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Business Properties, Inc. (BPI) , offers to sell a warehouse to Corporate Investments. Corporate says that it will pay BPI $100 to hold the offer open for three business days. This


A) creates an illegal contract by adding a clause to BPI's offer.
B) makes the offer irrevocable for three days if BPI accepts.
C) negates BPI's offer by changing the price term.
D) voidsBPI's offer by extending the time term.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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An option contract is created when an offeror promises to hold an offer open for a specified period of time in return for a payment given by the offeree.

A) True
B) False

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Rafi offers a tour of Bay Harbor aboard his sailboat, Sea Siren, to Tiara's Travel Group for $500. Referring to the prices for similar tours, Tiara's says, "We'll pay no more than $400." Rafi's offer is


A) still open.
B) terminated.
C) rejected and subject to a counteroffer.
D) ​revoked.

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

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B

If no time for acceptance is specified in an offer, the offer terminates after a reasonable length of time.

A) True
B) False

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On May 1 Noah offers to sell Ole a pig. On May 3Noah mails Ole a letter revoking the offer. Ole receives the letter on May 5 and responds on May 6. Noah's revocation of the offer to sell the pig became effective on


A) May 1.
B) ​May 3.
C) ​May 5.
D) May 6.

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

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Global Dispatch Corporation and Heavy Hauling, Inc., agree in advance to terms that apply to their future e-transactions. This is


A) a partnering agreement.
B) a click-on agreement.
C) ​a shrink-wrap agreement.
D) a choice-of-law clause.

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

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Interstate Coffee Brokers, Inc., offers to buy Java Roasters Company coffee-roasting services for a certain price. Java responds that the price is too low and thereby rejects the offer. The offer is


A) terminated.
B) valid for a reasonable time to give Interstate a "second chance."
C) valid for the period of time prescribed by a state statute.
D) ​valid until Interstate revokes the offer.

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

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Idina admires July's collection of guitars. July says, "I plan to sell the collection when I get tired of it." July's statement is​


A) ​an offer.
B) not an offer because it has not been communicated to Idina.
C) not an offer because Julyexpressed only an intent to enter into a future contract.
D) ​an acceptance.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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May tries to start her new car with no success. She yells that she will sell the car to anyone for $10. Nick, a passerby who owns Nick’s Pre-owned Autos, hands May $10. This is


A) a valid acceptance because May is seriously frustrated.
B) a valid acceptance because Nick is a car dealer.
C) not a valid acceptance because May does not seriously intend to sell.
D) not a valid acceptance because Nick is a car dealer.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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C

An acceptance can materially change or add to the terms of the original offer without rejecting it.

A) True
B) False

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Barney offers to sell his Call Marketing Center business to Domino for $100,000. Domino replies, "The price is too high. I will offer to buy it for $90,000." Domino has


A) accepted the offer.
B) made a counteroffer without rejecting the offer.
C) rejected the offer and made a counteroffer.
D) ​rejected the offer without making a counteroffer.

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

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An "offer" to sell an item on an online auction site generally is treated an invitation to negotiate.

A) True
B) False

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An acceptance must be unequivocal.

A) True
B) False

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An offer terminates automatically when the time specified in the offer has passed.

A) True
B) False

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Wally offers to sell a certain used forklift to Valu Lumber Outlet, but Wally dies before Valu ac-cepts. Most likely, Wally's death


A) did not affect the offer.
B) shortened the time of the offer but did not terminate it.
C) extended the time of the offer.
D) terminated the offer.

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

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The mailbox rule applies to communication by phone as well as by mail.

A) True
B) False

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In a bilateral contract, communication of acceptance is necessary.

A) True
B) False

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An agreement is evidenced by one event: an offer.

A) True
B) False

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False

A preliminary agreement cannot constitute a binding contract.

A) True
B) False

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Revocation is effective on dispatch.

A) True
B) False

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