Legal Studies possible questions

Anderson causes a disturbance at Brew Pub. He is arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a crime punished by imprisonment up to one year. This crime is

A Misdemeanor

Embezzlement includes the making or altering of any writing in a way that changes the legal rights and liabilities of another

FALSE

In a successful tort suit; an individual is awarded compensatory damages to put them in a better position than the party who committed the tort

FALSE

A person who enters into a risky situation, knowing the risk involved, can neverthless recover from a resulting injury or harm for reasons of public policy

False

A person who wrongfully hurts another's good name or reputation orally may be liable for libel

False

A prosecution of a crime by a state prevents a separate federal prosecution relating to the same activity

False

The standard of reasonable care for a professional is the same as that of an ordinary person

False

Esau works for Family Dwellings INC. an investment firm that buys,renovates, and rents foreclosed houses. Esau steals his employer digital files to start his own competing business, Good Homes LLC. This is

Larceny

Crimes are offenses against society as a whole

TRUE

Every criminal statute prohibits certain behaviors

TRUE

The right to due process of law, prohibition of double jeopardy, and prohibition of self- incrimination are guaranteed by

The Fifth Amendment

A mistake of fact can often excuse criminal responsibility

True

If the evidence of a defendant's guilt was obtained improperly, it normally cannot be used against the defendant in court

True

When someone suffers and injury because of another's failure to live up to a required duty of care, negligence occurs

True

Brittney uses the internet to enter false code into the computer control system of Chicken Company, a food maker, to alter the levels of ingredients so that consumers of the food become ill. Brittney is

a cyberterrorist

Zion is arrested at a warehouse in Industry Park and is charged with theft. Zion will be prosecuted by

a district attorney or an attorney general

Seymour is accused of a crime. To obtain information about the crime from Seymour, the state can

grant him immunity from prosecution

Don interferes with the business interests of Erin in a way not permitted by law, and Erin's business is harmed as a result. To be liable to Erin for the commission of an intentional tort, Don must have

intended to commit the act

Mick hosts an NCAA basketball championship viewing party at his home, where Neff imbibes too much alcohol. Driving drunk after the party, Neff causes an accident in which Otto is injured. Under a dram shop act imposing liability on social hosts, Otto must prove

only the facts stated

Ricardo, an engineer, supervises the construction of a new mountainslide roadway. The road collapses in a landslide due to faulty grading. Motorsists injured in the collapse sue Ricardo in a tort action for negligence. Under that theory, as a perfessional Ricardo is held the same standard as care as

other engineers

Erol works for Food Packing Company. Erol's supervisor Gwen writes a negative review of Erol's performance. Gwen believes the statements are true, and limits their communication to the firm's management. In a tort action for defamation, Gwen can most likely assert as a successful defense

privilege

A truck with defective brakes runs off the street and crashes into Limas home, damaging the property, and injuring her. In a successful tort action against the trucks owner for gross negligence, Lima may be awarded punitive damages to

punish the defendant and deter others from similar wrongdoing

An act intended to make another person fearful of an immediate physical harm is an assault if the threat is reasonably believable and thus creates a reasonable apprehension of imminent harm in that person

true