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What is the term for ending the legal existence of a corporation by unanimous written consent of its shareholders?

  • Unilateral dissolution
  • Involuntary dissolution
  • Voluntary dissolution (correct)
  • Forced dissolution
  • Which act makes the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime?

  • Business Secrets Act
  • Trade Secrets Act
  • Economic Espionage Act (correct)
  • Federal Theft Act
  • What is the minimum number of shareholders required to have a valid vote?

  • Simple majority of shareholders
  • Total number of shareholders
  • Majority of shareholders
  • Quorum of shareholders (correct)
  • What is a process, chemical formula, list, plan, or mechanism known only to an employer and those employees who need to know in order to use it in business?

    <p>Trade secret</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify his goods and distinguish them from goods manufactured or sold by others?

    <p>Trademark</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the right of shareholders to protect dilution of their percentage of share ownership?

    <p>Preemptive right</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many years does it take for employees to be entitled to vested interests in retirement benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act?

    <p>Five years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for intangible personal property?

    <p>Intellectual property</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to a partnership when it becomes bankrupt under the Uniform Partnership Act (UPA)?

    <p>It is dissolved by the operation of law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the duration of a design patent?

    <p>Fourteen years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which doctrine states that infringing products, processes, or machines need not be identical?

    <p>Doctrine of equivalents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of the incorporation process?

    <p>Issuance of a corporate charter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of stock has an inflated consideration that is in fact less than the par value?

    <p>Watered stock</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is true about a free market?

    <p>It is a market where commerce is legally constrained by what is economically and socially desirable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of the legal realist school of thought?

    <p>The social context of law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of agreement requires a potential employee to belong to the union before being hired and to remain a member during employment?

    <p>Closed shop agreement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of finishing the business at hand, settling accounts, and terminating the firm in a partnership?

    <p>Winding up</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between two contracting parties, occupying adjoining levels in a product distribution system?

    <p>Vertical privity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main goal of the Trademark Dilution Act?

    <p>To protect the owners of marks of significant value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the manager's fiduciary duty?

    <p>The moral duty to act as responsible agents to owners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of partnership is formed when one partner does not participate in the day-to-day activities and the other partner is singularly liable for any loss?

    <p>Limited Partnership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Under what statute must a partnership agreement be in writing to avoid invalidation?

    <p>Statute of Frauds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is true of partnerships between parents and minor children?

    <p>They are lawful</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theory states that a business firm is a legal person with existence and accountability separate from its owner's?

    <p>Entity Theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a person who finances a business and receives an ownership interest in return called?

    <p>Equity Shareholder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a dividend?

    <p>A share of the corporation's profits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of partnership has limited liability for its partners?

    <p>Limited Liability Partnership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a limited partnership?

    <p>One partner has unlimited liability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a business firm with a legal existence separate from its owners?

    <p>Entity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following has elements of both equity and debt?

    <p>Preferred stocks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common-law theory of partnerships?

    <p>Common Name for an Aggregate of Individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a municipal corporation?

    <p>It is not organized for profit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a derivative action?

    <p>A lawsuit brought on behalf of a shareholder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of proxy?

    <p>A method of electing a representative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an implied power?

    <p>A power that is beyond a corporate power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a publicly held corporation?

    <p>The stock is widely held</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is strict products liability?

    <p>A liability imposed on a merchant-seller</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the legal right given to authors to prevent others from duplicating a protected work?

    <p>Copyright</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a grant from the government that gives an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention?

    <p>Patent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a collective bargaining agreement provision under which an employer agrees to refrain from dealing with certain people or from purchasing their products?

    <p>Hot cargo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of paying the creditors and distributing the assets of a corporation?

    <p>Liquidation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of market involves resale of shares by brokers?

    <p>Secondary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a transferable share known as?

    <p>Security</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered a tippee in a situation involving insider trading?

    <p>A tippee</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is insider trading?

    <p>Trading shares based on confidential information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who sells shares directly to the public at $50 per share?

    <p>A company</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the price of shares when the company's new undertaking is successful?

    <p>It increases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is informed about the company's important decisions and board meetings?

    <p>An investor with significant influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the percentage of shares owned by Hannah in Floating Walls Inc.?

    <p>12%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of shares does Hannah sell in the market after obtaining confidential information?

    <p>5%</p> Signup and view all the answers

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