MKT 421 (Marketing Plan) Final Exam 57 MCQ's

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MKT 421 Final Exam

 

1) According to the text, marketing means:

 

2) For Tesla, a new firm that makes an electric sports car, estimating how many competitors will make electric vehicles and what kinds they will make, is:

 

3) Which of the following statements best describes the modern view of marketing?

 

4) Professional Dental Supply has been successfully selling dental instruments to dentists for the past 20 years, and has developed strong customer relations. When looking for new marketing opportunities, Professional Dental Supply will most likely look first at

 

5) To compete more successfully with its many competitors offering packaged cookies, Famous Amos added its own line of extra chunky premium cookies. This seems to be an effort at:

 

6) Which of the following statements regarding marketing strategies is FALSE?

 

7) A firm's marketing mix decision areas would NOT include:

 

8) Which of the following is true?

 

9) Product is NOT concerned with:

 

10) Dell, Inc. wants to offer customers televisions in addition to computers. This is a change in their _____________________

11) Hewlett-Packard sells personal computers through specialty computer stores, electronics superstores, and its own Internet site. The marketing mix variable that is being considered here is:

 

12) The ______ area of the marketing mix is concerned with decisions about getting the right product to the target market when and where it is wanted.

 

13) The main difference between a marketing strategy and a marketing plan is that:

 

14) A marketing plan is:

 

15) Which of the following is part of a complete marketing plan?

 

16) Marketing strategy planners should recognize that:

 

17) Target marketing, in contrast to mass marketing,

 

18) Good marketing strategy planners know that:

 

19) ______________ is the process of naming broad product-markets and then segmenting these broad product-markets in order to select target markets and develop suitable marketing mixes.

 

20) Clustering techniques applied to segmenting markets

 

21) The process of naming broad product-markets and then segmenting them in order to select target markets and develop suitable marketing mixes is called:

 

22) Procedures that develop and analyze new information to help marketing managers make decisions are called:

 

23) ________________ ________________ utilizes qualitative and quantitative analysis procedures to help marketing managers make more informed decisions.

 

24) A ______________ is an organized way of continually gathering and analyzing data to get information to help marketing managers make ongoing decisions.

 

25) Marketing research which seeks structured responses that can be summarized is called:

 

26) One of the major disadvantages of the focus group interview approach is that

 

27) Focus groups:

 

28) The observing method in marketing research:

 

29) The attitudes and behavior patterns of people are part of the

 

30) Which of the following statements about consumer products is true?

 

31) ______________ is the process of naming broad product-markets and then

 

32) Which is the first step in market segmentation?

 

33) The first step in market segmentation should be:

 

34) Which of the following is NOT one of the text's product life cycle stages?

 

35) The product life cycle:

 

36) Tom and Sally Jones are preparing to purchase a new car. He currently has a Toyota Camry and she has a Honda Accord. They now have two children under age 5, so they plan to trade in Sally's car to purchase a minivan. Sally and Tom decided on a Honda Odyssey because Sally is familiar with Hondas and thinks they are very reliable. In this purchase situation, Tom and Sally's family life cycle stage is a _____________ segmentation dimension, and the benefit Sally seeks (reliability) is a _____________ segmentation dimension.

 

37) Regarding product life cycles, which of the following is NOT true?

 

38) An industry's sales have leveled off and profits are declining in oligopolistic competition. Consumers see competing products as homogeneous. Several firms have dropped out of the industry, but a new one entered recently. Firms in the industry are trying to avoid price-cutting by spending on persuasive advertising. These firms are competing in which stage of the product life cycle?

 

39) During the market introduction stage of the product life cycle:

 

40) Advertising allowances

 

41) SGCA is having a sales contest to encourage retailers to quickly reduce the inventory of SuperGamer computers. Retailers with the highest sales during the next month win an expense paid trip to a special dealer meeting at a resort in Hawaii. This is

 

42) While watching a television program, Liza gets a phone call just as a commercial is starting. She presses the mute button on the television's remote control and takes the call, so she pays no attention to the commercial. In terms of the communication process, the telephone call is an example of:

 

43) A producer using very aggressive promotion to get final consumers to ask intermediaries for a new product has:

 

44) American Tourister, Inc.—a producer of luggage—is planning to introduce a new product line. The marketing manager is having her sales force call on retailers to explain American Tourister's consumer advertising plans, the unique features of the new luggage, how the distributors can best promote it, and what sales volume and profit margins they can reasonably expect. This is an example of:

 

45) Integrated direct-response promotion:

 

46) Which of the following statements about positioning is NOT TRUE?

 

47) When segmenting broad product-markets, cost considerations tend

 

48) Positioning analysis

 

49) A _____ is a market with very similar needs and sellers offering various close substitute ways of satisfying those needs.

 

50) Which of the following is NOT a trend affecting marketing strategy planning in the area of international marketing?

 

51) When a company grows globally, this is an example of:

 

52) Identify the incorrect statement about sales promotions.

 

 

53) Which of the following is a key trend affecting marketing strategy planning?

 

54) It is usually the _________ job, perhaps with help from specialists in technology, to decide what types of sales technology tools are needed and how they will be used.

 

55) The future poses many challenges for marketing managers because:

 

56) Many Internet sites, such as Autobytel.com and Edmunds.com, have extensive information about the prices of new and used vehicles that anyone can use for free. In light of the availability of this information, what is the responsibility of consumers to use it?

 

57) Which of the following statements about ethical behavior in business is true?

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