Chapter 4 Review

Fill in the blank: ________ is a defense in which the defendant shows the plaintiff knew of the risk involved in an activity and still took the chance of being injured.

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Negligence

• Assumption of risk

• Strict liability

• Res ipsa loquitur

Fill in the blank: ________ is the failure to use the degree of care that would have been used by a reasonable person.

• Contributory negligence

• Breach of duty

• Strict liability

• Assumption of risk

Fill in the blank: ________ is the process by which the negligence of each party is compared and the amount of the plaintiff’s recovery is reduced by the percent of his or her negligence.

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Contributory negligence

• Comparative negligence

• Strict liability

• Assumption of risk

Behavior by the plaintiff that helps cause his or her injuries is known as ________.

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Vicarious liability

• Contributory negligence

• Assumption of risk

• Strict liability

Fill in the blank: An offense against the public at large, which is therefore punishable by the government, is called ________.

• Contract

• Crime

• Tort

• Agreement

Fill in the blank: Making false statements that injure another person’s reputation is known as ________.

(Time limit: 20 seconds)

• Fraud

• Defamation

• Negligence

• Trespass

Fill in the blank: When the police arrest someone without probable cause or the proper warrant, it is called ________.

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Search warrant

• False imprisonment

• Due process

• Probable cause

When a person knows and desires the consequences of his or her act, what is this called?

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Strict liability

• Intentional tort

• Negligence

• Vicarious liability

________ is interfering with a person’s right to be left alone. Fill in the blank.

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Defamation

• Invasion of privacy

• Trespass

• Breach of contract

Fill in the blank: ________ is the failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in the same situation, and is an accidental or unintentional tort.

Time limit: 20 seconds

• Battery

• Negligence

• Defamation

• False Imprisonment