Quiz #2 - J202

1. To search for a piece of legislation you must know

(a) the title of the bill

(b) the bill's popular name

(c) the bill number

(d) any of the above

(e) all of the above

2. You could find information about state agencies in Oregon in

(a) Oregon Revised Statutes

(b) Oregon Administrative Rules

(c) Oregon Reports

(d) Oregon Blue Book

(e) all of the above

3. Which source would not be useful for finding foreign policy information?

(a) the Dispatch

(b) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

(c) U.S. Government Manual

4. The designation 42 USC 130 refers to

(a) Title 42 of the U.S. Code, Section 130

(b) Title 130 of the U.S. Code, Section 42

(c) Section 42 of the U.S. Code, Page 130

(d) Title 42 of the U.S. Code, Page 130

5. You can search for government documents using:

(a) on-line indexes such as Janus and Thomas

(b) CD-ROMs in the government documents department of Knight Library

(c) hardcover indexes in the government documents department

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

6. The judicial branch of government is primarily responsible for

(a) enforcing the law.

(b) allocating funds appropriated by Congress

(c) reviewing the law.

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

7. To find the e-mail address of a university professor

(a) use a search engine such as THOMAS

(b) check the white pages of the telephone book.

(c) link to a phone book search engine at the professor's school.

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

8. When evaluating polling results, it is important to know

(a) if the sample is representative.

(b) that there is no margin of error.

(c) if the questions had more than one answer.

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

9. The branch of government with funding power is

(a) the judicial branch

(b) the executive branch

(c) the legislative branch

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

10. 95 U.S. 473 (1993), 107 S.Ct. 647 (1993), 295 P. 2d (1993) are examples of

(a) citations to federal court decisions.

(b) citations to decisions and reports from regulatory agencies.

(c) citations to federal and state court decisions.

(d) citations to U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

(e) citations to the same case in different court reporters.


[Top of page]

School of Journalism and Communication