BUL 3320 – LAW AND BUSINESS
REVIEW TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CERTIFIED ANSWERS
T - Answer-The present interpretation of the U.S. Constitution by the U.S. Supreme
Court would permit you to wear a black arm band in a class at U.S.F. to express your
opposition to abortion or the death penalty as long as it did not materially and
substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of
the school and did not interfere with the rights of other students.
T - Answer-The positivist conception of law regards law as a body of rules imposed by a
sovereign which rules may not embody ideal justice and fairness.
F - Answer-The circumstantial context of a statutory provision includes not only the
sentence in which the word or phrase appears but also in the successively larger units
into which the statute is divided: the paragraph, section, chapter, or article, and the
whole statute.
F - Answer-"A" took "B's" watch without B being aware of the theft. B discovered the
loss about 3 minutes later and pursued A. A pointed a loaded pistol at B, who in fear of
being shot, allowed A to escape. A has committed the crime of robbery and the crime of
assault.
T - Answer-A is a patient confined in a private hospital with a rare disease that is of
great interest to the public. B, a television reporter, request A to consent to an interview.
A refuses, but B nonetheless enters A's room over A's objection and photographs A and
publishes the picture on television that evening. B is liable to A for invasion of the right
of privacy by intrusion and public disclosure of private facts.
F - Answer-CC Railroad is negligent in failing to give warning of the approach of its train
to a crossing, and thereby endangers L, a blind person who is about to cross. M, a
bystander, in a reasonable effort to save L, rushes onto the track to push L our of
danger. 28. L is liable to M
T - Answer-CC Railroad is negligent in failing to give warning of the approach of its train
to a crossing, and thereby endangers L, a blind person who is about to cross. M, a
bystander, in a reasonable effort to save L, rushes onto the track to push L our of
danger. 29. CC Railroad is liable to M.
T - Answer-B, the bartender at the Fairy Tale Tavern, reasonably believing B was about
to be shot by T, a robber attempting to rob the tavern, grabbed T's gun hand. In the
ensuing scuffle, the gun was accidentally discharged by T and the bullet struck C, a
customer who had just come out of the tavern's restroom and was unaware of the
trouble until the bullet struck C. R pushed B away and as B again advanced on R, R
shot at B, but the bullet missed B and struck C in the back as C was running out of the
, door of the tavern in search of a friendlier and quieter establishment as which to sip C's
brew.
30. R committed an assault against B.
F - Answer-B, the bartender at the Fairy Tale Tavern, reasonably believing B was about
to be shot by T, a robber attempting to rob the tavern, grabbed T's gun hand. In the
ensuing scuffle, the gun was accidentally discharged by T and the bullet struck C, a
customer who had just come out of the tavern's restroom and was unaware of the
trouble until the bullet struck C. R pushed B away and as B again advanced on R, R
shot at B, but the bullet missed B and struck C in the back as C was running out of the
door of the tavern in search of a friendlier and quieter establishment as which to sip C's
brew.
31. B committed a battery against R and R committed a battery against C.
F - Answer-V visits a night club owned by N and meets Z who is employed there. Z
complains to V that some of the patrons are making advances. v recognizes that Z has
qualities which would make Z a good legal secretary. V learns, however, that Z has
contracted to remain at the night club for a period of six months. Because F, a friend of
V's, needs a first class legal secretary, V gets Z a job with F, not telling F any of these
facts. Z leaves the night club and goes to work for F, thus breaking Z's contract with N.
The next week V invites Z to V's apartment and unknown to Z mixes Z a cocktail
containing a sleep inducing love potion. Z drinks the cocktail and collapses on V's
couch. V leaned over Z to kiss Z's forehead, but before V does so V repents of V's
outrageous conduct. V waits for Z to awaken, tells Z of V's actions and then takes Z
home after Z tells V that Z will never forgive V. 32. V is liable to Z for assault.
T - Answer-V visits a night club owned by N and meets Z who is employed there. Z
complains to V that some of the patrons are making advances. v recognizes that Z has
qualities which would make Z a good legal secretary. V learns, however, that Z has
contracted to remain at the night club for a period of six months. Because F, a friend of
V's, needs a first class legal secretary, V gets Z a job with F, not telling F any of these
facts. Z leaves the night club and goes to work for F, thus breaking Z's contract with N.
The next week V invites Z to V's apartment and unknown to Z mixes Z a cocktail
containing a sleep inducing love potion. Z drinks the cocktail and collapses on V's
couch. V leaned over Z to kiss Z's forehead, but before V does so V repents of V's
outrageous conduct. V waits for Z to awaken, tells Z of V's actions and then takes Z
home after Z tells V that Z will never forgive V. 33. V is liable to Z for battery.
a. plaintiff - Answer-1. The person who files or commences a civil suit is the :
a. plaintiff
b. defendant
c. prosecuting attorney
d. attorney general
e. none of the above
a. Injunction - Answer-2. A court order requiring that a person do or refrain from doing a
particular act is known as a / an:
a. injunction
b. maxim
