Session:6 The Tort System
Assessment Questions
Business Law I Essentials | Leadership Development – Micro-Learning Session
Rice University 2020 | Michael Laverty, Colorado State University Global Chris Littel, North Carolina State University| https://openstax.org/details/books/business-law-i-essentials
2. An example of an intentional tort is:
- Defamation.
- Assault.
- Malicious prosecution.
- All of the above.
3. When an individual creates and promotes malicious falsehoods about another that individual may be liable for:
- Libel.
- Slander.
- Defamation.
- All of the above.
5. All of the following are elements of negligence except:
- A reasonable person.
- A duty by the defendant to either act or refrain from acting.
- A breach of a duty owed by defendant.
- Measurable harm.
6. Which of the following is a special relationship giving rise to a duty to act to aid or protect one in peril?
- Hotel and guest.
- Cousin to cousin.
- School principal and student.
- Hotel and guest, and school principal and student.
7. If an activity causes a foreseeable and highly significant risk of physical harm even when reasonable care is exercised by all actors, and the activity is not one of common usage, it is:
- Proximate cause.
- Abnormally dangerous.
- Negligence.
- None of these are correct.
9. The elements of res ipsa loquitor that a plaintiff must establish in a product liability lawsuit include all of the following except:
- The defendant breached his or her duty of care.
- The defendant had control over the product in question while it was being manufactured.
- Under normal circumstances, the product would not cause damage or harm, but damage or harm has occurred in the case in question.
- The behavior of the plaintiff did not significantly contribute to the harm caused.