What Is the Purpose of the National Do Not Call

question 56

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the national Do Not Call Registry?

• A) to make businesses using telemarketing register all the numbers that they call
• B) to allow consumers to receive telemarketing calls only from marketers that they want to call them
• C) to stop telemarketers from calling cell phone numbers because consumers must pay for those calls
• D) to allow consumers to "opt-out" of telemarketing calls from for-profit businesses
• E) to stop telemarketers from calling people at work

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