Courts Examining the Issue Have Reached Varying Results Regarding Whether

question 45

Multiple Choice

Courts examining the issue have reached varying results regarding whether computer software is a product subject to state product liability law.In which of the following situations have courts ruled it subject to liability law?

• A) A user adapted a software program to calculate payment and interest for various scenarios; the program then provided software that appeared to overcharge customers buying lower-priced items.
• B) Software calculated probabilities of various stocks to significantly increase in value and they,in fact,decreased.
• C) Software caused damage to a subscriber's computer and loss of its use.
• D) Software marketed to increase children's vocabularies did not show substantial increases among test subjects.

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Definitions:

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primal needs.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, it represents the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, the superego, and reality.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality responsible for moral standards and ideals, originating from social and parental influences.

Big Five Personality Traits

A psychological model describing human personality through five broad dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.