BUSINESS LAW IVY TECH EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
duty
What is a legal obligation to do or not to do something?
breach
A violation of duty is called a (an)
intentional
Courts require the breach in intentional torts to be
tort
What is a private or civil wrong?
injury
What is a harm that is recognized by the law?
vicarious liability
What kind of liability occurs when one person is liable for the torts of another?
strict liability
What kind of tort involves neither intent nor carelessness?
causation
The proof that a breach of duty caused an injury is called
proximate cause
What term means that the amount of causation is great enough for it to be recognized
by law?
negligence
What kind of a tort is a based on carelessness?
injunction
A court order for a person to do or not to do a particular act
opening statements
A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove
damages
A monetary award given to the injured party to compensate for loss
evidence
Any object a judge allows to be presented to the jury that helps prove or disprove a
case
punitive damages
A monetary award that is set high enough to punish the defendant
compensatory damanges
Another name for actual damages
subpoena
A judge's order that commands a witness to appear in court to testify
testimony
Statements made by witnesses under oath
verdict
The decision of a jury
witness
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
duty
What is a legal obligation to do or not to do something?
breach
A violation of duty is called a (an)
intentional
Courts require the breach in intentional torts to be
tort
What is a private or civil wrong?
injury
What is a harm that is recognized by the law?
vicarious liability
What kind of liability occurs when one person is liable for the torts of another?
strict liability
What kind of tort involves neither intent nor carelessness?
causation
The proof that a breach of duty caused an injury is called
proximate cause
What term means that the amount of causation is great enough for it to be recognized
by law?
negligence
What kind of a tort is a based on carelessness?
injunction
A court order for a person to do or not to do a particular act
opening statements
A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove
damages
A monetary award given to the injured party to compensate for loss
evidence
Any object a judge allows to be presented to the jury that helps prove or disprove a
case
punitive damages
A monetary award that is set high enough to punish the defendant
compensatory damanges
Another name for actual damages
subpoena
A judge's order that commands a witness to appear in court to testify
testimony
Statements made by witnesses under oath
verdict
The decision of a jury
witness
