1. The correct answer is (D). The correct spelling is appellate.-
2. The correct answer is (A). The correct spelling is presumption.
3. The correct answer is (C). The correct spelling is litigant.
4. The correct answer is (B). The correct spelling is commitment.
5. The correct answer is (C). The correct spelling is affidavit.
6. The correct answer is (A). The correct spelling is arraign.
7. The correct answer is (D). The correct spelling is cumulative.
8. The correct answer is (B). The correct spelling is severance.
9. The correct answer is (D). The correct spelling is adjournment.
10. The correct answer is (C). The correct spelling is commenced.
11. The correct answer is (B). The correct spelling is forgers.
12. The correct answer is (D). None of the words are misspelled.
13. The correct answer is (C). The correct spelling is achievement.
14. The correct answer is (D). None of the words are misspelled.
15. The correct answer is (C). The correct spelling is detention.
16. The correct answer is (A). The correct spelling is immaterial.
17. The correct answer is (D). None of the words are misspelled.
18. The correct answer is (B). The correct spelling is prosecutor.
19. The correct answer is (D). None of the words are misspelled.
20. The correct answer is (D). None of the words are misspelled.
21. The correct answer is (C). There should be no and before the “etc.” at the end of a series of words.
22. The correct answer is (D). This is an incomplete comparison. It should read, “He devotes as much as, if not more, time to his work than the rest of the employees.”
23. The correct answer is (A). More preferable is a redundancy; preferable alone is quite adequate.
24. The correct answer is (B). The compound subject violations …and… behavior requires the plural form of the verb constitute.
25. The correct answer is (B). This sentence shifts point of view midstream. It could read either “If one wants to prevent crime, one must deal…,” or, “If we want to prevent crime, we must deal….”
26. The correct answer is (C). Unique means that there is only one; therefore, the word can take no qualifier.
27. The correct answer is (A). This is an ambiguous statement. Was the judge praised for the fire? Was the clerk praised for the fire? It would be better to say “The clerk was highly praised for promptly notifying the judge of the fire.”
28. The correct answer is (D). Sentence (A) reads as if all concerned are criminal acts. Since guns are a kind of weapon, sentence (B) would have to read “…than any other kind of weapon.” In sentence (C), regards is the wrong word; the word required is regard.
29. The correct answer is (C). In sentence (A), the idiomatic form is as satisfactory. Sentence (B) confuses two verb tenses in the same sentence; it would be correct to say that the court officer went…and discovered…. Sentence (D) requires a parallel construction, either reforming and striking or to reform and to strike.
30. The correct answer is (D). In sentence (A), examination, being singular, requires the singular verb reveals. The correct form of sentence (B) is “…would not have arisen.” As for sentence (C), the word alike obviously includes both, so the word both is redundant.
31. The correct answer is (A). In sentence (B), Every person is singular and therefore must be informed of the reason for his or her arrest. In sentence (C), a motorist is a person, not a thing, so use to whom and who rather than to which and which. Sentence (D) requires the parallelism of quickly but carefully.
32. The correct answer is (C). Sentence (A) requires the auxiliary verb have in place of the incorrect of. In sentence (B), anyone is singular, so the referent pronoun must also be singular: “… whose training fits him or her to do the work.” The construction of sentence (D) is awkward; if the receptionist had always answered is sufficient and accurate.
33. The correct answer is (A). Sentence (D) is wordy and clearly wrong. In sentence (B), what is meant is the number of offenses. In sentence (C), we need a simple objective case pronoun: “… is known only to the chief clerk and me.”
34. The correct answer is (B). In sentence (A), the correct idiomatic form is different from. Sentence (C) requires a subjunctive form because the statement is contrary to fact: “If only one guard were….” Sentence (D) shifts point of view; for consistency, the pronoun throughout may be either one or you.
35. The correct answer is (B). There is a difference in the second column: Phila., PA 19147 and Phila, PA 19147
36. The correct answer is (D). All three columns are different: East Amherst, NY 14051 and East Amherst, NV 14051 (third column); 9803-115-6848 and 9083-115-6848 (second column)
37. The correct answer is (A). All three columns are alike.
38. The correct answer is (C). There is a difference in the third column: P.O. Box 44268a and P.O. Box 44286a
39. The correct answer is (D). All three columns are different: Benner Mgmt. Group and Banner Mgmt. Group (second column); 86408 W. 3rd Ave. and 84608 W. 3rd Ave. (third column)
40. The correct answer is (A). All three columns are alike.
41. The correct answer is (C). The third column is different: Gaithersburg, MD 20879 and Gaithersberg, MD 20879
42. The correct answer is (B). The second column is different: Mardikian & Moore, Inc. and Mardikian and Moore, Inc.
43. The correct answer is (D). All three columns are different: Ramona Fleischer-Chris and Ramona Fleisher-Chris (second column); 60646 West Touhy Avenue and 60646 West Touhey Avenue (third column)
44. The correct answer is (B). The second column is different: 43216 M Street, NE and 43216 M. Street, NE
45. The correct answer is (C). The third column is different: 2503 Bartholemew Way and 2503 Bartholomew Way
46. The correct answer is (A). All three columns are alike.
47. The correct answer is (D). All three columns are different: 86529 Dunwoodie Drive and 85629 Dunwoodie Drive (third column); 6-78912-e3e42 and 6-78912-3e3e42 (second column)
48. The correct answer is (B). The second column is different: O’Reilly Bay, LA 56212 and O’Reillys Bay, LA 56212
49. The correct answer is (C). The third column is different: 4132 ES, Mexico DF and 4132 ES, Mexico D.F.
50. The correct answer is (A). All three columns are alike.
51. The correct answer is (C). Conlon was scheduled to hear 6 cases: 1 on Monday, 1 on Tuesday, 2 on Wednesday, and 2 on Thursday. Amati and Lee were scheduled for 5 cases apiece, and Ramos was only scheduled for 4.
52. The correct answer is (C). Of the cases Baron was scheduled to hear, 3 were adjourned (2 on Monday and 1 on Wednesday) and 2 were dismissed (on Friday), so he didn’t give any cash awards. Jones gave cash awards in 2 cases, and Moro and Lee gave cash awards in 1 case each.
53. The correct answer is (D). Lee and Baron were both scheduled for 2 trials on Monday and Friday, Amati was scheduled for 2 on Tuesday, and Conlon was scheduled for 2 on Wednesday and Thursday, for a total of 4 judges.
54. The correct answer is (C). On Tuesday, Moro awarded $9,000 in a suit for $11,500; on Wednesday, Ramos awarded $6,000 in a suit for $7,500; on Thursday, Jones awarded $6,000 in a suit for $7,500; and on Friday, Ramos awarded $20,000 in a suit for $28,000, for a total of 4 cases.
55. The correct answer is (A). Of the 6 cases filed in 2000, 2 were settled (1 on Monday and 1 on Friday), 2 were adjourned (both on Tuesday), and 2 were adjudicated (1 on Wednesday and 1 on Thursday). None was dismissed.
56. The correct answer is (C). Three of the 2002 cases were adjourned: 1 on Wednesday, 1 on Thursday, and 1 on Friday. Only one 2003 case was adjourned, and 2 each of 2000 and 2001 cases were adjourned.
57. The correct answer is (B). Lee and Baron each sat on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Jones sat on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Moro sat on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Ramos sat on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
58. The correct answer is (B). Four cases were filed in May (see the tables for Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday). Three cases were filed in each of February, August, and November.
59. The correct answer is (B). $6,000 + $17,250 + $10,850 = $34,100
60. The correct answer is (C). $15,000 (on Monday) + $6,000 (on Thursday) = $21,000
61. The correct answer is (B). $6,000 (Conlon’s first case) + $12,000 (Moro’s case) = $18,000
62. The correct answer is (D). $15,000 – $14,000 = $1,000 (Jones on Monday); $3,375 – $3,000 = $375 (Ramos on Tuesday); $15,000 – $2,000 = $13,000 (Amati on Wednesday); $17,250 – $16,000 = $1,250 (Conlon on Wednesday); $10,850 – $10,000 = $850 (Amati on Wednesday); $5,000 – $4,600 = $400 (Conlon on Thursday); $8,625 – $8,000 = $625 (Lee on Friday); $1,000 + $375 + $13,000 + $1,250 + $850 + $400 + $625 = $17,500
63. The correct answer is (D). $7,600 (filed on 5/1/03 and heard on Monday) + $10,000 (filed on 1/7/03 and heard on Wednesday) + $22,000 (filed on 2/15/03 and heard on Wednesday) + $9,500 (filed on 1/28/03 and heard on Friday) = $49,100
64. The correct answer is (C). On Wednesday, Conlon awarded $17,350 in a 11/30/00 case; on Thursday, Conlon awarded $5,000 in a 10/30/00 case; $17,350 + $5,000 = $22,250
65. The correct answer is (B). Four 2001 cases were settled—on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; only two 2002 cases were settled.
66. The correct answer is (D). People are generally said to be behind bars.
67. The correct answer is (B). The second part of the sentence should lead you to choose the contrasting word not.
68. The correct answer is (A). Again, a contrasting word, but, fits best.
69. The correct answer is (C). The word that makes the most sense in the context of the sentence is held.
70. The correct answer is (D). Since people is plural, you must choose the plural possessive, their.
71. The correct answer is (B). Trials are generally held in court.
72. The correct answer is (C). The paragraph is discussing jailing of people awaiting trial, a form of detention.
73. The correct answer is (A). Reading the two parts of the sentence shows that you need a contrasting word, otherwise.
74. The correct answer is (C). To forfeit bail, as stated earlier in the sentence, means that you lose your money.
75. The correct answer is (B). Since bail is a set amount of cash, money is the best choice here.
76. The correct answer is (D). Since the pronoun refers to a person, you must choose who.
77. The correct answer is (A). The only choice that makes sense is citizen.
78. The correct answer is (C). As stated earlier (“a stable citizen with a job”) people who are employed can often avoid the detention system.
79. The correct answer is (B). Since these people are released on personal recognizance, they avoid the detention system.
80. The correct answer is (C). Be makes the most sense in the context of the sentence.
81. The correct answer is (B). A quick reading of the paragraph reveals that it is discussing criminal acts.
82. The correct answer is (D). Again, reading over the paragraph reveals that it is discussing more than one, or several, standards.
83. The correct answer is (A). Since the previous sentence was discussing criminal acts, crime is the best choice here.
84. The correct answer is (A). Labeled fits best in the context of the sentence.
85. The correct answer is (C). Major and minor offenses are being contrasted here, so choose the contrasting word, whereas.
86. The correct answer is (C). This sentence discusses a second standard, so the best choice is Another.
87. The correct answer is (B). This sentence is talking about definitions, so terms is the best choice.
88. The correct answer is (C). Since the terms are used incorrectly, the people who use them are not aware of their legal definitions.
89. The correct answer is (A). This sentence is clearly discussing the difference between the two terms.
90. The correct answer is (B). Typically, a person breaks into a building.
91. The correct answer is (D). Eliminate felony for one of the more specific terms. Since this part of the sentence is defining robbery, you can’t reuse that term, and you already know that a burglary isn’t the same thing as a robbery. Therefore, the best choice is theft.
92. The correct answer is (D). When a person commits the crime of burglary, he or she is guilty of burglary.
93. The correct answer is (C). Robbery generally means taking someone’s property.
94. The correct answer is (B). In fits the context of the sentence best.
95. The correct answer is (C). You can eliminate home—you already know that that’s a burglary. The only other choice that makes sense is presence.
In order to earn a high score, you must do well on all parts of the exam. Using the following chart, check how many of each question type you missed to gauge your performance on that kind of question. Then, concentrate your efforts toward improvement in the areas with which you had the most difficulty; it will be worth your while to return to the indicated chapter and review.
