Speech and Commerce Converge MCQs

Speech and Commerce Converge MCQs

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1: The most accurate way to describe the trend in First Amendment protection for advertising over the past century is that protection has ______.

A.   Gone from little to some

B.   Gone from none to some to more

C.   Remained steadily little

D.   Remained steadily a lot

2: The FTC views "word-of-mouth" advertising as ______.

A.   A form of puffery over which the FTC does not exercise oversight

B.   Advertising via social media from influencers that is subject to the full range of FTC oversight

C.   Falling outside the definition of commercial speech

D.   A form of advertising that is evolving too rapidly to regulate

3: Which Supreme Court ruling established the test to be used to determine whether government regulation of advertising violated the First Amendment?

A.   New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

B.   Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council

C.   Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission of New York

D.   Posadas de Puerto Rico Assoc. v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico

4: Native advertising is a form of advertising that ______.

A.   Is difficult to distinguish from the editorial content of the platform on which the ad appears

B.   Promotes the goods and services of the producer of the platform on which the ad appears

C.   Encourages investment in local goods and services in the public interest

D.   Highlights the association of the advertised goods and services with members of a registered tribe

5: Disclosure and substantiation are ______.

A.   Elements the Supreme Court use to define commercial speech

B.   Fraudulent or misleading claims made by advertisers

C.   Tools used by the Federal Trade Commission to correct potentially misleading advertising

D.   Required elements of alcohol and tobacco labeling

6: When the Federal Trade Commission has an administrative court order to stop an advertiser from making a particular claim, it is called a ______.

A.   Litigated order

B.   Consent order

C.   Advisory order

D.   Substantiated order

7: When government uses regulation to alter the flow of information to the public and shift consumption patterns, the Supreme Court has said the government's goal is ______.

A.   Of the highest order

B.   Irrelevant to the constitutionality of the regulation

C.   Likely to be unconstitutional

D.   Key to the national interest in a thriving domestic economy

8: The Federal Trade Commission determines deception in advertising by examining whether an ad claim ______.

A.   Exaggerates in a way that no reasonable person would take seriously

B.   Is material to the product/service and relied upon by reasonable consumers

C.   Can be proven false in a court of law

D.   Misleads FTC commissioners

9: In reviewing commercial speech cases, lower courts ______.

A.   Apply the Central Hudson test with consistent results

B.   Consistently define commercial speech

C.   Apply the Central Hudson test with inconsistent results

D.   Consistently say they know false advertising when they see it

10: The Federal Trade Commission’s authority is exclusively corrective. It has no power to do anything to help prevent false and misleading advertising.

A.   True

B.   False

11: The application of the Central Hudson test, both before and after the Sorrell, has produced consistent court rulings.

A.   True

B.   False

12: The commercial speech doctrine provides advertising with at least as much First Amendment protection as any other kind of speech.

A.   True

B.   False

13: The Federal Trade Commission encourages companies to track children’s online behavior to enable advertisers to tailor advertising appropriately to a young audience.

A.   True

B.   False

14: The Supreme Court has ruled that the interest of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in promoting a healthy lifestyle allows the FDA unfettered power to regulate food and alcohol ads.

A.   True

B.   False