BU 490 BU490 MODULE 6 QUIZ ANSWERS - ASHWORTH
Ashworth BU490 Module 6 Quiz Answers
Question 1
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Which of the following describes an enabling function of privacy?
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Privacy helps to keep potentially embarrassing information private
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Privacy helps individuals to sustain distinct social roles
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Privacy helps protect the individual rights based on values others may not hold
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Privacy helps individuals from involuntarily harming their own reputation
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Question 2
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following describes the reason physical privacy is as important as psychological privacy.
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Inner lives cannot be intruded upon by other individuals
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Individuals have the moral right to substantial interests in things
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Inner lives are revealed by physical activities and expressions
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Revealing private information in an invasion of the physical person
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Which of the following is a common problem with the market approach to consumer protection?
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Consumers are often not rational about product risk or probabilities
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Consumers have too much information and won't take time to understand it
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Government has made excess information too inexpensive and easy to find
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Consumers expect the government to monitor all aspects of safety
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Question 4
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following is the basis for the social cost view?
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Caveat vendor
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Cramming
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Coercion
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Caveat emptor
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Question 5
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0 / 5 points
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Which of the following views supports the idea that when consumers use products in a manner that is careless, and then become injured, the responsibility is on the consumer, not the manufacturer?
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Contractual
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Due- care
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Social cost
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Irrational purchases
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Question 6
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0 / 5 points
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Which of the following is one of the main objections to the contractual view of a business firm's duties to its customers?
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The use of indirect agreements that cover implied warranties
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The idea that buyers and sellers are equal in the transaction
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The assumption that sellers deal directly with buyers
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The enforcement of the doctrine of caveat emptor
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Question 7
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5 / 5 points
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Under the due-care view of moral responsibility, why do manufacturers have a greater duty to take care to ensure that consumers' interests are not harmed by the products they offer?
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Manufacturers have greater knowledge and expertise that consumers lack
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There is a strong bond of trust between consumers and manufacturers
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Consumers have less time to adequately research goods and services before purchase decisions
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Manufacturers have more time to consider the needs of each consumer and how they will use a product or service
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Question 8
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5 / 5 points
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In the due care theory of manufacturer's duties, the relationship between manufacturer and customer can be described as which of the following?
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The manufacturer is in an unequal position to harm and take advantage of the customer
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They are equals
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The customer is in an unequal position to place demands on the manufacturer
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The manufacturer and the customer are separated by a regulating body
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Question 9
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following represents an argument for the market approach to consumer protection?
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More demands for safety means government should not have to interfere
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Sellers will provide safety even if consumers do not demand it
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More demand for safety encourages more safety
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Government intervention makes the market fair, efficient, and less coercive
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Question 10
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following is based on the idea that consumers and sellers are not equals in the transactional relationship?
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The doctrine of caveat emptor
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The Uniform Commercial Code
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The social costs view
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The due- care view
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Question 11
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following represents the responsibility of a manufacture under the due-care view of business responsibility?
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Consumers and sellers are equally skilled in evaluating the quality of a product, and they must protect their own best interests
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Consumers depend on the expertise of the manufacturer; therefore, the manufacturer must take due care to ensure others are not injured by the product
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Consumers are free to agree to buy a product with certain qualities, and they are also free to buy products with other qualities
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The seller has a moral responsibility to the buyer of its product, often a wholesaler, and does not have a due- care relationship with the end- user of the product, often a consumer
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Question 12
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5 / 5 points
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According to the contractual view of the business firm's duties to its customers, what is created by the contractual relationship between a firm and its customers?
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Universalized contracts
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Moral duties
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Social rules
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Secondary duties
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Question 13
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following represents a major fault in the due-care view of moral responsibility?
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It places the cost for unforeseen product injuries in the hands of the manufacturer
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It requires the consumers to use products in a way that minimizes risk of injury or harm
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It requires the manufacturer to determine how much risk is acceptable for the consumer
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It identifies specific formulas to determine the levels of due care required for each product
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Question 14
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following views of the manufacturers' duties to consumers holds that the manufacturer should pay the cost of injuries sustained through defects in the product, even when due care has been exercised?
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The due- care view of business responsibility
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The contractual view of manufacturers' responsibilities
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The duty of disclosure
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The social costs view of the manufacturers' duties
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Question 15
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0 / 5 points
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Which of the following describes a person's thoughts, beliefs, values, and feelings?
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Moral rights
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Physical privacy
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Ethical rights
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Physiological privacy
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Question 16
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following criticisms of the social cost view supports the idea that the social cost view is unjust?
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The social cost view assumes that being required to pay for the cost of injuries will inspire manufacturers to reduce the number of accidents
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The social cost view required manufacturers to pay for unforeseeable and unpreventable injuries
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The social cost view has increased the number of lawsuits under the strict liability claim
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The social cost view does not consider the standard utilitarian assumptions about the values of efficiency
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Question 17
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5 / 5 points
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Which of the following represents the idea that a business has a moral responsibility to fully explain what a buyer is purchasing and exactly what the terms of the sale are?
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The duty not to misrepresent
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The duty not to coerce
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The duty to comply with express claims
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The duty of disclosure
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Question 18
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5 / 5 points
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In terms of product safety, what is the potential result of government intervention in consumer markets?
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Safety is reduced to a commodity that must be provided even if unwanted
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Markets become unfair, inefficient, and coercive
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The government bears the added cost of incorporating safety
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Consumers will pay extra for safety if sellers provide it
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Question 19
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5 / 5 points
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Which implied claim refers to the estimated amount of time a product will function as effectively as a consumer is led to believe it will?
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Reliability
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Service life
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Maintainability
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Product safety
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Question 20
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5 / 5 points
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Some advertisements that are intended to manipulate consumers violate what right?
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The right to free speech
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The consumer's right to be treated as a free and equal rational being
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The right to choose between competitors in a free market
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The right to personal safety
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