Question 1
5 out of 5 points
AlphaCo and BetaCo enter into a contract for AlphaCo to provide computer and printer
repair services at BetaCo’s offices. The contract is scheduled to begin January 15 and
end June 15. Be
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Question 1
5 out of 5 points
AlphaCo and BetaCo enter into a contract for AlphaCo to provide computer and printer
repair services at BetaCo’s offices. The contract is scheduled to begin January 15 and
end June 15. BetaCo agrees to pay AlphaCo $18,000 for these six months of service.
After the contract is signed by the parties, BetaCo asks AlphaCo if it would be willing to
provide cleaning services until June 30 at no additional cost. AlphaCo agrees to work
until June 30. Choose the best answer:
Selected
Answer:
AlphaCo’s promise to work until June 30 is unenforceable, because
BetaCo had a preexisting duty to pay $18,000.
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Hawke wears a gold medallion, passed down from his grandfather, at all times. He is
distraught one day when he returns home from work and realizes that the medallion
apparently detached from its chain and fell to the ground at some point during the day.
He posts signs in the office building where he works and in the adjacent parking garage,
offering a $300 reward to anyone who finds the medallion and returns it to him. Rhonda,
one of Hawke’s co-workers, finds the medallion in an office stairwell, recognizes it as
Hawke’s, and returns it to him, not knowing that Hawke has offered a reward for its
return. Choose the best answer:
Selected
Answer:
Hawke does not owe Rhonda $300 because she did not return the
medallion as a bargain for the $300.
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Bookstore, Inc., an independent bookstore, is looking for a new location. It agrees to buy
a small house from Jones for $165,000 if the municipal zoning board will approve
Bookstore, Inc.’s request for a variance from the local zoning ordinance, which currently
only allows houses in this part of town to be used as residences. The contract between
Bookstore, Inc. and Jones is
Selected
Answer:
Enforceable, because Bookstore, Inc. has made an enforceable
conditional promise.
Question 4
5 out of 5 points
AlphaCo and BetaCo enter into a contract for AlphaCo to sell 20 computers to BetaCo.
BetaCo agrees to pay AlphaCo $14,000 for the 20 computers. After the contract is
signed by the parties, BetaCo asks AlphaCo if it would be willing to provide 21
computers, instead of 20, at no additional cost. AlphaCo agrees to deliver 21 computers.
Choose the best answer:
Selected
Answer:
AlphaCo’s promise to provide 21 computers is enforceable, because no
new consideration is required.
Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Banker promises to Customer that the Bank will make a loan to the Customer’s son if
the Customer promises that the Customer will pay any balance on the loan to the Bank
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immediately if the son fails to repay the loan. Customer agrees. Later the Customer’s
son refuses to repay the loan. Customer argues that his promise to the Banker is
unenforceable. Choose the best answer:
Selected
Answer:
Customer’s argument is incorrect, because the Bank’s promise to loan
the money was bargained for.
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
True or false: An agreement modifying a contract governed by the UCC does not require
any consideration to be binding, but must be made in good faith.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
Question 7
5 out of 5 points
True or False: The reliance doctrine only enforces promises that a promisor should
reasonably expect to induce reliance by a promisee.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Angus is a drywall contractor. He learns that his neighbor, Bonnie, had some water
damage and has been talking to Drywall Solutions, another drywall contractor, to
complete the repairs. Angus tells Bonnie that she does not need to hire a drywall
contractor and that he will perform the work at no cost if Bonnie will supply the drywall
materials. Bonnie calls Drywall Solutions, which had offered to do the work for $3,000,
and tells them not to come. Angus subsequently refuses to do the work. Bonnie has to
pay a third drywall contractor $4,000 to complete the job. What argument should Bonnie
make to recover from Angus?
Selected
Answer:
That Bonnie relied on Angus’s promise to her
detriment.
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
An agreement reached concerning some details of a transaction, but leaving other
details to be determined later, is called what?
Selected
Answer:
a preliminary
agreement
Question 10
5 out of 5 points
Which case provides an example of a court applying the pre-existing duty rule?
Selected
Answer:
Alaska Packers’ Assn. v. Domenico
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Question 11
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following can serve as consideration?
Selected
Answer:
Both a and
b.
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Homeowner enters into a contract with Flooring Company to refinish Homeowner’s
hardwood floors on October 15 and 16. The contract price is $4,000, payable after the
completion of the work. Flooring Company fails to do any of the work, and Homeowner
pays Flooring Company nothing. Homeowner has to pay $4,400 to another flooring
contractor to refinish his floors. Which of the following correctly describes Homeowner’s
“expectation interest”?
Selected
Answer:
Homeowner’s expectation interest
is $400.
Question 13
5 out of 5 points
Baxter has been an employee of Shipping Company for seven years. His manager
notices that he has been working late, making sure that the company trucks are
properly cleaned out, stored, and locked up in the company garage at the end of each
workday. The manager tells Baxter that he appreciates his hard work, that Baxter should
not feel obligated to stay late to lock up the equipment anymore, and that Baxter can
expect a $250 bonus in his next paycheck because of his past efforts. Is the manager’s
statement enforceable based on the theory of consideration?
Selected
Answer:
No, the manager’s promise was not a bargained-for exchange, since
Baxter had already done the work.
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
Which statement most accurately describes the difference between the expectation
interest and reliance interest in contract damages?
Selected
Answer:
Expectation interest is the amount of damag
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