Judicial Branch Quiz

The only court the Constitution created is __

• Supreme Court
• Federal Court

• State Court

• Appellate Court

The two court systems in the United States are __

• Federal and State Courts
• Appellate and State

• Civil and Federal

• Supreme and Criminal

Two kinds of legal cases are __

• Civil and Criminal
• Bench and Trial

• Civil and Appellate

• Trial and Civil

The job of the Court of Appeals is __

• To review lower court decisions
• To answer the Supreme Court

• To hand out money

• Nothing

It’s difficult to take a case to the Supreme Court because __

• They select very few cases to hear
• Cases are not allowed there

• The Justices are off every Tuesday

• All nine Justices have to agree to take the case

If you lose a case in the trial court, you can appeal the decision

• True

• False

If an appellate court affirms a case, it means the verdict stays the same.

• True

• False

Type of trial that has no jury is called what

• Trial Jury

• Bench Trial

• Jury Trial

• Sitting Trial

Group of people who decide a case after hearing the evidence

• Jury

• Justice

• Judge

• Bench Trial

Put the Following in the correct order: One is first and third is last in terms of the order of these events.

• Supreme Court hears a case about the law

• The Supreme Court strikes down the law

• Congress Passes a Law