2. Search, Primary Authority and Evaluation
Search terminology, databases and internet risk, legislation and case structure, citation, currency, authority, relevance and validity.
How to study the CPQ Foundation stage
Prepare each separately assessed component on its own terms, then connect law, regulation, client service and research across the full stage.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Effective searches use legally meaningful terms, connectors, filters and iterative refinement.
Exam cue: Record search terms, databases, filters and promising sources.
Concept 2
Legislation and case law must be read in structure and cited accurately.
Exam cue: Check current consolidated legislation and commencement.
Concept 3
Currency, court level, treatment, commencement, amendment and factual relevance determine authority value.
Exam cue: Validate a case's court, ratio and later treatment.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Relying on an unverified web summary.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Citing legislation without checking amendments.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Using a case because keywords match while facts and ratio do not.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Memory anchors
Search loop
Terms, source, filter, review, refine and record.
Authority check
Jurisdiction, level, date, treatment, relevance and currency.
Primary reading
Read the operative provision or ratio in context, not only a snippet.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A database search for duty care produces thousands of results. What should the researcher do?
What does a Boolean AND connector ordinarily do?
Answer all questions to submit.
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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