1 | P a g e 100% ACCURATE A+ GRADED BETTER THE BEST. AAERT CER E XAM.2024/2025.A+ GRADED. Common law ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----__ __ is a body of principles which are authoritative ancient and customary. However, the phrase is often viewed as encompassin g all law common to everyone, as opposed to special or local rules and regulations. Pecuniary Damages ------ CORREC T ANSWER -----__ (money)damages (such as lost wages or repair of damaged property). Punitive damages ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----__ damages an award of extra money to the plaintiff, designed to punish the tortfeasor. doctrines ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Major principles of law are often called "__ " res ipsa loquitur ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----At other times very little or no evidence is required. This is summed up in the doctrine of __ ("the thing speaks for itself"). nonsuit ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----He sued, but lost his case at trial (it was declared a __ , or a legal action which cannot continue due to lack of adequate showing or adequate evide nce. Prima facie ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----__ (at first appearance) Code of Federal Regulations ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Federal agency regulations are found in the __ , abbreviated C.F.R. Equity ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----__ cases are where someone has not met a legal standard through no fault of their own. (For example, the deadline passed because the person was in a coma.) black letter law ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----__ __ __ (the literal statements found in the statutes). An example is the United States Tax Court, which must enforce all elements of the Internal Revenue Code, no matter how unreasonable or unfair the result may be to a particular taxpayer. F.2d, F.3d ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Published decisions, or officially recognized volumes of printed and bound case law, grouped geographically. precedents ------ CORRECT ANSW ER-----When lawyers make specific references to prior case law, they are citing __ . 2 | P a g e 100% ACCURATE A+ GRADED BETTER THE BEST. dicta / dictum ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----When an opinion includes extraneous comments by way of illustration or explanation, these __ , however amusing, memorable, or even enlightening, cannot be cited as precedents. benchmark or landmark decisions ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Significant rulings are often called __ or __ __ . These may affect large num bers of people, they may change long -cherished legal principles, or they may even establish completely new legal standards. Shepardizing ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Checking to see whether a prior opinion is still valid or has been changed by a subsequent ru ling is often called __ . cause of action ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----If you take someone to court, you obviously feel wronged. You believe you have a valid __ of __ . complaint and pleadings ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----As the plaintiff, you file a __ , which sets out your allegation of some wrongdoing ("This is what he did") and requests Specific relief ("And this is what I want done about it") request. These are your __ . docket number ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The case is assigned a __ __ which places it on the court's calendar of scheduled matters. class action ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Any aggrieved party (or even a group of people, if they share sufficient common interest in the outcome of a cause — a "__ __ "), may seek redress by filing a civil lawsuit. the state ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----In criminal cases, __ __ , representing the people, is always the prosecuting complainant, and the person accused of a crime is always the defendant. subject matter and territorial jurisdiction ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Two types of jurisdiction all courts have federal question ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Cases handled by the state courts may be shifted at some point into the federal system if there is a _____ involved. -State courts -Federal courts -The United States Supreme Court ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Our federated s ystem includes three types of courts: general jurisdiction ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Certain higher state courts, called superior, district, or circuit courts, possess __ . This means they can hear all those cases which lower courts cannot hear. 3 | P a g e 100% ACCURATE A+ GRADED BETTER THE BEST. venue ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The territorial jurisdiction of county and municipal courts is their __. justice of the peace ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----Some states have yet another threshold level, the __ , entrusted with simple act such as marriages. The Supreme C ourt ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----__ , as the highest tribunal, not only is the final interpreter of the Constitution. judicial review ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The Supreme Court has authority to invalidate (strike down) acts of Congress (or even state laws, i n certain circumstances), a power not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but first claimed by the Court in 1803 called __ . writ of certiorari ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----When the Supreme Court agrees to consider an appeal, it issues a __ to whatever low er court last ruled in the case. Basically, the Supreme Court demands the record of a particular case from the lower court. res judicata ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----If the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case, the very last ruling made in the matter stands a s the final result. Then the principle of __ ("a decided thing") applies in its ultimate form: the ladder has run out of rungs. stare decisis ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The Supreme Court is usually not inclined to reverse its prior rulings, adhering to the doctrine of __ (let the decision stand). Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----As society changes over time, however, the Court may find a different ruling is more appropriate than what went before. A classic example is __ (1896), which established the "separate but equal" doctrine in civil rights matters, but was reversed in 1954 (__ ), when a unanimous Court ordered an end to racial segregation "with all deliberate speed." Dynamic microph ones ------CORRECT ANSWER -----__ __ (also called "moving coil" microphones) are made up of a diaphragm, a coil, and a magnet. As acoustical energy hits against the diaphragm, which is a flat plate at the front of the microphone, it causes the coil that is attached to it to move back and forth over top of the magnet. The movement of the coil over top of the magnet creates an electrical signal which travels through the wires within the microphone and eventually reaches your digital mixer or A/D converter. dynamic microphone ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----What type of microphone is this? verdict form ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----the official form presented by a jury to the court proffering its findings surrebuttal / rebuttal ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----defendant presents evidence to contradict points made in the plaintiff's rebuttal case 4 | P a g e 100% ACCURATE A+ GRADED BETTER THE BEST. ruling ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----court's decision on a legal question raised in a case search warrant ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----judicial permission given to law enforcement agents to sear ch premises or persons for evidence of a suspected crime scofflaw ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----one who not only breaks the law, but holds it in contempt sealed ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----not open to public scrutiny; juveniles' conviction records are often sealed, but a subsequent court order can unseal a record when appropriate ruling ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----court's decision on a legal question raised in a case search warrant ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----judicial permission given to law enforcement agents to search premises or persons for evidence of a suspected crime remitter ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----operation of law which restores an earlier valid title, thus replacing a later defective title condenser ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----A ___ microphone consists of a front plate (diaphragm), back plate, and a 48 -volt power source. The front and back plate together create a capacitor. When acoustical energy hits the front p late of the capacitor, the distance between the front and back plate changes. The gap between these two plates is electrically charged. This charge is created by either an internal battery source or an external power source referred to as phantom power. dynamic microphone ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----What type of microphone is this? false ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----AAERT recommends the use of microphones requiring batteries. True ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The biggest difference between dynamic and condenser microphones is the way by which acoustical energy is transformed into electrical energy. pickup pattern ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----A ___ ___ is the set path in which a microphone will intercept sound. cardioid ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The __ pickup pattern, a lso known as unidirectional, is a heart shaped pattern which reaches out from the diaphragm of a microphone. omnidirectional ------ CORRECT ANSWER -----The __ pickup pattern intercepts sound from all directions from its placement, meaning it captures sound equally from all directions.
