PLA 4764 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
True or False. In a law office, the term Organization means many parts that create a whole and the term Structure refers to the management of those many parts working together as a whole.
A. True B. False - ANSWERSFalse
All of the following...
True or False. In a law office, the term Organization means many parts that create a whole and the term
Structure refers to the management of those many parts working together as a whole.
A. True B. False - ANSWERSFalse
All of the following are factors that affect Organization and Structure except:
A. Compensation B. Specialties C. Management Styles D. Forms of Management -
ANSWERSCompensation
Most attorneys in the U.S. practice in a
A. Mega firm B. Large Firm C. Medium Firm D. Small Firm - ANSWERSSmall Firm
Specialties refer to:
A. The shared characteristics of the employees who work in a firm. B. The shared characteristics of the
clients who a firm serves. C. The areas of law that attorneys in a firm practice on a routine basis. D. None
of these. - ANSWERSThe areas of law that attorneys in a firm practice on a routine basis.
Certifications in a practice area are awarded by:
A. Law Schools B. State Bars C. Local Bars D. Circuit Courts - ANSWERSState Bars
The number one factor that results in law firms going under is
A. Criminal Actions by the attorneys. B. A Lack of clients coming through the door. C. Mismanagement of
the firm. D. Word of mouth that the firm offers bad legal services. - ANSWERSMismanagement of the
firm.
All the following define culture except:
A. This terms refers to the environment that the law firm consists of. B. It includes how employees are
treated, respected, and appreciated for their contribution to the overall success of the law office. C.
,Neither of these define the term culture. D. Both of these define the term culture. - ANSWERSBoth of
these define the term culture.
An autocratic form of management is characterized by:
A. In this form of management a firm combines two or more different types to handle the day to day
activities. B. In this type of managerial style, multiple individuals have a say in how the law firm is run. C.
This is a form of management that exists in large firms where no one person can be agreed to manage. If
this occurs, several people form a committee who then decided how the firm will be run. D. None of
these. - ANSWERSNone of these.
An office manager is
A. An attorney whose job it is to run the day to day activities of the firm. B. An attorney whose job it is to
bring in clients for the firm. C. A person who the attorney selects whose job it is to run the day to day
activities of the firm.D. A person who the attorney selects whose job it is to bring in clients for the firm. -
ANSWERSA person who the attorney selects whose job it is to run the day to day activities of the firm.
In a centralized vs decentralized form of management,
A. The centralized manager has one entity run the entire firm and in decentralized their leadership is in
different sections of the firm. B. The decentralized manager has one entity run the entire firm and in
centralized their leadership is in different sections of the firm. C. The centralized manager has an outside
company run the entire firm and in decentralized their leadership is performed internally the firm. D. The
decentralized manager has an outside company run the entire firm and in centralized their leadership is
performed internally the firm. - ANSWERSThe centralized manager has one entity run the entire firm and
in decentralized their leadership is in different sections of the firm.
A contract practitioner is best defined as:
A. There is only one attorney in the firm. B. An attorney who practices multiple areas of law. C. An
attorney who works for other attorneys not clients doing specific work. D. None of these. - ANSWERSAn
attorney who works for other attorneys not clients doing specific work.
In a professional corporation partners are paid
A. Salary B. Bonuses C. Dividends D. Hourly - ANSWERSDividends
A Boutique Firm
, A. Is a firm where all the attorneys are the same gender. B. Is a firm where all the attorneys graduated
from the same law school. C. Is a firm where all the attorneys had the same specialty in law school. D.
None of these. - ANSWERSNone of these.
An indigent client is typically represented by
A. Solo practitioner B. A virtual office C. A legal clinic D. A mega firm - ANSWERSA legal clinic
Office sharing is when
A. The partners in a law firm share one office to cut down on costs. B. Two different law firms share a
physical space. C. Two different law firms share physical space and staff. D. Two different law firm share
everything, physical space, staff, phone, internet, etc. - ANSWERSTwo different law firms share a physical
space.
To get around the prohibition of lawyers and non-lawyers sharing funds our text recommends using an
A. Limited Liability Company (LLC). B. A professional corporation. C. Globalization. D. Non-legal subsidies.
- ANSWERSNon-legal subsidies.
Historically a legal team was defined as:
A. The local elder in a community giving out advice. B. A local government official who also served as an
attorney. C. An educated attorney working alone. D. Attorneys are a relative new career only starting in
the 1700's. - ANSWERSAn educated attorney working alone.
All of the following contributed to the growth of a paralegal except:
A. Promotion by Bar Association B. Increase in Paralegal Salaries C. Organization of Paralegals and
Managers D. Restructuring of Other Professions - ANSWERSIncrease in Paralegal Salaries
In a law firm an associate is
A. an attorney responsible for client development. B. an attorney who owns the firm and who is paid
from profits not a salary.C. an employee of the firm who receive a salary for doing legal work. D. None of
these. - ANSWERSan employee of the firm who receive a salary for doing legal work.
The difference between an equity partner and a non-equity partner is:
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