Define consumer misbehavior and discuss three types of consumer misbehavior described in the text.

What will be an ideal response?


Consumer misbehavior is behavior that violates generally accepted norms of a particular society. Shoplifting is one of the most obvious misconduct areas. Consumer fraud includes purposeful action to take advantage of and/or damage others during a transaction. Piracy is copying computer software, video games, movies, or music without paying the producer for them. 

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Expected useful life is

a. calculated when the asset is sold b. estimated at the time that the asset is placed in service c. determined each year that the depreciation calculation is made d. none of these

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What does a downward-sloping yield curve imply, according to the expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates?

A. Investors expect long-term interest rates to rise in the future. B. Investors expect future short-term interest rates to be lower than the current short-term interest rate. C. Investors expect future short-term interest rates to be the same as the current short-term interest rate. D. Investors expect future short-term interest rates to be higher than the current short-term interest rate.

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A sales territory is a group of present and potential customers assigned to a salesperson

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Nonprobability samples do not allow for objective evaluation of the precision of the sample results

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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