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BLW 201 TF SELF TEST CHAPTER 16 CLARKSON 11TH ED 091208



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A transfer of contract rights to a third party is an obligator.
 

 2. 

Privity of contract refers to the privacy that contracting parties should maintain with respect to their contract.
 

 3. 

The person to whom rights in a contract are assigned is the assignee.
 

 4. 

An assignee can compel the obligor to perform.
 

 5. 

An unconditional assignment of rights in a contract will extinguish the rights of the assignor.
 

 6. 

To be enforceable, any assignment must be in writing.
 

 7. 

An assignment of an insurance policy cannot be prohibited.
 

 8. 

An assignment of a negotiable instrument is generally prohibited.
 

 9. 

Notice is not legally required to establish the validity of an assignment.
 

 10. 

The assignment of the same contract right to two different parties results in their "splitting the difference."
 

 11. 

To be enforceable, a delegation of duties must be in writing.
 

 12. 

Alienation is a transfer of contract rights between citizens of different nations.
 

 13. 

A delegation relieves the party making it of the obligation to perform even if the party to whom the duty is delegated fails to perform.
 

 14. 

An intended beneficiary is entitled to enforce the promise of a promisor.
 

 15. 

A "donee" beneficiary is always an "incidental" beneficiary.
 

 16. 

A creditor beneficiary has the power to sue the promisee if the contract is breached.
 

 17. 

A life insurance contract is a third party beneficiary contract involving a donee beneficiary.
 

 18. 

The rights of a third party beneficiary under a contract are subject to any express reservation of rights in the contract to the original parties.
 

 19. 

An incidental beneficiary is not entitled to enforce the promise of a promisor.
 

 20. 

If a contract benefits a third party incidentally, the third party has the power to enforce the contract.
 



 
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