Chapter 3 Legal Social and Ethical Aspects
of Business ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
tort - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅when a person causing harms and injury to another it
provides grounds to claim a breach of legal duty.
True or False Tort law include civil wrongs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false this type of
law only includes harm or injury
CW - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Wrongs and Compensation the foundation of Tort Law
Medicine is to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Remedies is to Tort law
What type of damages are available in tort law? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅compensatory
damages and punitive damages
True or false it is rare to provide punitive damages in negligence lawsuits - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true it happens but its rare it is more common in gross negligence
True or False there's a cap in the amount of damages a plaintiff can obtain - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True this is decided on a legislative level
failure to act reasonably... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Unintentional Tort
fault plus intent - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Intentional tort
Consent is to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Defense in a tort case
, comparative negligence - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A theory in tort law under which the
liability for injuries resulting from negligent acts is shared by all parties who were negligent
(including the injured party), on the basis of each person's proportionate negligence.
transferred intent - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅when a defendant intends to harm one
individual, but unintentionally harms a second person
assault - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a word or action that is implied to make another person
feel fearful of immediate physical harm
imminent harm - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A hazard that puts you at risk for immediate
death or harm
battery - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅unlawful touching of another person without consent
False Imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅restraining an individual or restricting an
individual's freedom
outrageous - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Libel and Slander - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅forms of defamation
Libel - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅written defamation
Slander - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅spoken defamation
statement of fact requirement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Making a negative statement
about another person is not defamation unless the statement is false and represents something
as a fact rather than a personal opinion
True or False statements of opinion are protected in the first Amendment - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True unless the statement is false and represent something as a fact
of Business ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
tort - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅when a person causing harms and injury to another it
provides grounds to claim a breach of legal duty.
True or False Tort law include civil wrongs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false this type of
law only includes harm or injury
CW - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Wrongs and Compensation the foundation of Tort Law
Medicine is to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Remedies is to Tort law
What type of damages are available in tort law? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅compensatory
damages and punitive damages
True or false it is rare to provide punitive damages in negligence lawsuits - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true it happens but its rare it is more common in gross negligence
True or False there's a cap in the amount of damages a plaintiff can obtain - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True this is decided on a legislative level
failure to act reasonably... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Unintentional Tort
fault plus intent - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Intentional tort
Consent is to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Defense in a tort case
, comparative negligence - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A theory in tort law under which the
liability for injuries resulting from negligent acts is shared by all parties who were negligent
(including the injured party), on the basis of each person's proportionate negligence.
transferred intent - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅when a defendant intends to harm one
individual, but unintentionally harms a second person
assault - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a word or action that is implied to make another person
feel fearful of immediate physical harm
imminent harm - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A hazard that puts you at risk for immediate
death or harm
battery - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅unlawful touching of another person without consent
False Imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅restraining an individual or restricting an
individual's freedom
outrageous - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Libel and Slander - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅forms of defamation
Libel - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅written defamation
Slander - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅spoken defamation
statement of fact requirement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Making a negative statement
about another person is not defamation unless the statement is false and represents something
as a fact rather than a personal opinion
True or False statements of opinion are protected in the first Amendment - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True unless the statement is false and represent something as a fact
