CEN800 IS DOGSHIT - 1. If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim...

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CEN800 IS DOGSHIT

EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

• If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim, the plaintiff will

recover:

• Damages for unforeseeable losses
• Damages for physical loss but never damages for economic

loss

• Damages that are remote
• Damages for physical loss and possibly damages for

economic loss - correct answer- Damages for physical loss and possibly damages for economic loss

2. If a plaintiff is successful in a negligence claim, the plaintiff:

• Will recover punitive damages
• Will recover compensation for any physical damages
• May recover compensation for economic loss, it just depends
• (b) and (c) - correct answer- (b) and (c)

3. If a plaintiff is successful in a negligence claim the defendant:

• Must compensate for any physical damages and economic

loss, it just depends

• Must pay punitive damages 1 / 4

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• (a) and (b)
• None of the above
• Will always go to jail - correct answer- Must compensate for

any physical damages and economic loss, it just depends

• If a plaintiff is successful in a tort claim, the damages are

intended to:

• Put the plaintiff in the position in which he or she would have

been had the tort not occurred

• Put the plaintiff and the defendant in the position in which

they would have been had the tort not occurred

• Compensate the defendant
• Punish the defendant - correct answer- Put the plaintiff in the

position in which he or she would have been had the tort not occurred

• If a plaintiff is awarded damages for tort, the damages are

intended as to:

• Be paid to the judge
• Be a tax payable to the city c. Compensate the plaintiff
• (a) and (c)
• Punish the defendant - correct answer- Compensate the

plaintiff

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6. Slander:

• Is a form of tort
• Includes fraud
• Both of the above d. Is the same as defamation - correct

answer- Is the same as defamation

7. If Defendant A and Defendant B are concurrent tortfeasors:

• Defendant A and Defendant B are equally liable
• Defendant A and Defendant B are vicariously liable
• (a) and (b) d. Defendant A and Defendant B both committed

a tort - correct answer- Defendant A and Defendant B both committed a tort

8. The consequences of infringing a patent are:

• Court may order an injunction to stop the infringement
• Damages may be ordered
• The infringement is an offence under the criminal code d. (a)

and (b) above

• (a), (b) and (c) above - correct answer- (a) and (b) above

• An employee engineer would not be liable for negligence if

he or she:

• Was not licensed by the PEO 3 / 4

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• Tried his or her best c. Did what a reasonable engineer

would have done in all the circumstances

• Was inexperienced - correct answer- Did what a reasonable

engineer would have done in all the circumstances

10. The purpose of tort law is:

• To punish careless people
• To make careless people liable to provide compensation to

their victims

• To encourage people to be careful d. (b) and (c) - correct

answer- (b) and (c)

• What insurance would a design-builder purchase to protect

itself from faulty designs:

• Liability b. Errors and omissions
• Property
• (a) and (c)
• None of the above - correct answer- Errors and omissions

• An engineer who prepares and delivers to a client a report

which contains a negligent misstatement:

• May be protected by a disclaimer in the report
• Is never liable to a third-party purchaser of the report
• Both of the above
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