Westlaw Quiz

Level 1

Objective: answer 15 questions correctly to acheive a score of 75 and to progress to the next level. - JavaScript required!

1. Westlaw should be used for:

A. all research of any kind in any law firm.
B. only highly specialized research involving expensive litigation.
C. research involving cases in which a time/cost analysis indicates it is a good investment.
D. personal injury research in which the potential award exceeds $5000.
E. for B and C above.

2. The general name for the connectors which are between key words in a Westlaw search is:

A. Logical Operators
B. Cyber Operators
C. Operational Connectors
D. Paranthetical Operatives
E. Passive restrictors

3. A connector which searches for the the two words in the same sentence in the same order is:

A. !
B. *-s
C. @s
D. /s
E. +s

4. A connector which searches for the same words in any order in the same paragraph is:

A. &p
B. =p
C. +p
D. p/
E. /p

5. The universal operator is:

A. #
B. %
C. *
D. !
E. +

6. The symbol for root expansion is:

A. $
B. #
C. &
D. !
E. *

7. A Westlaw search device which restricts a search to a specific category such as date, judge, court, or attorney is called a:

A. root limiter.
B. case restriction.
C. case limiter.
D. restiction algorithym.
E. universal limiter.

8. Using allstates or allfeds database does the following to the cost of research:

A. increases it by 3 times.
B. decreases cost by 20%.
C. doubles cost per minute.
D. triples cost per hour.
E. increases cost by the number of entries times the search level.

9. (True or False): The databases "NJ-CS" and "allfeds" will multiply search costs by a factor of two.

A. True
B. False

10. One area of law which is deceptively incomplete in the Westlaw databases is:

A.International Law
B. Administrative law
C. Admiralty Law
D. Patent Law
E. Federal Law

11. To show a list of citations returned in answer to a query, a user must type:

A. Show
B. P
C. r
D. ==/
E. l

12. When your query proves ineffective, you should:

A. Continue creating variations online.
B. Call West Customer Service.
C. Stay online and add search terms.
D. Go off line and reformulate the query.
E. Stay online and change connectors.

13. The proper query to find cases by the Honorable H. Lee Sarokin is:

14. Prior to formulating a query, a savvy Westlaw user should:

15. To find cases in Westlaw which occur prior to 1996, a user must enter:

16. To create a query which searches for cases involving the mishandling of a dead body in non-mortuary settings, the best query would be:

17. In Westlaw, a space between words is equivalent to:

18. Westlaw has the following database classes:

19. When using Westlaw, it is less expensive to:

20. To look for a case called Johnson v. Tinker in Westlaw, a user should use: