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BUL3310 Chapter 6 Review Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
Question: True or False:
A libel judgment obtained by a public official against a newspaper
cannot stand unless the plaintiff has shown "actual malice."
Ans: True
Question: True or False:
Under the rule of vicarious liability, an employer is responsible for
the negligence of his employees if they were acting in the scope of
employment
Ans: True
Question: It was once believed that a manufacturer or supplier
owed a duty of care only to immediate purchasers, not to others
who might use the product or to whom the product might be resold.
This limitation was known as the rule of...
Ans: Privity
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Question: True or False:
The tort of false imprisonment is limited to those situations where
the victim is locked up, as in a prison or in a locked room.
Ans: False
Question: Intentional torts include all of the following except:
Ans: Negligent conduct
Question: MATCHING:
Theories or types of tort liability
Ans: intentional torts, negligence and strict liability
Question: MATCHING:
Defenses available in a negligence lawsuit
Ans: contributory negligence, comparative negligence and assumption of risk
Question: MATCHING:
A wrong for which the law will provide redress, most often in the
form of money damages but sometimes in the form of an injunction.
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Ans: Tort
Question: MATCHING:
Intentionally inducing another party to breach a contract.
Ans: interference with contractual relations
Question: MATCHING:
The tort of causing someone to be prosecuted for a criminal act,
knowing that there was no probable cause to believe that the
plaintiff had committed the crime.
Ans: Malicious prosecution
Question: MATCHING:
Libel and slander.
Ans: Defamation
Question: MATCHING:
Formula involving a fictitious person "of ordinary prudence."
Master01 | 2025/2026 | Latest update
BUL3310 Chapter 6 Review Questions and
Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
Question: True or False:
A libel judgment obtained by a public official against a newspaper
cannot stand unless the plaintiff has shown "actual malice."
Ans: True
Question: True or False:
Under the rule of vicarious liability, an employer is responsible for
the negligence of his employees if they were acting in the scope of
employment
Ans: True
Question: It was once believed that a manufacturer or supplier
owed a duty of care only to immediate purchasers, not to others
who might use the product or to whom the product might be resold.
This limitation was known as the rule of...
Ans: Privity
Master01 | 2025/2026 | Latest update
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Question: True or False:
The tort of false imprisonment is limited to those situations where
the victim is locked up, as in a prison or in a locked room.
Ans: False
Question: Intentional torts include all of the following except:
Ans: Negligent conduct
Question: MATCHING:
Theories or types of tort liability
Ans: intentional torts, negligence and strict liability
Question: MATCHING:
Defenses available in a negligence lawsuit
Ans: contributory negligence, comparative negligence and assumption of risk
Question: MATCHING:
A wrong for which the law will provide redress, most often in the
form of money damages but sometimes in the form of an injunction.
Master01 | 2025/2026 | Latest update
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Ans: Tort
Question: MATCHING:
Intentionally inducing another party to breach a contract.
Ans: interference with contractual relations
Question: MATCHING:
The tort of causing someone to be prosecuted for a criminal act,
knowing that there was no probable cause to believe that the
plaintiff had committed the crime.
Ans: Malicious prosecution
Question: MATCHING:
Libel and slander.
Ans: Defamation
Question: MATCHING:
Formula involving a fictitious person "of ordinary prudence."
Master01 | 2025/2026 | Latest update
