Which of the following statements is not accurate?
a. Americans who aspired to the law during the colonial period generally went through some form of clerkship or apprenticeship with an established lawyer.
b. Only one of the fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention was a lawyer.
c. William and Mary College in Virginia was the first to establish a chair of law.
d. In the early-to-mid-1800s, law schools did not usually require any previous college work, and the standard law school curriculum could be completed in one year.
b. Only one of the fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention was a lawyer.
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Which of the following statements is true regarding political polls?
A) Political polls always accurately predict the outcome of an election. B) Political polls measure opinion only at the moment the survey is taken. C) Quota sampling has a lower margin of error than has a random sample. D) All of the above. E) Political polls just came into existence in the 1980s.
To properly assess the Texas legislature in action, which question should be asked? a. Did the legislature deal with major issues facing the state or mainly with trivial issues?
b. Did the appropriations bill reflect genuine statewide concerns or only the interests of the large lobbies? c. Was the effect of current legislation on future social, economic, and physical resources considered, or did the legislature live for today? d. Were basic tests of democracy, representation, transparency, and fairness met? e. All of these questions should be asked.
Benchmarking can be defined as
a. examining the best practices of successful organizations and then transplanting them into one’s own organization. b. standardizing a particular process for all organizations. c. all of the above. d. none of the above.
Prior to creation of our current constitutional structure in the 1770s, the thirteen colonial governments
a. were recognized as independent, sovereign entities by other world powers. b. mirrored those of England during the same period. c. had governors who were elected by the qualified voters. d. were completely subordinate to a powerful central government. e. did not exist.