1. The first pleading filed in a malpractice case is a
a. counterclaim
b. bill of particulars
c. complaint
d. demurrer
2. A formal objection by one of the parties of a lawsuit
that the evidence presented by the other party is
insufficient to support a suite
a. motion for summary judgment
b. countersuit
c. demurrer
d. answer
3. The legal document that demands more detailed
information than is provided in a complaint
a. bill of particulars
b. demurrer
c. examination before trail
d. counterclaim
4. A motion that asks a court to rule that there are no
facts in dispute and that the rights of the parties can
be determined as a matter of law, on the basis of
submitted documents, without the need for a trail a
countersuit
a. countersuit
b. summary judgment
c. examination before trail
d. demurrer
5. Questions of law are decided by the
a. jury
b. court
c. court clerk
d. plaintiff’s attorney
,Quiz #2
Torts and contracts are examples of private law?
True
False
Question
0..5 points
2
A civil wrong committed by one person against the person or property of another is a
crime?
True
False
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0..5 points
The commission or omission of an act, as judged against the actions of a hypothetical
“reasonably prudent person” is negligence.
True
False
Question
0..5 points
4
The intentional performance of an illegal or improper act is malfeasance?
True
False
Question
0..5 points
5
The improper performance of a legal act, resulting in injury to another is misfeasance?
, True
False
Quiz #3
1 0..5 points
Legal obligation that requires a person to conform to a specific standard of care to
protect others
a. causation
b. breach of duty
c. duty to use due care
d. proximate cause
Question 2 0..5 points
Failure to conform to or departure from a required duty of care owed to a patient is
considered as a
a. breach of duty
b. proximate cause
c. standard of care
d. last clear chance doctrine
, Question 3 0..5 points
In the law of negligence, that which describes the conduct expected of an individual in a
given situation
a. standard of care
b. foreseeability
c. proximate cause
d. last clear chance doctrine
Question 4 0..5 points
Elements of negligence that must be present in order to establish negligence
a. duty to use due care, breach of duty, injury, causation
b. proximate cause, foreseeablity
c. breach of duty, causation
d. duty, injury, foreseeability
Question
0..5 points
5
Touching a person without their consent
a. jostling
b. battery
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