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Consideration refers to the objective determination of how much a bargain is worth.

A) True
B) False

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A release enables recovery beyond that specified in its terms.

A) True
B) False

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A promise is illusory when its performance depends solely on the discretion of the promisor.

A) True
B) False

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Apps Inc. promises to give stock options to Belden, a creative coder, for processes he has already designed. This promise is


A) enforceable because it is a new contract.
B) enforceable because it is an illusory promise.
C) enforceable because it is supported by past consideration.
D) unenforceable.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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The elements of consideration, in a bilateral contract for a sale of goods, are the sale and the goods.

A) True
B) False

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Onsite Restoration Inc. begins renovating houses for Property Company under a contract for a stated amount per house. After six months, Onsite demands an extra $20,000 per house, stating no reason for the extra $20,000, but asserting that it will stop work if it is not paid. The agreement is


A) enforceable as the consideration is past.
B) enforceable due to unforeseen difficulties.
C) unenforceable as an illusory promise.
D) unenforceable due to the preexisting duty rule.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Don slips and falls on a patch of ice on Ella's property. Ella offers Don $10,000 if he promises not to pursue any slip-and-fall legal claim against her. Don agrees, but later discovers that it will cost $40,000 in medical expenses for a latent injury. In Don's suit against Ella, Don will most likely recover


A) $30,000 to pay the costs over what Ella already paid Don.
B) nothing.
C) the estimated amount to pay the costs and any other liability.
D) the exact amount to pay the costs and no more.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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An option to cancel the performance of a contract before it begins does not make the promise illusory.

A) True
B) False

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Sports Bar and Tasty Tacos are adjacent businesses with adjoining parking lots. Sports Bar offers Tasty a discount on purchases if the restaurant will not tow the cars of Sports Bar's patrons who park in the restaurant's lot. The discount is legally sufficient consideration


A) because it is a promise of something of value.
B) because on acceptance, it will become a preexisting duty.
C) because the offeror considers it to be adequate.
D) under no circumstances.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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If a party is already bound by contract to perform a certain duty, that duty can serve as consideration for a second contract.

A) True
B) False

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Adequacy of consideration refers to


A) "how much" consideration is given.
B) legally sufficient value in the eyes of the law.
C) the intangible value to a contracting party of a thing exchanged.
D) the substantiality of the consideration exchanged.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Maria is the sheriff of Narez, Texas. Oscar robs a Narez gas station and a $500 reward is offered for his capture. When, later, Maria finds and arrests him, with respect to the reward, she can


A) collect it.
B) not collect it because she had a preexisting duty to capture Oscar.
C) not collect it because it is not legally sufficient consideration.
D) not collect it because it is an illusory promise.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Normally, a court will evaluate the adequacy of consideration based solely on the comparative value of the things exchanged as part of agreement.

A) True
B) False

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An accord and satisfaction is an agreement in which one party gives up the right to pursue a legal claim against another party.

A) True
B) False

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To be legally sufficient, consideration must be something of value in the eyes of the law.

A) True
B) False

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Etan is indebted to Finance Credit Corporation for $100,000. Etan agrees to pay, and Finance Credit agrees to accept, a lesser amount than the creditor originally claimed was owed. This agreement is


A) an accord.
B) a release.
C) a satisfaction.
D) an illusory promise.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Gwen is indebted to Home Loan Company for $75,000. Gwen agrees to pay, and Home Loan agrees to accept, a lesser amount than the lender originally claimed was owed. The performance of this agreement is


A) an accord.
B) a release.
C) a satisfaction.
D) an illusory promise.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Shockingly inadequate consideration can indicate fraud in a contract.

A) True
B) False

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A promise made in return for an act or event that has already taken place is fully enforceable.

A) True
B) False

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To enforce a contractual promise, there must be an exchange of consideration underlying the bargain.

A) True
B) False

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