Employment Law Unit 1 || with 100% Correct Answers.
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Employment Law Unit 1
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Employment Law Unit 1
Which of the following is not a purpose or function of the law?
a. Settle private and public disputes
b. Facilitate for private arrangements between individuals
c. Determine procedures for changing the law
d. Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable, behavior correct answers d. Prevent desir...
Employment Law Unit 1 || with 100% Correct Answers.
Which of the following is not a purpose or function of the law?
a. Settle private and public disputes
b. Facilitate for private arrangements between individuals
c. Determine procedures for changing the law
d. Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable, behavior correct answers d. Prevent desirable, or
promote undesirable, behavior
What is a precedent?
An exception to the rule
A controlling rule, example, or guide
A group or person exempt from the laws
A reason a law is made correct answers A controlling rule, example, or guide
The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an earlier court is known as:
Secondary precedence
Stare decisis
Federal rule
Judicial review correct answers Stare decisis
What is a judicial review?
When a decision cannot be made in district court, it moves to Supreme Court
The ability of the Supreme Court to overrule every other court
The power of the Supreme Court to consider whether a law comports with the Constitution
When a business is investigated by the Supreme Court correct answers The power of the
Supreme Court to consider whether a law comports with the Constitution
Which of the following laws has the least amount of power under the Supremacy Clause?
State laws
Treaties and federal regulations
Federal laws
The Constitution correct answers State laws
Agency is a __________ relationship (a legally binding agreement) between a principal and an
agent whereby the principal, expressly or implicitly, authorizes the agent to work on his or her
behalf and with the power to bind the principal.
Informal
Contract
Formal
, Undefined correct answers Contract
An employer can be exposed to liability in tort (a civil wrong which causes someone harm) for
the acts or omissions of the employee. This employment law concept is best known as:
Respondeat superior
Scope of employment
Contracted agency
Vicarious liability correct answers Vicarious liability
Employee conduct which is reasonably relative to a job description and foreseeable by the
employer as part of that job description is referred to as:
Dual purpose mission
Scope of employment
Respondeat superior
Employment characteristics correct answers Scope of Employment
In the scope of employment context, which of the following is an example of frolic and detour?
An employee runs a personal errand while driving to a meeting at a company branch office
An employee runs an errand on his/her lunch break
An employee runs a work errand while off work
An employee works from home for the day correct answers An employee runs a personal errand
while driving to a meeting at a company branch office
"Let the master answer for the servant" applies to which vicarious liability doctrine?
Respondent superior
Respondent inferior
Tort liability
Frolic and detour correct answers Respondent superior
Of the following classifications of worker, which causes the smallest obligation to the employer?
Employee
Independent contractor
Union workers
Both independent contractor and employee correct answers Independent Contractor
Which of the following is not one of the three different tests commonly used to determine if a
worker is an employee or independent contractor?
The working description test
The economic realities test
The IRS 20-factor analysis
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