Patriot & Associates · Office of Compliance

The compliance exam

Five questions. The Office is required to administer this examination and is not required to say why. Answer honestly. It will not affect your result.

1. Question 1

   A person accused of a crime demands to be judged by twelve ordinary citizens rather than by the official accusing them. What is this?

   A foreign innovationAn administrative burdenTrial by juryA delaying tactic

2. Question 2

   A newspaper prints something unflattering about a powerful office and is not punished for it. Identify the failure.

   A failure of oversightA free pressA licensing gapAn oversight of failure

3. Question 3

   An official is told that a rule applies to them in exactly the way it applies to everybody else. What has gone wrong?

   NothingEquality before the lawA clerical errorA hostile interpretation

4. Question 4

   A search of a private home is refused because nobody has produced a warrant. The Office asks: on whose authority?

   A judge'sNobody'sThe Fourth Amendment'sAn unhelpful clerk's

5. Question 5

   Power is handed from one group to another because more people voted for the second group. Describe the mechanism.

   An irregularityThe peaceful transfer of powerA scheduling matterSomething we are reviewing

This examination carries no legal weight, confers no qualification, and is not recognised by any body including this one.