This Agency Is Responsible for Preventing Businesses from Engaging in Misleading

question 73

Multiple Choice

This agency is responsible for preventing businesses from engaging in misleading advertising, unfair trade practices, and monopolistic actions, as well as for protecting consumer rights.

• A) Environmental Protection Agency
• B) Food and Drug Administration
• C) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• D) Federal Trade Commission

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Definitions:

Saliva

A watery secretion in the mouths of animals, produced by the salivary glands, which aids in digestion and oral hygiene.

Propulsive Movements

Bodily movements that drive or push something forward, typically referring to the contractions in the digestive tract moving food along.

Peristalsis

Rhythmic waves of muscular contraction and relaxation in the walls of hollow tubular organs, such as the ureter or parts of the digestive tract, that serve to move the contents through the tube.

Digestive Tract

The series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus, through which food is digested and nutrients absorbed.