BUS 475 Week 4 Quiz

BUS 475 Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following represents a structural remedy for an antitrust violation?

  

 

Paying   a large fine.

 

 

Breaking   up a monopoly.

 

 

Disclosure   of company information to rivals.

 

 

Agreeing   to change a firm's conduct.

Question 2

Which of these cost-savings measures saved U.S. regulatory agencies nearly $2 billion since 2011?

  

 

Promotion   of telemedicine in rural areas.

 

 

Coordination   of hazards warning with other nations.

 

 

Removal   of redundant reporting requirements.

 

 

All   of the above.

Question 3

Public policy tools involve a combination of:

  

 

Incentives   and political favors.

 

 

Penalties   and prison terms.

 

 

Incentives   and penalties.

 

 

Political   favors and prison terms.

Question 4

Antitrust laws protect consumers from:

  

 

Anticompetitive   practices by business.

 

 

Selling   products above cost to drive away rivals.

 

 

Conspiring   with business partners to increase competition.

 

 

Firms   using market dominance to expand commerce.

Question 5

Reregulation is:

  

 

The   adoption of regulation in another country to promote trade.

 

 

Necessary   since all regulation has a time limit.

 

 

The   increase or expansion of government regulation.

 

 

The   shifting of regulation to the state level from the national level.

Question 6

Which political action strategy seeks to gain support from other affected organizations to better influence policymakers?

  

 

Information   strategy.

 

 

Constituency-building   strategy.

 

 

Financial-incentive   strategy.

 

 

Lobbying   strategy.

Question 7

When a firm solicits its stockholders for political contributions for a particular candidate by letter and then sends those contributions to the candidate on behalf of its stockholders, it is called:

  

 

Lobbying.

 

 

Bundling.

 

 

Collating.

 

 

Constituency   building.