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National American University BUSINESS L 3100 Chapter 28-KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS, PARTIES, AND NEGOTIABILITY TRUE/FALSE 1)Commercial paper facilitates the transfer of funds and payment

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National American University

BUSINESS L 3100

Chapter 28-KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS, PARTIES, AND NEGOTIABILITY

TRUE/FALSE

1)Commercial paper facilitates the transfer of funds and payment.

 

                                           

 

  1. Instruments are always negotiable.

 

                                           

 

  1. Instruments are transferable, written, signed promises or orders to pay a specified sum of money.

 

                                           

 

  1. Instruments are negotiable when they contain the terms required by contract law.

 

                                           

 

  1. The maker is the person who writes out and creates a promissory note.

 

                                           

 

  1. The person on whom the order to pay a draft is made is called a drawer.

 

                                           

 

  1. The drawee on a check is a bank.

 

                                           

 

  1. The payee has no rights in an instrument until the drawer or the maker has delivered it to the payee.

 

                                           

 

  1. When a drawee has signified in writing on a draft the willingness to make a specified payment, the drawee is called the acceptor.

 

                                           

 

  1. A payee is not liable on an instrument until the payee transfers the instrument to someone else.

 

                                           

 

  1. When a party who is not originally named in an instrument allows her name to be added to it for the benefit of another party in order to add strength to the collectability of the instrument, that party becomes a secondary obligor and assumes a liability role.

 

                                           

 

  1. A drawee on a draft has no responsibility under the draft until it has accepted that instrument.

 

                                           

 

  1. Revised UCC Article 3 refers to drawers, indorsers, and accommodation parties as “secondary obligors.”

 

                                           

 

  1. Negotiability is the characteristic that distinguishes commercial paper and instruments from ordinary contracts.

 

                                           

 

  1. A nonnegotiable instrument’s terms are not enforceable.

 

                                           

 

  1. If an instrument is negotiable, it is governed by Article 2 of the UCC.

 

                                           

 

  1. Negotiation of commercial paper results in lesser rights to transferees than those rights afforded assignees of contracts under contract law.

 

                                           

 

  1. If an instrument is nonnegotiable, the rights of the parties are governed by the general principles of contract law.

 

                                           

 

  1. A negotiable instrument may be partly printed and partly typewritten.

 

                                           

 

  1. The signature on an instrument must appear at the lower right-hand corner of the face of the instrument.

 

                                           

 

  1. An authorized agent signing an instrument will not be liable on the instrument if the agent discloses on the paper either the identity of the principal or the fact that the agent has signed in a representative capacity.

 

                                           

 

  1. In a negotiable instrument, the promise or order to pay must be unconditional.

 

                                           

 

  1. A promissory note that is payable "on the date of my marriage" is nonnegotiable even if the maker of the note marries.

 

                                           

 

  1. If an order or promise is not for money, the instrument is not negotiable.

 

                                           

 

  1. The requirement of a sum certain in money is fulfilled even though the interest rate changes at maturity.

 

                                           

 

  1. If an instrument states no time for payment, the note is payable on demand.

 

                                           

 

  1. A check that is postdated ceases to be order paper.

 

                                           

 

  1. An instrument is order paper when by its terms it is payable to the order of any person described in it, or to a person or order.

 

                                           

 

 

  1. Antedating an instrument affects an instrument’s negotiability.

 

                                           

 

  1. Article 3 of the UCC establishes a four year statute of limitations for most actions involving negotiable instruments.

 

                                           

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. An unconditional written promise made by one person to another, signed by the maker, that promises to pay on demand a specific sum of money to the bearer is a:
    1. nonnegotiable draft.
    2. bill of exchange.
    3. promissory note.
    4. certificate of deposit.

 

                                           

 

  1. If a check is made payable to Paolo, and Paolo signs on the back of the check, Paolo is:
    1. the payee and the indorser.
    2. the drawee and the indorser.

 

    1. the payee and the endorsee.
    2. only the indorser.

 

                                           

 

 

  1. The person to whom the order in a draft is addressed is known as the:
    1. payee.
    2. drawee.
    3. drawer.
    4. maker.

 

                                           

 

  1. The party who writes or creates a promissory note is called the:
    1. payee.
    2. drawee.
    3. drawer.
    4. maker.

 

                                           

 

  1. When the drawee of a draft has indicated by writing or record a willingness to pay the amount specified in the draft the drawee is called a(n):
    1. acceptor.
    2. accommodation party.
    3. payee.
    4. secondary obligator.

 

                                           

 

  1. A person who becomes a party to an instrument to add strength to the instrument for the benefit of another party to the instrument is called a:
    1. benefactor.
    2. secondary obligor.
    3. collateral obligor.
    4. contingent beneficiary.

 

                                           

 

  1. Revised UCC Article 3 refers to which of the following parties as secondary obligors?
    1. drawers
    2. indorsers
    3. accommodation parties
    4. all of the above

 

                                           

 

  1. A payee has no rights in an instrument until:
    1. the drawer or the maker has delivered the instrument to the payee.
    2. an acceptor has been established.
    3. an accommodation party has signed the instrument.
    4. a guarantor has signed the instrument.

 

                                           

 

  1. A(n)                           instrument’s terms are enforceable, but the instrument is treated simply as a contract governed by contract law.
    1. nonnegotiable
    2. negotiable
    3. accommodation
    4. secondary

 

                                           

 

  1. If instrument is negotiable, it can be:
    1. paid on demand.
    2. cancelled by the maker.
    3. assigned by contract.
    4. transferred by negotiation.

 

                                           

 

  1. To be negotiable, an instrument must:
    1. be in writing.
    2. be signed by the maker or the drawer.
    3. contain a promise or order to pay.
    4. all of the above.

 

                                           

 

  1. The signature requirement, as an element of negotiability, can be met by:
    1. the use of initials.
    2. a mark.
    3. a trade name.
    4. all of the above.

 

                                           

 

  1. Action taken by one on behalf of another is:
    1. agency.
    2. negotiability.
    3. representative capacity.
    4. Identification of principal.

 

                                           

 

  1. An instrument is conditional if:
    1. it contains an order for the payment of money out of a particular fund.
    2. it is to be paid from the assets of an existing trust.
    3. it is to be paid from the assets of an existing estate.
    4. none of the above.

 

                                           

 

  1. Which of the following terms would make an instrument nonnegotiable?
    1. It is dependent upon an event.
    2. It is undated.
    3. It is payable in foreign money.
    4. It gives the holder the right to receive interest.

 

                                           

 

  1. An instrument is payable on demand if it is payable:
    1. on or before a stated date.
    2. at sight or presentation.
    3. at a fixed time after acceptance.
    4. all of the above.

 

                                           

 

  1. An instrument is order paper if:
    1. it is payable to bearer or the order of bearer.
    2. it is payable to cash.
    3. the last or only indorsement is a blank indorsement.
    4. none of the above.

 

                                           

 

 

  1. Which of the following factors do not affect negotiability of an instrument?
    1. A provision specifying the collateral that secures the debt.
    2. The antedating of the instrument..
    3. The omission of a date of execution.
    4. None of the above affect negotiability.

 

                                           

 

  1. When ambiguous language exists:
    1. words control figures if a conflict exists.
    2. handwriting supersedes typewritten words or terms.
    3. typewritten terms supersede preprinted terms.
    4. all of the above.

 

                                           

 

  1. Article 3 of the UCC establishes a                          -year statute of limitations for most actions involving negotiable instruments.
    1. one
    2. two
    3. three
    4. four

 

                                           

 

CASE

 

  1. George was the maker of a written promissory note that stated that $500 would be paid on the sale of George's automobile. George initialed the note instead of writing his full name. The promissory note stated that it would be payable six months from the date. The promissory note was not dated. You now have come into possession of this note. Is this note negotiable? Discuss the elements of negotiability and whether each one has been met.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Conville signed a note as an officer of the Hughesville Manufacturing Corporation, but she did not name the corporation in the note or indicate that she was acting as an officer for it. Later, she was sued by the Grange National Bank, the holder of the note. She raised the defense that the corporation was liable on the note. Who was liable?

 

 

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