Instructor Essay Example

Chapter 4

Torts and Cyber Torts

true/false questions

1. Tort law provides legal remedies for property damage.

ANSWER: T PAGE: 102 TYPE: +
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2. Punitive damages are intended to punish a wrongdoer and deter others.

answer: T PAGE: 103 TYPE: N
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3. A person may commit an intentional tort if he or she acts knowing with substantial certainty that certain consequences will result.

ANSWER: T PAGE: 104 TYPE: N
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4. To commit an intentional tort, a person must act with a harmful motive.

answer: F PAGE: 104 TYPE: +
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5. The apprehension that an assault will occur need not be reasonable.

answer: f PAGE: 105 TYPE: N
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6. A battery occurs only if the victim suffers actual physical harm.

ANSWER: F PAGE: 105 TYPE: =
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7. False imprisonment is a tort only if the confinement or restraint is justified.

ANSWER: F PAGE: 106 TYPE: =
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8. A store manager may delay a suspected shoplifter if the manager has probable cause to justify delaying the suspect.

ANSWER: T PAGE: 106 TYPE: =
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9. Slander involves the oral communication of defamatory language.

answer: t PAGE: 106 TYPE: N
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10. Defamation involves wrongfully hurting a person’s good reputation.

answer: t PAGE: 106 TYPE: +
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11. A written defamatory statement must be communicated to a third party to be actionable.

ANSWER: T PAGE: 107 TYPE: +
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12. An unauthorized scan of a bank account