Unit 6 Practice Test M Version

Last updated over 3 years ago

16 questions

Note from the author:

Instructions

Matching

Required

6

Required

6

Required

11

Fill in the Blank

Required

1

Required

2

Required

1

Multiple Choice

Required

3

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

2

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Library

Unit 6 Practice Test M Version

Last updated over 3 years ago

16 questions

Note from the author:

 Modified version of practice test

Instructions

Work through the practice test; you can use your notes but not your friends or your friends notes!  No need to google anything as everything you need has been given to you. 

Matching

Required

6

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Required

6

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Required

11

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Fill in the Blank

Required

1

The Supreme Court is established by Article _______  of the Constitution.

Required

2

Federal judges are appointed by the _______ and approved by the _______ 

Required

1

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving _______ or foreign mininsters/ambassadors.

Multiple Choice

Required

3

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

2

In a _______  case the plantiff can sue the respondet for damages.  In a _______  case the prosecutor is trying a person for a law they broke.  

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

 Modified version of practice test

Work through the practice test; you can use your notes but not your friends or your friends notes!  No need to google anything as everything you need has been given to you. 

Match the word to the appropriate definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Writ of habeas corpus		A court’s authority to review a case on appeal from a lower court
Original jurisdiction		An order that helps prevent citizens from being illegally arrested and held without cause
Grand jury		A constitutional guarantee in the 5th and 14th amendments that states the government cannot illegally deprive citizens of life, liberty, property
Due process clause		Listens to testimony in order to deliver a verdict of guilty or not guilty
Appellate jurisdiction		Reviews evidence and testimony to see if there is sufficient reason to bring a case to trial
Petit (trial) jury		A court’s authority to hear a case for the first time

Match each case to the precedent it established.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Gideon v. Wainwright		A woman has the right to make private decisions about her body.
Marbury v. Madison		A suspect must be made aware of his rights before being interrogated.
US v. Schenck		Juveniles have most of the same rights as adults in a court of law.
In re Gault		Established judicial review
Miranda v. Arizona		Right to an attorney, even when you can't afford one (federal or state level)
Roe v. Wade		Allows for the US to limit speech when it threatens national security

Which amendment guarantees the following?

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
4th		separation of church and state (establishment clause)
6th		ability to bear arms
7th		right to not quarter troops
5th		protection against illegal searches and seizures
9th		protection against double jeopardy
3rd		right to a speedy, public trial
1st		ability to have a jury in a civil case
10th		protection against excessive bail
8th		unenumerated rights of citizens
14th		reserved powers of the states
2nd		equal protection under the law

The Supreme Court is established by Article _______  of the Constitution.

Federal judges are appointed by the _______ and approved by the _______ 

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving _______ or foreign mininsters/ambassadors.

Which of the following is an example of the Legislative branch checking the judicial branch? (choose all that apply)

The Senate holds an impeachment trial to investigate the misbehavior of a federal judge.

The House appropriates funds for the building of a new federal court house in Dallas.

The Senate does not confirm Robert Bork’s appointment to the Supreme Court.

Congress passes a law establishing a new judicial circuit.

Jennifer is arrested for shoplifting. Which court will hear her case first?

US district court

US circuit court

State district court

State court of appeals

Jake is convicted for drug trafficking across state lines, but he had no opportunity to question the witness who testified against him. Which court will hear his appeal first?

State court of appeals

State supreme court

US supreme court

US circuit (appeals) court

If a person is charted with fraud for making counterfeit passports, which court would hear the case first?

US Circuit Court of Appeals

Texas Court of Criminial Appeals

US District

Texas District Court

Which of the following ways can a federal judge or justice NOT leave office?

Death

Impeachment

Fired by the president

Retirement/step down

In a _______  case the plantiff can sue the respondet for damages.  In a _______  case the prosecutor is trying a person for a law they broke.  

An example of the judicial branch checking the legislative branch through judical review is...

when congress impeached Justice Samuel Chase 

when the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act

when the US Constitution was amended to change the voting age to 18

when the Supreme Court affirmed FDR's executive order intering US citizens of Japanese and German descent 

How can Congress check a ruling by the Supreme Court?

ask the More Supreme Court to hear the case

propose an amendment

impeachment a justice

add more justices to the court

Which Supreme Court case affirmed that students (and teachers) do not stop their right to free speech at the school doors?

Tinker v. Des Moines

Furman v. Georgia

Miranda v. Arizona

US v. Nixon

Which Supreme Court Case ended the practice of "separate but equal" in eduation?

Brown v. Board of Education

Plessey v. Ferguson

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Tinker v. Des Moines

Match the word to the appropriate definition.

Writ of habeas corpus

A court’s authority to review a case on appeal from a lower court

Original jurisdiction

An order that helps prevent citizens from being illegally arrested and held without cause

Grand jury

A constitutional guarantee in the 5th and 14th amendments that states the government cannot illegally deprive citizens of life, liberty, property

Due process clause

Listens to testimony in order to deliver a verdict of guilty or not guilty

Appellate jurisdiction

Reviews evidence and testimony to see if there is sufficient reason to bring a case to trial

Petit (trial) jury

A court’s authority to hear a case for the first time

Match each case to the precedent it established.

Gideon v. Wainwright

A woman has the right to make private decisions about her body.

Marbury v. Madison

A suspect must be made aware of his rights before being interrogated.

US v. Schenck

Juveniles have most of the same rights as adults in a court of law.

In re Gault

Established judicial review 

Miranda v. Arizona

Right to an attorney, even when you can't afford one (federal or state level)

Roe v. Wade

Allows for the US to limit speech when it threatens national security

Which amendment guarantees the following?

4th

separation of church and state (establishment clause)

6th

ability to bear arms

7th

right to not quarter troops

5th

protection against illegal searches and seizures

9th

protection against double jeopardy

3rd

right to a speedy, public trial

1st

ability to have a jury in a civil case

10th

protection against excessive bail

8th

unenumerated rights of citizens

14th

reserved powers of the states

2nd

equal protection under the law

Which of the following is an example of the Legislative branch checking the judicial branch?  (choose all that apply)

The Senate holds an impeachment trial to investigate the misbehavior of a federal judge.

The House appropriates funds for the building of a new federal court house in Dallas.

The Senate does not confirm Robert Bork’s appointment to the Supreme Court.

Congress passes a law establishing a new judicial circuit.

Jennifer is arrested for shoplifting.  Which court will hear her case first?

US district court

US circuit court

State district court

State court of appeals

Jake is convicted for drug trafficking across state lines, but he had no opportunity to question the witness who testified against him.  Which court will hear his appeal first?

State court of appeals

State supreme court

US supreme court

US circuit (appeals) court

If a person is charted with fraud for making counterfeit passports, which court would hear the case first?

US Circuit Court of Appeals

Texas Court of Criminial Appeals

US District

Texas District Court

Which of the following ways can a federal judge or justice NOT leave office?

Death

Impeachment

Fired by the president

Retirement/step down

An example of the judicial branch checking the legislative branch through judical review is... 

when congress impeached Justice Samuel Chase 

when the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act

when the US Constitution was amended to change the voting age to 18

when the Supreme Court affirmed FDR's executive order intering US citizens of Japanese and German descent 

How can Congress check a ruling by the Supreme Court?

ask the More Supreme Court to hear the case

propose an amendment

impeachment a justice

add more justices to the court

Which Supreme Court case affirmed that students (and teachers) do not stop their right to free speech at the school doors?

Tinker v. Des Moines

Furman v. Georgia

Miranda v. Arizona

US v. Nixon

Which Supreme Court Case ended the practice of "separate but equal" in eduation?

Brown v. Board of Education

Plessey v. Ferguson

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Tinker v. Des Moines