Consumer Protection

The legal protections and agencies we've been studying are for people who are buying products for themselves and their families.

• True

• False

The BBB stands for which?

• The Boss' Bureau on Business

• The Business' Bureau of Business

• The Better Business Bureau

• None of the above

If Mrs. Jones runs a game-of-chance for money and she does not follow the rules, you can sue her in small claims court if you lose < $1,000?

• True

• False

If you modify a product or use it in someway that isn't foreseeable, you will not win a strict liability lawsuit.

• True

• False

The philsophy of caveat emptor is more lenient on vendors.

• True

• False

Caveat Venditor is the philosophy of "Let the Buyer Beware".

• True

• False

Our government started to move toward protecting consumers because of why?

• the sheer variety and abundance of goods

• the complexity of goods & intense advertising claims

• the size of companies and lack of customer service

• All of the above

A class action lawsuit can help a person who is harmed because one attorney is hired to represent many.

• True

• False

The concept of strict liability applies to profit-making businesses.

• True

• False

The example of having all of the models of autonomous (self-driving) car with flawed software, is an example of which?

• manufacture defect

• design defect

• failure to warn

• none of the above