5 Written Questions

1. The questioning of your own witness.
2. A fee calculated as a percentage of the settlement or award in the case.
3. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.
4. In a lawsuit the person who is sued; in a criminal case the person who is being charged with a crime.
5. The number of hours, or parts of an hour, that can be charged to a specific client.

5 Matching Questions

1. Indictment
2. Exculpatory evidence
3. Negligence
4. Actus rea
5. Removal

1. a Bad act.
2. b Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.
3. c The transfer of a case from one state court to a federal court.
4. d The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.
5. e A grand jury's written accusation that a given individual has committed a crime.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A national organization of paralegal programs that promoties high standards for paralegal education.
   1. Request for admissions
   2. American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) www.aafpe.org
   3. Motion for a new trial
   4. Writ of execution
2. The rule whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.
   1. General jurisdiction
   2. Exclusive jurisdiction
   3. Statutes of limitations
   4. Vicarious representation
3. When an appellate court that normally sits in panels sits as a whole.
   1. Remand
   2. En banc
   3. Notice
   4. Execute
4. Defendant's reply to the complaint. It may contain statements of denial, admission, or lack of knowledge and affirmative defenses.
   1. Equity
   2. Answer
   3. Caption
   4. Retainer
5. Being the victim of repeated attacks, self-defense is sometimes allowed to the victim, even when the victim is not in immediate danger.
   1. Assumption of the risk
   2. Battered woman's or spouse's syndrome
   3. Harmless error
   4. Doctrine of implied powers

5 True/False Questions

1. Pleadings → An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.

   True        False

2. Exclusionary rule → A rule that states that evidence obtained in violation of an individual's constitutional rights cannot be used against that individual in a criminal trial.

   True        False

3. Stop and frisk → The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit a crime.

   True        False

4. Minimum contacts → A court order rquiring a party to perform a specific act or to cease doing a specific act.

   True        False

5. Affirm → When a higher court agrees with what a lower court has done.

   True        False