Obligations and Contracts (Oblicon) Practice Exam

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• Which is a form of novation by substitution of debtor?
• Divisible Obligation: A prestation is capable of partial performance.
• If the thing is lost during the pendency of a condition, and the loss is due to the debtor's fault, the obligation results in
• Solidary Obligation: Which statement describes it?
• DOLO is defined as:
• Indivisible Obligation: A prestation incapable of partial performance.
• What is the general rule about liability for fortuitous events?
• What are the two kinds of subrogation described?
• If substitution has already been made, the debtor is liable for loss of the substitute in which situations?
• Which statement about novation prerequisites is true?
• An obligation where the debtor is obligated to deliver one of several possible prestations, of which only one will be due at maturity is called:
• Which statement best defines dolo?
• If only part of two mutual debts is extinguished by compensation, what result occurs?
• Tender of payment is best described as what?
• In an alternative obligation, if the debtor's fault causes all prestations to be lost, the creditor is entitled to:
• Which term denotes the debtor who has the duty to give, to do, or not to do?
• Which scenario constitutes the Delay exception to fortuitous events?
• Which of the following is a form of novation?
• Which statement best defines a pure obligation?
• Which statement about conventional subrogation is correct?
• What best distinguishes a day certain from a period in obligations?
• Under the rules of principal and installment, when the principal is received without mention of interest, what is presumed?
• Period, as defined in obligations, is
• Which are requisites to extinguish an obligation due to loss of the thing?
• What is the remedy for dolo incidente (incidental fraud)?
• Which statement is true about novation forms?
• Under the rules, if the latter installment is received without mention of prior installment, what is presumed?
• Which statement is an essential requisite of compensation?
• When delivering a determinate thing, a delay by the debtor is addressed as still liable in a fortuitous event.
• What is an effect of fulfillment of a resolutory condition?
• Nullity rules: If the principal obligation is null, what happens to the penal clause?
• Dation in payment involves which description?
• Which term denotes delay on the part of the creditor?
• Which element constitutes payment according to the law?
• What describes compensation?
• Which option correctly identifies conventional subrogation?
• Which statement about the period in obligations is correct?
• An obligation with only one prestation but that may be substituted is called:
• Quasi-contracts arise from lawful, voluntary acts; no one shall be unjustly enriched.
• The term 'quasi-delict' corresponds to which concept?
• In an alternative obligation, if one prestation becomes illegal, what happens?
• Which are the two kinds of fraud?
• Which term describes compensation where both obligations are completely extinguished?
• In dolo causante (fraud in obtaining consent), what remedy applies?
• Which of the following is NOT a requisite of consignation?
• The condition is fulfilled if the debtor prevents fulfillment.
• In an obligation, which term denotes the party to whom the obligation is owed?
• What are the requisites for the creditor to be entitled to damages when all alternatives are lost due to debtor's fault?
• In loss of the thing due, which statement is true?
• For a generic obligation, what remedies does the creditor have if the debtor fails to perform?
• Which creditor remedy enables the creditor to exercise rights and actions of the debtor against others, except inherent in the debtor personally?
• Which is a cause of extinguishment by lapse of time?
• If the debtor performs in contravention of the obligation, what remedies are available to the creditor?
• If the debtor fails to comply with the obligation to deliver a determinate thing, what are the creditor's remedies?
• Quasi-delict / culpa aquiliana arises from damage caused by fault or negligence.
• Culpa Criminal refers to negligence that constitutes what?
• In an alternative obligation, if one prestation is lost due to a fortuitous event, what is the remedy?
• Compensatio morae means:
• Which statement describes a cession?
• When one debtor in a reciprocal obligation fails to comply, what remedies may the injured party choose?
• For application of payment, all debts must be due.
• Which statement correctly distinguishes an alternative obligation from a facultative obligation?
• What are the requisites of valid confusion/merger?
• Which statement best describes Culpa Aquiliana?
• RECIPROCAL obligation is characterized by which feature?
• In a solidary obligation, the creditor can demand full performance from any one of multiple debtors.
• If all prestations are lost due to debtor's fault in an alternative obligation, the creditor may choose what?
• Which of the following is NOT a cause of extinguishment of obligations?
• Which of the following pair correctly reflects the two kinds of fraud?
• Who has the right to apply payment to the debts?
• Under the diligence of a good father of a family, which statement is correct?
• Which term denotes delay on the part of the debtor?
• If the debtor fails to deliver a determinate thing with proper accessions, how must performance be accomplished?
• Which of the following is the creditor's right to cancel acts or contracts by debtor to defraud creditor?
• Dation in payment may occur under which financial condition of the debtor?
• In a facultative obligation, when there is loss or deterioration of a substitute, which statement is true about liability?
• Which scenario illustrates bad faith under fortuitous-event exceptions?
• Which term describes compensation based on a court order?
• Which of the following is a creditor's right to satisfy a claim via exact payment?
• Application of payments involves which of the following?
• If the debtor is guilty of fraud in performance, what is the effect on the penalty clause?
• Novation is the substitution, by agreement, of a new contract for an old one, with the rights under the old contract terminated. Which statement about novation is true?
• Which are the kinds of fruits?
• With a period, who may demand performance under the general rule?
• Who generally has the right to choose which prestation will be performed in an alternative obligation, unless the contract states otherwise?
• Which are requisites of a valid condonation/remission?
• Subrogation results in which change?
• Obligation with a penal clause is best described as
• If deterioration occurs during pendency of the condition and the deterioration is due to the debtor's fault, the debtor may
• Which of the following is a valid type of obligation according to the number of persons obliged?
• Are accessions and accessories included in a determinate delivery even if not mentioned?
• BILATERAL obligation is best described as which of the following?
• Impossible conditions, contrary to law, shall
• Which statement correctly describes a bilateral obligation?
• Which statement correctly describes a reciprocal obligation?
• Which statement correctly describes the creditor's rights to fruits prior to delivery?
• Which statement is true about quasi-contracts?
• Which form of novation by substitution of debtor requires the creditor's consent but not the old debtor's?
• Which term describes delay of both parties in a reciprocal obligation?
• Which of the following is not listed as an instance when the debtor loses the right to rely on the period?
• A valid consignation without prior tender of payment is allowed when what circumstance exists?
• Solidary Obligation exist only if: Which condition can create solidary?
• Joint obligation: How is the obligation to pay handled?
• What is a primary purpose of a penalty clause?
• Which of the following is NOT a kind of obligation according to the person obliged?
• Which term denotes incidental fraud?
• During the pendency of a condition in an obligation, improvements by nature or time confer a benefit to whom?
• Expromision prerequisites include which elements?
• Expromision prerequisites include which?
• A resolutory condition
• If the debtor does not avail, the creditor can give him a receipt designating the debt.
• Subrogation is defined as which change?
• Which is a form of dation in payment?
• Crimes/Acts/Omissions punished by law are sources of obligation.
• What is the term for the subject matter of the obligation?
• Which is an exception to the general rule 'No demand, No delay'?
• Which of the following is an effect of delay?
• Which statement about VIOLATION is most accurate?
• Which of the following is NOT a form of negligence?
• Consignation is defined as what?
• Rule about loss/deterioration of substitute in facultative obligation: If there is a loss/deterioration of a substitute, the debtor is NOT liable if NOT HIS FAULT.
• Delegacion requires which combination of acts?
• Which creditor remedy permits seizing debtor's property to satisfy the claim?
• Natural Obligation is derived from equity & justice and not enforceable by court action.
• What is confusion/merger?
• If a period is favorable to the creditor, who may demand performance before the period ends?
• Negotiorum gestio is not voluntary management.
• Condition that happens in determinate time extinguishes the obligation.
• Which term refers to an obligation where the debtor must satisfy one of several alternative prestations?
• Which is the form of fraud known as causal fraud?
• A conditional obligation is characterized by
• Cession occurs when the debtor abandons ALL his property.
• When the period of an obligation expires, what happens to demandability?
• An obligation with a period has demandability subject to the expiration of the period; this means the obligation will
• If the debtor improves the thing at his own expense during the pendency of the condition, what is his right regarding reimbursement for the improvement?
• A condition that happens in indeterminate time, obligation only effective at arrival.
• Which description best fits a day certain in obligations?
• What is the effect of a fortuitous event on the obligation to deliver?
• Which denotes extinction of the obligation upon the happening of a future event?
• Culpa Contractual arises when there is a pre-existing contractual obligation and fault in performance.
• In an obligation not to do, if the obligor does what is forbidden, what remedy is required?
• What is condonation/remission?
• Which term denotes incidental fraud?
• In a loss of the thing due not caused by the debtor’s fault and the thing is determinate, what happens to the obligation?
• Which of the following is a source of obligation?
• Which of the following is a suspensive condition?
• Presumptions that obligation is joint: Which statement is a presumption?
• Which of the following lists the two kinds of quasi-contracts?
• In the absence of an agreement, and where the object is indeterminate, the place of payment is the debtor's domicile. Which option correctly reflects this rule?
• Which of the following is a form of novation involving the creditor?
• Delegacion prerequisites include which of the following?
• Which is an exception to the general rule that the penalty replaces damages and interest?
• When a conditional obligation to give is fulfilled, its effects retroact to the day of constitution.
• Solutio indebiti refers to a transfer delivered by mistake.
• Which of the following describes legal subrogation scenarios?
• What is the juridical/legal tie called?
• In a facultative obligation, when the substitute has been added and then lost due to the debtor's fault, the debtor is liable for loss of the substitute in which conditions?
• One of the requisites of consignation is that the debt is due.
• Which of the following is an instance when the debtor loses the right to rely on a period?
• Negligence is defined as?
• In application of payment, the debts involved must be of what nature?
• In an alternative obligation, who has the option to choose which prestation will be rendered?
• Nullity of penal clause affects the principal obligation how?
• What is the general rule regarding a penalty clause in an obligation?
• What is the term for a novation that changes the person of the debtor or creditor?
• Which is an exception to the no-liability rule for fortuitous events?
• Negotiorum gestio means voluntary management of another's affairs.
• What best describes a fortuitous event?
• Condition not to do an impossible thing is considered
• Which statement is NOT a requisite of a valid cession?
• Which of the following is a mode of payment?
• In facultative obligation, who has the right to choose the prestation, unless the contract provides otherwise?
• Civil Obligation is derived from positive law and enforceable by court action.
• What is the general rule about the effect of fulfillment of a suspensive condition?
• A condition is described as: