Consumer advocate: Businesses

Answer choices

1. A

   Strengthens1% picked this

   Businesses know that they can usually maximize their profits by using inaccurate information

   This bridges the gap between the desire to maximize profits and using inaccurate information in their advertisements.

   1%
2. B

   Strengthens1% picked this

   Businesses have often included inaccurate information in

   This presents a reason why consumers ought to be skeptical of information in advertisements—a history of inaccurate information within advertisements.

   1%
3. C

   Correct87% picked this

   Many consumers have a cynical attitude

   Why this is right

   Having a cynical attitude toward advertising might be an effect of untrustworthy advertising, but it does not represent a possible cause of untrustworthy advertising.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   87%
4. D

   Strengthens5% picked this

   Those who create advertisements are less concerned with the accuracy than with the

   This presents a reason why consumers ought to be skeptical of information in advertisements—prioritizing creativity which might lead to inaccurate information.

   5%
5. E

   Strengthens6% picked this

   The laws regulating truth in advertising are not applicable to many of the most common

   This presents a reason why consumers ought to be skeptical of information in advertisements—a lack of regulation prohibiting inaccurate information.

   6%