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Diploma level revision aid Law of Contract DP1

This revision quiz is intended to assist you in the law of property.

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* 1. Which of the following is NOT an essential element making an agreement enforceable

Possibility of performance

Each party must be at least 18 years old

Consideration

Offer and Acceptance

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* 2. Simple contracts may be made by which of the following ways? (Tick as many as you believe are correct)

In writing

Implied by conduct

Orally

Assumed

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* 3. Which of the following is an example of an offer?

Displaying goods in a shop window

Placing goods in a shopping trolley

Viewing goods on sale on-line

Selecting goods in a supermarket and taking them to the till

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* 4. Does acceptance of an offer need to be communicated?

Yes and Carhill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893) confirms this

No and this is confirmed by Donoghue v Stevenson (1932)

No and Carhill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893) confirms this

Yes and this is confirmed by Donoghue v Stevenson (1932)

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* 5. Displaying goods in a shop window is an example of which of the following?

Invitation to treat

Consideration

Offer

Acceptance

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* 6. Which of the following statements is correct?

An offeror may never revoke an offer or withdraw an offer

An offeror may never revoke an offer

An offeror may revoke an offer but this must be communicated directly to the offeree before acceptance

An offeror may revoke an offer provided it is before acceptance either directly of indirectly to the offeree

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* 7. Which of the following relate to consideration (Select as many as are correct)

it must be real

it must move from the promisee

it must be legal

it must not be in the past

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* 8. Capacity in relation to contract relates to which of the following:

The general rule that any person, of whatever nationality, sex, may enter into a binding contract

The general rule that definitions in a contract must be correct

The general rule that any reference to size or dimensions are in metric

The general rule that contracts must be confirmed in writing to be binding

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* 9. A Chartered corporation is formed by a royal charter. Which of the following is correct

A chartered corporation has no legal right to make contracts

A chartered body must obtain agreement from the Privy Council to enter into legally binding agreements

A chartered body may have its charter revoked by its members if it acts outside the terms of its charter

A chartered body may have its charter revoked by the Crown if it acts outside the terms of its charter

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* 10. Which of the following best describes the effects of a contract to undertake an illegal act?

The contract is illegal

The contract is legal

The contract is enforcable

The contract is a tort