PVL 3702 LAW OF CONTRACT 25 QUESTIONS
LATEST UPDATE 2023 VERSION
Question 1 of 25
Which concept is NOT a value that informs the law of contract?
A.
... [Show More] Privity of contract.
B. The requirement that a contract must not be against public policy.
C. Freedom of contract.
D. Pacta sunt servanda.
Question 2 of 25
Z walks into a shop, and puts R10 on the counter and points to a packet of sweets. X
(the owner of the shop) takes the money and hands over the sweets to Z. Which
statement is CORRECT?
A. There is an oral offer, and acceptance by conduct.
B. There is an express offer, and an oral acceptance.
C. There is a firm oral offer, and an unqualified acceptance.
D. There is both an offer, and acceptance by conduct.
Question 3 of 25
Which of the following options is NOT linked to the characteristic features of a
contract?
A. Bilateral in nature.
B. Multilateral in nature.
C. Unilateral promise.
D. Juristic act.
Question 4 of 25
Which of the following does NOT lead to the termination of an offer?
A. In response to the offer, a counter-offer is made by the offeree.
B. After making the offer, the offeror loses legal capacity to act.
C. When the offeror revokes the offer, after the acceptance of the offer has been
communicated to her by the offeree.
D. Rejection of the offer by the offeree.
Question 5 of 25
If commercial bribery exists, the agreement between the briber and the agent is
A. neither void nor voidable.
B. void.
C. void and voidable.
D. voidable.
Question 6 of 25
Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the creation of a valid contract?
A. The prescribed formalities must be complied with.
B. The performance must be possible after the contract is concluded.
C. The contractual obligations must be certain.
D. The contracting parties must have capacity to contract.
PVL 3702 LAW OF CONTRACT 25 QUESTIONS
LATEST UPDATE 2023 VERSION
Question 7 of 25
The notion that contracts are based on consensus, has given rise to which theory?
A. The declaration theory.
B. The expedition theory.
C. The will theory.
D. The reliance theory.
Question 8 of 25
Which cause of action is delictual?
A. Negligent misrepresentation.
B. Mistake.
C. Repudiation.
D. Positive malperformance.
Question 9 of 25
S and V were staying in the same hotel in Cape Town, when V made a verbal offer to
S to sell his Rolex watch to S, and V informed S the date when the offer will lapse. S
returned to Johannesburg where she resided to consider the offer. Three days before
the final day for acceptance, she tried to contact V telephonically to inform him of her
acceptance, but he was unavailable. She immediately wrote a letter of acceptance
which she posted the same day, but it reached V only after the deadline for acceptance
had passed. Which statement is CORRECT?
A. A valid contract of sale was not concluded between V and S.
B. A valid contract of sale was concluded between V and S but the contract is
unenforceable.
C. A valid contract of sale was concluded between V and S.
D. A valid pre-emption contract was concl [Show Less]