Mortuary Jurisprudence- FINAL Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Define slander. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The action or crime of making a
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false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
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Define goodwill. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The primary intangible asset
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of a company, generally comprised of reputation, contact networks,
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intellectual property, and branding. | | |
What is an LLC? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Limited Liability Company
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What are the four types of companies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-LLC,
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Sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporations
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Why can sole proprietorship and partnership be the most hurtful? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-You are personally liable- no the company
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What should you do if you are buying a funeral home? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Buy assets, not just the company | | | | |
,What is written defimation of character? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
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false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation (also known as
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|libel)
What is an Intentional/ Willful Tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An
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intentional wrong that is committed with the wish to harm another
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person.
Give examples of a willful tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Assault,
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battery, fraud, slander, false arrest, malicious prosecution, false
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imprisonment, all crimes | |
Define tort. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wrong against another- not arising
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out of contract
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What is the most common tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Negligence
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What are the elements of a tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Duty, breach
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of the duty, causes harm, proximate cause
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Define proximate cause. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An act from which an
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injury results as a natural, direct, uninterrupted consequence and
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without which the injury would not have occurred.
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, What are the three types of damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-actual,
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nominal and punitive | |
What are actual damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-compensatory
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What are punitive damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(Exemplary
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damages) damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and
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others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis
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of the lawsuit.
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What are nominal damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Damage award
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issued by a court when a legal wrong has occurred, but where there was
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|no actual financial loss as a result of that legal wrong.
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What is gross negligence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wreckless disregard
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for life/ property
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Give an example of gross negligence. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Drinking
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and driving |
Give examples of willful torts. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battery, false
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arrest, malicious prosecution, assault, and holding a body for ransom
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Questions With Correct Answers
Define slander. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The action or crime of making a
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false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
| | | | | | | |
Define goodwill. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The primary intangible asset
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of a company, generally comprised of reputation, contact networks,
| | | | | | | | |
intellectual property, and branding. | | |
What is an LLC? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Limited Liability Company
| | | | | | | |
What are the four types of companies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-LLC,
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Sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporations
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Why can sole proprietorship and partnership be the most hurtful? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-You are personally liable- no the company
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What should you do if you are buying a funeral home? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Buy assets, not just the company | | | | |
,What is written defimation of character? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
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false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation (also known as
| | | | | | | | | | |
|libel)
What is an Intentional/ Willful Tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An
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intentional wrong that is committed with the wish to harm another
| | | | | | | | | | |
person.
Give examples of a willful tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Assault,
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battery, fraud, slander, false arrest, malicious prosecution, false
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imprisonment, all crimes | |
Define tort. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wrong against another- not arising
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out of contract
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What is the most common tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Negligence
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What are the elements of a tort? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Duty, breach
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of the duty, causes harm, proximate cause
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Define proximate cause. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An act from which an
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injury results as a natural, direct, uninterrupted consequence and
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without which the injury would not have occurred.
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, What are the three types of damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-actual,
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nominal and punitive | |
What are actual damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-compensatory
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What are punitive damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(Exemplary
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damages) damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and
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others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis
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of the lawsuit.
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What are nominal damages? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Damage award
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issued by a court when a legal wrong has occurred, but where there was
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|no actual financial loss as a result of that legal wrong.
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What is gross negligence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wreckless disregard
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for life/ property
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Give an example of gross negligence. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Drinking
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and driving |
Give examples of willful torts. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Battery, false
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arrest, malicious prosecution, assault, and holding a body for ransom
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