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BLW 201 TF SELF TEST CHAPTER 17 CLARKSON 11TH ED 091208



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

 1. 

The most common way to discharge a contract is by breach.
 

 2. 

If a contract condition is not satisfied, the obligations of the contracting parties are discharged.
 

 3. 

A promise to perform under a contract may be absolute.
 

 4. 

A condition precedent must be met before a party's performance can be required.
 

 5. 

Conditions subsequent are more common than conditions precedent.
 

 6. 

A buyer's duty to pay becomes absolute once a contract is formed.
 

 7. 

A party normally satisfies its duties under a contract by novation.
 

 8. 

Complete performance occurs when conditions in a contract are fully satisfied.
 

 9. 

Performance that provides a party with most of the benefits of a contract, in spite of a deviation from the terms, is substantial performance.
 

 10. 

An intentional variation from a contract prevents substantial performance.
 

 11. 

If a contract requires performance to the personal satisfaction of a party, the party to be satisfied must act honestly and in good faith.
 

 12. 

Anything less than complete performance is a material breach of contract.
 

 13. 

Any breach discharges the nonbreaching party from the contract.
 

 14. 

Any breach allows the nonbreaching party to cancel the contract.
 

 15. 

A party's refusal to perform an executory contract is a rescission.
 

 16. 

To rescind a contract, the parties must make a second agreement that includes consideration.
 

 17. 

A novation revokes and discharges a prior contract.
 

 18. 

The formation of a substituted agreement that does not involve a third party is a novation.
 

 19. 

Performance of an accord discharges an original contractual obligation.
 

 20. 

After a contract is made, a supervening event may make performance impossible and discharge the contract.
 



 
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