Under Which of the Following Conditions Would a Principal or Employer

question 122

Multiple Choice

Under which of the following conditions would a principal or employer be liable for the tort of an agent or employee:

• A) the tort was authorized by the principal
• B) the tort occurred within the scope of employment
• C) the tort was not authorized by the principal
• D) both a and b are correct
• E) none of the other choices are correct

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Definitions:

POTS

Abbreviation for Plain Old Telephone Service, referring to the standard telephone service that has been the traditional form of residential and small business service connection to the telephone network.

Dial-Up

An internet connection technology that connects users to the internet through a standard telephone line at slow speeds.

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line, a family of technologies that provide internet access by transmitting digital data over the wires of a local telephone network.

WAN

Wide Area Network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area for the purpose of computer networking.