Busn 430 Exam 2 NDSU UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Torts / Business torts - CORRECT ANSWER - a wrongful act or an infringement of a right
(other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability/hat provide the common law rules on
liability which arise out of business transactions such as interference with economic or business
relationships and are likely to involve pure economic loss.
Purpose of tort law - CORRECT ANSWER - the purpose of tort law is to provide remedies
for the invasion of various protected interests
Damages in Tort law - CORRECT ANSWER - actions is to make the injured party whole
through the substitutionary remedy of money to compensate for tangible and intangible losses
caused by the tort.
-Compensatory Damages - CORRECT ANSWER - Damages awarded to a person to
restore P to where he was before the accident
Damages that ACTUALLY flow from a tortious act - CORRECT ANSWER - Special
damages
include PAIN & SUFFERING and LOSS OF FUTURE EARNING CAPACITY. - CORRECT
ANSWER - General damages
Designed to punish and make an example of the defendant to deter similar future conduct -
CORRECT ANSWER - Punitive damages
Rationale behind tort reform - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.Limiting amount of punitive and
general damages
2. Capping amount of attorney contingency fees
, 3. Requiring losing party to pay both parties' expenses
Tortfeasor - CORRECT ANSWER - must intend to commit an act that the consequence
interfere with intents of another
-evil/harm motive not required
Intentional Torts against Persons - CORRECT ANSWER - wrongful actions that interfere
with individuals' legally recognized rights
1.threat, no motive is necessary, and plaintiff can be compensated for emotional harm,
unexcused, harmful, or offensive physical contact, physical injury not required - CORRECT
ANSWER - Assault and Battery
confinement or restraint of another person's activities without justification - CORRECT
ANSWER - False Imprisonment
Reasonable force - CORRECT ANSWER - is a term associated with defending one's
person or property from a violent attack, theft, or other type of unlawful aggression.
extreme and outrageous conduct resulting in severe emotional distress to another - CORRECT
ANSWER - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
anything published or publicly spoken that causes injury to another's good name, reputation, or
character - CORRECT ANSWER - Defamation
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER - defamation in writing or another permanent form (digital
recording)
Slander - CORRECT ANSWER - defamation in oral form
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Torts / Business torts - CORRECT ANSWER - a wrongful act or an infringement of a right
(other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability/hat provide the common law rules on
liability which arise out of business transactions such as interference with economic or business
relationships and are likely to involve pure economic loss.
Purpose of tort law - CORRECT ANSWER - the purpose of tort law is to provide remedies
for the invasion of various protected interests
Damages in Tort law - CORRECT ANSWER - actions is to make the injured party whole
through the substitutionary remedy of money to compensate for tangible and intangible losses
caused by the tort.
-Compensatory Damages - CORRECT ANSWER - Damages awarded to a person to
restore P to where he was before the accident
Damages that ACTUALLY flow from a tortious act - CORRECT ANSWER - Special
damages
include PAIN & SUFFERING and LOSS OF FUTURE EARNING CAPACITY. - CORRECT
ANSWER - General damages
Designed to punish and make an example of the defendant to deter similar future conduct -
CORRECT ANSWER - Punitive damages
Rationale behind tort reform - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.Limiting amount of punitive and
general damages
2. Capping amount of attorney contingency fees
, 3. Requiring losing party to pay both parties' expenses
Tortfeasor - CORRECT ANSWER - must intend to commit an act that the consequence
interfere with intents of another
-evil/harm motive not required
Intentional Torts against Persons - CORRECT ANSWER - wrongful actions that interfere
with individuals' legally recognized rights
1.threat, no motive is necessary, and plaintiff can be compensated for emotional harm,
unexcused, harmful, or offensive physical contact, physical injury not required - CORRECT
ANSWER - Assault and Battery
confinement or restraint of another person's activities without justification - CORRECT
ANSWER - False Imprisonment
Reasonable force - CORRECT ANSWER - is a term associated with defending one's
person or property from a violent attack, theft, or other type of unlawful aggression.
extreme and outrageous conduct resulting in severe emotional distress to another - CORRECT
ANSWER - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
anything published or publicly spoken that causes injury to another's good name, reputation, or
character - CORRECT ANSWER - Defamation
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER - defamation in writing or another permanent form (digital
recording)
Slander - CORRECT ANSWER - defamation in oral form
