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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.
Choose the right answer:
Statistics ...... his favourite subject at university this year.
a. are
b. is
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2.
Choose the right answer:
This subject is way beyond my ........................ .
a. knowledges
b. knowledge
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3.
Choose the right answer:
Judy Croome’s famous quotation says: “Today’s news ...... tomorrow’s history.”
a. are
b. is
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4.
In the sentence:
Mediation can provide a cost-effective and quick extrajudicial resolution of cross-border
disputes. the expression ‘cross-border’ disputes means:
a. dispute transversale
b. dispute transfrontaliere
c. dispute peste hotare
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5.
Choose the right answer:
The police asked if I thought I could ….. the man who stole my car if I looked at some
photos.
a. certify
b. identify
c. justify
d. verify
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6.
Choose the right answer:
The police who were ….. the crime could find no clues at all.
a. enquiring
b. investigating
c. researching
d. seeking
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7.
Choose the right answer:
The police ….. their attention to the events that led up to the accident.
a. confined
b. completed
c. confirmed
d. contained
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8.
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I was informed by the police constable that he would be forced to take me into ….. .
a. confinement
b. custody
c. detection
d. guardianship
ANS: B PTS: 1
9.
Choose the right answer:
The woman ….. for her husband’s life when he was found guilty of murder.
a. bid
b. debated
c. disputed
d. pleaded
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10.
Choose the right answer:
He was thrown into prison and ….. of his property.
a. deprived
b. removed
c. denied
d. confiscated
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11.
Choose the right answer:
It is often difficult for ex-convicts to keep to the ….. and narrow.
a. deep
b. long
c. wide
d. straight
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12.
Choose the right answer:
A prominent local figure was ….. as co-respondent in a divorce case.
a. cited
b. accused
c. nominated
d. quoted
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13.
Choose the right answer:
After considering the evidence for a few hours, the Jury came to a ….. verdict.
a. unambiguous
b. unanimous
c. undivided
d. united
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14.
Choose the right answer:
The suspect is not under arrest, nor have the police placed any ….. on his movements.
a. obstacle
b. regulation
c. restriction
d. veto
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15.
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His comments ….. little or no relation to the facts of the case.
a. bear
b. give
c. possess
d. reflect
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16.
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The … question in this case is whether the accused had a motive for this crime or not.
a. crucial
b. forcible
c. supreme
d. valuable
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17.
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I wish you would let me speak for myself and not ............ the words out of my mouth.
a. pull
b. grab
c. take
d. snatch
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18.
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In the legal profession, men … women by five to one.
a. outclass
b. outnumber
c. overcome
d. supersede
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19.
Choose the right answer:
All ........... barristers are expected to study at the Inns of Court.
a. hopeful
b. prospective
c. willing
d. wishful
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20.
Choose the right answer:
The suspect is … to have been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
a. accused
b. affirmed
c. alleged
d. announced
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21.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: He was booked for driving on the wrong side of the road. to book means:
22.
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A plaintiff is .................. .
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23.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: He attempted to rebut the assertions made by the prosecution witness. to
rebut means:
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24.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: In jurisdictions that use indeterminate sentencing, the judge has discretion to
set the sentence at a maximum and minimum term within a broad range permitted by law. the
word discretion means:
ANS: B PTS: 1
25.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: A judge may permit a departure from this presumptive sentence – either an
increase or decrease in the length of the term – if specific justification is shown. the
expression departure from means:
26.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: Manslaughter is also the unlawful killing of another, but without malice
aforethought, either expressed or implied. the expression without malice aforethought
means:
27.
Choose the right answer:
The word ............. means a plea that a person charged with a crime was somewhere else
when the crime was committed.
a. apology
b. excuse
c. alibi
d. forgiveness
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28.
Choose the right answer:
If a person commits premeditated and deliberate murder, with atrocity or cruelty, by lying in
wait for the victim, he or she will face the charge of ........... .
a. second-degree murder
b. first-degree murder
c. involuntary manslaughter
d. assassination
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29.
Choose the right answer:
Assuming that someone is innocent, until he has been proved guilty is called ........
a. presumption of life
b. presumption of death
c. presumption of guilt
d. presumption of innocence
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30.
Choose the right preposition:
The suspect blurted ...... the names of his accomplices with a shrug of his shoulders.
a. away
b. out
c. off
d. in
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31.
Choose the right prepositions:
After a good night sleep, the fugitive decided to give himself ........ and come ......... about his
escape.
a. away, straight
b. in, over
c. over, through
d. up, clean
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32.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: The mayor made some remarks off the record about the rising crime figures.,
the expression off the record means:
33.
Choose the right preposition:
The appointed attorney felt gratified that the arrestee had no choice but to confide ...... him.
a. with
b. over
c. in
d. through
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34.
Choose the right answer:
The eye witness was obviously in a state of shock and the policeman could not make head
or ......... of what he was saying.
a. tail
b. top
c. heel
d. rock
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35.
Choose the right answer:
The judge seemingly tried to turn a /an........ ear to the opposing party’s rebuttal argument.
a. inner
b. deaf
c. lap
d. long
ANS: B PTS: 1
36.
Choose the right answer:
The defense attorney did not have a strong case, so he was beating about the ....... .
a. ground
b. track
c. drum
d. bush
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37.
Choose the right answer:
While being cross-examined, the defense witness let ......... that the defendant had met the
victim before.
a. float
b. loose
c. slip
d. drift
ANS: C PTS: 1
38.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: Against all odds, he won the case against the insurance company., the idiom
against all odds means:
a. quite unexpectedly
b. quite predictable
c. without any effort
d. despite difficulties
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39.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: Losing the trial after so much time and money invested was a bitter pill to
swallow., the idiom a bitter pill to swallow means:
40.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: The witness was determined to testify against the defendant, but he got cold
feet at the last minute., the idiom to get cold feet means:
a. to faint
b. to lose courage
c. to change one’s mind
d. to collapse
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41.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: As a teenager, he did time for petty theft., the idiom to do time means:
a. to do community work
b. to rot in jail
c. to serve a prison sentence
d. to be expelled from school
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42.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: As always, the boys in blue arrived too late to stop the bank robbers., the
idiom the boys in blue means:
a. the fire brigade
b. the anti-terrorist squad
c. the intelligence
d. the police
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43.
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In the sentence: With his recent arrest it became official that he was the black sheep of the
family., the idiom the black sheep of the family means:
44.
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In the sentence: He now serves time in jail for beating his wife black and blue., the idiom to
beat somebody black and blue means:
45.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: Losing the trial means more money down the drain., the idiom more money
down the drain means:
46.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: It would have been better if he hadn’t pursued the matter and had let sleeping
dogs lie., the idiom let sleeping dogs lie means:
a. not be troubled by any guilty feeling
b. do not try to change a situation that could become a problem if somebody
interfered
c. avoid facing something unpleasant by sleeping
d. not decide about something until the next day
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47.
Choose the correct preposition:
It is neither the object nor the effect of this Regulation to amend national legislation on access .......
documents.
a. to
b. of
c. on
d. from
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48.
Choose the correct preposition:
The Commission has a central role in the final approval .... the figures of government deficit
and debt of the Member States.
a. to
b. by
c. of
d. on
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a. on
b. of
c. against
d. from
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50.
Choose the correct preposition:
Member States should accept this new directive as an alternative .... the old legislation.
a. on
b. of
c. for
d. to
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51.
Choose the correct preposition:
There is a huge regret that the challenges associated ..... biodiversity have not been more
extensively incorporated in the EU 2020 strategy.
a. to
b. with
c. in
d. by
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52.
Choose the correct preposition:
The appellant maintains that the contested decision established no clear connection ........... the
two allegations made against him.
a. among
b. against
c. between
d. before
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53.
Choose the correct preposition:
Investments for products excluded because of overcapacity or lack ..... market outlets are not eligible.
a. from
b. on
c. about
d. of
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54.
Choose the correct preposition:
Haqqani was accused ..... involvement in the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul in 2008.
a. on
b. with
c. by
d. of
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55.
Choose the correct preposition:
The number of Afghan citizens addicted ..... drugs has increased sharply in recent years.
a. about
b. on
c. to
d. of
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56.
Choose the correct preposition:
Europeans are afraid .... the pressures made on their social, health and environmental standards.
a. of
b. by
c. about
d. on
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57.
Choose the correct preposition:
According to the new Labour Code, workers are eligible .... an old-age pension from their employer
under a pension scheme which they have joined before attaining the age of 50.
a. in
b. for
c. on
d. of
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58.
Choose the correct preposition:
While the sector is not immune .... the current economic crisis, a certain resilience is provided by the
relatively strong cash flows.
a. about
b. on
c. to
d. from
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59.
Choose the correct preposition:
Any official of the Agency who becomes aware .... any evidence related to the fraud case shall inform
his/her Head of Unit without delay.
a. by
b. on
c. about
d. of
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60.
Choose the correct preposition:
A large majority of EU ministers agreed ..... the need for a more flexible concept of the European
School System.
a. on
b. with
c. of
d. about
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61.
Choose the correct preposition:
Similar .... the choice theory, this theory suggests that people think before they proceed with criminal
actions.
a. with
b. of
c. to
d. against
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62.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: Her lawyer put that thought aside, ashamed of his disloyalty. ‘to put that
thought aside’ means:
63.
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In the sentence: The defendant said that he was putting his faith in the appeal judges. ‘to put
one’s faith in somebody’ means:
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64.
Choose the right answer:
In the statement: The President hates the way the Prime Minister puts him down in public the
whole time. ‘to put somebody down’ means:
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65.
Choose the right answer:
The ........... person who initiated action in the civil court may leave this court and address the criminal
investigation body or the court.
a. injured
b. accused
c. sentenced
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66.
Choose the right answer:
Civil action remains part of the criminal court ............. in case the death of one party occurs, his/her
successors being brought to the case.
a. qualification
b. competence
c. expertise
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67.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: The common law allows people to speak and act in their own homes as they
please and to carry on their daily business, provided that they do not infringe the rights of
others or commit an offence. the phrasal verb ‘to carry on’ means:
68.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: Parents have to observe the law regarding the right of their children to
compulsory education. the expression ‘to observe the law’ means:
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69.
Choose the right answer:
In the sentence: The finance minister got himself into hot water for financing illegal
investments. the idiom ‘get oneself into hot water’ means:
70.
Choose the right answer:
The person against whom criminal action has been initiated is part of the criminal trial and is
called .........................
a. suspect
b. offender
c. defendant
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71.
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In the sentence: The American diplomat focused his speech on the nuts and bolts of
running a government. the idiom nuts and bolts means:
72.
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The object of criminal action is to impose criminal .................. on the persons who have committed
offences.
a. judgement
b. responsability
c. investigation
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73.
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The idiom to walk a tightrope, which is an expression initially used in circus acrobatics, is
now used in everyday language and it means:
74.
Choose the right answer:
When can a party make a statement of a marital ……………..?
a. breakdown
b. breakthrough
c. collapse
d. failure
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75.
Choose the right answer:
Everyone has the right to take ........... the government of his country, directly or through freely
chosen representatives.
a. a part to
b. part in
c. part to
d. a part in
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76.
Choose the right answer:
The period is ……….. by further six months where there is a child of the family who is under 16 when
the application for a divorce order is made.
a. delayed
b. excepted
c. extended
d. prolongued
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77.
Choose the right answer:
` The investigation of parole plans proposed for inmates ....................... the Board of Pardons
and Paroles.
a. resorts to
b. gets down to
c. lays with
d. rests with
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78.
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We're ................. and hoping that the witness will be accepted. Without him we don’t have a
case!
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79.
Choose the right answer:
Judge Thomson is truly appreciated with the Bench because he runs his courtroom
efficiently and .......................
a. by himself
b. by the book
c. by the bible
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80.
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When the judge pronounced the sentence she ................... and lost all hope to be free again.
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81.
Choose the right answer:
The attorneys can talk until they ................ but I don’t think they’ll convince the jury that this
guy is innocent.
a. turn blue
b. are blue in the face
c. scream blue murder
ANS: B PTS: 1
82.
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He was no longer able to deny his crime, the attorney’s questions put him ................ .
ANS: B PTS: 1
83.
Choose the right preposition:
As the expertise results bear ......... our claims, we request the respondent pay the
damages claimed without delay.
a. down
b. up
c. out
ANS: C PTS: 1
84.
Choose the right preposition:
No one could understand why the professor stood ......... an incorrigible criminal in that trial.
a. for
b. over
c. up for
ANS: C PTS: 1
85.
Choose the right preposition:
Knowing that the defence case stands .......... his testimony, the best expert in town was
brought to stand by the Prosecution.
a. on
b. over
c. for
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86.
Choose the right preposition:
If the Defence has no further questions, the witness may step ..........
a. off
b. down
c. out
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87.
Choose the right preposition:
The plaintiff took ........ his statement, as he didn’t want to continue the litigation.
a. off
b. back
c. down
ANS: B PTS: 1
88.
Choose the right preposition:
The accomplice turned ........ at the last moment, and the police caught them red-handed.
a. out
b. up
c. on
ANS: B PTS: 1
89.
Choose the right prepositions:
Valerie Costa started … her career fighting against organized crime when she took … the
difficult job of being a warder in a high security prison.
a. up / on to
b. - / on
c. up / on
d. - / on to
ANS: B PTS: 1
90.
Choose the right preposition:
After the Denver Police had turned ........ his job application, he left for Chicago, hoping to
start over.
a. down
b. into
c. out
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91.
Choose the right preposition:
Your skillful lawyer will talk him ……… testifying before the jury.
a. into
b. about
c. over
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92.
Choose the right preposition:
The matter was so delicate, that the judge had to think it ...... before announcing the verdict.
a. up
b. over
c. out
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93.
Choose the right idiom:
The judge could no longer ……......... his holding the court in contempt.
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94.
Choose the right idiom:
I think you are entitled to …….... a claim and ask the insurance company to pay for damage.
a. put off
b. put in
c. put into
ANS: B PTS: 1
95.
Choose the right answer:
How can a young, unexperienced lawyer keep ................. with the latest laws and regulations?
a. up-to-date
b. down-to-earth
c. high and dry
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96.
Choose the correct definition for misdemeanor:
97.
In the sentence:
Any act of persuasion that overcomes the free will and judgement of another may constitute
undue influence. the legal expression ‘undue influence’ means:
a. influenta nejustificata
b. trafic de influenta
c. constrangere
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98.
In the sentence: In this motor-vehicle collision, does the injured party claim compensation?
the legal expression ‘injured party’ means:
a. persoana vatamata
b. partea ranita
c. partea injurioasa
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99.
Choose the right answer:
If you want to appoint a representative to legally act on your behalf, you should provide
a .......................................
a. power of substitution
b. power of attorney
c. power of representation
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100.
Choose the right answer:
Civil action remains part of the criminal court ......................... in case the death of one party occurs,
his/her successors being brought to the case.
a. qualification
b. competence
c. expertise
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101.
Choose the right answer:
An assassination is ............................................
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102.
Choose the right answer:
He found some squatters living in his house, so he asked the court for a speedy .............. .
a. discharge
b. ejection
c. eviction
d. expulsion
ANS: C PTS: 1
103.
Choose the right answer:
While in criminal cases the initiator of the proceedings is called the …............., in civil cases
the party who initiates the suit is called the …................ .
a. prosecution, plaintiff
b. plaintiff, prosecution
c. defendant, respondent
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104.
Choose the correct definition:
A person is responsible for a crime when he/she has acted with criminal intent, as opposed to
acting accidentally or lacking the ability to act deliberately. This is called .......................
a. criminal prosecution
b. criminal liability
c. criminal penalties
ANS: B PTS: 1
105.
Choose the correct answer:
A complete ...................... includes: searching, interviews, interrogations, evidence collection and
preservation and various methods of investigation.
a. criminal record
b. criminal prosecution
c. criminal investigation
ANS: C PTS: 1
106.
Choose the correct answer:
I really think that delaying this divorce is …………… to the welfare of my children.
a. dangerous
b. hurtful
c. detrimental
ANS: C PTS: 1
107.
Choose the right answer:
The marriage guidance counsellor suggested resolving their marital disputes through …………. .
a. meditation
b. mediation
c. separation
d. tolerance
ANS: B PTS: 1
108.
Choose the correct preposition:
The police are now rounding ..... the usual suspects and then the witness will try to make a positive
identification.
a. in
b. up
c. on
ANS: B PTS: 1
109.
Choose the right preposition:
In jury trials, any attempt to interfere with the jury once it is sworn .... is a criminal offence.
a. in
b. on
c. over
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110.
Choose the right answer:
I don’t think that this couple will reach any agreement in the ………. future.
a. predictable
b. foreseeable
c. expected
d. possible
ANS: B PTS: 1
111.
Choose the right answer:
This section applies to any child of the family who has not ………. the age of 16.
a. reached
b. touched
c. celebrated
d. turned
ANS: A PTS: 1
112.
Choose the right answer:
The court’s power to ……. the divorce proceedings may be related to allowing the parties to comply
with a mediation direction.
a. dismiss
b. adjourn
c. advocate
d. settle
ANS: B PTS: 1
113.
Choose the right answer:
Anyone who wants to run a successful business is advised to learn about ................. law.
a. commercial
b. criminal
c. family
ANS: A PTS: 1
114.
Choose the right answer:
Law ............... is the activity of making sure that the laws are obeyed.
a. enforcement
b. provision
c. making
ANS: A PTS: 1
115.
Choose the right answer:
The branch of law dealing with the rights of ownership is called ............... law.
a. family
b. property
c. criminal
ANS: B PTS: 1
116.
Choose the right answer:
Law of .............. is the law relating to how property shall pass to others when the owner dies
without leaving any will.
a. succession
b. torts
c. property
ANS: A PTS: 1
117.
Choose the right answer:
The continuing process of revising the laws to make them better suited to the needs of society
is called law ..........
a. annotation
b. making
c. reform
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118.
Choose the right answer:
When his uncle died, Alan made a legal ........ on his property.
a. claim
b. practice
c. aid
d. will
ANS: A PTS: 1
119.
Choose the right answer:
When he committed a breach of contract, the company started legal ............... against him.
a. procedure
b. proceedings
c. trial
d. measures
ANS: B PTS: 1
120.
Choose the right answer:
Some people are reluctant to hire a lawyer because they can’t afford the legal ...........
a. cost
b. authority
c. enforcement
ANS: A PTS: 1
121.
Choose the right answer:
In some countries, people who cannot afford a lawyer may be entitled to legal .................
a. procedures
b. aid
c. status
d. proceedings
ANS: B PTS: 1
122.
Choose the right answer:
The defendant entered a conditional guilty ....... and received five years of probation and a
$200 fine.
a. plead
b. plea
c. defence
d. accusation
ANS: B PTS: 1
123.
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The Supreme Court ............... back the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
a. remanded
b. sent
c. returned
d. reversed
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a. regulating the inquiry into whether a person has violated criminal law.
b. that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil
lawsuits.
c. that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.
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a. to
b. for
c. of
ANS: B PTS: 1
a. prosecution
b. complainant
c. appellee
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a. litigant
b. rioter
c. magistrate
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a. of
b. on
c. to
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a. going up
b. going down
c. going on
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a. beat .... in
b. beat .... down
c. beat .... up
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a. against
b. towards
c. over
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a. down
b. up
c. into
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a. beat up
b. fire up
c. blow up
ANS: C PTS: 1
a. grave
b. bed
c. cemetery
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