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Ethics and Law

Practice Exam Questions - Bank 9

1. A person who owes a legal duty must exercise the same care that a reasonably prudent man would observe under similar circumstances. Which term below describes this duty? (Hammer, 19)
a. due diligence
b. standard of reasonable prudence
c. great and prudent care
d. necessary prudence
2. The relationship between the plaintiff’s injuries and the defendant’s failure to exercise a legal duty, such as reasonable care, is called the: (Hammer, 19)
a. surface cause
b. root cause
c. proximate cause
d. negligent cause
3. If Bob playfully pushes bin a crowded space, so Ralph is hit by the bin, loses his balance, falls and is injured. Bob’s push is considered a _________ of Ralph's accident: (Hammer, 19)
a. surface cause
b. root cause
c. proximate cause
d. negligent cause
4. An obligation to rectify or recompense any injury or damage for which the liable person has been held responsible is called: (Hammer, 19)
a. liability
b. common liability
c. strict liability
d. general liability
5. A growing concept that a manufacturer of a product is liable for injuries due to defects without a necessity for plaintiff to show negligence or fault is called: (Hammer, 19)
a. liability
b. common liability
c. strict liability
d. general liability
6. A failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care or to carry out a legal duty so that injury or property damage occurs to another is called: (Hammer, 19)
a. reckless conduct
b. negligence
c. negligence perse
d. gross negligence
7. This form of negligence requires no proof of negligence, since it involves acts or the omission of acts of which no careful person would have been guilty: (Hammer, 19)
a. reckless conduct
b. negligence
c. negligence perse
d. gross negligence
8. Conduct involving failure to use even slight care, a complete lack of regard for the safety of others, or intentional failure to perform a required and apparent duty regardless of the severity of the consequences of his act is considered: (Hammer, 19)
a. reckless conduct
b. negligence
c. negligence perse
d. gross negligence
9. Outrageous and reckless disregard for other’s rights or well-being and of possible consequences is called: (Hammer, 19)
a. willful or reckless conduct
b. contributory negligence
c. negligence per se
d. gross negligence
10. Outrageous disregard that indicates not only a complete lack of care such as could be considered gross negligence, but an intention to exercise no care at all, is considered: (Hammer, 19)
a. willful or reckless conduct
b. contributory negligence
c. negligence perse
d. gross negligence

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