BLAW 205 - FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE REAL
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. CHAPTER 14 - AGENCY
Answer:
Question:
2. Duties of Agent to Principal
Answer:
Loyalty, care, obedience, accounting, notification.
Question:
3. Duties of Principal to Agent
Answer:
Compensation, reimbursement/indemnification, cooperation, safe working
conditions.
Question:
4. Respondeat Superior
Answer:
Employer is liable for employee torts committed within scope of employment.
Question:
5. Vicarious Liability
Answer:
Liability imposed on employer for acts of employee done to benefit employer.
Question:
6. Scope of Employment
Answer:
Whether the employee was acting to serve the employer; determines employer
liability.
Question:
7. Detour
Answer:
Minor deviation-employer is liable.
, Question:
8. Frolic
Answer:
Major deviation-employer is not liable.
Question:
9. Why Employee vs. Contractor Matters
Answer:
Determines liability, taxes, benefits, and employment law protections.
Question:
10. Employee
Answer:
Employer controls how work is done; employer liable for torts; covered by
employment laws.
Question:
11. Independent Contractor
Answer:
Controls methods; employer not liable for torts; not covered by employment
laws.
Question:
12. Express Authority
Answer:
Authority clearly stated by principal to agent.
Question:
13. Implied Authority
Answer:
Authority reasonably necessary to carry out express authority.
Question:
14. Termination of Agency
Answer:
BY PARTY: Lapse of time, purpose achieved, mutual agreement, revocation,
BY LAW: death, insanity, bankruptcy, impossibility, war
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. CHAPTER 14 - AGENCY
Answer:
Question:
2. Duties of Agent to Principal
Answer:
Loyalty, care, obedience, accounting, notification.
Question:
3. Duties of Principal to Agent
Answer:
Compensation, reimbursement/indemnification, cooperation, safe working
conditions.
Question:
4. Respondeat Superior
Answer:
Employer is liable for employee torts committed within scope of employment.
Question:
5. Vicarious Liability
Answer:
Liability imposed on employer for acts of employee done to benefit employer.
Question:
6. Scope of Employment
Answer:
Whether the employee was acting to serve the employer; determines employer
liability.
Question:
7. Detour
Answer:
Minor deviation-employer is liable.
, Question:
8. Frolic
Answer:
Major deviation-employer is not liable.
Question:
9. Why Employee vs. Contractor Matters
Answer:
Determines liability, taxes, benefits, and employment law protections.
Question:
10. Employee
Answer:
Employer controls how work is done; employer liable for torts; covered by
employment laws.
Question:
11. Independent Contractor
Answer:
Controls methods; employer not liable for torts; not covered by employment
laws.
Question:
12. Express Authority
Answer:
Authority clearly stated by principal to agent.
Question:
13. Implied Authority
Answer:
Authority reasonably necessary to carry out express authority.
Question:
14. Termination of Agency
Answer:
BY PARTY: Lapse of time, purpose achieved, mutual agreement, revocation,
BY LAW: death, insanity, bankruptcy, impossibility, war