Lesson 6.01 Overview of the Judicial Branch

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Judicial Branch Review

Practice the major concepts from the lesson.

1. The Supreme Court was created by:
   1. The United States Constitution.
   2. Congress.
   3. the President.
   4. the people.

   Answer: a. The United States Constitution.

2. The lower federal courts were created by:

   1. the United States Constitution.
   2. Congress.
   3. the President.
   4. the people.

   Answer: b. Congress.

3. The U.S. Federal Courts include all of the following EXCEPT
   1. The Supreme Court
   2. U.S. District Courts
   3. U.S. Court of Appeals
   4. State Appellate Courts

   Answer: d. State Appellate Courts

4. The highest court in the United States is the:
   1. Supreme Court
   2. Court of Civil Appeals
   3. Circuit Court of Appeals
   4. Court of Criminal Appeals

   Answer: a. Supreme Court

5. The main trial court in the federal system is the:
   1. Court of Civil Appeals
   2. Circuit Court of Appeals
   3. Court of Criminal Appeals
   4. District Court

   Answer: d. District Court

6. The Supreme Court has the power to declare laws of Congress and actions taken by the executive branch unconstitutional.  This power is referred to as _________.

   1. majority power
   2. original jurisdiction
   3. judicial review
   4. power of appeal

   Answer: c. judicial review

7. Prior to the oral argument each side has submitted a_______, or a written legal argument outlining each party’s points of law, to the Supreme Court.
   1. writ of certiorari
   2. legal brief
   3. majority opinion
   4. docket

   Answer: b. legal brief

8. Judges are appointed to the federal bench by:
   1. the President
   2. Congress
   3. the Judiciary Committee in the Senate
   4. the Justice Department in the Cabinet

   Answer: a. the President

9. After a judge is appointed to the federal bench, the judge must be confirmed by:
   1. the Justice Department in the Cabinet.
   2. the Senate.
   3. the President.
   4. Congress.

   Answer: b. the Senate.

10. In cases involving ambassadors, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction, which means the case will be first heard by (the, a):
    1. a federal circuit court of appeals
    2. a federal district court
    3. the United Nations
    4. the Supreme Court

    Answer: d. the Supreme Court

11. In order to announce their decision in a case, the justices write a(n):
    1. brief.
    2. appeal.
    3. opinion.
    4. affidavit.

    Answer: c. opinion.

12. The Constitution does not expressly provide that the federal judiciary has the power of judicial review. Instead, judicial review was established by the court case _________________.
    1. Marbury v. Madison
    2. Gibbons v. Ogden
    3. Miranda v. Arizona
    4. McCulloch v. Maryland

    Answer: a. Marbury v. Madison