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Product Safety and Marketing MCQ

A(n) _____ is collected by a seller at each stage of a transaction.

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Correct Answer: Value added tax

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A bag of snack food says, ""walmart's corn chips."" this is an example of a(n) ________ brand.

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Correct Answer: Private

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Why was Samsung accused of nonchalantly handling their second recall of the Galaxy Note 7 phone?

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Correct Answer: Samsung buried the information regarding the status of the smartphone on their web page instead of aggressively advertising it.

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What was a primary frustration related to ethical principles that automakers and regulators had with the way the CEO handled the prolonged airbag problem at Takata?

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Correct Answer: The poor governance and lack of transparency

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In the Chevy Cobalt Ignition Switch Crisis case study, what was the driving force behind GM’s reluctance to bring closure to the investigation?

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Correct Answer: Lack of leadership

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In the Chevy Cobalt Ignition Switch Crisis case study, when DeGiorgio finally did authorize a change in the ignition switch, why was the change difficult to track?

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Correct Answer: DeGiorgio did not change the part number, which complicated the investigation.

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In the Chevy Cobalt Ignition Switch Crisis case study, the lead engineer, DeGiorgio, signed off on the faulty ignition switch, considering the problem more convenience than safety related. How is it possible that no one knew about DeGiorgio’s authorization during 10 years of investigation?

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Correct Answer: It was the failure within the organization to track authorizations and accompanying test results for the vehicle’s different technologies.

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Safety continues to be a concern and a challenge for automakers. With car-crash fatalities due to human error, such as texting while driving, on the rise, what is the auto industry’s response?

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Correct Answer: High-tech safety packages and eventually a driverless car

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What was the catalyst that caused a shift in the auto industry’s thinking about safety?

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Correct Answer: Ralph Nader’s book, which exposed neglected flaws in design leading to safety issues

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Initially, the auto industry was more focused on design, style, and performance than on ______, believing that “cars are safe, drivers cause accidents.”

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Correct Answer: Safety

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In the 1970s, what challenged the U.S. auto industry?

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Correct Answer: The demand for more fuel-efficient and safer automobiles

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What is likely to preclude the United States from mandating plain packaging for tobacco products?

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Correct Answer: The First Amendment

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Why did Australia choose to use plain packaging on tobacco products?

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Correct Answer: They felt the advertising and marketing on the product promoted sales.

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Who required a health warning on all cigarette packages, prohibited advertising at schools, and forbade ads directed at youths under age 25?

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Correct Answer: Federal Trade Commission

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Marketing Uptown cigarettes to blacks is as an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Targeted marketing

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How did the tobacco industry react to doctors suspecting cigarette smoking was hazardous to a smoker’s health?

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Correct Answer: They ran ads insisting smoking was safe to reassure the public

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High excise taxes, age requirements, and substantial restrictions on advertising and promotion have led to a(n) ______ in cigarette smoking.

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Correct Answer: Decline

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Advertising has been condemned for being ______ because it plays on people’s desires for “social acceptability” or “personal beauty.”

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Correct Answer: Manipulative

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Providing consumers with product information and persuading them to purchase that product is the purpose of ______.

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Correct Answer: Advertising

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One way to control the sale of predatory products is to ______.

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Correct Answer: Confine them to a defined subset of customers

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Cigarettes are an example of a ______.

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Correct Answer: Predatory product

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If a product’s risks are known and they are judged to be acceptable or reasonable by the buyer based on the benefits the buyer expects to receive from using that product, the product is considered _____.

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Correct Answer: Safe

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Sellers have a duty to ensure that products perform as promised. This is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Due care

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Why is there more focus on caveat vendor?

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Correct Answer: Sellers know more about their products than buyers.

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In recent years, the trend has shifted to the philosophy of ______.

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Correct Answer: Let the seller beware

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Corporations have ______ responsibility under caveat emptor and it is up to the consumer to be circumspect about the products they buy.

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Correct Answer: Narrow

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Caveat emptor stands for ______.

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Correct Answer: Let the buyer beware

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Which are the two prevailing philosophies that corporations tend to have about the scope of their obligation to customers?

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Correct Answer: Caveat emptor and caveat vendor

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