Grantham Law220 Midterm
Question 1
Some business processes can be protected as trade secrets.
True
False
Question 2
To obtain copyright protection under federal law, a work must be original.
True
False
Question 3
An Indiana state statute requires parks to maintain equipment in specific condition for the protection of patrons. Jay’s Mini-Golf Park fails to maintain its equipment. Kelly, a patron, is injured. Jay’s has committed
a.assault.
b.negligence.
c.battery.
d.false imprisonment.
Question 4
Without authorization, Omar downloads music into his computer’s random access memory, or RAM. This is most likely
a.patent infringement.
b.trademark infringement.
c.none of the choices.
d.copyright infringement.
Question 5
Denny works for Engineers, P.A. While working on an Engineers project, Denny is injured. Under state workers’ compensation laws, he will be compensated only if the injury was
a.material.
b.incidental.
c.accidental.
d.intentional.
Question 6
In the case of Retail Sales Corp. v. Trucking Delivery Co., the court may rule contrary to a precedent if the court decides that the precedent
a.is not in line with the judge’s personal values.
b.is incorrect or inapplicable.
c.would lead to unintended consequences.
d.would not bring about the result the judge prefers.
Question 7
Mica is an employee of Natural Gas Company and a member of a union of company employees. Under federal law, Mica and other union members have the right to
a.bargain collectively with their employer through their representative.
b.require their employer to contribute financially to their union.
c.refuse to bargain with their employer through their representative.
d.insist that their employer require union membership to work.
Question 8
Analytic Data, Inc., wants to hire Benazir, a noncitizen. A work visa is most likely to be set aside for a noncitizen if
a.hiring the worker will adversely affect the labor force.
b.the noncitizen is a “person with an extraordinary work ethic.”
c.the noncitizen is of “ethnic similarity to the employer’s workforce.”
d.there is a shortage of qualified U.S. workers capable of doing the work.
Question 9
Leon transfers his shares of stock in Microsoft Inc. to National University as a gift. The school, which pays nothing for the stock, is the owner of the shares in
a.tenancy in common.
b.fee simple.
c.joint tenancy.
d.community.
Question 10
Kevin is a judge hearing the case of Local Dispatch Co. v. National Transport Corp. Applying the relevant rule of law to the facts of the case requires Kevin to find previously decided cases that, in relation to the case under consideration, are
a.as similar as possible.
b.exactly identical.
c.as different as possible.
d.at odds.
Question 11
Kim operates Kim’s Fruits & Vegetables, a small market stocked entirely with produce grown on his adjacent farm. Under what clause of the Constitution can the federal government regulate Kim’s activities? What is Kim’s best argument against federal regulation of his farm and business?