CHAPTER 3—BUSINESS TORTS AND CRIMES Key
1. Which of the following is most likely to be a tort based on negligence?
2. To recover for a tort based on negligence, the plaintiff must show:
3. In a situation where an injured party in an accident is partly to blame for the accident, which of the
following is most likely to be true under a contributory negligence system?
4. Which of the following best defines the tort of interference of contract?
5. The tort of injurious falsehood occurs when:
6. On investigation, it was found that Ken, the bookkeeper at CL Corp., had stolen money from the company’s
account and recorded financial transactions inaccurately to cover up for his activities. For which of the
following business crimes can Ken be prosecuted?
7. Which of the following is true of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act?
8. Debarment refers to:
9. To recover damages for an intentional tort, the plaintiff is required to prove that there was a breach of duty by
the tortfeasor to the plaintiff.
10. The tort of product liability is also known as trade libel.
11. For an act to be established as a tort of injurious falsehood, the false statements of fact must be
communicated by the defendant to a third person.
12. According to law, confusion of source can be proved to be a tort only when actual confusion is shown.
13. An employee who picks up inventory tools from his office with the intent to deprive the
owners of the property is an example of larceny.
14. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act includes civil sanctions as well as criminal ones.
15. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act provides for the recovery of three times the
damages suffered by an injured party as a result of its violation.
16. Using a business computer to play games constitutes computer trespass.
17. To establish the offense of criminal copyright infringement, a prosecutor needs to prove that the
infringement was done for non-financial gain.
18. The offering of money, entertainment, or anything of value constitutes a bribe.
19. Payments made to speed up the performance of routine governmental actions are treated as bribes by the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
20. Define a computer crime. What are the three types of computer crimes? List the various ways in which
computer fraud can be committed.