Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What does Am. Jur. stand for?
a. | American Jurisdiction | b. | American Juris Secundum | c. | None of the
above |
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Who publishes Corpus Juris Secundum?
a. | West Publishing Company | b. | Lawyer’s Cooperative Publishing Company | c. | the government |
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How do Am. Jur. 2d and C.J.S. update hard copy law library
versions of the volumes?
a. | supplements (often called pocket
parts) | b. | new volumes | c. | online
databases |
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State and federal codes usually contain what?
a. | cases | b. | statutes | c. | Both of the
above |
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A.L.R. is considered primary authority since it contains
cases.
a. | true | b. | false | c. | I am really not
sure! |
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Which of the following contain primary
authority?
a. | Reports | b. | Reporters | c. | Both of the
above |
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What do reports and reporters contain?
a. | cases | b. | statutes | c. | secondary
authority |
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When researching A.L.R. in the law library, the researcher
should always check what?
a. | the pocket part | b. | the table of contents | c. | Both of the
above |
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When researching online, this is the equivalent of an index
in the law library publications.
a. | the database | b. | the search query | c. | the text
box |
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10.
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How do Am. Jur. 2d and C.J.S. update online versions of the
volumes?
a. | supplements | b. | new
volumes | c. | online databases |
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When researching online, a publication (such as Am. Jur. 2d
or C.J.S.) is usually called a:
a. | the database | b. | the search query | c. | the text
box |
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What does C.J.S. stand for?
a. | Corpus Juris Secundum | b. | Central Justice Service | c. | Court Judicial
Systems |
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What research system was created by West
Publishing?
a. | The Key Number System | b. | The Total Client Service Library | c. | None of the
above |
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A.L.R. contains not only cases, but also:
a. | an annotation discussing issues relevant to the
case | b. | research tools and references | c. | Both of the above |
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How do the encyclopedias refer the researcher to additional
authorities?
a. | by annotations | b. | by footnote references | c. | by the
index |
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What is the difference between and official and an
unofficial publication?
a. | The official is published by the
government | b. | The unofficial is published
by the government | c. | Both of the
above |
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This book annotates selected cases.
a. | Am. Jur. 2d | b. | A.L.R. | c. | C.J.S. |
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What is generally the difference between a report and a
reporter?
a. | a report is official and a reporter is
unofficial | b. | a report is unofficial and
a reporter is official | c. | a report contains statutes
and a reporter contains cases |
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Where would a researcher generally begin researching in a
law library set of books such as encyclopedias?
a. | the Table of Contents | b. | the Appendix | c. | the
Index |
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How many national legal encyclopedias are
there?
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When researching online, what is the first thing a
researcher needs to locate?
a. | a search query | b. | a database | c. | primary
authority |
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Why is it important to know who publishes the
encyclopedias?
a. | It’s not | b. | Because the research systems differ depending on the
publisher | c. | Because the color of the books
differ |
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