In the product life cycle, the stage often involves a high-level of promotional effort:
Growth
Maturity
Preproduct introduction
Introduction
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When a telemarketer calls to sell a consumer life insurance, the last question asked is what category the person's household income falls into (less than $50,000 to $99,000; and $100,000 and over). When the telemarketer asks about household income, this indicates the firm is using which type of consumer variable to segment its market?
Usage
Buying situation
Demographic
Behavior
demographic
Intangible offerings or actions of value a purchaser receives in a transaction are referred to as:
Ideas
Widgets
Goods
Services
Services
When few sellers control most of the sales, it is:
Oligopoly
Monopolistic
Monopoly
Pure competition
Oligopoly
Pending federal legislation will require all online retailers to collect state sales taxes from customers. This would affect online sellers such as Virtual Vineyards, which now only collects state sales taxes from customers who reside in California--its home state. This pending legislation would be an example of which environmental force?
Regulatory
Social
Economic
Technological
Regulatory
The people who use the products and services purchased for a household are called:
Household prospects
Ultimate consumers
Organizational buyers
Target market
Ultimate consumers
In the "maturity stage of the product life cycle," cost per customer is:
High
Average
Moderate
Low
Low
Reference groups refer to:
Those buyers who, through the size of their purchases, affect where marketing dollars will be spent.
The relatively permanent, homogeneous divisions in a society that consists of people who share similar values, interests, and behaviors.
People to whom an individual looks as a basis for self-appraisal or as a source of personal standards.
Individuals who exert direct or indirect social influence over others.
Individuals who exert direct or indirect social influence over others
Secondary Data are:
The facts and figures that have already been recorded before the project at hand.
The facts and figures obtained by asking people questions through the use of information technology.
The facts and figures obtained by watching people mechanically rather than in person.
The facts and figures that are newly collected for the project at hand.
facts and figures that have already been recorded before the project at hand
A publishing company sponsors an informal one-time-only session with seven college instructors who use a given principles-of-management textbook. The instructors meet with a moderator who asks their opinions about the textbook, its instructor's manual, its PowerPoint slides, and its video and written cases. This is an example of:
A jury of executive opinion
An information forum
A consumer panel
A focus group
A focus group
The marketing mix consists of 4Ps. The extended service marketing mix includes what three (3) Ps:
People, process, and product
Process, physical evidence, and place
Product, physical evidence, and place
People, process, and physical evidence
People, Process, Physical evidence
Which of the following is NOT a reason marketers study consumer behavior?
To learn how and why people replace or dispose of products.
To learn how and why people spend versus save.
To learn how and why people use products to solve problems.
To learn how and why people shop for and select products.
To learn how and why people spend versus save
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is:
Self-actualization, esteem, love, physiological, safety
Self-actualization, esteem, love, safety, physiological
Physiological, safety, love, self-actualization, esteem
Love, safety, physiological, esteem, self-actualization
Self-actualization, esteem, love, safety, physiological
The Likert scale comes under:
Quantitative research
Research findings
Qualitative research
Research planning
qualitative research
Which of the following is NOT identified in the Gap Model of Service Quality?
Potential weaknesses in service delivery
Quality assurance of goods
Causes of the weaknesses
Methods of improving service quality
Quality assurance of goods
The process of defining a marketing problem and opportunity, systematically collecting and analyzing information, and recommending actions is referred to as:
Strategic intelligence
Data mining
Marketing enquiry
Marketing research
Marketing Research
Which of the following key perspectives is not considered while performing the situation analysis?
Company
Competitors
Customers
Suppliers
Suppliers
Government regulations, competitors, the economy, business trends, technology, and finances are:
Opportunities and threats
Internal factors
Controllable factors
Parts of 4Ps
Opportunities and threats
When service quality is poor and customers are dissatisfied, businesses want to respond quickly and make it right with the customer. A method of service recovery is called the:
-COLGATE method
-COST method
-CLOSE-UP method
-CREST method
CREST Method
Which of the following refers to specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely, and pertains to formulation of organizational objectives that are clear and measurable?
SMART goals
Tactics
SWOTT analysis
Situation analysis
SMART goals
The five major environmental forces in a marketing decision are:
Social, technological, economic, competitive, and regulatory.
Climate change, natural resources, pollution, natural disasters, and global conflict (war).
Product, price, promotion, place, and people.
Corporate ownership, internal management, supplier relations, manufacturing capabilities, and consumer demand.
Social, technological, economic, competitive, and regulatory
A combination of products and services offered to consumers or other businesses is called:
Service quality
Business's offering concept
Customer satisfaction
Competitive advantage
Business offering concept
The following activity is NOT something a typical marketing manager will do:
Auditing financial records
Monitoring
Planning
Implementing
Auditing financial records
Demographics, trends, buying habits, competition, and industry environments are part of:
Data collection
Market research
Marketing data
Data analysis
Marketing data
The term ____________________ is used to identify a group of people within an organization who participate in the buying process and share common goals, risks, and knowledge important to a purchase decision.
Procurement committee
Gatekeepers
Purchasing department
Buying center
Buying Center
Which of the following is used to gauge the effectiveness of a brand with a specified market segment compared to its performance with all consumers.
Consumer Brand Index
Market Segment Index
Brand Development Index
Category Development IndexF
Brand Development Index
A physical setting where services are produced, delivered, and consumed and consists of the conditions, layout, and any symbols or imagery in the space that influence the creation and delivery of services, the perceived quality of services, and transactions between service providers and customers is:
Servicescape
Zone of tolerance
Tangible evidence
Service marketing
Tangible evidence
In product life cycle stages, the stage in which growth slows down and stabilizes is called:
-Decline stage
-Less improved stage
-Maturity stage
-Product stabilization stage
Maturity stage
With respect to the history of American business, the __________ era covered the early years of the United States up until the 1920s.
Production
Customer relationship
Marketing concept
Sales
Production
Gillette, which is known for its razors and blades, introduces shaving creams into its product portfolio. This is an example of:
Product line extension
Product life cycle
Product diversification
Product growth
Product-line extension
Products such as "VHS tapes" are examples of:
a.Product perception
b.Product classes
c.Product forms
d.Branding
Product Forms
Which of the following refers to the four I's of service marketing?
Indefatigably, inseparability, intangibility, and inclusive
Initiatory, inclusive, inconsistency, and intangibility
Intangibility, inseparability, intensive, and impressive
Intangibility, inseparability, inconsistency, and inventory
Intangibility, inseparability, inconsistency, and inventory
Which purchases usually involve a more complex process?
Contract buying
Modified buy
Buying by samples
New buy
New buy
The area between what is considered an adequate level of service and the desired level of service is called:
Gap model of service quality
Service quality assurance
Zone of tolerance
Service quality dimension
Zone of tolerance
The activity for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that benefit its customers, the organization, its stakeholders, and society at large is referred to as:
Manufacturing
Marketing
Selling
Advertising
Marketing
Without ______________ a company or product could experience a slow demise in the marketplace because it does not stand out from competitors.
Positioning
Repositioning
Differentiation
Marketing management
Differentiation
Product positioning refers to:
The competitive advantage of one product over another.
Changing the place a product occupies in a consumer's mind relative to competitive products.
An outdated concept that assigns product value by association with social class.
The place a product offering occupies in consumers' minds on important attributes.
The place a product offering occupies in consumers' minds on important attributes.
Good customer service leads to:
Increased loyalty
Bad reputation
Both increased loyalty and future sales
Future sales
Both increased loyalty and future sales
The business model that involves creating value and satisfying consumer needs is:
Marketing diagram
Marketing direct
Elaboration likelihood model
Marketing concept
Marketing concept
A graph with two variables that displays the position of a brand in comparison to its competitors based upon consumer perceptions is referred to as a:
Growth-share matrix
Perceptual map
Market-product grid
Perception matrix
perceptual map
A positioning statement includes which of the following elements?
Identification of consumer priorities
Product mix
The category in which the brand competes
Business offering
the category in which the brand competes
The way that a company goes about reaching the desired outcomes needed to do business is best defined as which of the following?
Marketing objective
Marketing management
Marketing strategy
Marketing direction
Marketing Strategy
Consumers are influenced by four factors. they are:
Needs, wants, desires, and attractions
Psychology, sociology, meteorology, and anthropology
Age, gender, income, and education
Psychological, economic, demographic, and sociocultural
Psychological, economic, demographic, and sociocultural
Five generational cohorts that are participating in the marketplace as consumers are:
Baby Boomers, Gen Xs, Millennials, Teens, and Tweens
Baby Boomers, Gen Xs, Gen Ys, Gen Zs and Millennials
Depression and WWII, Baby Boomers, Gen Xs, Millennials and Gen Zs
Depression and WWII, Baby Boomers, Millennials, Gen Ys and Tweens
Depression and WWII, Baby Boomers, Gen Xs, Millennials, and Gen Zs
Sarah wants to buy a car. She has had a good experience with Honda vehicles in the past and takes this information into consideration when deciding on her new car. What best describes Sarah's current stage in the decision-making process?
Purchase decision
Postpurchase evaluation
Need identification
Information search
Information search
In marketing, the idea of exchange refers to:
The financial remuneration (monetary payment) for a product or service.
The bartering of products and services between nongovernmental organizations or individuals.
The negotiation phase between the manufacturer and the seller.
The buyer obtaining a desired product from the seller by offering something in return.
The buyer obtaining a desired product from the seller by offering something in return.
/ /The negotiation phase between the manufacturer and the seller?
What is the marketing term for aggregating prospective buyers into groups that have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action?
Product segmentation
Market aggregation
Market segmentation
Customer grouping
Market segmentation
An internal environmental scan includes further analysis into which of the following?
Behavior of the target market
Available budget and resources to support marketing activities
Regulatory issues that could impact marketing activities
Competition within the marketplace
Available budget and resources to support marketing activities
Any container in which a product is offered for sale and on which information is communicated is referred to as:
Packaging
Merchandising
A label
A point of purchase display
Packaging
The stages of brand acceptance include:
Brand recognition, brand preference, brand loyalty
Brand equity, brand preference, brand loyalty
Brand recognition, brand equity, brand loyalty
Brand recognition, brand preference, brand equity
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