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1
Employers are perceived as having control over their employees, and as such, must appoint an independent company to supervise the employees' actions.
A)True
B)False
2
An employer can be held liable for negligently selecting, instructing, or supervising an employee.
A)True
B)False
3
The doctrine of vicarious liability arises when there is a special relationship between the person found liable and the wrongdoer.
A)True
B)False
4
If you let your instructor drive your car and your instructor gets into an accident, you could be held liable for any wrongful act committed by the instructor while driving your car.
A)True
B)False
5
Scope of employment is determined by what the employer has authorized the employee to do.
A)True
B)False
6
Most courts have held that an employee is not within the scope of his or her employment while traveling to and from work.
A)True
B)False
7
The principle of ___________ deals with situations in which one person will be found liable solely because someone else acted unreasonably toward a plaintiff.
A)regulatory liability
B)vicarious liability
C)imputed liability
D)principal liability
8
The theory that makes a master liable in certain circumstances for the wrongful acts of his or her servants, and a principal for those of his agent, is known as ______________.
A)substantive authority
B)principal authority
C)respondeat superior
D)master superior
9
A person who is authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties is called a (an) ____________.
A)principal
B)agent
C)master
D)independent contractor
10
When the responsibility for the negligence of one person is placed upon another person, the negligence is said to be ____________.
A)transferred
B)configured
C)imputed
D)tested





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