Ch.2 Introduction To The Tort Of Negligence Test Bank

Chapter 2: Introduction to the tort of negligence

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 01

1) Which of the following is not a general principle of the tort of negligence?

a. To make people pay for the damage they cause when their conduct falls below an acceptable standard or level

b. To protect certain interests from the consequences of unreasonable behaviour

c. To punish a wrongdoer by making them pay compensation to an individual harmed by their carelessness.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 02

2) The tort of negligence was established in which landmark case?

a. Anns v Merton London Borough Council

b. Caparo Industries plc v Dickman

c. Donoghue v Stevenson

d. Murphy v Brentwood District Council

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 03

3) Was there a snail in Mrs Donoghue’s bottle of ginger beer?

a. Yes

b. No

c. We don’t know

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 04

4) In which of the following scenarios is the primary claim likely to be in the tort of negligence? Please select all that apply.

a. A famous soap opera actress is upset after unofficial photos are published in a glossy magazine of her wedding day.

b. A cyclist is knocked down and seriously injured by a speeding motorist.

c. A school fails to diagnose a student's dyslexia believing the student’s poor performance to be simply down to laziness. The student fails their GSCEs.

d. A shopkeeper, who believes a teenager has stolen from them, waits by the door ready to stop them leaving before the police arrive.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 05

5) In which year was Donoghue v Stevenson decided?

a. 1832

b. 1882

c. 1932

d. 1982

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 06

6) The ‘neighbour principle’ was set down by which law lord?

a. Lord Macmillan

b. Lord Atkin

c. Lord Donoghue

d. Lord Buckmaster

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 07

7) In which of the following scenarios is the primary claim likely to be in the tort of negligence? Please select all that apply.

a. A professional footballer is seriously injured by a high tackle and is unable to play football again.

b. A junior doctor mistakenly injects their patient with the wrong antibiotic causing permanent paralysis.

c. An elderly woman breaks her hip after tripping over a raised paving slab on the pavement outside her local shop.

d. A first-time buyer buys a house on the basis of an inaccurate survey. As a result the property is worth significantly less than they paid for it.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 02 Question 08

8) A successful claim in the tort of negligence arises when the defendant causes foreseeable damage to the claimant’s person, property, or interests and fails to take reasonable care not to injure the claimant.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 02 Question 09

9) A claimant will be jointly and severally liable when…

a. the negligent actions of two or more parties acting independently causes the same damage.

b. two or more parties act together in pursuit of a common design or plan and cause the same damage.

c. when the negligent action of a single claimant causes damage to two or more people.

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 02 Question 10

10) Duty + breach + (causation – remoteness) - ________ = the tort of negligence.