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Legal Aspect Finals

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a tort?
a)
a criminal act
b)
a set of laws
c)
a civil wrong
d)
none of these
2.
Which of the following is TRUE about civil law?
a)
the plaintiff is the state
b)
the defendant goes to jail if held liable
c)
damages are often in the form of money
d)
all of these are true
3.
What is meant by liability?
a)
the person held responsible for wrong
b)
the plaintiff's damages
c)
the judges finding
d)
the amount of money owed
4.
When does a tort occur?
a)
when a person is injured
b)
when property is damaged
c)
when a person's reputation is harmed
d)
all of these
5.
What are damages?
a)
the harm done to a defendant
b)
the amount of money to compensate the court
c)
the amount of money awarded to plaintiff
d)
none of these
6.
What is an advantage of the tort law system?
a)
people are held accountable for their actions
b)
companies are held accountable for the safety of their products
c)
people must take reasonable care of others' property
d)
all of these
7.
Which of the following is an example of an intentional wrong?
a)
babysitting and a child falls down the steps while you are in another room
b)
kicking someone into a locker when walking down the hallway
c)
running over a neighbor's dog accidentally
d)
your dog bites a neighbor's child
8.
Which of the following activities would be held to strict liability?
a)
operating a car
b)
owning a demolition company
c)
playing professional baseball
d)
all of these
9.

True or False: Slander is defamation in the form of verbal statements.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following is an example of negligence?

a)

hitting a robber with a baseball bat

b)

accidentally running over a pedestrian

c)

all of these choices

d)

spreading rumors to ruin the reputation of a coworker

11.
Which of the following is NOT an element needed to prove negligence?
a)
duty
b)
damages
c)
intent
d)
causation
12.
Which of the following have a duty to another person?
a)
all of these
b)
a driver to other drivers
c)
a parent to a child
d)
a restauarant owner to a customer
13.

Give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred.

a)

Compensate

b)

Confrontation

c)

Proximate

d)

Monetary value

14.

Which of these are non-pecuniary damages:

a)

Property damage

b)

Lost income

c)

Loss of companionship

d)

Emotional distress

e)

Attorney Fees

15.

True or False. Pain and suffering damages try to compensate plaintiffs for the pain caused by the accident.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False. Property damages include when the defendant has to pay to fix the body shop to fix your car.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False. Lost income damages include when the accident kept you from work, and the defendant has to pay you the wages that you missed out on.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False. If a spouse is injured or killed, the other spouse can recover the value of companionship and those other things that spouses provide each other.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False. It is not necessary that the defendant should foresee the specific way that the plaintiff was injured..

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Who normally decides legal questions:

a)

Judge

b)

Jury

c)

Plaintiff

d)

Defendant

21.

Who normally decides fact questions:

a)

Judge

b)

Jury

c)

Plaintiff

d)

Defendant

22.

Who normally has the burden of proving direct causation:

a)

Judge

b)

Jury

c)

Plaintiff

d)

Defendant

23.

Who normally has the burden of disproving direct causation, when alternate liability or market share liability apply:

a)

Judge

b)

Jury

c)

Plaintiff

d)

Defendant

24.

True or False. If an intervening cause is foreseeable, it is a superseding cause.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which of the following is the key aim/function of Tort Law?

a)

Deterrence

b)

Compensation

c)

Punishment

d)

Retribution

26.

A tort that results when one person carelessly injures another

a)

Intentional tort

b)

False imprisonment

c)

Negligence

d)

Nuisance

27.

A defense against negligence whenever the defendant can show that the victim did something that helped cause his or her own injuries

a)

Comparative negligence

b)

Contributory negligence

c)

strict liability

d)

Assumption of risk

28.

To know beforehand.

a)

Foreseeable

b)

Predict

c)

Assume

d)

Psychic

29.

The victim must suffer an injury, have property destroyed, or lose a lot of money ....


Falls under which element of negligence?

a)

Duty of Care

b)

Breach of Duty

c)

Proximate Cause

d)

Actual Harm

30.

Liability in tort is imposed by..........

a)

Contract

b)

Bills of Quantity

c)

Law

d)

Document

31.

A tort is a civil wrong in the sense that is committed against an individual (include companies).

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Law of negligence concerns the failure of a person to take reasonable care for another.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

phone a friend

33.

A place to sleep for one or more nights; also called lodging

a)

franchise

b)

chain

c)

accomodation

d)

motel

34.

Meeting the needs of guests with kindness and goodwill

a)

professional

b)

mannerly

c)

hospitality

d)

business like

35.

What can you catch but cannot throw

a)

ball

b)

Shovel

c)

Cold

d)

Hot

36.
How many letters are in alphabet?
a)
20
b)
26
c)
8
d)
14
37.

Pick one

a)

fifty-seven

b)

1

c)

one

d)

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