Bruce Runs Back the Odometer on His Car to Make

question 40

Multiple Choice

Bruce runs back the odometer on his car to make it appear as if it had fewer miles.Wally buys the car.When he checks back through past sale reports through his state's title office,Wally discovers that the car had fewer miles when Bruce sold it to him than it had when a previous owner sold it to Bruce.In legal terms,in selling the car knowing that he had tampered with the odometer,Bruce is said to have had ________.

• A)negligence
• B)commercial impracticability
• C)scienter
• D)oversight
• E)inattentiveness

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