In Reviewing Agency Action, Courts Generally Apply The

question 12

Multiple Choice

In reviewing agency action, courts generally apply the:

• A) "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard.
• B) "preponderance of the evidence" standard.
• C) "arbitrary and capricious" standard.
• D) "rational relationship" standard.

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Definitions:

Converses

Statements in which the hypothesis and the conclusion (or subject and predicate) are switched in places.

Contrapositive

A logical statement formed by negating and swapping the positions of the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a conditional statement.

Amelodic

Lacking a coherent melody or not based on traditional harmonic structures.

Subcontraries

In logic, two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false, used particularly in the context of categorical propositions.