LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
42. Neil has admired Allison all semester, but he has never talked to her. One day, Neil walks up to Allison after class and gives her a hug. Allison is angry and decides to sue Neil. Allison would sue Neil for the tort of __________. - Ans...
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
42. Neil has admired Allison all semester, but he has never talked to her. One day, Neil
walks up to Allison after class and gives her a hug. Allison is angry and decides to sue
Neil. Allison would sue Neil for the tort of __________. - Answer-battery
43. Brooke walks up to Kevin, a complete stranger, and demands that Kevin pay her
$1,000 or she will hurt him. In this case, Brooke commits a(n) ______. - Answer-assault
45. Claude finds out that Gina is responsible for his being fired. In a fit of rage, Claude
attacks Gina when she walks home. In this case, Gina can sue Claude for ______. -
Answer-battery
46. Jim, a restaurant manager, punches a customer for his uncouth behavior toward a
waiter. In this scenario, the customer can sue Jim for ______. - Answer-battery
47. William, a physician, reveals private medical information about Ryan, his patient, on
social media. As a result, Ryan is subject to discrimination at work. He decides to sue
William. Which of the following statements is true in this case? - Answer-William can be
sued for invasion of privacy.
54. A group of teenagers cross over a fence around a farm. The fence has a sign that
reads, "Private Property. Keep Out." They use the farm as a party spot. The owner of
the farm hears the noise and asks them to leave. The teenagers refuse to do so and
threaten the owner with violence to silence him. This is an example of the tort of
______. - Answer-trespass
57. Written defamation, or defamation published over radio or television, is termed
______. - Answer-libel
58. Which of the following statements is true of defamation? - Answer-Defamation suits
can be brought by employees against current or former employers.
59. ______ is the wrongful exercise of dominion and control over the personal
resources that belong to another. - Answer-conversion
60. Which of the following illustrates the tort of conversion? - Answer-Cristina
purchasing a notebook computer from Sabrina without knowing that Sabrina had stolen
it
68. Which of the following torts consists of the publication of untrue statements that
disparage a business owner's product or its quality? - Answer-injurious falsehood
, 69. ______ takes place when one who has a duty to act reasonably acts carelessly and
causes injury to another. - Answer-negligence
70. Which of the following statements is true about negligence in the context of a
business's duty of care and non-conduct? - Answer-The special relationship between
two parties creates a duty to take action and makes a business liable for non-conduct.
71. The negligence of professionals is called ______. - Answer-malpractice
72. Which of the following acts is an example of willful and wanton negligence? -
Answer-A drunk driver meets with an accident causing injury to the passengers in that
car.
41. To violate another's trade secret rights, one must ______. - Answer-misappropriate
the information
42. If a business wishes to protect its trade secrets, it will first: - Answer-conduct a trade
secret audit to identify confidential knowledge-based resources
43. Misappropriation of a trade secret occurs when ______. - Answer-a person
improperly acquires secret information through burglary, espionage, or computer
hacking
50. Which of the following statements is true of design patents? - Answer-The duration
of a design patent is 14 years from the date of issue.
51. In the context of utility patents, the term "claims" refers to __________. - Answer-the
details about the subject matter that an inventor regards as the invention.
52. In the context of patentable subject matter, which of the following refers to doing
something through a series of operations? - Answer-process
63. In the context of trademarks, another term for recognizability is __________. -
Answer-distinctiveness
64. Hillward Bakers Inc. has been using a logo with the letters "HB" in blue color and a
baker's hat above these letters since its inception ten years ago. This logo has since
been connected with Hillward Bakery by its customers. Hobert Bakers Inc., a newly
opened bakery and confectionary chain, uses the same logo. Hillward has not
registered its logo, but chooses to sue Hobert. Which of the following is true of this
case? - Answer-Hillward can sue Hobert since the logo has been used by Hillward and
is associated with it.
65. Which of the following is not true of a trademark? - Answer-Owners of a mark
cannot sue for infringement if they have not registered the trademark.
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