Law for Business International Edition 17th Edition by Janet Ashcroft – Test Bank

Law for Business International Edition 17th Edition by Janet Ashcroft – Test Bank

TRUE/FALSE

1.In order to recover for a tort based on negligence, an injured person must show a duty of the other person, a breach of the duty, and that the breach was the actual and proximate cause of the injury and injury or damage.

ANS: T PTS: 1

2.There is a tort of interference with a contract or economic advantage whenever a person causes a party to a contract to break off the contract.

ANS: F PTS: 1

3.A trademark gives the owner an exclusive right to use a word to distinguish a product.

ANS: T PTS: 1

4.Any word or symbol qualifies for protection as a trademark.

ANS: F PTS: 1

5.A trademark must be registered.

ANS: F PTS: 1

6.Civil suits under RICO have been popular because the law provides recovery of three times the damages suffered.

ANS: T PTS: 1

7.Computer trespass can be harmless.

ANS: T PTS: 1

8.Imitation of another’s trademark does not always constitute infringement.

ANS: F PTS: 1

MATCHING

9.The fraudulent conversion of lawfully possessed property.

10.Representing goods or services as being the goods or services of someone else.

11.A false statement of face that degrades the quality of another’s goods or services.

12.When the total impression a product gives to the consumer results in confusion as to the origin of the product.

13.Taking another’s property without consent.

14.A crime committed by using a business.

9.ANS:CPTS:1

10.ANS:BPTS:1

11.ANS:DPTS:1

12.ANS:FPTS:1

13.ANS:EPTS:1

14.ANS:APTS:1