EXERCISES, LESSON 5
INSTRUCTIONS: The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered
response(s) that best answer(s) the question or best completes the incomplete
statement or by writing the answer in the space provided. For a true/false item, indicate
whether the statement is true or false.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.
1. The ____________________ doctrine eliminates the requirement to establish all
four elements of actionable negligence.
a. Reasonable person.
b. Res ipsa loquitur.
c. Respondeat superior.
d. Double servant.
2. When the doctrine "the thing speak for itself" is applied, the claimant proves:
a. All four elements of liability for actionable negligence.
b. Injury and causation; duty and breach thereof are interred.
c. Duty and breach of duty; injury and causation are inferred.
d. Injury only.
3. Under res ipsa loquitur, it must be shown that the instrument causing the injury
was:
a. Defective.
b. Used by the plaintiff.
c. Carelessly manipulated by the plaintiff.
d. In the exclusive control of the defendant.
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