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LifeSmarts: Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

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Government Fraud The

Market Agencies Shopping

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Government: 1 point

Legal voting age in a federal election

What is 18?

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Government: 2 points

This state law protects buyers of new automobiles that are found to have serious defects

What are lemon laws?

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Government: 3 points

This many Senators represent each state

What is 2?

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Government: 4 points

Spoken false and malicious statements, defamation

What is slander?

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Government: 5 points

When the federal government spends less money than it takes in during a year

What is budget surplus?

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Fraud: 1 point

When you receive unsolicited email, do this

What is delete, don’t open it, mark it as junk or

don’t click on any attachments?

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Fraud: 2 points

Unwanted text messages

What is spam?

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Fraud: 3 points

You would report counterfeit drugs to one of these

What is a pharmacy or the Food and Drug

Administration?

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Fraud: 4 points

This fraudulent business opportunity requires you to pay to join, and the income you “earn“ comes from the fees paid by those you recruit

What is a pyramid scheme?

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Fraud: 5 points

A bargain-priced item is used to attract customers who are then encouraged to purchase a similar item that is more expensive

What is bait and switch?

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The Market: 1 point

Retail stores sell goods to them

Who are customers or consumers?

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The Market: 2 points

This will happen to the price of corn when bad weather damages much of the crop

What is go up or increase?

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The Market: 3 points

Wholesalers sell goods to them

Who are retailers, stores or

businesses?

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The Market: 4 points

This person offers to work for a worthwhile cause or organization for no pay

Who is a volunteer?

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The Market: 5 points

When there is only one producer of a good or service, or when one company controls the market

What is a monopoly?

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Agencies: 1 point

The federal agency that warns Americans about the current threat of terrorist activity

What is the Department of

Homeland Security?

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Agencies: 2 points

This federal agency prosecutes companies making false weight-loss product claims

What is the Federal Trade

Commission?

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Agencies: 3 points

The Food Stamp Program is administered by this federal agency

What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture?

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Agencies: 4 points

This is the central bank of the United States

What is the Federal Reserve System?

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Agencies: 5 pointsIf you purchased fuel at a gas station and believe you did not receive the amount of fuel the pump indicates, this agency would investigate

What is the state, county or local Department of Weights and Measures?

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Shopping: 1 point

Someone who steals merchandise from a store

Who is a shoplifter?

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Shopping: 2 points

The safest way to pay for a purchase online

What is using a credit card or

PayPal?

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Shopping: 3 points

When purchasing a new refrigerator, you check the prices and features of several similar models to find the best buy

What is comparison shopping?

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Shopping: 4 points

Of these man-made fabrics, polyester, nylon and rayon, only one is not synthetic

What is rayon?

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Shopping: 5 points

Checking the expiration date, recording the card ID number, keeping the card in a secure place, and spending the value in a timely manner

What are ways to safeguard a gift

card or a gift card’s value?

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Daily Double!

As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!

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Daily Double!

As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!

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