Business Law - Chapter 17 Quiz

Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement regarding email​ contracts?

• Many contracts are now completed via email.
• Email contracts are unenforceable unless accompanied by a​ traditional, written contract.
• Contracts completed via email are referred to as electronic mail​ contracts, or email contracts.
• Traditional challenges to the enforcement of a​ contract, such as​ fraud, duress,​ intoxication, and insanity may be asserted against the enforcement of an email contract.
• Email contracts are enforceable as long as they meet the requirements necessary to form a traditional​ contract, including​ agreement, consideration,​ capacity, and lawful object.

Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement regarding email or text messaging​ contracts?

• The use of email and text communication is often somewhat informal.
• Email and text contracts usually meet the requirements of the Statute of Frauds.
• The terms of the​ parties' agreement must ultimately be included in a single email or text to be valid.
• An email or text contract may not have the comprehensive formality of a paper contract that includes the final terms and conditions of the​ parties' agreement.
• Email and texting are replacing telephone and paper communication between individuals and businesses.

Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement regarding​ e-commerce and Web​ contracts?

• Internet​ sellers, lessors, and licensors use Web addresses to sell and lease goods and services and license software and other intellectual property.
• Websites such as www.amazon.comopens in a new tab​, www.dell.comopens in a new tab​, and www.microsoft.comopens in a new tab use the Internet exclusively to​ sell, lease, or license​ goods, services, and intellectual property.
• Out of concern regarding their validity and​ enforceability, the number of​ e-contracts has been decreasing in recent years.
• Assuming that all the elements to establish a traditional contract are​ present, a Web contract is valid and enforceable.
• A Web contract is a contract entered into by​ purchasing, leasing, or licensing​ goods, services,​ software, or other intellectual property from websites operated by​ sellers, lessors, and licensors.

Large and small businesses sell goods and services over the internet through​ _________.

• websites and registration
• websites and registered domain names
• licensing and registered domain names
• websites and the​ E-SIGN Act
• websites and the ECPA

Linda orders a computer from an online computer store completing all of the ordering information online. There is no comment box to add explanatory language relating to the​ order, so Linda sends the company an email indicating that her order is subject to a​ 2-week testing period to make sure the computer can process the data she collected for her research.​ Linda's email​ _____.

• is a counteroffer
• is ineffectual
• violates the​ CAN-SPAM Act
• is an amendment to the contract
• is legitimate under the​ E-SIGN Act

______ are enforceable as long as they meet the requirements necessary to form a traditional​ contract, including​ agreement, consideration,​ capacity, and lawful object.

• Contracts with duress
• Immoral contracts
• Bribery contracts
• ​E-mail contracts
• Unethical contracts

​_____ is designed to place the world of electronic commerce on a par with the world of paper contracts in the United States.

• The ESign Act
• The CANSPAM Act
• A web contract
• The Electronic Etiquette Act
• The electronic commerce clause

One of the main features of the​ ________ is that it recognizes electronic contracts as meeting the writing requirement of the Statute of Frauds for most contracts.

• web contract
• Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
• CANSPAM Act
• ESIGN Act
• Communications Decency Act

The​ ________ provides that electronically signed contracts cannot be denied effect because they are in electronic form or delivered electronically.

• ESIGN Act
• web contract
• CANSPAM Act
• Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
• Communications Decency Act

The​ _______ recognizes an electronic​ signature, or e–signature.

• ESIGN Act
• CANSPAM Act
• web contract
• Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
• Communications Decency Act