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Case Law



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Digests are fundamentally published by:
a.
West
b.
Lawyer’s Cooperative
c.
BNA
 

 2. 

Digests take the place of:
a.
supplements in Reporters
b.
indexes in Reporters
c.
advance sheets in Reporters
 

 3. 

When using Westlaw, what system, created for the Digests, could be used as a research tool?
a.
the Total Client Service Library
b.
the Key Number System
c.
The Westlaw System
 

 4. 

When researching within a digest in the law library, the researcher should begin where?
a.
in the reporter
b.
in the table of contents
c.
in the index
 

 5. 

An index for a digest will always provide the researcher with what information that leads the researcher to the main volumes?
a.
a topic
b.
a number
c.
both of the above
 

 6. 

Which of the following describes the function of a digest?
a.
a collection of headnotes arranged in topical order
b.
acts as an index to statutes
c.
both of the above
 

 7. 

Digests and the online Key Number System are best used to locate what kind of authority?
a.
case law
b.
statutes
c.
both of the above
 

 8. 

Digests are updated by:
a.
separate volumes
b.
supplements
c.
both of the above
 

 9. 

Digests would be considered:
a.
primary authority
b.
secondary authority
c.
non-authority
 

 10. 

If a researcher has obtained a Key Topic and Number from one digest, does s/he have to use the index in other digests?
a.
yes
b.
no
c.
only if using the Decennial Digest
 

 11. 

Digests are arranged:
a.
chronologically
b.
topically
c.
by Circuit
 

 12. 

If a relevant Key Number is found in the headnote of a case, using Westlaw, the researcher may click on it to search in other databases.
a.
true
b.
false
c.
maybe
 



 

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