Deck 8: Court Personnel Roles and Functions

Question 1

The greatest growth of court administrators' positions was from:

A) 1960-1970.
B) 1970-1980.
C) 1980-1990.
D) 1990 to present.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The duties of the presiding judge typically include all but which of the following?

A) Personnel and docket management
B) Traveling the circuit to hear lower court appeals
C) Case and judge assignments
D) Developing all judicial budgets

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A good judge would exhibit which of the following professional traits?

A) Objective
B) Incorruptible
C) Unbiased
D) All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

All but which of the following are good strategies for judges to follow in evaluating their administrators?

A) The judge should look for indications of good management.
B) The judge should be getting regular information.
C) The judge should ask others about the performance of the administrator.
D) The judge should examine the budget, ending the fiscal year "in the black."

Question 5

Federal judges have the _________ _________of the United States Courts to coordinate and administer their operations.

A) Court Association
B) Federal Assistance
C) Administrative Office
D) State Judiciary

Question 6

Which of the following is not a true statement about judges?

A) Their primary role is to hear cases.
B) They are always given the necessary authority to govern all court operations.
C) They typically are not trained in court management.
D) Many judges face term limits and thus serve for only a fixed number of years.

Question 7

What number of new federal judges acknowledge having psychological problems on the bench?

A) None
B) All
C) Half
D) About three-fourths

Question 8

A full-time institution in the United States that provides judicial training for state judges is the _______________,located in ______________.

A) Court of Training / Las Vegas
B) Training Courts Institute / New York
C) National Judicial College / Reno
D) Judicial Institute / Chicago

Question 9

Which of the following is not a consideration that judges should take into account when deciding whether or not to join a social network?

A) "Could participation lead to judicial disqualification in matters pending in his/her court?"
B) "Will participation jeopardize his/her independence or integrity?"
C) "Will participation compromise or inhibit his/her electoral future?"
D) "Could participation lead to judicial disqualification in matters pending in his/her court?"

Question 10

The field of judicial administration was greatly influenced by President ________,who believed that administration was a noble calling.

A) Lincoln
B) Hayes
C) Buchanan
D) Wilson

Question 11

About _______ of state court judges and magistrates said that they have used social media in either their personal or professional lives.

A) half
B) three-fourths
C) one-third
D) one-tenth

Question 12

Most works on judicial administration point to ________________ as the founder of the study of judicial administration.

A) J. Edgar Hoover
B) Warren Burger
C) Judge Learned Hand
D) Roscoe Pound

Question 13

By the early 1960s,about people in the United States worked as court administrators.

A) 30
B) 75
C) 100
D) 500

Question 14

A basic flaw with using a presiding judge to administer a court is that he or she is actually ___________.

A) "first among equals" with peers.
B) a non-lawyer.
C) a new judge.
D) a new law school graduate.

Question 15

Today's court administrators perform all but which of the following duties?

A) Training for staff
B) Polling the jury
C) Preparation of court budgets
D) Managing equipment

Question 16

Federal judges serve term(s)on the bench.

A) a 10-year
B) a life
C) a 6-year
D) no more than two
E) None of the above

Question 17

Duties of the Chief Justice of the United States include all but which of the following?

A) Directing the publication of Supreme Court opinions
B) Selecting a company to handle the printing and binding of court opinions
C) Calling and presiding over an annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States
D) Making all official phone calls to perform stays of execution

Question 18

One study found that about percent of all court clerks perceived themselves as colleagues and co-equal with judges.

A) 10
B) 33
C) 60
D) 95

Question 19

A classical essay on the need for efficient and equitable judicial administration is:

A) Judge Hand's "Treatise on Courts and their Mismanagement of their Administration."
B) Pound's "The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with Administration of Justice."
C) Chief Justice Burger's "Need for Judicial Administration in the New Millennium."
D) Hoover's "The Era of Malcontent in the Courts."

Question 20

Today's court administrators perform all but which of the following duties?

A) Preparing reports
B) Personnel administration
C) Assigning cases
D) Research and evaluation

Question 21

A positive outcome of court administration has been the completely positive relations between judges and court administrators.

Question 22

The American Judicature Society argues for limiting the role of politics in the selection of state judges.

Question 23

Court clerks have traditionally competed with judges for control over local judicial administration.

Question 24

Judges are aware of the necessity for intellectual humility,that what they think they know might well be incorrect.

Question 25

Methods that judges have at their disposal to control errant counsel include attorney disqualification,new trials,and reporting of attorneys to disciplinary boards.

Question 26

The creation of the Institute for Court Management in 1970 was a landmark in the training of court administrators.

Question 27

Some people believe that judges would do well to remember that wearing the robe does not confer omniscience or omnipotence.

Question 28

Personal attacks by lawyers-directed at judges,attorneys,jurors,witnesses,and others,both inside and outside of court-have increased at an alarming rate during the past 15 years.

Question 29

Court clerks,as local officials,are elected in all states.

Question 30

The court administrator concept has its roots in early Germany.

Question 31

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor argued against partisan elections for judgeships,because of the risk of their being compromised by campaign funds they must raise.

Question 32

"Court administration" is said to be the specific activity of those persons responsible for manipulating judicial directions and influences.

Question 33

Judges should allow the law to become their entire life.

Question 34

By the 1980s,only half of the states had a statewide court administrator.

Question 35

It is said that many judges' inability to relax socially gives them the feeling they are "entering a monastery."

Question 36

Nearly all judges in a survey believed that a judge could not participate in social networking sites without compromising ethical codes of conduct.

Question 37

A new American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct,adopted in 2007 for state and local judges,spells out for the first time how they are to avoid inappropriate sexual behaviors.

Question 38

Generally,bar associations and judicial circuits are prohibited from performing anonymous surveys of local attorneys about local judges.

Question 39

By maintaining records concerning births,deaths,and marriages,court reporters are keepers of tradition.

Question 40

Judges generally exercise their power-in the most undemocratic of institutions-with great restraint.

Question 41

The ABA adopted a __________ ___________ ____ _______ __________in 2007 that provides written standards concerning the ethical conduct of judges so as to guide and assist judges in maintaining the highest standards of judicial and personal conduct.

Question 42

The __________ __________of the U.S.Courts coordinates and administers the operations of the federal courts.

Question 43

The _________________ has been moved to offer guidelines to address the question concerning judges' use of electronic social media (ESM)sites.

Question 44

Trial court administrators have the primary responsibility for the preparation and submission to the judges of periodic _______on the activities and state of business of the court.

Question 45

From the beginning of _______________settlement in North America,court clerks were vital members of the society.

Question 46

The "_________ __ ___________" is not easily defined,as there are not as yet any uniform,definitive rules in place,and the ABA and state bar associations can only offer general guidelines.

Question 47

What is meant by "good judging?"

Question 48

The day-to-day and long-range activities of those persons who are responsible for the activities and functions of a court are referred to as ______________ or __________ administration.

Question 49

One of the most frustrating aspects of being a judge is the _________ _________and corresponding administrative problems.

Question 50

_______________ elections are those where there is no party affiliations are listed on the ballot.

Question 51

__________ __________ is the method used to nominate,select,or elect and install judges into office.

Question 52

By the 1980s,every state had a statewide court administrator,normally reporting to the state supreme court or the _________ __________ of the state supreme court.

Question 53

How have court clerks traditionally assumed and performed the role of court administrator?

Question 54

___________ __________ has been favored by court reformers wanting to remove the courts from politics.

Question 55

The title of chief judge is often assigned by___________; therefore,there is no guarantee that the chief judge will be interested in management or will be effective at it.

Question 56

Why is civility so important for the appearance of justice and propriety in our courts?

Question 57

__________ __________ stated that in order to maintain credibility in his personal and professional lives,he had to "not only be chaste but above suspicion."

Question 58

A federal judge maintained that it takes about ________years to "get a full feel of a docket."

Question 59

Judges must also enforce ___________ _________,a courtroom environment where litigants and all other court actors conduct themselves appropriately so that all parties are afforded a fair opportunity to present their case.

Question 60

As it is often said,judges must at all times "appear to do justice." Should the judge be allowed to moonlight as a comedian on his own time or perform in community theater? Why or why not?

Question 61

As court reformers have called for better-trained specialists (as opposed to political appointees)for administering court processes,the qualifications for this position have come under debate.What do you believe the qualifications for a state level court administrator should be? Explain your answer.

Question 62

What criteria may be employed by judges to evaluate the effectiveness of their administrators?

Question 63

What is the conventional wisdom concerning whether or not judges can and should use social networking sites for their personal and professional purposes?