CEN800 MIDTERM EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
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 - ANSWERd.
Damages for physical loss and possibly damages for economic loss
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) - ANSWERd. (b) and (c)
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 - ANSWERA. Must compensate for any physical damages and
economic loss, it just depends
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 - ANSWERa. Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she
would have been had the tort not occurred
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
d. (a) and (c)
e. Punish the defendant - ANSWERc. Compensate the plaintiff
Slander:
, a. Is a form of tort
b. Includes fraud
c. Both of the above
d. Is the same as defamation - ANSWERd. Is the same as defamation
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 - ANSWERd. Defendant A and
Defendant B both committed a tort
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
d. Was inexperienced - ANSWERc. Did what a reasonable engineer would have done in
all the circumstances
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) - ANSWERd. (b) and (c)
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
e. (a), (b) and (c) above - ANSWERd. (a) and (b) above
What insurance would a design-builder purchase to protect itself from faulty designs:
a. Liability
b. Errors and omissions
c. Property
d. (a) and (c)
e. None of the above - ANSWERb. Errors and omissions
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 - ANSWERa. May be protected by a
disclaimer in the report
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
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 - ANSWERd.
Damages for physical loss and possibly damages for economic loss
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) - ANSWERd. (b) and (c)
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 - ANSWERA. Must compensate for any physical damages and
economic loss, it just depends
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 - ANSWERa. Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she
would have been had the tort not occurred
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
d. (a) and (c)
e. Punish the defendant - ANSWERc. Compensate the plaintiff
Slander:
, a. Is a form of tort
b. Includes fraud
c. Both of the above
d. Is the same as defamation - ANSWERd. Is the same as defamation
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 - ANSWERd. Defendant A and
Defendant B both committed a tort
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
d. Was inexperienced - ANSWERc. Did what a reasonable engineer would have done in
all the circumstances
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) - ANSWERd. (b) and (c)
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
e. (a), (b) and (c) above - ANSWERd. (a) and (b) above
What insurance would a design-builder purchase to protect itself from faulty designs:
a. Liability
b. Errors and omissions
c. Property
d. (a) and (c)
e. None of the above - ANSWERb. Errors and omissions
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 - ANSWERa. May be protected by a
disclaimer in the report
