1- Lester borrows his neighbor's leaf blower with permission.When the neighbor asks for it back, Lester says that he already gave it back (but he didn't).Lester is liable for the tort of

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appropriation.

disparagement of property.

conversion.

trespass to personal property.

2- Like most successful companies, Phones Inc. has trade secrets. The law protects those secrets if the information is

Group of answer choices

of value to a competitor.

not revealed to outside parties.

useful and is in fact used by the company.

cataloged by the company as "confidential."

3- Trademarks that are offensive or disparaging are not legally protected.

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True

False

4- On January 15, Shady Education Service enters into a contract to employ Caleb as a corporate trainer for a two-year training course starting on July 1. Two weeks before July 1, Shady loses a major client and decides not to hire Caleb but to use an existing employee to teach the course.Shady's decision not to hire Caleb is most likely

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a material breach.

a mutual rescission.

no breach.

interference with a contractual relationship.

5- Run-off from animal waste at Jane's small dairy farm flows into a ditch that is shared by several larger farms in the area, which then drains into the river, which is the source for the area's drinking water.The EPA has declared the ditch a hazardous site and has paid staff to clean it up.Jane can be held liable for the entire cleanup cost.

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True

False

6- Jane offers to sell Jack her laptop for $400, and Jack accepts.Both have contractual capacity to enter the contract.After exchanging the money for the laptop, Jack boots up the laptop at home and learns that Jane had lied to him when he had asked about the condition of the laptop.The contract is

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void

valid and enforceable

invalid and unenforceable

valid and voidable

7- A commercial airliner has crashed in the middle of the Atlantic. The cause of the crash has been proven to be a wrongly installed part in one of the engines during routine maintenance. If a negligence lawsuit is brought against the airlines, it will be based on

Group of answer choices

res ipsa loquiter.

fraud.

negligence per se.

misfeasance.