Consumer Rights and Responsiblities
Government
Agencies
Deceptive practices
Vocab Terms
100
President John F. Kennedy established this set of fundamental rights and later Presidents added 3 more. 

What is the Consumer Bill of Rights

100

This Government agency was created to protect our Environment. 

What is the EPA?

100

This the deliverate deception designed to secure unfair or unlawful gain. 

What is fraud?

100

This is a company's promise that their products will meet specific standards over a given time period. 

What is a warranty?

200

This is a list of 7 consumer duties that we need to make informed decisions. 

What are Consumer Responsibilities?

200

This government agency is used to protect investors and investigate white collar crimes.

What is the SEC?

200

This type of financial fraud in which people pay to join an organization is often seen in Multi Level Marketing companies. 

What is a pyramid scheme?

200

This is a very specific written guarantee to repair or replace a product at no charge

What is a full warranty?

300

This consumer rights means we have the right to get adequate informatoin to make good decisions. 

What is Right to Consumer Education?

300

This government agency enforces workplace safety. 

What is OSHA?

300

This legal selling practice means pressuring consumer to buy a more expenseive product than intended. 

What is trading up?

300

This type of company has an unfair advantage over competitors. 


What is a monopoly?

400

This consumer right is to have competition and break up monopolies. 

What is the right to choose
400

This government agency was created in 1924 to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive practices. 

What is the FTC?

400

This type of fraud involves Baiting consumers with an advertised but non-existent bargain and then switching them to a more expensive item

What is a Bait and Switch scheme?

400

An order that requires a company to stop using deceptive advertising. 

What is a cease and desist?

500
This is the right to seek remedy to a problem often known as a refund. 

What is Redress?

500

This government agency was created in 1972 to protect consumers from dangerous products like choking hazards on baby toys. 

What is the Consumer Product Safety Commission?

500

This type of legal deceptive selling practice involves selling an item at a price below cost to draw you into the store. 

What is Loss Leader?

500

Panel that is used to seek and receive remedy to a problem. 

What is arbitration?

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