Limited jurisdiction trial courts are
a. courts with original jurisdiction over specialized cases, such as juvenile offenses or traffic violations.
b. courts with original jurisdiction to hear appeals from lower courts.
c. those courts with jurisdiction over major criminal and civil cases.
d. courts beyond which there is no appeal except to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Q. 2In which regime type do loyalty and ideological zealotry form the core of good citizenship?
a. Authoritarian
b. Democratic
c. Totalitarian
d. Socialist
e. Republican
Q. 3Which statement about the Japanese social welfare system is NOT correct?
a. It is comparable to that of the United States but compares poorly with other Western countries.
b. Social welfare spending is concentrated in pensions and health care for the elderly.
c. The development of a national welfare system was mandated by the postwar constitution.
d. Social welfare is the largest government budget item.
Q. 4Most state courts are part of the two-tier system. The two tiers are
a. trial and appellate courts.
b. trial and general jurisdiction courts.
c. appellate and supreme courts.
d. trial and district courts.
Q. 5What does C. S. Lewis make a powerful case for in his book, The Abolition of Man?
a. Teaching people to love truth and justice
b. Encouraging people to be bound by the rule of law
c. Allowing religion to shape and guide our ethics and morals
d. Training people to recognize the lies and faults of other men
e. Indoctrinating young people to embrace the values of the state
Q. 6Which of the following statements about Japanese women is NOT true?
a. Japanese women account for three-quarters of the country's nonregular workers.
b. The average Japanese female worker earns about 60 of what their male counterpart is paid.
c. There are significantly less women in managerial roles in Japan in comparison to other industrialized countries.
d. Although Japan passed an Equal Opportunity Law in 1987, it has had little impact in closing the economic gender gap.
e. Japanese women are not as highly educated as Japanese men.
Q. 7Appellate courts have the responsibility for hearing
a. appeals of cases tried in lower state courts.
b. first cases not settled by pretrial agreement.
c. all cases originating in a specified region of the state.
d. cases tried previously in federal court.