BLAW 341 UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bill of Rights offers protection against government action to _________ and
_________ - ✔✔individuals, corporations
✔✔Which amendment incorporated most rights in the Bill of Rights into protection
against state actions? - ✔✔14th Amendment
✔✔What is the role of the courts? - ✔✔Interpret our rights
✔✔A wrongful act (other than a breach of contract) that results in harm or injury to
another and leads to civil liability - ✔✔tort
✔✔monetary award sought as a remedy for a tort or breach of contract - ✔✔damages
✔✔Special Damages - ✔✔compensation for quantifiable monetary losses
✔✔General Damages - ✔✔Compensation for pain and suffering
✔✔Punitive damages are awarded only if plaintiff proves that defendant's conduct was
__________ or __________ - ✔✔egregious, reprehensible
, ✔✔All intentional torts require - ✔✔intent
✔✔a subjective inquiry into the defendant's mind - ✔✔Knowledge for purposes of intent
✔✔If Ben intends to harm Al but unintentionally harms Karen instead - ✔✔Transferred
intent
✔✔If Bill picks up a heavy box and accidentally drops it on Ann, did Bill intend to harm
Ann?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔No
✔✔If Ann is driving a car and purposefully aims at and runs over Bill, did Anne intend to
harm Bill?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Ann blows up a bomb in a crowded street. Mary and Bill are injured. Ann did not
know Mary or Bill, had no specific desire to harm either of them, and had not specifically
targeted them. Consider the legal definition of "intent': did Ann "intentionally" injure Mary
and Bill?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
✔✔T/F If Andy shoots an arrow over Sarah's head, desires to cause Sarah
apprehension, and causes Sarah to feel apprehensive, then Andy is liable for assault. -
✔✔True
✔✔Ben throws a rock at Cindy while Cindy is not looking. Has Ben committed an
assault?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
✔✔While Felix is drunk, Matt threatens to push him down a flight of stairs. At the time
the threat was made, Felix's friends heard him cry out in frightened protest, but the next
day Felix cannot remember the incident. Has Matt committed an assault?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bill of Rights offers protection against government action to _________ and
_________ - ✔✔individuals, corporations
✔✔Which amendment incorporated most rights in the Bill of Rights into protection
against state actions? - ✔✔14th Amendment
✔✔What is the role of the courts? - ✔✔Interpret our rights
✔✔A wrongful act (other than a breach of contract) that results in harm or injury to
another and leads to civil liability - ✔✔tort
✔✔monetary award sought as a remedy for a tort or breach of contract - ✔✔damages
✔✔Special Damages - ✔✔compensation for quantifiable monetary losses
✔✔General Damages - ✔✔Compensation for pain and suffering
✔✔Punitive damages are awarded only if plaintiff proves that defendant's conduct was
__________ or __________ - ✔✔egregious, reprehensible
, ✔✔All intentional torts require - ✔✔intent
✔✔a subjective inquiry into the defendant's mind - ✔✔Knowledge for purposes of intent
✔✔If Ben intends to harm Al but unintentionally harms Karen instead - ✔✔Transferred
intent
✔✔If Bill picks up a heavy box and accidentally drops it on Ann, did Bill intend to harm
Ann?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔No
✔✔If Ann is driving a car and purposefully aims at and runs over Bill, did Anne intend to
harm Bill?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Ann blows up a bomb in a crowded street. Mary and Bill are injured. Ann did not
know Mary or Bill, had no specific desire to harm either of them, and had not specifically
targeted them. Consider the legal definition of "intent': did Ann "intentionally" injure Mary
and Bill?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
✔✔T/F If Andy shoots an arrow over Sarah's head, desires to cause Sarah
apprehension, and causes Sarah to feel apprehensive, then Andy is liable for assault. -
✔✔True
✔✔Ben throws a rock at Cindy while Cindy is not looking. Has Ben committed an
assault?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
✔✔While Felix is drunk, Matt threatens to push him down a flight of stairs. At the time
the threat was made, Felix's friends heard him cry out in frightened protest, but the next
day Felix cannot remember the incident. Has Matt committed an assault?
A.Yes
B.No - ✔✔Yes
