The document contains two multiple choice questions about hotel guests and liability. The first question asks which types of individuals are considered guests of a hotel, with the answer being any person who comes to the hotel. The second question is about a hotel disclaiming liability for vehicles in its parking lot through a sign, but asks if they can still be held liable for a guest's stolen vehicle. Feedback is provided that the hotel cannot avoid its duty of care through a sign. The second question presents the same issue as a scenario about a man whose car is stolen from the hotel lot while meeting a client, with the answer being he can still make a claim as a guest. Feedback notes the scenario engages critical thinking more than a regular multiple

1. Regular Multiple Choice Question
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2. Check Your Understanding
1. Which of the following are guests of a hotel?
 Person who has come to eat at the hotel’s
restaurant
 Person who has come to stay at the hotel
 Visitor of the person who is staying at the hotel
 All of the above
2. A hotel has issued a notice cautioning its guests
that they can “use the hotel car park at their own
risk”. Can a hotel be held liable for the loss of a
guest’s car from its car park?
 Yes
 No
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3. Check Your Understanding
1. Which of the following are guests of a hotel?
 Person who has come to eat at the hotel’s
restaurant
 Person who has come to stay at the hotel
 Visitor of the person who is staying at the hotel
 All of the above
2. A hotel has issued a notice cautioning its guests
that they can “use the hotel car park at their own
risk”. Can a hotel be held liable for the loss of a
guest’s car from its car park?
 Yes
 No
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4. Check Your Understanding
1. Which of the following are guests of a hotel?
 Person who has come to eat at the hotel’s
restaurant
 Person who has come to stay at the hotel
 Visitor of the person who is staying at the hotel
 All of the above
2. A hotel has issued a notice cautioning its guests
that they can “use the hotel car park at their own
risk”. Can a hotel be held liable for the loss of a
guest’s car from its car park?
 Yes
 No
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Feedback
Excellent! Any person who is
welcome into a hotel is considered
a guest of the hotel.
Excellent! The hotel owes its guests
a duty of safeguarding their property
and cannot avoid this duty by merely
issuing a cautionary notice.
Feedback

5. Scenario-based Multiple Choice Question
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6. Check Your Understanding
Peter drove to a hotel to meet a client. At the hotel car park a signboard had the following message:
“Users of the car park do so at their own risk. The management will not be liable for any damage or
loss of their car.” When Peter returned to the car park to leave, he found that his car was stolen. Can
he claim charges from the hotel?
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A
B
C
D
Peter cannot make a claim as the hotel has clearly posted a
notice saying they cannot be held responsible for any loss
or damage of cars.
Peter is a guest of the hotel and can make a claim. The
hotel cannot exclude its duty of care to a guest by simply
posting a notice.
Peter cannot claim charges from the hotel as he was not a
direct guest of the hotel.
Peter cannot make a claim but his client can choose to
make a claim on Peter’s behalf.
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7. Check Your Understanding
Peter drove to a hotel to meet a client. At the hotel car park a signboard had the following message:
“Users of the car park do so at their own risk. The management will not be liable for any damage or
loss of their car.” When Peter returned to the car park to leave, he found that his car was stolen. Can
he claim charges from the hotel?
2
A
B
C
D
Peter cannot make a claim as the hotel has clearly posted a
notice saying they cannot be held responsible for any loss
or damage of cars.
Peter is a guest of the hotel and can make a claim. The
hotel cannot exclude its duty of care to a guest by simply
posting a notice.
Peter cannot claim charges from the hotel as he was not a
direct guest of the hotel.
Peter cannot make a claim but his client can choose to
make a claim on Peter’s behalf.
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Feedback
Excellent! Peter is a guest of the hotel,
even though he has only come to visit
someone at the hotel. As a guest of the
hotel, he can file a claim for the loss of
his car. The hotel cannot exclude itself
from the duty of safeguarding guests’
property by merely posting a notice.

8. Both questions are essentially the same. However,
the assessment with the real-life scenario is far
more thought-provoking and engaging than the
regular MCQ.
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