Test 4 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Under the ADA which of the following is/are true?
Reasonable Accommodations must be made by firms covered by the act
Social Security benefits may include all of the following except:
Medicaid
(does include Payments to disabled children, Medicare, and payments to divorced spouses).
which of the following laws prohibit employers from discriminating among employees based on sex?
Both - Tite VII and Equal Pay Act
Which of the following is NOT true under the FMLA?
Employee has 30 day “leave from work” for birth of child at half pay
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, in which area is a person protected from discrimination?
Both of the above- privately operated public accommodation and public transportation
Which of the following provisions is basic to all workers’ compensation systems?
Injured employee does not have to prove negligence.
Under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, a collection service using improper debt collection could be subject to
a civil suit for damages
Which of the following best describes the relationship between a corp and the CPA it hires to audit corporate books?
employer and independent contractor
Which of the following actions requires an agent for a corporation to have a written agency agreement?
Purchasing an interest in undeveloped land for the principal.
Which of the following under agency law is not a type of authority that an agent might have?
resulting from an emergency
Generally an agency is terminated by operation of law in all of the following circumstances except…
Agent’s renunciation of the agency
An unemployed CPA generally would receive unemployment compensation benefits if the CPA…
was fired as a result of the employer’s business reversals.
Which of the following payments are deducted from an employee’s salary?
neither worker’s compensation insurance or unemployment compensation insurance
Under CERCLA (Superfund), who could be liable to the EPA for cleanup expenses of a hazardous waste site?
All of the above may have liability
Which of the following activities is (are) regulated under the Clean Water Act?
both of the above- dredging wet-lands and discharge f heated water of power plants
Which of the following rights does a surety have?
None of the above – a surety is primarily liable.
Which of the following will result of the total release of a compensated surety?
Principal debtor’s complete performance is rendered.
Which of the following is (are) possible when a company violates the Clean Air Act?
All of the above are possible
-EPA Civil penalty equal to the savings of costs by the co for noncompliance
-The company can be assessed a criminal fine
-Officers of the company can be imprisoned
Which would be a horizontal agreement to fix prices and thus be illegal per se under Section 1 of the Sherman Act?
both are true
-Agreement among 3 sellers of lumber to set prices for their lumber charges
-An agreement among sellers of lumbers to no longer sell on credit to buyers
Which of the following would NOT be ‘wages’ under the Social Security Act?
Reimbursed normal travel expense of a salesperson.
When acting for an undisclosed principal an agent may be liable under a contract made with a third party.
true
