1) The lowest level of the California Court systems are these courts a) Superior b) Appellate c) Supreme d) District 2) The lowest level of the federal court system are these courts a) Circuit b) District c) Appellate d) Supreme 3) These two courts have no trials nor new evidence, Supreme Court and the ___________. a) Supreme Court b) Superior Court c) District Court d) Appellate Court 4) A court of appeal, means this... a) the court allows new evidence to come in b) the court offers retrials here c) the court reviews decisions of lower courts d) the court reviews defendants complaints only 5) Jurisdiction most closely means this a) jurisprudence and adherence to law b) the authority to review a decisions c) anything pertaining to legal matters d) the authority to hear a case 6) A federal court is likely to hear cases involving all of the following except: a) cases involving parties from two different states b) cases involving immigration c) cases involving felonies committed in a state d) cases involving bankruptcy or copyright 7) Two reasons the Supreme Court will take a case include a) national significance and inconsistent lower court rulings b) significance and constitutional rights violated c) inconsistent lower court rulings and jurisprudence d) anything related to Article III violations and expressed powers 8) When a case could theoretically be heard in both a state and federal court, it is referred to as ___________ jurisdiction. a) jurisprudence b) exclusive c) concurrent d) secondary 9) A case involving divorce or adoption is this type of case. a) family b) civil c) criminal d) concurrent 10) The party against whom a petition for appeal is filed a) respondent b) defendant c) petitioner d) plaintiff 11) In a criminal case, this is the government attorney who argues that a person accused of a crime is guilty a) defense b) respondent c) petitioner d) prosecution 12) The losing party who asks a higher court to review their case and the decision made by the lower court a) defense b) respondent c) petitioner d) prosecution

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