Which of the following is the primary feature the Common Law Legal System?

Question 21 options:

A)	The Civil Code

B)	It is used only in Quebec

C)

Precedent

D)	It is an inquisitorial system

Why is constitutional law described as the 'supreme law' of Canada?

Question 22 options:

A)	It cannot be overridden by the executive or legislative branch.

B)	It protects individual freedom.

C)	Any law that is inconsistent with it is unenforceable

D)	It contains laws that impact all legal disputes.

Which of the following is a key feature of the judicial branch of government?

Question 23 options:

A)	The judiciary executes government policy and reforms statutory law.

B)	The judiciary is to be independent from the legislative and executive branches of government.

C)	The judiciary is composed of judges who are elected.

D)	The judiciary has jurisdiction over criminal law, including the power to define new crimes.

What is a distinguishing characteristic of the principle of precedent?

Question 24 options:

A)	Like cases should be treated alike.

B)	It applies only in Quebec courts.

C)	It is based on a Civil Code.

D)	Individual freedoms are valued.

The federal government passed a law that every hospital must be equipped with at least 10 ventilators, regardless of the hospital's size or capacity. This law would be:

Question 25 options:

A)	An invalid exercise of the federal government's legislative powers

B)	An valid exercise of the federal governments legislative powers

C)	A constitutional convention

D)	An example of Paramountcy

Under negligence, if the plaintiff is particularly vulnerable to the kind of harm suffered, then

Question 26 options:

A)	The defendant is liable for punitive damages for having caused harm to a particularly vulnerable person

B)	The Crumbling Skull Rule applies and the defendant is liable

C)	The defendant is liable for harm actually suffered by the defendant despite their particular vulnerability

D)	The defendant is only liable for the harm an ordinary person would have suffered

The provincial government recently decided to ban protests because it was tired of so much public opposition to its policies. This would be a violation of which right under The Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

Question 27 options:

A)	It is not a violation of any Charter rights

B)	Yes, it would violate Section 15

C)	Yes, it would violate Section 1

D)	Yes, it would violate Section 2

Who must bear the burden of proof in a private lawsuit?

Question 28 options:

A)	The respondent

B)	The accused

C)	The plaintiff

D)	The defendant

Which of the following best describes the "duty to disclose" in an insurance contract?

Question 29 options:

A)	There is no "duty to disclose"

B)	An adjuster will investigate the information

C)	It only applies when the insurance contract is entered into

D)	It is an on-going obligation

Alberta recently passed a law prohibiting environmental impact assessments for oil and gas projects. The federal parliament recently passed a law requiring environmental impact assessments for all projects impacting river ecosystems. Assume both these laws are valid. Which of the following is true?

Question 30 options:

A)	The provincial law would prevail and the federal law would become inoperative

B)	Paramountcy would not apply

C)	The federal law would prevail and the provincial law would become inoperative

D)	The dispute would be submitted to the Courts

What is the standard of proof in a private lawsuit?

Question 31 options:

A)

100.00%

B)	Beyond reasonable doubt

C)	On the balance of probabilities

D)	On the balance of reasonable doubt

Which is the following best describes a defamatory statement made in a newspaper article?

Question 32 options:

A)

Nuisance

B)	Injurious falsehood

C)

Libel

D)

Slander

Why do we require an insured person to have an "insurable interest" in what is being insured?

Question 33 options:

A)	to permit the insurer to recover from the wrongdoer

B)	to prevent insureds from underinsuring their property

C)	to discourage an insured from intentionally destroying property in order to make an insurance claim

D)	to ensure that property may only be insured by its owner

Why are punitive damages different from other types of damages?

Question 34 options:

A)	It is an award of an equitable remedy of punitive damages.

B)	It represents an award for reasonably foreseeable damages.

C)	They are meant to punish the defendant rather than compensate the plaintiff

D)	It represents every adverse consequence following actionable breach.

You live in a rural part of Alberta and own a farm. One day, a grass fire erupts on a neighbouring farm and is quickly spreading across the prairie. Thinking quickly, you hop in your tractor and plough up the crops and soil along the advancing edge of thefire, halting the fire's advance. As a result, you save most of your crops from being destroyed. However, the dust kicked up by your ploughing the fields, which were extremely dry, settled on a neighbour's land, ruining a substantial part of his crops. This neighbour decides to sue you.

Question 35 options:

A)	You are liable because you unreasonably interfered with your neighbour's use of their land

B)	You are not liable because you did not intend to cause harm

C)	You are not liable because your neighbour would have suffered more harm had you not acted the way you did

D)	You are liable because the majority of the neighbour's crops were ruined

Erik and Nicholas are owners of rival businesses that are in fierce competition. Over the years, this competition has gone from a friendly rivalry to be bitter resentment; it's so bad that they can't even be in the same room together without getting violent. Recently, Erik and Nicholas have a dispute over a trademark. Which form of Alternative Dispute Resolution would be most suitable to resolve this dispute?

Question 36 options:

A)	Litigation

B)

Mediation

C)	Arbitration

D)	Negotiation.

Which of the following is an example of the utmost good faith nature of insurance contracts?

Question 37 options:

A)	the insured has a duty to disclose

B)	the insurer may subrogate

C)	the insurer is a fiduciary to the insured

D)	the insured is a fiduciary to the insurer

Under negligence, a defendant is liable for:

Question 38 options:

A)	Intentional harm

B)	Carelessness

C)

Any harm

D)	Unintentional harm

Charter rights are not absolute and my be infringed upon if that infringement is reasonable according to:

Question 39 options:

A)

Section 2

B)	Section 33

C)	Section 32(b)

D)

Section 1

Which of the following is the role of the Executive Branch of government?

Question 40 options:

A)	Elected representatives vote on bills to become laws

B)	Interpret the law

C)	Resolve Disputes

D)	Formulate policy