Question: Please answers the below True/False and Multiple choice questions from Business Law. (Please provide a brief explanation to answers) Chapter: Agency Relationships 1. By definition,

Please answers the below True/False and Multiple choice questions from Business Law. (Please provide a brief explanation to answers)

Chapter: Agency Relationships

1. By definition, independent contractors are not employees. True/False

2. John lies and tells Bill that he, John, is Mike's agent, when he is not. Bill enters into a contract with John for the benefit of Mike. Mike can still ratify the contract John entered into for him. True/False

3. In #2 above, when John lied, he created an agency by estoppel. True/False

4. As a general rule, death of a principal terminates an agency as a matter of law. True/False

5. Employers are generally liable for all intentional torts committed by their employees if they occur on the job, even if they have no relation to their employment. True/False

6. A power of attorney is a special type of agency relationship where the agent must be a licensed attorney. True/False

7. Actual authority of an agent may be express, implied, or apparent. True/False

8. Respondeat superioris a type of vicarious liability. True/False

9. An alleged principal's ratification of a contract entered into by a person who was not her agent can only be express, it may not be by implication. True/False

10. When an agent has paid for the right to exercise authority for a business, the agency created is called an agency coupled with an interest. True/False

11. A special agency is open-ended and not limited to a particular transaction or series of transactions; it is an agency where continuous service by the agent is expected. True/False

12. An agent can have two general classes of authority, actual and apparent. True/False

13. In a disclosed agency situation where the third party knows who the principal is, the third party can sue the principal or the agent if the principal breaches the contract. True/False

14. John is an employee of XYZ Co. While making a delivery, he stops at the 7-11 store to get a cup of coffee. While pulling out of the store's parking lot (back on his way to make his delivery) he negligently causes an automobile accident. His employer is not liable because he was not at the 7-15 to further his employer's business. True/False

16. Employers are generally liable for the negligence of their independent contractors that causes injury to innocent third parties. True/False

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