BUS 311 Week 3 Quiz

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Question 1

An employer has a duty to indemnify, or compensate an employee for any losses suffered as a result of authorized legal acts that the employee performs under the employment agreement.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 2

 Termination of an agency by operation of law occurs when

 

o   Either the principal or agent dies.

o   The agent becomes bankrupt.

o   The principal becomes insolvent.

o   All of these

 

 

Question 3

The U.S. Constitution protects private sector employees through provisions for equal protection and due process.

 

o   True

o   False

 

Question 4  

The U.S. has more laws protecting workers than any other industrialized nation including Canada and Japan.

 

o   True

o   False

Question 5

If an agent is acting pursuant to a valid agency contract and she is not being paid for her services, she cannot be sued for breach of contract if she fails to act as promised.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 Question 6

State employment laws cannot forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation because discrimination based on sexual orientation is not expressly forbidden under federal civil rights law.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 Question 7

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate based on an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in any term or condition of employment.

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Question 8

Among other things, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regulates minimum wage hours worked and overtime, employees’ breaks and child labor.

 

o   True

o   False

  

Question 9

Employees and independent contractors are two types of compensated agents.

o   True

o   False

 

 Question 10

Agencies are crucial to modern business relationships, since it is almost impossible for the owner of a business to conduct all transactions without help.

 

o   True

o   False