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LS100: Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

Frage 1 von 34

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What is a tort?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A kind of cake.

  • A civil wrong.

  • A type of law.

  • A sanction for unethical attorneys.

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Frage 2 von 34

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The injury involved in a tort can be a physical injury, emotional distress, or damage to one’s reputation or business. It can also be property damage.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 3 von 34

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Check all that relate to punitive damages.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Involve jail time.

  • Intended to punish the tortfeasor for the wrongdoing.

  • Are very minimal.

  • Also known as exemplary damages.

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Frage 4 von 34

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There are four different types of torts.

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 5 von 34

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What is a cause of action?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The underlying causation of the accident.

  • A legally recognized right to relief or damages.

  • The type of injury suffered by the plaintiff.

  • The action that caused the injury.

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Frage 6 von 34

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Check all that apply to intentional torts.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Tort in which the party committing the tort intends to do the act, knowing it will cause an injury.

  • Did not exist at common law.

  • Common law examples include: assault, battery, false imprisonment, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, misrepresentation, conversion, and trespass.

  • Statutory examples include: sexual harassment, civil rights violations, and a series of business torts.

  • Are never also considered crimes.

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Frage 7 von 34

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False imprisonment occurs when a plaintiff is convicted and jailed but later found to be innocent.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 8 von 34

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A false arrest is a type of false imprisonment in which the confinement or restraint is done by one claiming the authority to make a lawful arrest.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 9 von 34

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The shopkeeper’s privilege means that a business can make a reasonable detention and investigation if they have reasonable grounds to believe that someone has shoplifted.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 10 von 34

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Libel and slander are really two different names for the same tort.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 11 von 34

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Invasion of privacy is a type of tort.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 12 von 34

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Check all that apply to the Intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Intentional and outrageous conduct that causes mental suffering.

  • No damages are ever awarded for this.

  • Courts have always been reluctant to recognize this tort, primarily because of the possibility of abuse and false claims.

  • Requires outrageous conduct that is intentional or at least reckless.

  • Associated with the mental suffering resulting from intentional mishandling of dead bodies, outrageous and cruel collection tactics, and insurance company tactics in refusing to pay benefits that are due, and most recently, with harassment in the workplace because of sex, age, race, or sexual orientation.

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Frage 13 von 34

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Malicious prosecution can apply to both criminal and civil prosecutions.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 14 von 34

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What are some business torts? (Check all that apply)

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Slander of title

  • intentional infliction of emotional distress

  • Trade libel

  • inducing a breach of contract

  • negligence

  • interference with prospective economic advantage

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Frage 15 von 34

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Trespass is a tort against personal property, whereas conversion is a tort against real property.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 16 von 34

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Intellectual property means the information is protected by the attorney-client privilege.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 17 von 34

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Improper interference in the intellectual property rights of another.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • What is "annoying"?

  • What is "infringement"?

  • What is "stealing"?

  • What is "larceny"?

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Frage 18 von 34

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Is fraud a contract issue or a tort issue?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Tort

  • Contract

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Frage 19 von 34

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Fraud requires (Check all that apply):

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • that the misrepresentation be as to a matter of fact, not opinion

  • that the victim is angered by the fraud

  • that the victim is a minor

  • that the statement be knowingly false and be made with the intent to deceive.

  • that he person to whom the misrepresentation is made justifiably relies on the statement.

  • damages.

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Frage 20 von 34

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What are the two major defenses to intentional torts? (Check all that apply)

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Consent

  • Fraud

  • mistake

  • privilege

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Frage 21 von 34

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Negligence is: 1) the name given to a tort and 2) also used in its everyday meaning of “carelessness.”

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 22 von 34

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Negligence consists of the following:
1. The tortfeasor was under a duty to use due care.
2. The tortfeasor breached that duty of due care.
3. The tortfeasor’s act was the actual cause of injuries or damages.
4. The tortfeasor’s act was the proximate cause of injuries or damages.
5. Damages were incurred.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 23 von 34

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The breach of the duty of due care is the negligent or careless act.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 24 von 34

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Res ipsa loquitur means:

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • There was no negligence.

  • Anyone would know there was negligence or a breach of duty from the fact that the incident occurred.

  • There is a duty to act.

  • The thing speaks for itself.

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Frage 25 von 34

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When does negligence per se apply?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • When the plaintiff is pro se.

  • If the tortfeasor’s act is also a violation of a statute

  • If the plaintiff only suffered a financial injury.

  • If the plaintiff only suffered a physical injury.

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Frage 26 von 34

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Damages: (Check all that apply)

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Do not have to be based upon anything-can be arbitrary.

  • are a required element of the tort of negligence.

  • serve to compensate the tortfeasor.

  • can compensate for emotional injury.

  • Proving them often involves reviewing medical records and reports.

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Frage 27 von 34

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Check all that apply to the term "premises liability":

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • the negligent or careless maintenance of one’s real property.

  • car accident

  • slip and fall accidents

  • intentional infliction of emotional distress

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Frage 28 von 34

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A business invitee is someone invited onto the property for a business purpose. A licensee is generally a social guest, even though he or she might be invited. A trespasser is one who is not legally on the premises. The highest duty of due care is owed to the trespasser and the lowest duty of due care to the business invitee.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 29 von 34

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Lawyers can never face liability for professional negligence.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 30 von 34

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The term product liability is used to describe lawsuits based on defective products.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 31 von 34

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Loss of consortium is never the basis of a negligence action.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 32 von 34

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What are some defenses to negligence? (Check all that apply)

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Mistake

  • Minority

  • contributory negligence

  • impossibility

  • comparative negligence

  • assumption of the risk

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Frage 33 von 34

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The activities that give rise to strict liability are (1) maintaining a dangerous animal, (2) engaging in an abnormally dangerous activity, and (3) manufacturing or distributing a defective product.

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 34 von 34

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Dynamiting is an example of an abnormally dangerous activity in which people are sometimes injured, even when the person engaging in the activity is very careful. In imposing liability in these circumstances, the law shows that compensating injured persons is simply a cost of doing business.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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