Which of the following best describes the tort of battery?
A. unauthorized and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person that causes injury
B. an action that arouses reasonable apprehension of imminent harm
C. oral or written defamation of another person's character
D. intentional confinement or restraint of another person without that person's consent
Answer: A
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A) oriented towards the logical, rational side of the brain B) oriented towards the emotional or feeling side of the brain C) used primarily for business-to-business advertisements D) used with pulsating distribution schedules
Which method will render useless data captured by unauthorized receivers?
a. echo check b. parity bit c. public key encryption d. message sequencing
Which of the following items is not a modifying convention?
a. Matching b. Materiality c. Industry practices d. Conservatism
Omni Insurance Company violates a state licensing statute when selling an insur¬ance policy to Petra, in whose state Omni is not licensed to sell insurance. As a member of the class of persons protected by the statute, Petra can
a. do nothing with respect to the policy. b. enforce the policy or recover the amount of the premiums paid. c. only enforce the policy. d. only recover the amount of the premiums paid.