Test Bank For America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice System 12th Edition by David W. Neubauer

Test Bank For America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice System 12th Edition by David W. Neubauer

Chapter 3

FEDERAL COURTS

TEST BANK

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.The United States has a dual court system consisting of:

ANS: D REF: Basic Principles of Court Organization OBJ: 1 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

2. What does the Supreme Court issue when it agrees to hear a case on appeal? 

ANS: D REF: U.S. Supreme Court OBJ: 4 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember 

3. Original and appellate jurisdiction fall under what classification of jurisdiction?

ANS: C REF: Basic Principles of Court Organization OBJ: 2 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

4. What federal court has original jurisdiction over disputes between states?

ANS: D REF: Basic Principles of Court Organization OBJ: 1 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

5. What kind of jurisdiction gives a court the power to review cases that have already been decided by another court? 

a.     appellate jurisdiction

b.     concurrent jurisdiction

c.     personal jurisdiction

d.     subject matter jurisdiction

ANS: A REF: Basic Principles of Court Organization OBJ: 2 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

6. During the Constitutional Convention, Anti-Federalists maintained the belief that a strong national government would:

a.     provide political and economic unity.

b.     weaken individual liberties.

c.     abolish state courts.

  d.     create a uniform body of federal law.

ANS: B REF: History of the Federal Courts OBJ: 3 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

7.Which Article of the U.S. Constitution provides the basis for the federal judiciary?

ANS: C REF: History of the Federal Courts OBJ: 3 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

8.Which of the following is not true of federal district court judges?

ANS: D REF: U.S. Magistrate Judges OBJ: 4 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

9.The United States has how many U.S. District Courts?

ANS: C REF: U.S. Magistrate Judges OBJ: 4 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember

10. In 1968 Congress created what position to alleviate the workload of U.S. District Courts and to replace the former position of U.S. commissioner?

ANS: A REF: U.S. Magistrate Judges OBJ: 3/4 KEY: Bloom’s: Remember