Civil Law Pretest

What is a tort?

• a criminal act
• a set of laws
• a civil wrong
• none of these

Which of the following is TRUE about civil law?

• the plaintiff is the state
• the defendant goes to jail if held liable
• damages are often in the form of money
• all of these are true

What are damages?

• the harm done to a defendant
• the amount of money to compensate the court
• the amount of money awarded to plaintiff
• none of these

Which of the following is an example of an intentional wrong?

• babysitting and a child falls down the steps while you are in another room
• kicking someone into a locker when walking down the hallway
• running over a neighbor's dog accidentally
• your dog bites a neighbor's child

Which of the following activities would be held to strict liability?

• operating a car
• owning a demolition company
• playing professional baseball
• all of these

Which of the following is an example of negligence?

• hitting a robber with a baseball bat

• accidentally running over a pedestrian

• all of these choices

• spreading rumors to ruin the reputation of a coworker

Which of the following is NOT an element needed to prove negligence?

• duty
• damages
  
• intent
• causation

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

• Compensate

• Confrontation

• Proximate

• Monetary value

A tort must arise from.............or............done intentionally or negligently, and there must be a damage.

• contract or document

• revision or omission

• mistake or undue influence

• an act or omission

The ingredients of negligence are?

• A legal duty on the part of A towards B to exercise care in such conducts of A as falls within the scope of the duty.

• Owed to some person by someone with ability and skills

• May be owed by the professional to a client or to a third party.

• Avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbor.