Deck 10: Litigation Assistantship

Question 1

A woman can use her maiden name as her married name.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

When is discrimination on the basis of pregnancy illegal?

Answer 2

An employer cannot refuse to hire a woman because of her pregnancy-related condition so long as she is able to perform the major functions necessary for the job; terminate employees because of pregnancy; force pregnant employees to go on leave at an arbitrary point during pregnancy if they are still able to work; or penalize pregnant employees in reinstatement rights, including credit for previous service, accrued retirement benefits, and accumulated seniority.

Question 3

What is dower?

Answer 3

The right of a surviving wife to the lifetime use of one-third of all the land her deceased husband owned during the marriage.

Question 4

The participants in a trust are called:

A) settler.
B) trustee.
C) cestui que trust.
D) all of the above.

Question 5

A gift is:

A) the voluntary delivery of something with the future intent to transfer title and control, for which no payment or consideration is made.
B) any future delivery of something with the present intent to transfer title and control, for which no payment or consideration is made.
C) the voluntary delivery of something with the present intent to transfer title and control, for which no payment or consideration is made.
D) the voluntary delivery of something with the present intent to transfer title and control, for which little payment or consideration is made.

Question 6

Curtesy is the right of a widow to the lifetime use of one-third of the land owned by her deceased husband.

Question 7

Feticide is the unlawful killing of a fetus.
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Question 8

All forced sterilization is illegal.

Question 9

What are the obligations of an employer to combat sexual harassment?

Question 10

The Married Women's Property Acts added disabilities to those suffered by married women.

Question 11

Sex discrimination in employment is legal only if it can be shown that gender is not a BFOQ.

Question 12

When applying for credit, a woman can never be asked about her marital status.

Question 13

Equitable distribution is:

A) the just, fair, and equal division of property between spouses upon divorce.
B) the just and fair, but not necessarily equal, division of property between spouses upon divorce.
C) the just and fair, and substantially equal division of property between spouses upon divorce.
D) the transfer of the husband's property to his wife upon divorce.

Question 14

When can the creditor request information about the spouse of a woman who applies for credit?

Question 15

What are some of the legal disabilities married women suffered at common law?

Question 16

FACE gives a woman a cause of action if she is a victim of an assault while seeking reproductive health services.

Question 17

The battered woman syndrome is used to bolster the argument that the battered woman acted in self-defense against her attacker.

Question 18

The right to an elective share applies only if a spouse dies intestate.

Question 19

Distinguish between quid pro quo sexual harassment and hostile-environment sexual harassment.

Question 20

At common law, a married woman could not on her own or without the consent of her husband):

A) make her own will.
B) own her own property.
C) make a contract in her own name.
D) all of the above.

Question 21

The right of a widow to the lifetime use called a life estate) of one-third of the land her deceased husband owned during the marriage is called .

Question 22

The right to is the constitutional right to make personal decisions without undue government interference on matters such as marriage, procreation, family relationships, child rearing and education, contraception, and abortion.

Question 23

One state must give to the legal decisions of another state.

Question 24

A transfer is a transfer of an asset or property for little or no payment or consideration that is made to avoid an obligation to a creditor.

Question 25

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a. BFOQ
b. pro bono
c. domestic violence
d. nepotism
e. quasi-suspect class
f. curtesy
g. cause of action
h. injunction
i. coverture
j. self-defense
29. based on gender or a child's legitimacy
30. right to a life estate
31. legally acceptable reason for suing
32. court order
33. status of a married woman at common law
34. reasonable force to prevent harm
35. injury or threats to injure
36. permits employment discrimination
37. favoritism to a relative
38. without fee

Question 26

What is the battered-woman syndrome?

Question 27

Equitable distribution is the just and fair, but not necessarily , division of property between spouses upon divorce.

Question 28

The married women's property acts removed all or most of a woman's legal on matters such as entering contracts, disposing of her property, and being a party to litigation independent of her husband.

Question 29

When are restrictions on a woman's access to abortion unconstitutional?