Question 15 Guard Personnel Company is charged with using…

Question 15
Guard Personnel Company is charged with using hiring practices that do not meet requirements set by the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA). The administrative law judge orders Guard to comply with the TSAs regulations. Guard may
Choose one answer.
a. appeal to the commission that governs the TSA.
b. appeal to Congress, which created the TSA.
c. appeal to a different, separate agency.
d. ignore the order.
Question 16
In reviewing the actions of the U.S. Office of Nuclear Energy and other agencies, the courts
Choose one answer.
a. are usually reluctant to review questions of fact.
b. rarely defer to the technical expertise of administrative agencies.
c. often rule on the merits of policy determinations.
d. all of the choices.
Question 17
Independent regulatory agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission are
Choose one answer.
a. not part of the governments executive branch.
b. outside the major departments of the governments executive branch.
c. subagencies of executive agencies.
d. subject to more executive authority than executive agencies.
Question 18
Labor Recruiters, Inc., has been ordered to appear at a hearing before an administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board. A significant difference between a trial and an administrative hearing is that
Choose one answer.
a. attorneys are not allowed to attend administrative hearings.
b. clients are not allowed to communicate with their attorneys during administrative hearings.
c. hearsay can be introduced as evidence in an administrative hearing.
d. the burden of proof is on the charged party to prove innocence.
Question 19
National Ladder Company is subject to regulations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Like other federal administrative agencies, the OSHA was created by
Choose one answer.
a. Congress, through enabling legislation.
b. the Federal Trade Commission, through the rulemaking process.
c. the president, through an executive order.
d. the U.S. Department of Labor, through a final order.
Question 20
Marks: 2
Nursing Home Care Company is charged with violating a rule of the Social Security Administration. Most likely, Nursing Home Care will be required to appear at a hearing presided over by
Choose one answer.
a. a federal appellate court judge.
b. a federal district court judge.
c. an administrative law judge.
d. a U.S. Marshal.
Question 21
Edgy Engine Components, Inc., a maker of vehicle parts, refuses to sell to Fidgety Fix-It, Inc., a national vehicle service firm. Edgy Engine convinces Greasy Motor Parts Company, a competitor, to do the same. This is
Choose one answer.
a. a group boycott.
b. a market division.
c. a joint venture.
d. an exclusive-dealing contract.
Question 22
Enterprising Business Corporation may be engaging in conduct that violates the Sherman Act. To bring an action against the firm under this statute requires that its conduct substantially affect
Choose one answer.
a. any commerce.
b. international commerce.
c. interstate commerce.
d. intrastate commerce.
Question 23
Fairway Products, Inc., and Golly Golf Clubs Corporation lobby Congress to pass a law banning a competitors product. This joint effort is probably
Choose one answer.
a. a violation of antitrust statutes.
b. exempt from antitrust enforcement.
c. not subject to antitrust law.
d. subject only to antitrust common law.
Question 24
Fresh Vegetables, Inc., a wholesaler, refuses to sell its produce to Good Mart Stores, Inc., a retailer. This is
Choose one answer.
a. "an unfair or deceptive act or practice."
b. a per se violation.
c. not a violation.
d. subject to analysis under the rule of reason.
Question 25
Global Services Corporation engages in trade practices that may violate antitrust law. The Federal Trade Commission has the power to act against unfair trade practices under
Choose one answer.
a. the Clayton Act.
b. the Federal Trade Commission Act.
c. the Sherman Act.
d. no law.
Question 26
Gourmet Foods, Inc., requires all distributors of its products to sell them at a specified minimum price. Under the Sherman Act, this is a violation
Choose one answer.
a. if the anticompetitive effects outweigh the competitive benefits.
b. if the competitive benefits outweigh the anticompetitive effects.
c. under any circumstances.
d. under no circumstances.
Question 27
Gulf Air, Inc., is the major wholesale distributor of software in the state of Florida. Its closest competitor is Fluid Systems Company, another Florida firm. The two firms agree that Gulf Air will operate in south Florida and Fluid Systems will operate in north Florida. This is
Choose one answer.
a. a group boycott.
b. a market division.
c. a joint venture.
d. an exclusive-dealing contract.