Torts Multiple Choice Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
In a tort case, a corporate defendant that harms its neighbors in the course of
business
A. Will never be held liable for damages if it has obeyed the law.
B. Should be punished proportionally to the danger of its actions.
C. Poses a difficult problem for tort law because corporations do not obviously
have consciences or mental states such as awareness of the difference between
right and wrong.
D. Reasonably might be viewed as having taken its neighbors' property or health
and therefore ought to compensate them even if its actions were for a socially
useful purpose. - --Answer --D. Reasonably might be viewed as having taken
its neighbors' property or health and therefore ought to compensate them even if
its actions were for a socially useful purpose.
The principal area of concern of Tort law is:
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,A. Preventing people or entities from acting in an anti-social manner.
B. Enforcing norms or obligations the defendant voluntarily assumed.
C.Requiring those who harm others (or their property) to compensate those they
harm.
D.Protecting an arena in which one is permitted to act largely without regard for
the views of others.
E.Setting out in advance detailed standards of behavior. - --Answer --
C.Requiring those who harm others (or their property) to compensate those they
harm.
As applied to tort, the aphorism "you break it, you pay for it" emphasizes:
A. Even if one is acting in an appropriate manner, if one uses resources (or other
people's health and safety), one ought to pay for what one uses.
B. In a capitalist, market-based, economy, prices are a critical way in which we
allocate resources. For prices to be accurate, producers must pay for all the
resources they use - even those that are not usually for sale, such as other people's
health or the ecosphere.
C. Tort liability is not punishment, even though it may feel that way to those who'd
prefer not to pay to clean up their messes, just like requiring a grade-schooler to
clean up after finger painting is not a punishment.
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,D. All of the above - --Answer --D. All of the above
As applied to tort, the aphorism "clean up your mess" emphasizes:
A. Even if you do so innocently or in the course of a productive activity, if you
hurt others or their property, you ought to take responsibility for your actions.
B. One who injures others while acting within his rights is not responsible for the
harm he causes.
C. In a modern society, people are assumed to accept the risk of side-effects of
beneficial activities by others, such as mining coal.
D. The law follows the utilitarian principle of "the greatest good for the greatest
number" even when that means that some individuals or their property must be
injured. - --Answer --A. Even if you do so innocently or in the course of a
productive activity, if you hurt others or their property, you ought to take
responsibility for your actions.
What is the source of the obligations enforced by tort law?
A. The parties' own consent.
B. Statutes enacted by the legislature or regulations enacted under its authority.
C. Natural law theories regarding the rights one acquires by mixing ones labor with
the products of nature.
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, D. Judicial views of social norms that judges believe they can discover. - --
Answer --D. Judicial views of social norms that judges believe they can
discover.
A "defendant" is:
A. The person being sued.
B. The person suing.
C. A person who has lost a lawsuit.
D. A person who has been injured.
E. A person who injures another. - --Answer --A. The person being sued.
In tort cases, if a judge determines that the defendant is liable, the judge is most
likely to:
A. Issue an injunction ordering the defendant to cease the improper behavior.
B. Punish the defendants with a fine intended to create incentives to not injure
others in the future.
C. Award damages based on the actual injury suffered by the plaintiff, without
regard to potential injuries suffered by others.
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Questions and Answers
In a tort case, a corporate defendant that harms its neighbors in the course of
business
A. Will never be held liable for damages if it has obeyed the law.
B. Should be punished proportionally to the danger of its actions.
C. Poses a difficult problem for tort law because corporations do not obviously
have consciences or mental states such as awareness of the difference between
right and wrong.
D. Reasonably might be viewed as having taken its neighbors' property or health
and therefore ought to compensate them even if its actions were for a socially
useful purpose. - --Answer --D. Reasonably might be viewed as having taken
its neighbors' property or health and therefore ought to compensate them even if
its actions were for a socially useful purpose.
The principal area of concern of Tort law is:
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,A. Preventing people or entities from acting in an anti-social manner.
B. Enforcing norms or obligations the defendant voluntarily assumed.
C.Requiring those who harm others (or their property) to compensate those they
harm.
D.Protecting an arena in which one is permitted to act largely without regard for
the views of others.
E.Setting out in advance detailed standards of behavior. - --Answer --
C.Requiring those who harm others (or their property) to compensate those they
harm.
As applied to tort, the aphorism "you break it, you pay for it" emphasizes:
A. Even if one is acting in an appropriate manner, if one uses resources (or other
people's health and safety), one ought to pay for what one uses.
B. In a capitalist, market-based, economy, prices are a critical way in which we
allocate resources. For prices to be accurate, producers must pay for all the
resources they use - even those that are not usually for sale, such as other people's
health or the ecosphere.
C. Tort liability is not punishment, even though it may feel that way to those who'd
prefer not to pay to clean up their messes, just like requiring a grade-schooler to
clean up after finger painting is not a punishment.
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,D. All of the above - --Answer --D. All of the above
As applied to tort, the aphorism "clean up your mess" emphasizes:
A. Even if you do so innocently or in the course of a productive activity, if you
hurt others or their property, you ought to take responsibility for your actions.
B. One who injures others while acting within his rights is not responsible for the
harm he causes.
C. In a modern society, people are assumed to accept the risk of side-effects of
beneficial activities by others, such as mining coal.
D. The law follows the utilitarian principle of "the greatest good for the greatest
number" even when that means that some individuals or their property must be
injured. - --Answer --A. Even if you do so innocently or in the course of a
productive activity, if you hurt others or their property, you ought to take
responsibility for your actions.
What is the source of the obligations enforced by tort law?
A. The parties' own consent.
B. Statutes enacted by the legislature or regulations enacted under its authority.
C. Natural law theories regarding the rights one acquires by mixing ones labor with
the products of nature.
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, D. Judicial views of social norms that judges believe they can discover. - --
Answer --D. Judicial views of social norms that judges believe they can
discover.
A "defendant" is:
A. The person being sued.
B. The person suing.
C. A person who has lost a lawsuit.
D. A person who has been injured.
E. A person who injures another. - --Answer --A. The person being sued.
In tort cases, if a judge determines that the defendant is liable, the judge is most
likely to:
A. Issue an injunction ordering the defendant to cease the improper behavior.
B. Punish the defendants with a fine intended to create incentives to not injure
others in the future.
C. Award damages based on the actual injury suffered by the plaintiff, without
regard to potential injuries suffered by others.
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