of the land. Which theory of jurisprudence was
he applying?
a. Legal Positivism.
b. Natural Law.
c. Legal Realism.
d. Common Law.
15. The federal judicial branch of the U.S. government:
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a. interprets statutes.
b. passes statutes.
