WGU C233
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What is judicial✔✔The power of the Supreme Court to consider
review? whether a law
comports with the Constitution
Which of the following is NOT a purpose or function of law?
*Settle private and public disputes
*Determine procedures for changing the
law *Prevent desirable, or promote
undesirable behavior
*Facilitate for private arrangements between✔✔Prevent desirable, or
individuals promote
undesirable behavior
What is a✔✔A controlling rule, example,
precedent? or guide
The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an earlier ✔✔Stare
court is knows as: decisis
What is a judicial✔✔The power of the Supreme Court to consider
view? whether a law
comports with the Constitution.
Which of the following laws has the least amount of power under the
Supremacy Claus? ✔✔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 behalf
and with the power to bind the✔✔Contra
principal. ct
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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 is ✔✔Vicario
best known as: us
Liability
Employee conduct which is reasonably relative to a job description and
foreseeable by the
employer as part of the job description is✔✔Scope of
referred to as: Employment
In the scope of employment context, which of the following is an example of
frolic and detour?
✔✔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
Of the following classifications of worker, which causes smallest obligation to
the employer? ✔✔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 an independent contractor?
*The economic realities test
*The IRS 20-factor analysis
*The common law agency test
*The working✔✔The working
description test description test
What is the main purpose of the economic ✔✔Determine whether the
realities test? worker
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has little freedom to exit the relationship because they are economically
dependent on the business
The IRS has adopted the 20-factor analysis as a guide to employers in
determining if workers are indeed independent contractors. Which of the
following is NOT a factor?
*Integration: How closely the employer's business processes linked to a
worker's performance?
*Relationship: How many hours per year do the employee and employer
spend time together outside of work?
*Training: How much training does the employer give?
*Instructions: Who controls what, when and how work is ✔✔Relationship:
to be done? How
many hours per year do the employee and employer spend time together
outside of work?
TRUE or FALSE: Generally, partners, directors and major shareholders are not
employees.
✔✔TRUE
What is the definition of an✔✔An entity that employs another to work on
employer? his or her
behalf for pay.
Operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined that they
can considered a single employer for purposes of both federal statutory
coverage and liability. This is knows as: ✔✔Integrated Enterprise
When two or more entities, which are not engaged in an integrated exercise,
exert control over an employee such that each entity may be considered an
employer, this is known as the
_______ ✔✔Joint
doctrine. Employer
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A business is a _____ employment agency if it regularly procures employees
for at least one
covered ✔✔Cover
employer. ed
Which of the following is NOT a qualification to fall under federal employment
law statutes?
*An entity is not engaged in an industry-affecting commerce
*An entity maintains a hiring hall which procures employees for at least one
covered employer
*An entity membership exceeds certain number
*An entity represents the employees of an of✔✔An entity is not
an employer engaged in an
industry-affecting commerce
Under the Employment-At-Will Doctrine, _____. ✔✔An employer may
terminate an employee at any time, for any legal reason without incurring
liability.
The At-Will Doctrine has come under much criticism in the modern age
because _____. ✔✔It allows for possible harsh consequences for the
employee.
Which of the following is NOT recognized exception to at-will doctrine under
the common law?
*Implied covenant of good faith
*Public Policy
*Economic sustainability
*Implied contract ✔✔*Economic sustainability
WGU C233 Employment Law Quizzes and Answers Already Passed
WGU C233 Employment Law Quizzes and Answers
Already Passed
What is judicial✔✔The power of the Supreme Court to consider
review? whether a law
comports with the Constitution
Which of the following is NOT a purpose or function of law?
*Settle private and public disputes
*Determine procedures for changing the
law *Prevent desirable, or promote
undesirable behavior
*Facilitate for private arrangements between✔✔Prevent desirable, or
individuals promote
undesirable behavior
What is a✔✔A controlling rule, example,
precedent? or guide
The doctrine of a court following the precedent of an earlier ✔✔Stare
court is knows as: decisis
What is a judicial✔✔The power of the Supreme Court to consider
view? whether a law
comports with the Constitution.
Which of the following laws has the least amount of power under the
Supremacy Claus? ✔✔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 behalf
and with the power to bind the✔✔Contra
principal. ct
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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 is ✔✔Vicario
best known as: us
Liability
Employee conduct which is reasonably relative to a job description and
foreseeable by the
employer as part of the job description is✔✔Scope of
referred to as: Employment
In the scope of employment context, which of the following is an example of
frolic and detour?
✔✔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
Of the following classifications of worker, which causes smallest obligation to
the employer? ✔✔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 an independent contractor?
*The economic realities test
*The IRS 20-factor analysis
*The common law agency test
*The working✔✔The working
description test description test
What is the main purpose of the economic ✔✔Determine whether the
realities test? worker
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has little freedom to exit the relationship because they are economically
dependent on the business
The IRS has adopted the 20-factor analysis as a guide to employers in
determining if workers are indeed independent contractors. Which of the
following is NOT a factor?
*Integration: How closely the employer's business processes linked to a
worker's performance?
*Relationship: How many hours per year do the employee and employer
spend time together outside of work?
*Training: How much training does the employer give?
*Instructions: Who controls what, when and how work is ✔✔Relationship:
to be done? How
many hours per year do the employee and employer spend time together
outside of work?
TRUE or FALSE: Generally, partners, directors and major shareholders are not
employees.
✔✔TRUE
What is the definition of an✔✔An entity that employs another to work on
employer? his or her
behalf for pay.
Operations of two or more employers are considered so intertwined that they
can considered a single employer for purposes of both federal statutory
coverage and liability. This is knows as: ✔✔Integrated Enterprise
When two or more entities, which are not engaged in an integrated exercise,
exert control over an employee such that each entity may be considered an
employer, this is known as the
_______ ✔✔Joint
doctrine. Employer
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A business is a _____ employment agency if it regularly procures employees
for at least one
covered ✔✔Cover
employer. ed
Which of the following is NOT a qualification to fall under federal employment
law statutes?
*An entity is not engaged in an industry-affecting commerce
*An entity maintains a hiring hall which procures employees for at least one
covered employer
*An entity membership exceeds certain number
*An entity represents the employees of an of✔✔An entity is not
an employer engaged in an
industry-affecting commerce
Under the Employment-At-Will Doctrine, _____. ✔✔An employer may
terminate an employee at any time, for any legal reason without incurring
liability.
The At-Will Doctrine has come under much criticism in the modern age
because _____. ✔✔It allows for possible harsh consequences for the
employee.
Which of the following is NOT recognized exception to at-will doctrine under
the common law?
*Implied covenant of good faith
*Public Policy
*Economic sustainability
*Implied contract ✔✔*Economic sustainability
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