LEG 500 PART 1 FINAL

Question 1
4 out of 4 points
According to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which of the following is not a
reason to allow corporations the right to spend money and advertise for political candidates?
Selected Answer:
Correct The immense wealth of a corporation allows it to be the most accurate in providing
messages to people.
Correct Answer:
Correct The immense wealth of a corporation allows it to be the most accurate in providing
messages to people.
Question 2
4 out of 4 points
The Ethic of Care is
Selected Answer:
Correct A set of principles that encourage decision makers to look at human relationships as a
primary motivator for a decision.
Correct Answer:
Correct A set of principles that encourage decision makers to look at human relationships as a
primary motivator for a decision.
Question 3
4 out of 4 points
What was the title of the 90 minute documentary at the heart of the case of Citizens United v.
Federal Election Commission?
Selected Answer:
Correct Hillary, The Movie
Correct Answer:
Correct Hillary, The Movie
Question 4
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following views on outsourcing would be consistent with the free market ethics
approach advocated by Milton Friedman?
Selected Answer:
Correct Outsourcing enhances competitiveness, modernization, and bigger market
opportunities.
Correct Answer:
Correct Outsourcing enhances competitiveness, modernization, and bigger market
opportunities.
Question 5
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following statements would be FALSE regarding the duty to rescue?

Selected Answer:
Correct When one taunts another person who then puts themselves in danger in response to
the teasing, the teaser has a duty to rescue the other in every circumstance.
Correct Answer:
Correct When one taunts another person who then puts themselves in danger in response to
the teasing, the teaser has a duty to rescue the other in every circumstance.
Question 6
4 out of 4 points
To determine whether a public employee receives First Amendment protection from speech (and
therefore cannot be fired for it), the Supreme Court has stated that all of the following are
important except:
Selected Answer:
Correct The speech cannot be about political topics.
Correct Answer:
Correct The speech cannot be about political topics.
Question 7
4 out of 4 points
Which of the following statements is INCORRET regarding a public policy exception for wrongful
discharge?
Selected Answer:
Correct
All states recognize this tort and define it consistently.
Correct Answer:
Correct
All states recognize this tort and define it consistently.
Question 8
4 out of 4 points
What is NOT an example of a wrongful termination due to an exception of the doctrine of
employment at will?
Selected Answer:
Correct
An employee is fired for making inappropriate comments in an e-mail to another employee that
was intercepted by the company even though it was designated as private..
Correct Answer:
Correct
An employee is fired for making inappropriate comments in an e-mail to another employee that
was intercepted by the company even though it was designated as private..
Question 9
0 out of 4 points

What case following Pickering made it more difficult for public employees to successfully argue
that their free speech rights have been violated?
Selected Answer:
Incorrect Connick v. Myers
Correct Answer:
Correct Garcetti v. Ceballos
Question 10
4 out of 4 points
What was the majority ruling on the wrongful termination allegations of Dr. Pierce in her case
against Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.?
Selected Answer:
Correct She lost her case because the Hippocratic oath does not contain a clear mandate of
public policy that prevented Dr. Pierce from continuing her research on Loperamide.
Correct Answer:
Correct She lost her case because the Hippocratic oath does not contain a clear mandate of
public policy that prevented Dr. Pierce from continuing her research on Loperamide.
Question 11
4 out of 4 points
One reason employers use to justify giving honesty or integrity tests is:
Selected Answer:
Correct Employee theft is a tremendous expense each year and employers believe that these
tests will remove the largest potential offenders.
Correct Answer:
Correct Employee theft is a tremendous expense each year and employers believe that these
tests will remove the largest potential offenders.
Question 12
4 out of 4 points
As a result of the 1927 Supreme Court case which legitimized state-sponsored sterilization of
young women with alleged mental disabilities, Buck v. Bell, how many Americans were
subjected to forcible sterilization in the 40 years following that decision?
Selected Answer:
Correct 60,000
Correct Answer:
Correct 60,000
Question 13
4 out of 4 points
The most recent major privacy law passed by Congress was the
Selected Answer:
Correct Genetic Information Nondescrimination Act (GINA) defining how businesses can
obtain and use genetic information.
Correct Answer:

Correct Genetic Information Nondescrimination Act (GINA) defining how businesses can
obtain and use genetic information.
Question 14
4 out of 4 points
What does Lewis Maltby submit is the correlation between drug testing and workplace safety?
Selected Answer:
Correct There is a low correlation, so impairment tests are better alternatives.
Correct Answer:
Correct There is a low correlation, so impairment tests are better alternatives.
Question 15
4 out of 4 points
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated is the _________ Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution?
Selected Answer:
Correct Fourth
Correct Answer:
Correct Fourth
Question 16
4 out of 4 points
Equal protection is the constitutional guarantee:
Selected Answer:
Correct embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Correct Answer:
Correct embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Question 17
4 out of 4 points
In 2003, the Supreme Court in its ruling of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, struck
down which states denial of marriage licenses for same sex couples?
Selected Answer:
Correct Massachusetts
Correct Answer:
Correct Massachusetts
Question 18
4 out of 4 points
Which claims of discrimination remain the most common filed to the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission?
Selected Answer:
Correct race
Correct Answer:
Correct race

Question 19
4 out of 4 points
A mayor serving in a major metropolitan area receives an internal memorandum indicating
personnel at many police stations are single-race. At the time of the report, thirty percent of the
police force was black or Hispanic. She immediately calls a press conference and orders
transfer of police officers to achieve racial balance across the city. The transferred police offers
sue on constitutional grounds. Assuming just these facts, what is the strongest argument that
might be advanced by the transferred officers based on constitutional grounds?
Selected Answer:
Correct The mayors policy used race as the basis for transfers, and assignments are subject to
strict scrutiny.
Correct Answer:
Correct The mayors policy used race as the basis for transfers, and assignments are subject to
strict scrutiny.
Question 20
4 out of 4 points
The question of whether there is still a glass ceiling in the U.S. is illustrated by what USA
Today statistics?
Selected Answer:
Correct Women comprise 15% of board seats and 3% are CEOs of fortune 500 companies as
of 2010.
Correct Answer:
Correct Women comprise 15% of board seats and 3% are CEOs of fortune 500 companies as
of 2010.
Question 21
4 out of 4 points
One example of modern day slavery, as discussed in the interview with Kevin Bales, is:
Selected Answer:
Correct Debt bondage where families borrow money with the collateral being their future labor
and the future labor of their offspring.
Correct Answer:
Correct Debt bondage where families borrow money with the collateral being their future labor
and the future labor of their offspring.
Question 22
4 out of 4 points
When an employee is injured on the job, that employee may:
I.
File a workers compensation claim and accept the government-determined value for the
injury.
II.
File a tort claim in state court to recover damages above the workers compensation
amount.

III.
File a complaint with OSHA to have the employer investigated and charged if violations
are present.
Selected Answer:
Correct I and III only
Correct Answer:
Correct I and III only
Question 23
4 out of 4 points
Employers have __________ been held criminally responsible for workplace injuries and deaths
to workers.
Selected Answer:
Correct rarely
Correct Answer:
Correct rarely
Question 24
4 out of 4 points
According to the court in Lombardi v. Witmanin, the World Trade Center clean-up case, the Fifth
Amendment Substantive Due Process clause has all of the following meanings except:
Selected Answer:
Correct
The government is bound to follow certain processes when arresting or trying someone for a
crime
Correct Answer:
Correct
The government is bound to follow certain processes when arresting or trying someone for a
crime
Question 25
4 out of 4 points
What was the most immediate consequence of the 2010 disaster at BPs Deepwater Horizon oil
rig?
Selected Answer:
Correct 15 men were killed by the explosion, fire and sinking of the drill hole.
Correct Answer:
Correct 15 men were killed by the explosion, fire and sinking of the drill hole.