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Year 10 Intro to Torts

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these, regarding Torts, is incorrect:

a)

Civil wrongs done by one party to another

b)

Torts cause a person to suffer a loss or harm

c)

Torts are caused by an act or an omission

d)

Any civil law including negligence and contracts

2.

A claimant in a an action for Tort is called the:

a)

Defendant

b)

Accused

c)

Plaintiff

d)

Complainer

3.

Torts can be committed by:

a)

Individuals, companies, governments and minors

b)

Individual citizens

c)

Companies, Individuals and governments

d)

Companies and governments

4.

Some examples of Torts are:

a)

Negligence, Defamation and False Imprisonment

b)

False Imprisonment, Negligence and Contracts

c)

Contracts, Defamation and False Imprisonment

d)

Negligence, Defamation and Contracts

5.

The 3 elements of Negligence are:

a)

Duty of Care, Foreseeability, Damage

b)

Duty of Care, Breach of Duty of Care, Damage

c)

Breach of Duty of Care, Damage, Responsibility

d)

Duty of Care, Breach of Duty of Care, Payments

6.

For a Negligence claim to be successful, which elements must be present?

a)

Duty of Care and Damage

b)

Breach of Duty of Care and Damage caused by the breach

c)

Duty of Care, Breach, Damage

d)

Duty of Care, Breach of Duty of Care, Damage and carelessness

7.

Donoghue v Stevenson is particularly relevant to which element of Negligence?

a)

Duty of Care

b)

Breach of Duty of Care

c)

Damage

d)

The Neighbour Principle

8.

"Damages" is a reference to:

a)

Injuries caused by a negligent action

b)

Damage to property as a result of negligence

c)

The person who is responsible for a Negligence action

d)

Payment of compensation in a negligence claim

9.

How does Breach of Duty of Care occur?

a)

When a company of individual fulfils all of their obligations to their "neighbours"

b)

When a company or individual fails to do something but no damage is caused

c)

When a company of individual fails to fulfil their duty of care

d)

When a company of individual does everything they can to avoid it but damage occurs

10.

An example of a relationship where Duty of Care exists is:

a)

A lawyer giving advice to a client about a divorce settlement

b)

A doctor giving advice about vaccinations

c)

A hairdresser giving advice about relationships

d)

A dentist giving advice about fillings