Government Agencies Review

You find a used band-aid in the package of ground beef you bought at Wegman's. What government agency would you contact about this issue?

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Food and Drug Administrations (FDA)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

You hear a song on the radio, but the inappropriate words are NOT bleeped out. What government agency would you call about this issue?

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

You were rejected from a job at Target. You feel it was because they knew about your religious beliefs. What government agency would you contact about this issue?

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

You work at a hospital handling blood samples. They do not provide you will gloves or a mask. What government agency would you contact about this issue?

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

You see a McDonald's worker dumping used cooking oil in a stream behind the restaurant. What government agency would you contact about this issue?

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Nike makes a commercial saying that wearing their shoes makes you more intelligent. They have no evidence to support this statement. What government agency would you contact about his issue.

• Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

You buy a new bike. The first time you ride it, both pedals fall off, you crash into a car and get a concussion. What government agency would you contact about this issue?

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

The CEO of the ACME Corporation tells his wife to buy 100 shares of stock in the company the day before the company makes an announcment about an exciting new product. ACME stock rises in value and his wife makes a large profit from the stock. What government agency would you contact about this issue?

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Which agency has the goal of stopping businesses from creating a monopoly?

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• Equal Emplouyment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Government agencies create and enforce rules that help _______ . (check all that apply)

• consumers

• workers

• government officials

• the environment