Commerce Accountancy ยท General Awareness

Consumer Protection and Commerce

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Consumer Protection and Commerce encompasses consumer rights, unfair trade practices, retail operations, and e-commerce strategies. It details how goods and services are regulated, sold, and managed within various markets. Questions from this area are common in commerce, economics, and general awareness exam sections.

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Consumer Protection and Commerce Questions

Multiple choice

MICRs are commonly used in _____.

  1. retail trade for labelling goods

  2. banks

  3. radio communication

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) is primarily used in banking for processing checks and other financial documents. The special magnetic ink allows machines to read account numbers and routing information even when printed over, making it essential for automated check processing.

Multiple choice

Balanced tenancy occurs when

  1. manufacturers or wholesalers and their retailers, or two or more retailers share the cost of retail advertising

  2. manufacturers or wholesalers seek to control the retail prices of their goods and services

  3. stores in a planned shopping center complement each other as to the quality and variety of their product offerings

  4. a retailer acts in society's best interest as well as its own and tries to balance the corporate citizenship with fair profits

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is right.

Multiple choice

To effectively control quality, you will

  1. respond to consumers' problems

  2. help consumers recognize problems

  3. divert consumers' attention away from problems

  4. try to suppress problem recognition
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The best way is to ensure that consumers' problems are listened to and resolved.

Multiple choice

You are a shopkeeper. A customer asks you for a brand which is not much popular and is not available in your store. You will

  1. counsel him/her

  2. tell him what everyone buys

  3. show him a similar product of another brand

  4. ask him the reason to demand that particular brand
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is the right course of action to follow. The customer may be looking for something that is related to that brand. Knowing this, you can address the real concern of the customer. Other options are secondary, but they can also be unproductive or counter-productive.

Multiple choice

Diverting is a practice whereby

  1. consumers choose whether or not to make themselves available to media and message information

  2. retailers and wholesalers stock up on a product being offered by a manufacturer at a lower deal or off-invoice price, and resell it to consumers once the marketer's promotional period has ended

  3. a retailer or wholesaler takes advantage of a promotional deal and then sells some of the products purchased at a lower price to a store outside their area, or to a middleman who will resell it to other stores

  4. a company makes a product or delivers a service in response to a particular customer's needs in a cost-effective way

  5. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Diverting is a practice whereby a retailer or wholesaler takes advantage of a promotional deal and then sells some of the products purchased at a lower price to a store outside their area, or to a middleman who will resell it to other stores.