DECA Marketing Cluster Exam 2024
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Brix Beauty Salon used a celebrity's name and photograph in a recent newspaper advertisement, even
though the celebrity had not given Brix permission to use her name and likeness. What tort did Brix
Beauty Salon commit?
A. Defamation
B. Wrongful interference
C. Appropriation
D. Conversion - correct answer ✔✔C
Torts - correct answer ✔✔civil wrongdoings that cause harm or injury to another party
Wrongful interference - correct answer ✔✔predatory behavior undertaken by a business to draw either
customers or employees away from a competitor
Defamation - correct answer ✔✔making false, malicious statements about a person or organization
Conversion - correct answer ✔✔when personal property is taken from the owner and given to someone
else to use
Cooperative - correct answer ✔✔owned and operated by its user-owners to supply goods and services
to its members
Which of the following forms of ownership is a group of individuals organized by a charter that is granted
by a state:
A. Corporation
B. Proprietorship
C. Partnership
, D. Cooperative - correct answer ✔✔A
When writing informational messages, business employees should explain the situation and include
sufficient data for the recipient to be able to
A. make a decision.
B. read the message.
C. contact the business.
D. agree with the content. - correct answer ✔✔A
Which of the following is an example of a tax that government collects from some businesses:
A. Subsidy
B. Excise
C. Bond
D. Discount - correct answer ✔✔B
Shelly is a union member who has been having problems with management. Shelly should report her
problems to her union's
A. mediator.
B. president.
C. steward.
D. arbitrator. - correct answer ✔✔C
4. Which of the following is a disadvantage of weak currency:
A. It reduces business profits.
B. It makes acquiring foreign companies more expensive.
C. It negatively affects the balance of trade.
D. It makes buying imports less expensive. - correct answer ✔✔B
Reduction of business profits and a negative effect on the balance of trade are disadvantages of: -
correct answer ✔✔strong currency
updated already passed
Brix Beauty Salon used a celebrity's name and photograph in a recent newspaper advertisement, even
though the celebrity had not given Brix permission to use her name and likeness. What tort did Brix
Beauty Salon commit?
A. Defamation
B. Wrongful interference
C. Appropriation
D. Conversion - correct answer ✔✔C
Torts - correct answer ✔✔civil wrongdoings that cause harm or injury to another party
Wrongful interference - correct answer ✔✔predatory behavior undertaken by a business to draw either
customers or employees away from a competitor
Defamation - correct answer ✔✔making false, malicious statements about a person or organization
Conversion - correct answer ✔✔when personal property is taken from the owner and given to someone
else to use
Cooperative - correct answer ✔✔owned and operated by its user-owners to supply goods and services
to its members
Which of the following forms of ownership is a group of individuals organized by a charter that is granted
by a state:
A. Corporation
B. Proprietorship
C. Partnership
, D. Cooperative - correct answer ✔✔A
When writing informational messages, business employees should explain the situation and include
sufficient data for the recipient to be able to
A. make a decision.
B. read the message.
C. contact the business.
D. agree with the content. - correct answer ✔✔A
Which of the following is an example of a tax that government collects from some businesses:
A. Subsidy
B. Excise
C. Bond
D. Discount - correct answer ✔✔B
Shelly is a union member who has been having problems with management. Shelly should report her
problems to her union's
A. mediator.
B. president.
C. steward.
D. arbitrator. - correct answer ✔✔C
4. Which of the following is a disadvantage of weak currency:
A. It reduces business profits.
B. It makes acquiring foreign companies more expensive.
C. It negatively affects the balance of trade.
D. It makes buying imports less expensive. - correct answer ✔✔B
Reduction of business profits and a negative effect on the balance of trade are disadvantages of: -
correct answer ✔✔strong currency
