Which of the Following Are Factors Considered by Courts in Determining

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are factors considered by courts in determining whether an act committed by an employee occurred within the course and scope of employment?

• A) Whether the employer authorized the employee's act.
• B) Whether the employer provided the tools by which the act occurred.
• C) Whether the employer knew that the act would involve the commission of a serious crime.
• D) Whether the employer authorized the employee's act, whether the employer provided the tools by which the act occurred, and also whether the employer knew that the act would involve the commission of a serious crime.
• E) Whether the employer authorized the employee's act and whether the employer provided the tools by which the act occurred, but not whether the employer knew that the act would involve the commission of a serious crime.

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average of all values in a subset of a population, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Standard Deviation

The square root of the variance of a group, measuring how far individual measurements in the population deviate from the population mean.

Confidence Intervals

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain level of confidence.

Prediction Intervals

A prediction of the range within which future results are expected to occur, with a specified level of confidence, based on existing observations.