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1-Min, who is excited about his company's first six months of success, tells his employees, If I think we are making enough profits by the

1-Min, who is excited about his company's first six months of success, tells his employees, "If I think we are making enough profits by the end of the year, you'll all get bonuses." This is an example of

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a bilateral contract

a contract with legally sufficient consideration

a unilateral contract

an illusory contract

2-Karine's employer wants to change her pay based on substandard work performance. The employer plans to pay her less than the minimum wage. Which law would Karine use to protect her current wages from being changed?

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Fair Labor Standards Act

Payroll Deductions Act

Child Labor Law

The Employer Law

3-Nora enters into a contract with Owen's delivery service, which Nora drafted, for the delivery of a shipment of fresh produce. Assuming these are all the facts of the case, if there are any vague terms in the contract, a court will interpret them

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against Owen, because Owen had the greater bargaining power

against no party, because there are no rules of interpretation that would apply in this situation

against Nora, because she is the party who drafted the contract

against the produce grower

4-Patrick sends an email to Dina, in which he offers to sell his car to Dina for $5,000. Dina sends him an email reply, in which she tells him that that is too much, but she will buy it for $4,000. After this series of emails,

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Patrick's offer is terminated by Dina's statement in her reply email

Dina has a contract with Patrick

two of the above statements are correct

Dina has made a counteroffer to Patrick, and has effectively rejected Patrick's offer, at the same time

5-Identify the law that prohibits the use of family medical history in making employment decisions in any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoffs, training, fringe benefits, or any other term or condition of employment.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

Americans with Disabilities Act

Family Medical Leave Act

6-Julie recently applied for a position at a store in the mall. She has a prosthetic arm. The employer refused to hire her for a sales position. Which act is this company violating?

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Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Americans with Disabilities Act

Family Medical Leave Act

Wage and Hour Act

7-Which of the following instances of discrimination is NOT prohibited by Title VII?

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A Black job candidate was not hired because of his race.

A 61 year old job candidate was not hired because of his age.

A Jewish employee was fired from her job because of her religion.

A female employee is paid less than her male coworker who has the same job title and responsibilities as her.

8-A court has determined that Jason is mentally incompetent, and has appointed a legal guardian for him. After the guardian is appointed, but not while Jason is with the guardian, Jason sees a home in which he would like to live, and signs a rental agreement to begin occupancy two weeks later. Jason's rental agreement is

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voidable only if Jason does not understand the legal consequences of entering into the contract

void

valid if the landlord can prove that Jason was having a lucid interval when he signed the rental agreement

valid

9-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is responsible for developing job performance standards and enforcing workers' compensation in order to improve worker health and safety protection.

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True

False

10-Winning a disparate treatment case is easy because a defendant employer usually says explicitly that its intention is discriminatory.

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True

False

11-ABC Contractors begins building an office building for XYZ Corp., in accordance with their contract with each other. One month later, ABC tells XYZ that ABC will need $2 million more to complete the job, because ordinary business expenses have increased. XYZ, anxious to get the building finished, agrees, but later sues ABC for the $2 million over the original contract price. The additional $2 million term in the contract is

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unenforceable, because $2 million extra is unconscionable

enforceable, because of unforeseen difficulties

enforceable, because the parties agreed, and the court will not interfere with their contract

unenforceable, due to the preexisting duty rule

12-Maricela is in a serious accident. She is paralyzed from the waist down but can still perform her job with a reasonable accommodation. What protects her from losing her job and requires her company to provide the accommodations to perform her job?

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Taft-Harley Act

Severe Handicapped Act

Paralyzed Americans Act

Americans with Disabilities Act

13-The UCC applies to contracts related to the sale of land, intangible personal property, construction, or for services.

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True

False

14-Generally speaking, workers' compensation laws are

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the exclusive remedy of a worker against his negligent employer.

not enforceable except against government employers.

none of the above.

not a remedy for injured workers.

15-Dick and Jane sign an agreement for the sale of a home in Washington, which contains a clause that provides for Jane (the buyer) to pay 10% of the purchase price to Dick (the seller), if Jane does not go through with the sale. This is an example of what type of clause in the contract?

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liquidated damages

incidental damages

punitive damages

rescissory damages

16-Forrest and Galena enter into a bilateral contract for Forrest's landscaping of Galena's yard next month. This means that

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Forrest has promised to landscape Galena's yard

two of the above statements are correct

Galena has promised to pay Forrest for his work

the contract does not actually exist until the landscaping work is completed

17-Ginger, who is wealthy-but-feeble 80-year-old Fred's caregiver, convinces Fred that he should buy a high-end building at an exorbitant price, to house her dance studio, which she says she hopes to start as a business with her friend Cyd. The building is currently owned by Cyd, who sees this as a win-wingetting twice what the building is worth, and not having to be responsible for the property. If this is not really a wise investment for Fred, he might be able to get the contract set aside, on the grounds of

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mistake

duress

undue influence

illegality

18-Greg blackmails Maria (threatening physical harm to her family), to get her to enter into a contract with him. If Maria later asks a court to set aside their contract (order it unenforceable), it will be on the ground of

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puffery

undue influence

fraud

duress

19-The Statute of Frauds requires a written contract for all for the following except:

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payment of another's debt

real property interests

marriage

contracts for the sale of goods under $500

20-On January 31, 2013, Antonio, who is a florist, enters into an oral contract with Stage-It, Inc., in which Antonio agrees to provide floral arrangements at all properties that Stage-It "stages" for high-end property showings in King County, from February 1, 2013 through January 31, 2015. This contract is enforceable by

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Stage-It, Inc., only

Antonio only

either party

neither party

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