Question 1

Explain the importance of both practice management and administrative management, and discuss which type of management is more important.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the importance of both practice management...

Question 2

What statement is associated with total quality management?

Accepted Answer

A) Management has a duty to ensure that the law offices focus on quality. 
B) Quality services involve only the attorneys. 
C) Quality is based on the firm's perception. 
D) The law office should focus on constant improvement. 
E) a and d

Question 3

Match between columns
                        Premises: Concept that requires employers to make employment-related decisions without arbitrarily discriminating against an individual.
Creates powerful standardized templates and forms. Creates powerful standardized templates and forms.
Legislation regarding employer treatment of employees or applicants on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or gender.
A series of steps that must be followed to accomplish a task.
Management decisions relating to operating or managing a law office, including financial and personnel matters.
Process of educating consumers on the quality legal services that a law office can provide.
A consistent or organized way of doing something.
A specific statement that sets out what is or is not acceptable.
Organizes, controls, distributes, and allows for extensive searching of electronic documents, typically in a networked environment.
Counseling that focuses on the positive aspects of the employee's performance and explores alternative ways to improve his or her performance.
An internal information distribution system used only by a law firm staff.
Encompasses planning, designing, controlling, and managing a law office's building or office space. 
Management philosophy of knowing the needs of each client and allowing those needs to drive the legal organization at all levels of activity.
The process of determining whether the law practice is achieving its objectives, holding stakeholders accountable for their goals, and making strategy adjustments as necessary so the firm achieves its objectives. 
Hiring, evaluating, compensating, training, and directing law office personnel.
A task that relates to the process of actually performing legal work for clients.
An allowable exception to equal employment opportunity, for example, for an employee to perform a specific job, the employee must be of a certain age, sex, or religion.
A plan or timeline of the projected begin and end dates of a project.
Unwelcome advances, requests for intimate favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of an intimate nature that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
The process of setting objectives, assessing the future, and developing courses of action to achieve these objectives.
Legislation that allows employees in certain circumstances to receive up to 12 work weeks of unpaid time away from their jobs for family- or health-related reasons.
A network designed to provide, disseminate, and share confidential information with clients.
Federal legislation that governs the use of consumer reports in all employment decisions.
Legislation regarding employer treatment of employees or applicants with infirmities or incapacities.
Act of motivating or causing others to perform and achieve objectives.
Administration of people and other resources to accomplish objectives.

Accepted Answer

The Answer of document assembly software  and leadership and is...

Question 4

The law that establishes minimum wage for workers, the maximum number of hours that can be worked, and overtime pay is called the _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
B) Americans with Disabilities Act 
C) Family and Medical Leave Act 
D) Equal Pay Act of 1963 
E) Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 5

The planning process should include only high-ranking administrators. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Total quality management stresses the philosophy of "we" versus "they." ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The purpose of a disaster recovery plan is to plan and prepare how to rebuild and recover from a total disaster. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Litigation support software tracks, organizes, and manages appointments and deadlines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Financial management of a law firm includes ________________. ​

Accepted Answer

A) budgeting 
B) timekeeping and billing 
C) purchasing 
D) tracking firm assets 
E) all of the above

Question 10

The Fair Labor Standards Act states that any exempt employee working more than 40 hours a week is entitled to overtime pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Leadership is the act of motivating or causing others to perform and achieve objectives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In an employment-at-will situation, an employer and employee can freely enter into an employment relationship that either party has the right to sever, generally at any time, without reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Explain the purpose of a mission statement.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the purpose of a mission statement....

Question 14

When an employer hires an employee without sufficiently checking the employee's background, and the employee subsequently harms someone or something in a manner that could have been discovered by a background check, it is called ______________. ​

Accepted Answer

A) negligence 
B) mistaken hiring 
C) negligent hiring 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Exam 2: Legal Administration and Technology

Explain the importance of both practice management and administrative management, and discuss which type of management is more important.

What statement is associated with total quality management?

Match the followings.

The law that establishes minimum wage for workers, the maximum number of hours that can be worked, and overtime pay is called the _____________________.

The planning process should include only high-ranking administrators.

Total quality management stresses the philosophy of "we" versus "they."

The purpose of a disaster recovery plan is to plan and prepare how to rebuild and recover from a total disaster.

Litigation support software tracks, organizes, and manages appointments and deadlines.

Financial management of a law firm includes ________________.

The Fair Labor Standards Act states that any exempt employee working more than 40 hours a week is entitled to overtime pay.

Leadership is the act of motivating or causing others to perform and achieve objectives.

In an employment-at-will situation, an employer and employee can freely enter into an employment relationship that either party has the right to sever, generally at any time, without reason.

Explain the purpose of a mission statement.

When an employer hires an employee without sufficiently checking the employee's background, and the employee subsequently harms someone or something in a manner that could have been discovered by a background check, it is called ______________.

Exam 2: Legal Administration and Technology

Explain the importance of both practice management and administrative management, and discuss which type of management is more important.

What statement is associated with total quality management?

Match the followings.

The law that establishes minimum wage for workers, the maximum number of hours that can be worked, and overtime pay is called the _____________________.

The planning process should include only high-ranking administrators. ​

Total quality management stresses the philosophy of "we" versus "they." ​

The purpose of a disaster recovery plan is to plan and prepare how to rebuild and recover from a total disaster. ​

Litigation support software tracks, organizes, and manages appointments and deadlines.

Financial management of a law firm includes ________________. ​

The Fair Labor Standards Act states that any exempt employee working more than 40 hours a week is entitled to overtime pay.

Leadership is the act of motivating or causing others to perform and achieve objectives.

In an employment-at-will situation, an employer and employee can freely enter into an employment relationship that either party has the right to sever, generally at any time, without reason.

Explain the purpose of a mission statement.

When an employer hires an employee without sufficiently checking the employee's background, and the employee subsequently harms someone or something in a manner that could have been discovered by a background check, it is called ______________. ​

The planning process should include only high-ranking administrators.

Total quality management stresses the philosophy of "we" versus "they."

The purpose of a disaster recovery plan is to plan and prepare how to rebuild and recover from a total disaster.

Financial management of a law firm includes ________________.

When an employer hires an employee without sufficiently checking the employee's background, and the employee subsequently harms someone or something in a manner that could have been discovered by a background check, it is called ______________.