HRER 501 Final Exam (Quizzes 5-8)
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
When a public employer conducts a workplace search, it must be: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Only A and B (Reasonable at inception.
Reasonable in scope)
Invasion of privacy claims for intrusion upon seclusion, public disclosure of
private facts, placement in a false light, and appropriation of name or
likeness, are primarily based on: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Common law torts.
Prof. Miles opens a new sports drink company, but he knows nobody will
buy "Miles Sports Drink" because he has no athletic ability whatsoever. He
comes up with a great idea. He will call the drink "Jordan Juice" and put a
picture of basketball legend Michael Jordan on every bottle (without
, Jordan's permission). This is best classified as which kind of invasion of
privacy: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Appropriation of name or likeness.
Do private sector employees have a right to view their personnel records? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sometimes, depending on state law in the state in which
the employer operates.
Which of the following best describes the holding in Koeppel v. Speirs: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A plaintiff may establish an intrusion upon seclusion claim by
showing that equipment used by a defendant could have invaded her
privacy.
An employer thinks Jane Doe is sending inappropriate email from her
private gmail account during working hours. The employer has its IT
director, Mr. Robot, hack into the gmail servers to retrieve all of the emails
Jane Doe sent in the past year. That way, they can match the time stamps
on the emails to her work schedule. This most likely violates: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The Stored Communications Act.
The holding(s) in Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. can
best be described as: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Both (Non-public Facebook wall
posts are covered by the Stored Communications Act.
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
When a public employer conducts a workplace search, it must be: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Only A and B (Reasonable at inception.
Reasonable in scope)
Invasion of privacy claims for intrusion upon seclusion, public disclosure of
private facts, placement in a false light, and appropriation of name or
likeness, are primarily based on: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Common law torts.
Prof. Miles opens a new sports drink company, but he knows nobody will
buy "Miles Sports Drink" because he has no athletic ability whatsoever. He
comes up with a great idea. He will call the drink "Jordan Juice" and put a
picture of basketball legend Michael Jordan on every bottle (without
, Jordan's permission). This is best classified as which kind of invasion of
privacy: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Appropriation of name or likeness.
Do private sector employees have a right to view their personnel records? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sometimes, depending on state law in the state in which
the employer operates.
Which of the following best describes the holding in Koeppel v. Speirs: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A plaintiff may establish an intrusion upon seclusion claim by
showing that equipment used by a defendant could have invaded her
privacy.
An employer thinks Jane Doe is sending inappropriate email from her
private gmail account during working hours. The employer has its IT
director, Mr. Robot, hack into the gmail servers to retrieve all of the emails
Jane Doe sent in the past year. That way, they can match the time stamps
on the emails to her work schedule. This most likely violates: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The Stored Communications Act.
The holding(s) in Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. can
best be described as: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Both (Non-public Facebook wall
posts are covered by the Stored Communications Act.
