Appendix J for Unit Ten
Questions on the Features
N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.
N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.
CHAPTER 50—SHIFTING LEGAL PRIORITIES FOR BUSINESS:
THE LAW OF BUILDING “GREEN”—SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT
A1. Elin manages a real estate development project. She wants to hire green specialists to
oversee certain stages of the project. The risks include builders who overpromise or
fail to clearly express what “green” means, and subcontractors who fail to meet
environmentally friendly standards. An effective way to assess these risks is to
a. hire a skilled attorney who has worked on other green projects.
b. focus only on the initial cost of the project.
c. work with stakeholders who focus only on their specialties.
d. omit express warranties and insurance provisions in contracts.
652 TEST BANK 1—UNIT TEN: PROPERTY AND ITS PROTECTION
CHAPTER 52—INSIGHT INTO ETHICS:
SHOULD CYBERSPACE ESTATES BE PASED ON TO HEIRS?
A2. Amos plays BeginAgin, a virtual world in which BeginAgin dollars are traded for real
dollars at a ratio of 200 to 1. To play the game, Amos had to agree that BeginAgin has
the right to erase all of Amos’s virtual property on his death. Later, Amos dies.
BeginAgin now
a. has the right to erase all of Amos’s virtual property.
b. must pass Amos’s virtual property to his heirs.
c. should give Amos’s virtual property to a new account holder.
d. owns Amos’s virtual property.
UNIT TEN—FOCUS ON ETHICS:
PROPERTY
A3. Clover finds a laptop and asks Duffy to hold it for her temporarily. Later, Duffy refuses
to return it, claiming that it’s not hers. Most likely to establish rights to the laptop,
under the doctrine of relativity of title
a. are Clover and Duffy, as concurrent owners.
b. is Clover alone.
c. is Duffy alone.
d. is neither party.
A4. Muir County imposes a moratorium on building until the county issues its land-use
plan. According to the majority in Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency, this moratorium most likely is
a. a taking and requires compensation.
b. a taking but does not require compensation.
c. not a taking and does not require compensation.
d. not a taking but does require compensation.