CIPP US Practice exam 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. Constitution establishes what three branches of government? – correct answer Legislative,
Executive, Judicial
What establishes the three branches of the U.S. Government? – correct answer The U.S. Consitution
What is the purpose of the three-branch government design? – correct answer To provide a separation
of powers with a system of check and balances among the branches.
What similarities are found between state and federal government? – correct answer The three
branches are also often found at the state and often the local levels.
What is the legislative branch’s make-up? – correct answer The legislative branch is made up of elected
representatives who write and pass laws. It includes the Congress (House and Senate).
What does the legislative branch do? – correct answer Congress confirms presidential appointees, and
can override vetoes.
What are the duties of the executive branch? – correct answer The executive branch’s duties are to
enforce and administer the law.
Who makes up the executive branch? – correct answer The President, Vice President, cabinet, and
federal agencies (such as the FTC).
What can the executive branch do? – correct answer President appoints federal judges. It can veto laws
passed by Congress.
What can the judicial branch do? – correct answer The Judicial branch determines whether the laws are
constitutional. It also interprets laws, the meaning of a law, and how it is applied. It can also examine the
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What is the judicial branch? – correct answer The Federal Courts.
What two parts make up the U.S. Congress? – correct answer The Senate and the House of
Representatives (legislative branch)
What can Congress do when enacting legislation? – correct answer Congress can delegate the power to
promulgate regulations to federal agencies (such as the FTC).
What laws has Congress enacted involving the FTC? – correct answer Congress has enacted several laws
that give the U.S. Federal Trade Commission the authority to issue regulations to implement the laws.
Does the executive branch include federal agencies that report directly to the President? – correct
answer Yes
What do federal agencies in the executive branch do? – correct answer They implement the laws
through rule making and enforce the laws through civil and criminal procedures.
What are the lowest courts called in the federal court system (judicial branch)? – correct answer District
Courts. These serve as federal trial courts.
Cases decided by a district court can be referred to what? – correct answer A federal appellate court
(also called a “circuit court”).
What do federal circuit courts do? – correct answer They are not trial courts; they serve as appeals
courts for federal cases.
The federal appeals courts are divided into how many circuits? – correct answer 12 regional circuits;
each district court is assigned to a appeals court which decides the appeals for that circuit.
What are the other federal courts called? – correct answer Special courts include the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims and the U.S. Tax Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the top court in the judicial branch? – correct answer The U.S. Supreme Court.
What does the U.S. Supreme Court do? – correct answer Hears appeals from the circuit courts and
decides questions of federal law; also interprets the U.S. Constitution. May also hear appeals from the
highest state courts or function as a trial court in rare instances.
In what circumstances do federal agencies wield power that is characteristic of all three branches of
government? – correct answer When they are given authority by Congress to promulgate and enforce
rules pursuant to law. This means they operate under statutes that give them legislative power to issue
rules, executive power to investigate and enforce violations of rules\/statutes, and judicial power to
settle particular disputes.
What are the sources of law in the U.S.? – correct answer Federal and state constitutions, legislation,
case law (contracts and torts), and agency-issued regulations.
What is the supreme law in the U.S.? – correct answer The Constitution.
Who drafted the Constitution and when? – correct answer The Constitutional Convention drafted the
Constitution in 1787.
True\/False: The U.S. Constitution does not contain the word “Privacy”. – correct answer True.
Which parts of the Constitution directly affect privacy? – correct answer The Fourth Amendment limits
on government searches.
Which Supreme Court decisions affect privacy? – correct answer The S.C. has held that a person has a
right to privacy over personal issues such as contraception and abortion, arising from more general
protections of due process of law.
What are other sources of law affecting privacy? – correct answer State constitutions may create
stronger rights than are provided in the U.S. Constitution<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which state expressly recognizes a right to privacy in its constitution? – correct answer California.
What areas are regulated by laws enacted by federal Congress and state legislatures? – correct answer
applications of information (use of information for marketing or pre-employment screening), certain
industries (such as financial institutions or healthcare providers), certain data elements (SSNs or driver’s
license info), or specific harms (identity theft or children’s online privacy)
How is law-making power distributed in the U.S.? – correct answer Law-making power is shared between
the national and state governments.
What does the U.S. Constitution say about laws under the Constitution? – correct answer It states that
the Constitution and the laws passed pursuant to it, is “the supreme law of the land.”
When do states have the power to make laws? – correct answer Where federal law does not prevent it,
states have the power to make law.
Which Amendment to the Constitution states “the powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people.”? – correct answer The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution.
What is one area of law where states may pass privacy\/other laws with stricter requirements than
federal law? – correct answer HIPAA medical privacy rule.
In which areas do federal laws pre-empt state laws, preventing states from passing stricter provisions? –
correct answer Limits on commercial e-mails in the CAN-SPAM Act.
What is the CAN-SPAM Act? – correct answer Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act.
Aside from the ability to make and enforce laws and regs, what does the U.S. legal system rely on? –
correct answer “1. Legal precedent based on court decisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n