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Bca 1205/ Bps 1205 Business Law 1 Question Paper

Bca 1205/ Bps 1205 Business Law 1

Course:Bachelor Of Business Administration

Institution: Dedan Kimathi University Of Technology question papers

Exam Year:2013

Page 1 DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2012/2013
EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ DIPLOMA IN PURCHASING AND SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT.
BCA 1205/ BPS 1205 BUSINESS LAW 1
DATE: 29TH OCTOBER 2012 TIME: 11.00AM – 1.00PM
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer questions ONE and any other TWO questions.
QUESTION ONE
a. What are the rules that govern the acceptance of an offer? 5mks
b. A writes to B ‘I will sell you my car for shs 500,000. If I hear nothing from you before next Saturday, I will take it that you have accepted’ B does not reply by Saturday. A is now threatening to sue B for breach of contract to buy the car.
Advice B. 2mks
c. Discuss any two written and two unwritten sources of Kenya law. 8mks
d. Enumerate the various ways by which the authority of an agent is terminated. 6mks
e. Explain two differences between.
(i) Tort and Crime 2mks
(ii) Tort and Contracts 2mks
QUESTION TWO
a. Briefly discuss the general defenses in respect to the law of tort. 10mks
b. In what circumstances will a contract be discharged through frustration? 5mks
QUESTION THREE
a. What is vicarious liability? 2mks
b. Discuss four circumstances where vicarious liability may arise. 8mks
c. What is defamation? 1mk
d. Discuss four defenses available in the tort of defamation. 4mks
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QUESTION FOUR
a. Vitiating factors are factors which interfere with the intention of the parties to the contract. Discuss four such factors which may render a contract void or voidable.
8mks
b. In what circumstance may trespass to land be justifiable in common law or by statute?
7mks
QUESTION FIVE
a. Briefly explain the contractual capacity of the following.
(i) Minors 6mks
(ii) drunken persons and persons of unsound mind 3mks
(iii)corporations 3mks
b. Discuss three ways through which an offer may come to an end. 3mks

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