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CEN 800 LAW MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS PRACTICE EXAM RECENT
UPLOAD (GRADE A+ SCORED)
1. If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim, the plaintiff will recover:
a. Damages for unforeseeable losses
b. Damages for physical loss but never damages for economic loss
c. Damages that are remote
d. Damages for physical loss and possibly damages for economic loss - ANS ✔✔ - Damages for physical
loss and possibly damages for economic loss
2. If a plaintiff is successful in a negligence claim, the plaintiff:
a. Will recover punitive damages
b. Will recover compensation for any physical damages
c. May recover compensation for economic loss, it just depends d. (b) and (c) - ANS ✔✔ - (b) and (c)
3. If a plaintiff is successful in a negligence claim the defendant:
a. Must compensate for any physical damages and economic loss, it just depends
b. Must pay punitive damages
c. (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
e. Will always go to jail - ANS ✔✔ - Must compensate for any physical damages and economic loss, it just
depends
4. If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim, the damages are intended to:
a. Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she would have been had the tort not occurred
b. Put the plaintiff and the defendant in the position in which they would have been had the tort not
occurred
c. Compensate the defendant
d. Punish the defendant - ANS ✔✔ - Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she would have been
had the tort not occurred
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5. If a plaintiff is awarded damages for tort, the damages are intended as to:
a. Be paid to the judge
b. Be a tax payable to the city c. Compensate the plaintiff
c. (a) and (c)
d. Punish the defendant - ANS ✔✔ - Compensate the plaintiff
6. Slander:
a. Is a form of tort
b. Includes fraud
c. Both of the above d. Is the same as defamation - ANS ✔✔ - Is the same as defamation
7. If Defendant A and Defendant B are concurrent tortfeasors:
a. Defendant A and Defendant B are equally liable
b. Defendant A and Defendant B are vicariously liable
c. (a) and (b) d. Defendant A and Defendant B both committed a tort - ANS ✔✔ - Defendant A and
Defendant B both committed a tort
8. The consequences of infringing a patent are:
a. Court may order an injunction to stop the infringement
b. Damages may be ordered
c. The infringement is an offence under the criminal code d. (a) and (b) above
d. (a), (b) and (c) above - ANS ✔✔ - (a) and (b) above
9. An employee engineer would not be liable for negligence if he or she:
a. Was not licensed by the PEO
b. Tried his or her best c. Did what a reasonable engineer would have done in all the circumstances
c. Was inexperienced - ANS ✔✔ - Did what a reasonable engineer would have done in all the
circumstances
10. The purpose of tort law is:
a. To punish careless people
b. To make careless people liable to provide compensation to their victims
c. To encourage people to be careful d. (b) and (c) - ANS ✔✔ - (b) and (c)
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11. What insurance would a design-builder purchase to protect itself from faulty designs:
a. Liability b. Errors and omissions
b. Property
c. (a) and (c)
d. None of the above - ANS ✔✔ - Errors and omissions
12. An engineer who prepares and delivers to a client a report which contains a negligent misstatement:
a. May be protected by a disclaimer in the report
b. Is never liable to a third-party purchaser of the report
c. Both of the above
d. Will always be liable to the reader of the report - ANS ✔✔ - May be protected by a disclaimer in the
report
13. If an engineer provides free advice to someone:
a. The engineer will be responsible for the adequacy of the advice
b. The engineer will not be responsible for the adequacy of the advice
c. The engineer has committed professional misconduct
d. The engineer may be liable for the adequacy of the advice under contract law - ANS ✔✔ - The engineer
will be responsible for the adequacy of the advice
14. Does the Province of Ontario have the right to enact a law that puts conditions on a person's ability to seek
a patent?
a. Yes b. No - ANS ✔✔ - No
15. If a contractor posts a performance bonds as security for performance of its obligations under a contract:
a. The surety will make sure the obligation is fulfilled if the contractor fails to perform
b. If the surety has to pay any money under the bond, it will be able to sue the contractor
c. The issuance of the bond will have impact on the contractor's banking arrangements
d. (a), (b) and (c) above e. (a) and (b) above - ANS ✔✔ - (a) and (b) above
16. Which of the following business organizations require the most on-going administrative obligations:
a. Joint venture
b. Partnership c. Corporation
c. Limited partnership
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d. Sole partnership - ANS ✔✔ - Corporation
17. If you and one friend wanted to set up a business, which forms of business would be available to you:
a. General partnership
b. Limited partnership
c. Corporation
d. Sole proprietorship e. (a), (b) and (c) - ANS ✔✔ - (a), (b) and (c)
18. Parliamentary supremacy was completely eliminated by the Constitution Act and the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms:
a. True b. False - ANS ✔✔ - se
19. A contractor that arranges for the posting of a letter of credit will never be liable to its bank if the bank has
to pay out any money under the letter of credit:
a. True b. False - ANS ✔✔ - False
20. Which of the following project structures allows for the most co-operation between the owner and the
designer with the least amount of coordination by the owner:
a. Design-build
b. Multi-designers
c. Traditional
d. All the above
e. (b) and (c) above - ANS ✔✔ - Design-build
21. Which form of security is the easiest to recover monies under:
a. Letter of credit
b. Performance bond
c. Guarantee
d. None of the above
e. a and b above - ANS ✔✔ - Letter of credit
22. An insured party under property insurance policy will not be covered for the following exposures:
a. Errors is design
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CEN 800 LAW MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS PRACTICE EXAM RECENT
UPLOAD (GRADE A+ SCORED)
1. If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim, the plaintiff will recover:
a. Damages for unforeseeable losses
b. Damages for physical loss but never damages for economic loss
c. Damages that are remote
d. Damages for physical loss and possibly damages for economic loss - ANS ✔✔ - Damages for physical
loss and possibly damages for economic loss
2. If a plaintiff is successful in a negligence claim, the plaintiff:
a. Will recover punitive damages
b. Will recover compensation for any physical damages
c. May recover compensation for economic loss, it just depends d. (b) and (c) - ANS ✔✔ - (b) and (c)
3. If a plaintiff is successful in a negligence claim the defendant:
a. Must compensate for any physical damages and economic loss, it just depends
b. Must pay punitive damages
c. (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
e. Will always go to jail - ANS ✔✔ - Must compensate for any physical damages and economic loss, it just
depends
4. If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim, the damages are intended to:
a. Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she would have been had the tort not occurred
b. Put the plaintiff and the defendant in the position in which they would have been had the tort not
occurred
c. Compensate the defendant
d. Punish the defendant - ANS ✔✔ - Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she would have been
had the tort not occurred
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5. If a plaintiff is awarded damages for tort, the damages are intended as to:
a. Be paid to the judge
b. Be a tax payable to the city c. Compensate the plaintiff
c. (a) and (c)
d. Punish the defendant - ANS ✔✔ - Compensate the plaintiff
6. Slander:
a. Is a form of tort
b. Includes fraud
c. Both of the above d. Is the same as defamation - ANS ✔✔ - Is the same as defamation
7. If Defendant A and Defendant B are concurrent tortfeasors:
a. Defendant A and Defendant B are equally liable
b. Defendant A and Defendant B are vicariously liable
c. (a) and (b) d. Defendant A and Defendant B both committed a tort - ANS ✔✔ - Defendant A and
Defendant B both committed a tort
8. The consequences of infringing a patent are:
a. Court may order an injunction to stop the infringement
b. Damages may be ordered
c. The infringement is an offence under the criminal code d. (a) and (b) above
d. (a), (b) and (c) above - ANS ✔✔ - (a) and (b) above
9. An employee engineer would not be liable for negligence if he or she:
a. Was not licensed by the PEO
b. Tried his or her best c. Did what a reasonable engineer would have done in all the circumstances
c. Was inexperienced - ANS ✔✔ - Did what a reasonable engineer would have done in all the
circumstances
10. The purpose of tort law is:
a. To punish careless people
b. To make careless people liable to provide compensation to their victims
c. To encourage people to be careful d. (b) and (c) - ANS ✔✔ - (b) and (c)
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11. What insurance would a design-builder purchase to protect itself from faulty designs:
a. Liability b. Errors and omissions
b. Property
c. (a) and (c)
d. None of the above - ANS ✔✔ - Errors and omissions
12. An engineer who prepares and delivers to a client a report which contains a negligent misstatement:
a. May be protected by a disclaimer in the report
b. Is never liable to a third-party purchaser of the report
c. Both of the above
d. Will always be liable to the reader of the report - ANS ✔✔ - May be protected by a disclaimer in the
report
13. If an engineer provides free advice to someone:
a. The engineer will be responsible for the adequacy of the advice
b. The engineer will not be responsible for the adequacy of the advice
c. The engineer has committed professional misconduct
d. The engineer may be liable for the adequacy of the advice under contract law - ANS ✔✔ - The engineer
will be responsible for the adequacy of the advice
14. Does the Province of Ontario have the right to enact a law that puts conditions on a person's ability to seek
a patent?
a. Yes b. No - ANS ✔✔ - No
15. If a contractor posts a performance bonds as security for performance of its obligations under a contract:
a. The surety will make sure the obligation is fulfilled if the contractor fails to perform
b. If the surety has to pay any money under the bond, it will be able to sue the contractor
c. The issuance of the bond will have impact on the contractor's banking arrangements
d. (a), (b) and (c) above e. (a) and (b) above - ANS ✔✔ - (a) and (b) above
16. Which of the following business organizations require the most on-going administrative obligations:
a. Joint venture
b. Partnership c. Corporation
c. Limited partnership
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d. Sole partnership - ANS ✔✔ - Corporation
17. If you and one friend wanted to set up a business, which forms of business would be available to you:
a. General partnership
b. Limited partnership
c. Corporation
d. Sole proprietorship e. (a), (b) and (c) - ANS ✔✔ - (a), (b) and (c)
18. Parliamentary supremacy was completely eliminated by the Constitution Act and the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms:
a. True b. False - ANS ✔✔ - se
19. A contractor that arranges for the posting of a letter of credit will never be liable to its bank if the bank has
to pay out any money under the letter of credit:
a. True b. False - ANS ✔✔ - False
20. Which of the following project structures allows for the most co-operation between the owner and the
designer with the least amount of coordination by the owner:
a. Design-build
b. Multi-designers
c. Traditional
d. All the above
e. (b) and (c) above - ANS ✔✔ - Design-build
21. Which form of security is the easiest to recover monies under:
a. Letter of credit
b. Performance bond
c. Guarantee
d. None of the above
e. a and b above - ANS ✔✔ - Letter of credit
22. An insured party under property insurance policy will not be covered for the following exposures:
a. Errors is design
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