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BLW 203 CHAPTER 12 6TH ED T/F SELF TEST



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

 1. 

To commit an intentional tort, a person must intend the consequences of his or her act or know with substantial certainty that certain consequences will result.
 

 2. 

To commit an intentional tort, a person must act with a harmful motive.
 

 3. 

To commit an intentional tort, a person need not act with an evil motive.
 

 4. 

An individual's right to privacy includes the exclusive use of his or her likeness.
 

 5. 

An unauthorized scan of a bank account cannot be an invasion of privacy.
 

 6. 

Disparagement of property is another term for appropriation.
 

 7. 

Bona fide competitive behavior can constitute wrongful interference with a contractual relationship.
 

 8. 

Good intentions are a defense against conversion.
 

 9. 

An ordinary person standard determines whether allegedly negligent conduct resulted in a breach of a duty of care.
 

 10. 

Business owners have no duty to exercise reasonable care to protect invitees.
 

 11. 

The degree of care to be exercised in a situation can vary with a person's profession or occupation.
 

 12. 

Punitive damages are intended to punish a wrongdoer and deter others.
 

 13. 

If a person breaches a duty of care and another person suffers an injury, causation does not need to be established.
 

 14. 

A person assumes all risks associated with any activity in which he or she participates.
 

 15. 

An assumption of risk defense does not require knowledge of the risk.
 

 16. 

A superseding cause is an intervening event that imposes liability on a defendant for injuries caused by the intervening event.
 

 17. 

The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies if an event causing harm does not normally occur in the absence of negligence.
 

 18. 

Under a dram shop act or a social host statute, liability can be imposed without proof of negligence.
 

 19. 

An Internet service provider cannot be held liable in tort for disseminating his or her own defamatory remarks.
 

 20. 

Federal law permits the use of unsolicited commercial e-mail but prohibits certain types of spamming activities.
 



 
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