Legal Concepts Quiz

What is the state of being responsible for the harm one causes another?

• Duty

• Negligence

• Liability

• Assumption of risk

Which term describes a requirement that a person act towards others with watchfulness and prudence?

• Negligence

• Duty

• Sovereign immunity

• Good samaritan law

What is the failure to use reasonable or ordinary care called?

• Assumption of risk

• Liability

• Negligence

• Product liability

What does the assumption of risk involve?

• Predicting harm

• Accepting potential danger

• Providing first aid

• Protecting privacy

What provides limited protection to someone who chooses to provide first aid?

• Sovereign immunity

• Good samaritan law

• FERPA

• HIPAA

What is the legal liability for producing or selling a faulty product called?

• Product liability

• Practice act

• General medical insurance

• Statute of limitations

What is a specific length of time to sue for damages known as?

• Foreseeability of harm

• Statute of limitations

• Practice act

• Assumption of risk

What asks if a reasonable person could have predicted that a harmful result would occur from a person's actions?

• Duty

• Negligence

• Foreseeability of harm

• Accident

What defines how people should behave in a certain context, such as in court?

• Practice act

• HIPAA

• FERPA

• Sovereign immunity

What is a contract between a health insurance company and an individual for financial protection for medical expenses?

• HIPAA

• General medical insurance

• FERPA

• Product liability