BLAW 3391 TTU EXAM 1 (MCINTURFF) NEWEST ACTUAL
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
VERIFIED/GRADED A+
Actual Agent Authority - ----Answers_---where the principal gives the agent legal permissions to act on the principal's behalf.
Apparent Agent Authority - ----Answers_---Authority that is only apparent, not real. Arises when the principal causes a third party to believe that the agent has authority, even though she or he does not.
Implied Agent Authority - ----Answers_---An agent's power to act on behalf of a principal, intentionally granted by the principal as a result of the principal's conduct, but without an express agreement
Power of Attorney - ----Answers_---Permission for another
to act as one's agent. (Ex: elder giving son power over their
house)
Detour - ----Answers_---when an employee or agent makes a minor departure from his employer's charge (wrecking when driving to meet a customer)
Frolic - ----Answers_---a major departure when the employee is acting on his own and for his own benefit (stopping for a drink and then wrecking) 1 / 2
Employment at Will - ----Answers_---when either party may terminate an employment relationship at any time for any reason.
Whistleblowing - ----Answers_---An employee's disclosure to government authorities, upper-level managers, or the media that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities.
FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) - ----Answers_---Federal law that establishes a minimum wage and requirements for overtime pay (1.5x) and child labor
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) - ----Answers_--- federal law requires that employers provide their employees with safe working conditions
FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) - ----Answers_---- allows employees to take time off work for family or medical reasons or in certain situations that arise from military service.-Requires companies with 50 or more employees to provide up to TWELVE weeks of unpaid family or medical leave
Employee Privacy Rights - ----Answers_---Employees can have privacy as long as its on personal devices and not employee equipment.
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