California Bar Examination Preparation
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1. What is consideration in contract law?
A. Moral obligation
B. A bargained-for exchange
C. Past performance
D. Gratuitous promise
Answer: B
Rationale: Consideration requires a mutual exchange of value.
2. Which contracts must be in writing under the Statute of Frauds?
A. All oral agreements
B. Contracts for sale of land
C. Employment contracts under 1 year
D. Service contracts
Answer: B
Rationale: Contracts involving real property must be in writing.
3. What is an offer?
A. A preliminary negotiation
B. Manifestation of intent to contract
C. Acceptance of terms
D. Contract performance
Answer: B
Rationale: An offer shows intent to be bound upon acceptance.
4. What terminates an offer automatically?
A. Acceptance
B. Revocation
C. Rejection
,D. Death of offeror
Answer: D
Rationale: Death or incapacity terminates an offer.
5. What is acceptance?
A. A counteroffer
B. Agreement to terms of an offer
C. Withdrawal of offer
D. Negotiation phase
Answer: B
Rationale: Acceptance is assent to the offer’s terms.
6. What is a unilateral contract?
A. Promise for promise
B. Promise for performance
C. Written contract only
D. Illegal contract
Answer: B
Rationale: Acceptance is through performance.
7. What is a bilateral contract?
A. Promise for promise
B. Performance only
C. Gift agreement
D. Void contract
Answer: A
Rationale: Both parties exchange promises.
8. What is promissory estoppel?
A. Criminal liability
B. Enforcement of a promise without consideration
C. Tort doctrine
D. Statutory penalty
Answer: B
Rationale: Reliance can substitute for consideration.
9. What makes a contract void?
A. Minor breach
, B. Illegal subject matter
C. Late performance
D. Mistake only
Answer: B
Rationale: Illegal contracts are void ab initio.
10. What is a voidable contract?
A. Always enforceable
B. Enforceable at one party’s option
C. Illegal contract
D. Oral contract
Answer: B
Rationale: One party may rescind it.
11. What is duress?
A. Voluntary agreement
B. Improper threat inducing consent
C. Negligence
D. Fraudulent silence only
Answer: B
Rationale: Duress invalidates genuine consent.
12. What is fraud?
A. Honest mistake
B. Intentional misrepresentation
C. Silence always
D. Breach of contract
Answer: B
Rationale: Fraud involves intentional deception.
13. What is negligence?
A. Intentional harm
B. Failure to exercise reasonable care
C. Strict liability only
D. Contract breach
Newest Version with Complete
Questions and Correct Detailed
Answers| Brand New Version!
1. What is consideration in contract law?
A. Moral obligation
B. A bargained-for exchange
C. Past performance
D. Gratuitous promise
Answer: B
Rationale: Consideration requires a mutual exchange of value.
2. Which contracts must be in writing under the Statute of Frauds?
A. All oral agreements
B. Contracts for sale of land
C. Employment contracts under 1 year
D. Service contracts
Answer: B
Rationale: Contracts involving real property must be in writing.
3. What is an offer?
A. A preliminary negotiation
B. Manifestation of intent to contract
C. Acceptance of terms
D. Contract performance
Answer: B
Rationale: An offer shows intent to be bound upon acceptance.
4. What terminates an offer automatically?
A. Acceptance
B. Revocation
C. Rejection
,D. Death of offeror
Answer: D
Rationale: Death or incapacity terminates an offer.
5. What is acceptance?
A. A counteroffer
B. Agreement to terms of an offer
C. Withdrawal of offer
D. Negotiation phase
Answer: B
Rationale: Acceptance is assent to the offer’s terms.
6. What is a unilateral contract?
A. Promise for promise
B. Promise for performance
C. Written contract only
D. Illegal contract
Answer: B
Rationale: Acceptance is through performance.
7. What is a bilateral contract?
A. Promise for promise
B. Performance only
C. Gift agreement
D. Void contract
Answer: A
Rationale: Both parties exchange promises.
8. What is promissory estoppel?
A. Criminal liability
B. Enforcement of a promise without consideration
C. Tort doctrine
D. Statutory penalty
Answer: B
Rationale: Reliance can substitute for consideration.
9. What makes a contract void?
A. Minor breach
, B. Illegal subject matter
C. Late performance
D. Mistake only
Answer: B
Rationale: Illegal contracts are void ab initio.
10. What is a voidable contract?
A. Always enforceable
B. Enforceable at one party’s option
C. Illegal contract
D. Oral contract
Answer: B
Rationale: One party may rescind it.
11. What is duress?
A. Voluntary agreement
B. Improper threat inducing consent
C. Negligence
D. Fraudulent silence only
Answer: B
Rationale: Duress invalidates genuine consent.
12. What is fraud?
A. Honest mistake
B. Intentional misrepresentation
C. Silence always
D. Breach of contract
Answer: B
Rationale: Fraud involves intentional deception.
13. What is negligence?
A. Intentional harm
B. Failure to exercise reasonable care
C. Strict liability only
D. Contract breach
