Deck 14: Law Library Organization and Management

Question 1

There is no universally accepted format for electronic citation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Laws are categorized according to

A)type of action
B)individuals involved
C)nature of the law
D)source of the law
E)function

Answer 2

E

Question 3

percent of a law library's budget is spent on updates.

A)75
B)80
C)85
D)90
E)95

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Law firms have been quick to take advantage of library technology.

Question 5

The doctrine of stare decisis originated in

A)Rome
B)England
C)the United States
D)China
E)France

Question 6

Boutique firms usually have skeletal libraries.

Question 7

Public laws apply only to individuals who fall under the jurisdiction of the law by circumstance.

Question 8

CD-ROM technologies

A)have replaced books
B)are easy to implement in a law library
C)all use different search protocols
D)none of the above
E)all of the above

Question 9

Law libraries are described according to

A)location
B)size
C)type of books
D)type
E)a and b only
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Question 10

A library's size depends on the firm's

A)size
B)specialties
C)resources
D)a and b only
E)all of the above

Question 11

Which type of library is distributed throughout a firm?

A)centralized
B)skeletal
C)decentralized
D)satellite
E)library cooperative

Question 12

Knowledge banks

A)contain points and authorities
B)are organized according to type
C)must be pruned periodically
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 13

The U.S.legal system is based on a combination of

A)civil law and common law
B)substantive law and procedural law
C)primary law and secondary law
D)stare decisis and precedent
E)none of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is a sheet of film that comes in the form of a card and is used to store a small number of pages?

A)microform
B)microfilm
C)microfiche
D)ultrafiche
E)optical disk

Question 15

Which type of law is given the most weight in a case?

A)primary authority
B)secondary authority
C)treatises
D)restatements
E)citator

Question 16

An online legal database

A)is used in legal research
B)is accessed by telephone
C)requires a modem
D)a and b only
E)all of the above

Question 17

The most common satellite library/libraries is/are

A)tax
B)labor
C)education
D)antitrust
E)a and b only

Question 18

Electronic citation is

A)a method of bookmarking an Internet site
B)identifies a user on a computer system
C)scans a web site for viruses
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 19

When an opinion is first printed,it is known as an)

A)advance sheet
B)reporter
C)slip opinion
D)pocket part
E)citator

Question 20

A scattered library keeps offices quiet.

Question 21

Search engines are found on the .

Question 22

CALR stands for computer-assisted library research and replaces manual research.

Question 23

Hard copies of court forms are organized alphabetically by subject matter.

Question 24

Local rules are laws of a city.

Question 25

Civil law is derived from law.

Question 26

statutes are often placed in an attorney's office.

Question 27

It is important to update statutes as soon as the updates arrive.

Question 28

statutes contain historical information about the law.

Question 29

The quality of displayed images is better with CD-ROM than microfilm.

Question 30

The two types of legal actions are and .

Question 31

law evolved in England.

Question 32

Statutes that apply to a firm's jurisdiction are given priority in library placement.

Question 33

In a library,are placed where they are the most accessible.

Question 34

The Harvard Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation is used as a guide to legal citation.

Question 35

Law books are categorized by type.

Question 36

The largest complete library in the United States is .

Question 37

Most decisions of state administrative agencies are published chronologically.

Question 38

The purpose of periodicals is to explain the law.

Question 39

New laws are published in .

Question 40

Most firms have a centralized library.

Question 41

Reporters should be placed in order.

Question 42

An) is a pamphlet that contains the full text of opinions released in a certain time period.

Question 43

libraries contain very few treatises and encyclopedia.

Question 44

Only libraries contain administrative rulings.