D352 topic 1 practice questions with answers

D352 topic 1 practice questions with
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answers

Which of the following is not a purpose or function of the
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law? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Prevent desirable, or
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promote undesirable, behavior |\ |\




What is a precedent? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
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controlling rule, example, or guide |\ |\ |\ |\




The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an
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earlier court is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stare
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decisis


What is a judicial review? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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power of the Supreme Court to consider whether a law
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comports with the Constitution |\ |\ |\




Which of the following laws has the least amount of
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power under the Supremacy Clause? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔State laws |\ |\




Agency is a __________ relationship (a legally binding
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agreement) between a principal and an agent whereby |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

, the principal, expressly or implicitly, authorizes the agent
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to work on his or her behalf and with the power to bind
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the principal. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Contract
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An employer can be exposed to liability in tort (a civil
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wrong which causes someone harm) for the acts or
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omissions of the employee. This employment law concept |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



is best known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Vicarious
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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: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Scope of employment |\ |\ |\




In the scope of employment context, which of the
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following is an example of frolic and detour? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔An employee runs a personal errand while |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



driving to a meeting at a company branch office
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"Let the master answer for the servant" applies to which
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vicarious liability doctrine? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔Respondeat superior |\