An agency responsible for setting and enforcing standards for a specific industry is called?

• A. Regulatory Agency
• B. Merger
• C. Common Resource
• D. Poverty Rate

Answer: (A)

Regulatory agencies are organizations that create rules and supervise compliance within a specific industry. They set standards to protect public safety, ensure fair competition, and often grant licenses or approvals. They enforce those standards through inspections, investigations, and penalties when rules are broken. That combination of making rules and ensuring they’re followed is what makes a regulatory agency the right answer.

The other terms describe different ideas: a merger is when two firms combine into one; a common resource is a resource shared by many users; and a poverty rate is a measure of how many people live in poverty. None of these refer to an entity that sets and enforces industry standards.