Legal Environment of Business Chapter 14 - 16

Question 3: Agency by estoppel means:

a: conduct on the part of the agent that implies an agency relationship must be stopped as soon as the principal implies disagreement

b: actions by the principal lead a person to believe that the presumed agent has authority to act on the principal's behalf the agent creates an appearance of authority in the principal which leads a third party to reasonably conclude that the agent has the authority to perform certain acts

c: conduct by the agent through word or actions is not sufficient to bind the principal to contracts the agent creates

d: none of the other choices

Question 4: Express ratification creating an agency by the principal occurs when the principal:

a: fails to object to an agent's unauthorized activities

b: by action shows a clear intent to be bound by unauthorized acts of the agent

c: accepts the benefits of an unauthorized agreement with a third party all of the other specific choices

d: none of the other choices

Question 5 (2 points) Power of attorney:

a: is a document that applies only to attorneys in certain capacities

b: refers to a category of agents is a document that creates an agency

c: exists whenever a person has the right to execute a transaction for another

d: exists whenever an attorney has the right to execute transactions for a client

Question 6 (2 points) Agreement of the parties, ratification of the agent's activities by the principal, application of the doctrine of estoppel and operation of law are all:

a: ways that an agency may be established

b: ways that an agency may be sued unacceptable ways to begin an agency

c: informal and thus non-binding ways of establishing an agency

d: none of the other choices are correct

Question 7 (2 points) Carla agrees to try to sell Frank's prize dog Spike for him. Carla does this as a favor to Frank because she knows many professional dog breeders. Carla may be best described as:

a: a universal agent

b: a gratuitous agent an agent who has an agency coupled with an interest

c: a special agent

d: none of the other choices

Question 8 (2 points) Saved An employment of an agent for the purpose of representation in establishing relations between a principal and third parties is known as a(n):

a: third party relationship

b: principal relationship agency relationship

c: real relationship

d: representative relationship

Question 9 options: Lockouts are legal as long as:

a	there is no evidence of bad intent
b	there is evidence of non-violent attempts to break a union
c	there is physical force involved
d	there is not any physical force involved
e	none of the other choices are correct

Question 10: A strike by workers against their employer whose collective bargaining agreement is in question is called:

a	unprotected activity
b	primary boycott
c	secondary boycott
d	lockout
e	grievance action

Question 11: Workers will not be protected under the NLRA if:

a	they engage in threats or acts of violence
b	they engage in concerted activities to organize a union
c	they refuse to work on a certain job because of hazards
d	they discuss unionization among employees while at work
e	none of the other choices apply

Question 12: To promote productive collective bargaining, Congress provided for certain activities to be protected under the National Labor Relations Act. Protected activities are:

a	covered activities
b	compromise activities
c	cautionary activities
d	concerted activities
e	creative activities

Question 13: A grievance arbitration clause means:

a	disputes arising under a collective bargaining agreement must be resolved by an internal grievance procedure
b	disputes arising under a collective bargaining agreement must go first to federal court for relief
c	a grievance is an internal matter and is never to be arbitrated by an outside labor arbitrator
d	disputes arising under a collective bargaining agreement must be settled by the National Labor Relations Board
e	none of the other choices

Question 14: Pay rate, insurance plans, holidays and overtime pay are all:

a	subject to mandatory bargaining
b	not subject to mandatory bargaining
c	subjects that may not be used in any type of bargaining between unions and employers
d	regulated by the Supreme Court
e	regulated by the NLRB

Question 15: The Landrum-Griffin Act was intended to:

a	assure that union members are protected from improper actions by union leaders
b	assure that union leaders are protected from improper actions by union members
c	assure that union members are protected from improper actions by employers
d	assure that employers are protected from improper actions by union leaders
e	none of the other choices are correct

Question 16: For the Family and Medical Leave Act to apply to a private business, the business must have at least ____ employees.

a	10
b	30
c	25
d	12
e	50

Question 17: Workers' compensation law:

a	gives an employer immunity from employee tort suits arising from on-the-job accidents
b	applies only to accidents that conform to a specific set of work-related injuries
c	holds employees responsible for reimbursing employers for the cost of injuries for which employees are at fault
d	is a federal program that is mandatory for nearly all workers
e	all of the other choices

Question 18: Disparate treatment (under Title VII) refers to:

a	intentional discrimination
b	unintentional discrimination
c	illegally motivated employment decision
d	intentional discrimination and illegally motivated employment decisions
e	unintentional discrimination and illegally motivated employment decisions