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WGU C713 Business Law Pre Assessment Actual
Exam All 70 Questions with 100% Correct Answers/
C713 Pre Assessment Test 2025 Prep
What is the principal source of stare decisis and
precedent?
D) Common Law - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Common Law
A rent-to-own store offered for sale a sofa that was
manufactured in a foreign county. The store intentionally
represented that the sofa was made from leather, but in
reality it was made from vinyl. A consumer used a credit
card to purchase the sofa and hopes the Federal Trade
Commission regulations can help resolve the dispute.
How would these regulations help this consumer?
A) They prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices. -
...ANSWER...✓✓ They prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or
practices.
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From which source do laws governing crime primarily
arise?
C) Constitutional Law - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Constitutional
Law
Which type of law governs a claim for age discrimination
in private employment?
B) Common Law - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Common Law
During a state trial the following testimony is recorded:
An individual holds an online auction claiming to be
selling the rights to a valuable apartment building. A
small business owner wins the auction and pays the
individual $1 million, only to learn that the individual did
not disclose that the apartment building has serious
structural defects, in a panic, the small business owner
burns down the building and asks the insurance company
to pay for the loss.
Which trial action brought by the state against the small
business owner is supported by this scenario?
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D) Criminal trial for fraud - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Criminal trial
for fraud
During a state trial, the following testimony is recorded:
An individual holds an online auction claiming to be
selling the rights to a large bridge in New York. The
individual does not own the bridge or have any claim to it.
A small business is looking to establish a paving contract
with the City of New York and bids $1 million in the
auction for the bridge, hoping to leverage the bridge into a
contract with the city. The small business wins the
auction and pays the individual $1 million, only to learn
that the individual does not have a legal claim on the
bridge.
Which trial action brought by the state is supported by
this scenario?
D) Criminal trial for fraud - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Criminal trial
for fraud
During a state trial, the following testimony is recorded:
An individual working for Firm A learns of a contract
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between Firms B and C. The individual goes to Firm C and
convinces it to break its contract with Firm B and enter
into a new contract with Firm A. The individual lies to
Firm A about personal involvement in the conflict, saying
Firm C decided to break the contract with Firm B on its
own. The individual repeats the same lie to Firm B.
Which state trial action brought by Firm B is supported by
this scenario?
C) Civil trial for tortious interference with a contract -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Civil trial for tortious interference with a
contract
An employee leaves the company office and is injured by
a falling tree branch. The employee sues the company.
The trial court rules that the company is liable for the
worker's injury. This decision goes against past
precedent, which held that employers are not liable for
injuries to employees outside the office. The company
appeals the decision, and a U.S. court of appeals holds in
the company's favor.
How will future rulings by judges who disagree with a
court of appeal's findings be affected by this precedent?
WGU C713 Business Law Pre Assessment Actual
Exam All 70 Questions with 100% Correct Answers/
C713 Pre Assessment Test 2025 Prep
What is the principal source of stare decisis and
precedent?
D) Common Law - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Common Law
A rent-to-own store offered for sale a sofa that was
manufactured in a foreign county. The store intentionally
represented that the sofa was made from leather, but in
reality it was made from vinyl. A consumer used a credit
card to purchase the sofa and hopes the Federal Trade
Commission regulations can help resolve the dispute.
How would these regulations help this consumer?
A) They prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices. -
...ANSWER...✓✓ They prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or
practices.
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From which source do laws governing crime primarily
arise?
C) Constitutional Law - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Constitutional
Law
Which type of law governs a claim for age discrimination
in private employment?
B) Common Law - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Common Law
During a state trial the following testimony is recorded:
An individual holds an online auction claiming to be
selling the rights to a valuable apartment building. A
small business owner wins the auction and pays the
individual $1 million, only to learn that the individual did
not disclose that the apartment building has serious
structural defects, in a panic, the small business owner
burns down the building and asks the insurance company
to pay for the loss.
Which trial action brought by the state against the small
business owner is supported by this scenario?
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D) Criminal trial for fraud - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Criminal trial
for fraud
During a state trial, the following testimony is recorded:
An individual holds an online auction claiming to be
selling the rights to a large bridge in New York. The
individual does not own the bridge or have any claim to it.
A small business is looking to establish a paving contract
with the City of New York and bids $1 million in the
auction for the bridge, hoping to leverage the bridge into a
contract with the city. The small business wins the
auction and pays the individual $1 million, only to learn
that the individual does not have a legal claim on the
bridge.
Which trial action brought by the state is supported by
this scenario?
D) Criminal trial for fraud - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Criminal trial
for fraud
During a state trial, the following testimony is recorded:
An individual working for Firm A learns of a contract
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between Firms B and C. The individual goes to Firm C and
convinces it to break its contract with Firm B and enter
into a new contract with Firm A. The individual lies to
Firm A about personal involvement in the conflict, saying
Firm C decided to break the contract with Firm B on its
own. The individual repeats the same lie to Firm B.
Which state trial action brought by Firm B is supported by
this scenario?
C) Civil trial for tortious interference with a contract -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Civil trial for tortious interference with a
contract
An employee leaves the company office and is injured by
a falling tree branch. The employee sues the company.
The trial court rules that the company is liable for the
worker's injury. This decision goes against past
precedent, which held that employers are not liable for
injuries to employees outside the office. The company
appeals the decision, and a U.S. court of appeals holds in
the company's favor.
How will future rulings by judges who disagree with a
court of appeal's findings be affected by this precedent?
