WGU C233 Employment Law Exam Questions With 100%
Correct Answers 2024, 83 Questions and Answers. With
Complete Solution.
Which of the following is not a purpose or function of the law?
Determine procedures for changing the law
Facilitate for private arrangements between individuals
Settle private and public disputes
Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable, behavior
Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable, behavior
What is a precedent?
A reason a law is made
A controlling rule, example, or guide
An exception to the rule
A group or person exempt from the laws
A controlling rule, example, or guide
The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an earlier court is known as:
Federal rule
Secondary precedence
Stare decisis
Judicial review
Stare Decisis
What is a judicial review?
When a decision cannot be made in district court, it moves to Supreme 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
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
Which of the following laws has the least amount of power under the Supremacy
Clause?
Federal laws
State laws
The Constitution
Treaties and federal regulations
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.
Undefined
Contract
Informal
Formal
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:
Vicarious liability
Scope of employment
Respondeat superior
Contracted agency
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:
Scope of employment
Respondeat superior
Dual purpose mission
Employment characteristics
Scope of Employment
In the scope of employment context, which of the following is an example of frolic
and detour?
An employee runs an errand on his/her lunch break
An employee runs a work errand while off work
An employee runs a personal errand while driving to a meeting at a company
branch office
An employee works from home for the day
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?
Respondeat superior
Frolic and detour
Tort liability
Respondent inferior
Respondeat 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
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 common law agency test
The economic realities test
The IRS 20-factor analysis
The working description test
Correct Answers 2024, 83 Questions and Answers. With
Complete Solution.
Which of the following is not a purpose or function of the law?
Determine procedures for changing the law
Facilitate for private arrangements between individuals
Settle private and public disputes
Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable, behavior
Prevent desirable, or promote undesirable, behavior
What is a precedent?
A reason a law is made
A controlling rule, example, or guide
An exception to the rule
A group or person exempt from the laws
A controlling rule, example, or guide
The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an earlier court is known as:
Federal rule
Secondary precedence
Stare decisis
Judicial review
Stare Decisis
What is a judicial review?
When a decision cannot be made in district court, it moves to Supreme 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
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
Which of the following laws has the least amount of power under the Supremacy
Clause?
Federal laws
State laws
The Constitution
Treaties and federal regulations
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.
Undefined
Contract
Informal
Formal
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:
Vicarious liability
Scope of employment
Respondeat superior
Contracted agency
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:
Scope of employment
Respondeat superior
Dual purpose mission
Employment characteristics
Scope of Employment
In the scope of employment context, which of the following is an example of frolic
and detour?
An employee runs an errand on his/her lunch break
An employee runs a work errand while off work
An employee runs a personal errand while driving to a meeting at a company
branch office
An employee works from home for the day
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?
Respondeat superior
Frolic and detour
Tort liability
Respondent inferior
Respondeat 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
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 common law agency test
The economic realities test
The IRS 20-factor analysis
The working description test
