Question No: 85( M - 1 ).
Which of the following factors are often used for segmenting customer groups?
Geographic factors
Psychographic factors
Behavioral factors
Demographic factors

Question No: 86( M - 1 ).
What is the stage of the buyer decision process in which the consumer uses
information to evaluate brands in the choice set?

The alternative evaluation stage
The situational stage
The experimental stage
The informative stage

Question No: 87( M - 1 ).
The factors such as the buyer’s age, life-cycle stage, occupation, economic situation, lifestyle, personality and self-concept that influences buyer’s decisions refers to which one of the following characteristic?
Personal characteristics
Behavioral characteristics
Demographical characteristics

Question No: 88( M - 1 ).
Marketers are interested in the roles and influence of the husband, wife and children on the purchase of different products and services. Which one of the following segment is being studied by the marketer?

Social class
Opinion leader
Reference group
Family

Question No: 89( M - 1 ).
Marketing stimuli consist of the four Ps. Which is NOT one of these Ps? 
Product
Political
Price
Promotion

Question No: 90( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following step in the marketing research process deals in "defining the problems and research objectives, implementing the research plan, and interpreting and reporting the findings"? 
Developing the research budget
Choosing the research agency
Choosing the research method
Developing the research plan

Question No: 91( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following environment is made up of institutions and other forces affecting society’s basic values, perceptions, preferences and behaviors?
Cultural environment
Fictitious environment
Natural environment
Political environment

Question No: 92( M - 1 ).
A manufacturer-owned operation that provides services usually associated with agents, refers to which one of the following?

Wholesaler
Sales office
Sales branch
Public warehouse

Question No: 93( M - 1 ).
Advertising agencies are an example of which of the following marketing intermediaries?

Insurance company
Financial intermediary
Marketing services agency
Physical distribution firm

Question No: 94( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following is a chief goal of the implementation function in marketing process?

Develop marketing plans
Turns plans into actions
Take corrective actions.
Develop strategic plans.

Question No: 95( M - 1 ).
Developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organization’s goals and capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities represent which one of the following concept?

Marketing objectives
Strategy planning
Marketing activities
Corporate strategies

Question No: 96( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following options is best to explain the purpose of intranets?

Buying and selling processes
Business-to-business purchasing
Communication among employees
Maintaining customer relations

Question No: 97( M - 1 ).
A network of networks that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services. Which one of the following networks represents it?

LAN
Intranet
Extranet
Internet

Question No: 98( M - 1 ).
If you are attempting to create primary demand toward your product, you will use which type of the following ads?
Informative
Persuasive
Reminder
Cooperative

Question No: 99( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following option is NOT a benefit of internet marketing?
Cost effective
Time saving
Reliability
Open new venue

Question No: 100( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following option is NOT a benefit for buyer with E-commerce?
Convenience
Easy and private
Reliability
Greater product access
Question No: 101( M - 1 ).

Which of the following is an administrative trade restriction that imposes a complete ban on imports of a specified product?

Import quota
Tariff
Embargo
Dumping
Question No: 102( M - 1 ).

Which one of the following is NOT a part of Joint Venture?
Single member private limited company
Contract manufacturing
Joint ownership
Licensing
Question No: 102( M - 1 ). 
If a food company gives 5 percent discount in particular burger to increase sales, it is altering which one of the following elements of the marketing mix?
Promotion
Price
Product
Place
Question No: 103( M - 1 ). 
Which one of the following options refers to “The art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships”?
Customer relationship management
Knowledge management
Total quality management
Marketing management
Question No: 104( M - 1 ). 
Which one of the following options is best to explain the purpose of intranets?
Buying and selling processes
Business-to-business purchasing
Communication among employees
Maintaining customer relations
Question No: 104( M - 1 ).
E-marketing refers to which one of the following?
Email marketing
Electronic marketing
Electric marketing
Elastic marketing
Question No: 105( M - 1 ).
Which of the following option is NOT related with traditional buyer’s rights?
Right not to buy a product that is offered for sale
Right to expect the product to be safe
Right to expect the product to perform as claimed
Right to ask money back even not offered by the seller
The verbal portion of an advertisement, including headlines, body, and signature reflects which one of the following concepts?
Copy
Storyboard
Layout
Script

Connecting with employees in the company refers to which of the following options?
Extranet
Internet
Intranet
World Wide Web

Which one of the following affects both demographic and psychological factors?
Quantity discounts
Price elasticityhttp://www.slideshare.net/adhirock/pricing-strategy
Quality discounts
Mark-up pricing

The name of a vast public web of computer networks that connect users of all types all around the world to each other?
Intranets
Extranets
Internet
Bytes

According to Mintzberg, when a manager searches the organization and its environment for opportunities and initiates projects to bring about change, the manager is acting in which role?

Negotiator
Entrepreneur
Monitor
Resource allocator

Which one of the following concept states that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance and features?
Product concepthandouts page20
Selling concept
Marketing concept
Production concept

Collecting, analyzing and interpretation of data refer to which of the following concepts?

Marketing researchhandouts page 53
Marketing intelligence
Marketing information
Marketing knowledge

In SWOT analysis, strength and weaknesses are part of which of the following environment?

Internal
Outdoor
External
Outside

A manufacturer spends a large amount of money on research and development leading to the introduction of a product that is likely to present the firm with a breakthrough opportunity. The manufacturer prices the product with the goal of achieving a 20 percent return on its investment. Which of the following types of pricing objectives is the company using?

Target return
Profit maximization
Nonprice competition
Description: http://c.statcounter.com/5369472/0/31a72d6d/1/
Meeting competition

Which of the following is an intensive growth strategy of increasing sales in present markets with present products?

Market development
Market penetrationpage33
Product development
Market saturation

Which one of the following concept is the latest in a marketing philosophy?
Societal marketing conceptpage 20
Selling concept
Marketing concept
Production concept

Which one of the following set is considered as a fit-match of firm?
Opportunities – strength
Opportunities – weaknesses
Opportunities – customer demand
Customer value – weakness

Publics including workers, managers, volunteers and the board of directors show which of the following publics?
Citizen-action publics
Local publics
General publics
Internal Publicspage44

A marketing manager of a large consumer foods company is studying distribution, promotion, and price of the company's product. Marketing manager is studying which one of the following concepts?
Marketing strategy
Marketing mix
Market offering
Marketing plan

In the BCG approach, stars are high-share, high-growth businesses or products. They need heavy investment to finance rapid growth. When their growth slows down, they turn into which of the following?
Dogs
Question marks
Cash cows
SBU




Trust and trustworthiness affect a leader’s access to:
Dedication and achievement
Persuasion and control
Power and influence
Knowledge and cooperation

Value pricing" means setting a fair price for a marketing mix that gives the target market superior customer value.
True
False

Which one of the following promotion tools includes press releases and special events?
Personal selling
Direct marketing
Public relations
Publicity

Companies should set up systems that _____ customer to complain.
Discourage
Encourage
Do not allow
None of the given options

Buyer decision process consists of five stages. Which of the following is NOT one of these stages?
Evaluation of Alternatives
Information search
Variety-seeking buying behavior
Post purchase behavior

Publics--carry news, features, and editorial opinions refer to which of the following publics?
Financial publics
Media publics page43
Government publics
Citizen-action publics

All of the following are the customer markets EXCEPT which of the following?
Reseller markets
Government marketspage 43
International markets
Business markets

The standards that state the amount each salesperson should sell and how sales should be divided among the company’s products. It refers to which one of the following concepts?
Sales goals
Company quotas
Sales quotaspage 189
Sales incentives

There are major steps in media selection. Which is NOT one of these steps?
Deciding on reach, frequency, and impact
Choosing among major media types
Selecting specific media vehicles
Deciding on format elementspage 173

Society and culture shape the basic form of human needs refers to which one of the following option?
Needs
Wantspage10
Values
An exchange

What is our business? Who’s our customer? What do our customers value? What should our business be? All these simple-sounding questions define which of the following concepts?
Objectives and goals
Mission statement page29
Business portfolio
Operational strategies

Finance, research and development, purchasing and manufacturing are all activities of which element of the micro environment?
The supplier
The Competitor
The companypage42
The public

All of the following are the stages in the adoption process EXCEPT:
Awareness
Interest
Evaluation
Laggardspage73

Connecting with employees in the company refers to which of the following options?
Extranet
Internet
Intranetpage23
World Wide Web

What is generally the result of groupthink?
Higher quality decisions
More risky decisions
Less critical analysis
Unpopular decisions

A __________ is a retail establishment that combines supermarket and discount store shopping in one location.
Superstore
Department store
Hypermarkethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermarket
Mega market

Which one of the following is NOT a part of industry structure analysis?
Buyers
Sellers
Entry/exit barriers
Competitorpage 49

Characteristics such as age, gender and marital status are known as _________________
Psychographic characteristics
Biographical characteristics(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Explain_in_detail_the_elements_of_biographical_characteristics_ability_and_personality )
Geographical characteristics
Behavioral characteristics

In the Boston Consulting Group approach, which one of the following is a measure of company strength in the market?
Relative market share
BCG matrixpage31
Business portfolio
Market growth rate

Which one of the following is the function of direct distribution channel?
The flow of products from producers to customers (http://tutor2u.net/business/marketing/distribution_introduction.asp )
Links producers to other marketing intermediaries
Takes title to products and resells them
Manages transportation and warehousing functions

A firm that operates in more than one country known as:
Global firm
Marketing firm
Operating firm
Outside firm



Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?
Planning
Staffing
Organizing
Leading

Which one of the following SBUs is low-growth, high share businesses which generate a lot of cash that the firm uses to pay its bills and support other SBUs that need investment.
Stars
Cash cowspage31
Question marks
Stars and cash cows

Why do manufacturers offer channel members quantity discounts, promotional allowances and slotting allowances?
To increase the level of vertical integration
To establish long-term transactional relationships
To take advantage of price elasticity
To encourage them to actively market the product

Following are the elements of the marketing mix EXCEPT:
Distribution
Product
Target market
Pricing

Which one of the following is the function of direct distribution channel?
The flow of products from producers to customers
Links producers to other marketing intermediaries
Takes title to products and resells them
Manages transportation and warehousing functions

Connecting with employees in the company refers to which of the following options?
Extranet
Internet
Intranet
World Wide Web

To reduce inventory management costs, many companies use a system where they carry only small inventories of parts or merchandise, often only enough for a few days of operation refers to which of the following concepts?
Just-in-time logisticspage143
Limited inventory logistics
Economic order quantity
Supply chain management

What can be offered to a market to satisfy a need or want?
Service
Customer value
Productpage10
Quality

Distribution of product to get it in the market refers to which of the following activities?
Selling activities
Advertising activities
Promotion activities
Place or distribution activities page17

Which of the following statements about the determinants of personality is true?
Personality appears to be a result of external factors
Personality appears to be a result of mainly hereditary factors
Personality appears to be a result of mainly environmental factors
Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors

Which of the following group is focused by producer to sell their products?
Final users
Intermediariespage43
The government
Competitors

Which one of the following is the major direct-marketing communications tool in today’s business world?
Television marketingpage192
Kiosk marketing
Telephone marketing
Catalog marketing

Which one of the following factor relates to family that influences consumer behavior?
Cultural
Socialpage 64
Personal
Business

Which of the following is NOT a sales promotion?
Coupons
TV commercials
Contests
Premiums

Which one of the following is the way in which consumers perceive an actual or potential product?
Product idea
Product conceptpage103
Product image
Test market

Which one of the following option is true for Marketing?
Demand management
Customer relationship
Making a sale
Making a profit

The verbal portion of an advertisement, including headlines, body, and signature reflects which one of the following concepts?
Copy
Storyboard
Layout
Script

What are the companies doing from the following options as a result of an explosion of more focused media that better match today’s targeting strategies?
More narrowcasting and less broadcasting
Less broadcasting and more narrowcastingpage160
Less narrowcasting and broadcasting
More narrowcasting and broadcasting

The economic sacrifice made by a buyer to a seller for products or services refers to which one of the following price?
Objective price
Target price
Barter price
Transaction price

An activity and/or material that offers added value or incentive to resellers, salespersons, or consumers. Which one of the following promotional tools offers added value?
Advertising
Personal selling
Publicity
Sales promotion

People often buy the kind of clothing. What does it show?
Attitude
Status
Learning
Lifestylepage66

In international pricing companies that market their products internationally must decide what prices to charge in the different countries in which they operate.
True
False

A sales representative from a software company shows an accounting firm that a new software package can perform bookkeeping tasks that the firm's present package cannot. The accounting firm is most likely in which stage of the organizational buying decision process?
Problem recognitionpage70
Product specification
Product selection
Product purchase

Which one of the following categories refers to a group of products that are closely related because they function in a similar manner, are sold to the same customer groups, are marketed through the same type of outlets, or fall within given price ranges?
Product linepage100
Line extension
Private brand
Product bandwidth

Which of the following advertising is used heavily for creating a primary demand when introducing a new product in the market?

Persuasive advertising
Informative advertisingpage170
Comparative advertising
Institutional advertising

The decline stage is marked by chronically decreasing profits.

True
False

Which one of the following is NOT a part of market potential? Select correct option?

Size
Growth rate
Size and growth rate
Inflationpage49

Management at Happy Motors must decide what mix of compensation elements to offer their sales force. Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic types of compensation plans?

Straight commission
Straight salary
Salary and commission
Commission and bonuses

Mobilink divides buyers into groups based on their knowledge, attitudes, uses or responses to a product. It is obviously using which type of segmentation?

Behavioralpage85
Psychographic
Demographic
Geographic




The first step in the marketing control process is BEST described as one where the marketer performs which of the following activities?

Evaluates performance
Measures performance
Sets specific goalspage39
Takes corrective action


Which one of the following is an example of a convenience consumer product?

Petrol
A motorcycle
A bicycle
Athletic shoes

Which one of the following is a part of marketing functions?

Standardizing and grading
Financing & Risk taking
Securing Marketing Information
All of the abovepage13

Which of the following communication and promotion tools involve direct connections with customers aimed toward building customer-unique value and lasting relationships?

Personal selling and direct marketingpage151
Public relation and publicity
E-commerce and E-business
Advertising and sales promotion

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