Estimate Equals Minimum
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Contracts1
Example wrong choices
20004_dove_tokens_manna_game · CONTRACTS · Choice AStephen wins unless Ruth proves impossibility or frustration of purpose.
Why it's attractive
It turns business disruption into an excuse-doctrine question. The breaker is that the requirements term itself may leave Ruth with zero covered needs.
Why it's wrong
The choice jumps to excuse doctrines instead of answering the requirements-quantity call.
Spot it next time
Ask whether Ruth had any covered requirements left.
20004_dove_tokens_manna_game · CONTRACTS · Choice BStephen wins because the estimate is treated as a minimum quantity promise.
Why it's attractive
It turns the estimate into a floor, which feels concrete and safe. The breaker is that actual good-faith requirements control unless the buyer abuses the estimate.
Why it's wrong
The choice treats an estimate as a minimum quantity promise.
Spot it next time
Separate estimate from minimum.
20004_dove_tokens_manna_game · CONTRACTS · Choice CThe court may not consider Ruth's cancellation evidence because it varies the written estimate under the parol evidence rule.
Why it's attractive
It protects the written estimate with formal-sounding parol-evidence language. The breaker is that later cancellation evidence measures performance under the written requirements term.
Why it's wrong
The choice points the parol-evidence rule at later cancellation evidence.
Spot it next time
Ask when the fact occurred and what it is offered to prove.
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