Exam 7: Language and Legal Research

The following is an Internet citation that provides a URL for the homepage of the NTIA's "A Nation Online" reporting project. Which of the following answer choices provides an acceptable parenthetical explanation of how to navigate to the cited report from the provided URL? (We recommend following the link to find the cited report before choosing an answer.) Larry Irving, Nat'l Telecomm. & Info. Admin., Dep't of Commerce, Falling Through the Net: A Survey of "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America (Jul. 1995), http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/index.html.

Which of the following sentences does NOT use correct capitalization of the reference to a court?

Which of the following modifiers is NOT correct?

Which of the following is NOT correctly capitalized?

Which of the following is correctly phrased?

Which of the following hyphenations is NOT correct?

A paralegal works for a senior partner in a mid-sized law firm in Portland, Oregon. The attorney represents a company based in Portland that does business in several western states, including California. One of the company's suppliers, which is based in Los Angeles, sued the company for breach of contract. Under the contract, the parties had agreed to arbitrate any dispute before the American Arbitration Association, with the arbitration to take place in Los Angeles. If the senior partner is licensed in Oregon, but not in California, can the senior partner represent the company at the arbitration in Los Angeles?

Which of the following sentences does NOT use correct subject-verb agreement?

Which of the following correctly uses parentheses?

Which of the following sentences does NOT use correct capitalization?

Which of the following is correct?

Which of the following would NOT be appropriate in a business e-mail or letter?

Which of the following sentences uses the passive voice?

Which of the following sentence does NOT use correct capitalization?

Which of the following is correct?

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the present tense?

The elements or parts of a reported case include, among other things, ______________________________.

Which of the following possessives is NOT correct?

Which of the following sentences uses correct pronoun case?

Which of the following is correct?