Multi level practice test part transportation

3. How have advertisements changed since you were a child? 

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Answer: Advertisements have changed significantly over the years since I 
was a child. For a starter, when I was a child, if I remember correctly, there 
were only radio, TV and print media to show us the advertisements, but today 
there are computers, smartphones, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram also on 
which advertisements are being displayed continuously. We can also see 
billboards, neon signs, and other vibrant and visually captivating printed 
designs, that are placed at strategic locations with high volumes of human 
traffic, which were not seen when I was a child. 
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of advertising? 
Answer: The main advantage of advertising is that they allow us to learn 
about new products and services that we may need badly. Advertising also 
helps us compare among different kinds of products, in terms of their costs 
and qualities, so that we can make an informed decision when making a 
purchase. 
The main disadvantage of advertising that I think of is that they increase the 
cost of the products because it costs to advertise and the companies pass 
those advertising cost to be picked up by the customers. They sometimes 
mislead the customers because not all the products, that are advertised, are 
good for them. 
5. Do you think that advertisements should be strictly regulated? 
Answer: Yes, I do think that advertisement should be strictly regulated 
because, without it, misleading information on the products will keep 
deceiving the customers into buying wrong and defected products. Besides, 
without strict regulation, bigger companies will always have undue 
advantages, because of their higher budget for advertisements, over the 
smaller and local manufacturers/companies even though the products of 
“bigger” companies are of inferior quality to those of smaller companies. In 
other words, advertisement kills competition and gives larger companies an 
unfair advantage over smaller companies.