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41. A cardboard box is to shipping as a(n) ________ is to _________.
  1. sign : marketing
  2. constitution : voting
  3. red box : blue box
  4. car : parking garage
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42. Which of the following uses correct citation format for an annotation in American Jurisprudence, Vol. 2, Section 75 of Appellate Review issued in 2009 if cited in a pleading, motion, or appellate brief?
  1. 2 Am. Jur. 2d Appellate Review § 75.
  2. Am. Jur. 2d, Vol. 2, Appellate Review § 75 (2009).
  3. 2 Am. Jur. 2d Appellate Review § 75 (2009).
  4. 2 Am. Jur. 2d § 75 (2009).
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43. Citation signals are used as a shorthand method for indicating how the cited material supports or relates to the proposition stated in the text. If no signal is used, the cited material __________________________________?
  1. Indirectly supports the proposition in the text.
  2. Directly supports the proposition or indicates the source of a quote.
  3. Is contrary to the proposition in the text.
  4. Is one of several authorities that support the proposition in the text.
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44. A surgeon performed abdominal surgery on a patient. After the operation, the patient had abdominal pain for months. An x-ray then revealed that a sponge had been left in the patient’s abdomen. The patient then sued the surgeon for negligence. The surgeon admitted that he owed a duty of care to the patient. From the following answer choices, what additional fact would be most helpful in completing the patient’s claim?
  1. That the sponge was too large to safely leave in the patient’s abdomen.
  2. That the patient is able to file a complaint with the state medical board.
  3. That the surgeon’s action or inaction resulted in leaving the sponge in the patient’s abdomen.
  4. That it is impossible for the surgeon to remove the sponge without harming the patient.
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45. Patti Paralegal works for an insurance defense attorney. Patti’s employer is handling the defense of a case involving a homeowner who was sued after a neighbor’s child drowned in the homeowner’s backyard pool. The homeowner’s backyard was fenced, but the gate at the side of the house was not latched, and the child entered through the unlatched gate to swim in the pool. As Patti’s employer is drafting a motion, she asks Patti to find cases with facts similar to the fact of this case. Which of the following cases is most analogous to the insurance defense attorney’s case?
  1. A case in which a mother sued a driver for inflicting emotional distress after the mother, who was standing on the porch of her house, witnessed the driver almost hit her son.
  2. A case in which an 11-year-old child entered a landowner’s property to play on an abandoned railroad switching turntable, having entered through a gap in a fence on the property.
  3. A case in which Driver A in a blue car ran a red light and hit a green car driven by Driver B.
  4. A case in which a passenger in a train station dropped a package containing a ceramic vase and the sound of the vase breaking startled another passenger, who reacted in a way that caused her to injure her foot.
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