What Is a Census Block

question 34

Multiple Choice

What is a census block?

• A) An area bounded on all sides by visible and invisible features
• B) A block of specific residents sharing similar demographics
• C) A specific decennial used in comparison studies to demonstrate regional changes
• D) A block including specific educational and economic status
• E) A collection of adjacent blocks that contain between 300 and 4,000 people

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Definitions:

Assumption of the Risk

A defense in tort law that a person knowingly exposed themselves to a dangerous situation and is therefore responsible for their own injuries.

Contributory Negligence

A legal concept where the plaintiff's own negligence played a part in causing their damages, potentially reducing the amount they can recover.

Elements of Causation

Fundamental components required to establish a cause-and-effect relationship in a legal context, typically including direct cause, foreseeability, and harm.

Proximate Cause

The primary cause that in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an event and without which the event would not have occurred.