MrCruiser Has Been Surfing the Web

question 9

Multiple Choice

Mr.Cruiser has been surfing the Web.He is looking for healthcare information on low back pain.He shows the clinic nurse a Webpage he thinks is great and tells her that he has been following the exercises recommended by the author.He wants to know what she thinks about the site.When the clinic nurse evaluates this site,she discovers that its author is a personal trainer.No credentials are listed.In several testimonials on the page,people (their pictures are included) say how wonderful they feel after having done these exercises.The exercises all have animated demos when you click on the pertinent highlighted text or icon.They seem easy to follow.The site was posted five years earlier and was last updated three years before.The clinic nurse advises Mr.Cruiser to:

• A)Avoid this site.
• B)Check with his primary healthcare provider.
• C)Continue with the exercises.
• D)Contact the author for additional exercise and feedback.

---

Definitions:

Pareto Optimal

A condition where the distribution of resources cannot be changed without negatively impacting at least one person.

Private Goods Consumption

The act of consuming goods that are excludable and rivalrous in nature, meaning they can only be owned or consumed by one party and consumption by one person prevents consumption by another.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources from which it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are available to all members of a society, such as public parks and national defense.