Butler Community College

BA 109

Chapter 4

1)Defamation, nuisance, conversion, and negligence are various kinds of:

1. 1. common torts.
   2. grave criminal offences.
   3. trade jargons.
   4. commerce factors.

2. Defamation is a broad term that includes both:
   1. libel and slander.
   2. libel and conversion.
   3. nuisance and libel.
   4. grand and petty conversion.

3. The most common form of slander involves:
   1. gestures and actions.
   2. pictures.
   3. spoken words.
   4. cartoons.

4. The spreading of damaging statements in written form is known as:
   1. slander.
   2. libel.
   3. negligence.
   4. false imprisonment.

5. The common defenses to charges of defamation are:
   1. insanity and privilege.
   2. truth and falsehood.
   3. truth and privilege.
   4. privilege and falsehood.

6. A person who acts in a way that denies another the right to enjoy his or her property without unreasonable interference is liable under:
   1. government nuisance.
   2. public nuisance.
   3. defamatory tort.
   4. private nuisance.