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The process of identifying the factors that can affect marketing success is called environmental scanning.

A) True
B) False

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Business-to-business markets tend to be:


A) dominated by marketing intermediaries.
B) geographically concentrated.
C) characterized by the presence of a large number of small buyers.
D) more emotional than consumer markets.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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A firm that uses ___________ segmentation divides a market into groups based on age,income,or level of education.


A) demographic
B) psychographic
C) perceived value
D) econometric

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Roberto Martinez is a marketing manager for Friendly Financial Services.He has been looking at a variety of factors,such as technological,socio-cultural and economic trends as well as competitive conditions.Martinez is confident that these factors will impact Friendly's future marketing success.His efforts are an example of:


A) target marketing.
B) competitive benchmarking.
C) relationship marketing.
D) environmental scanning.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Consumer databases,blogs,and social networking are some of the technological factors that are used by marketers to develop goods and services.

A) True
B) False

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The __________ is based on three elements: 1) a customer orientation,2) a service orientation,and 3) a profit orientation.


A) mercantile philosophy
B) hierarchy of needs
C) relationship approach to marketing
D) marketing concept

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following would best benefit the development of niche marketing?


A) a decline in the cost of advertising on radio and newspapers enabling firms to more efficiently reach a wide audience
B) a Supreme Court ruling that limits the market share individual firms in a market are allowed to serve
C) a growing acceptance of free trade agreements such as NAFTA
D) a manufacturing improvement enabling firms to more efficiently design and produce specialized products for small groups of consumers

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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As a marketing manager for Kitch-It-Tools,Jim is frustrated with the way his organization markets their kitchen utensils.Currently Kitch-It-Tools utilizes a strategy aimed towards the largest possible number of people,relying heavily on television and radio advertising.Jim complains that the firm is not listening to its customers and is in danger of losing many of them to firms that create a personal dialogue with their buyers.Presently Kitch-It-Tools practices:


A) a constant change strategy.
B) relationship marketing.
C) mass marketing.
D) market segmentation.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Successful marketing researchers:


A) focus their efforts on determining historical needs of customers,since the core value of marketing is that the customer needs don't change.
B) develop as much information as possible from primary sources.
C) listen to customers and other stakeholders.
D) rely on their experience and personal opinions when making decisions.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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The most important component of the marketing mix is the actual design and production of the product.

A) True
B) False

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In the Spotlight on Small Business box titled,"Let's Go to the Movies," we learned about a recent marketing idea for movie theatres.As a student of marketing,you understand that the purpose of creating a unique movie experience such as "dinner and a movie" is:


A) To differentiate your movie theatre from others.
B) To better utilize the floor space in the movie theatre.It is expensive to permit idle floor space.
C) To reduce the number of patrons that the theatre serves at one time.
D) To double the price of a ticket,without doubling the costs.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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In the production era the greatest marketing need was for distribution and storage.

A) True
B) False

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When Callie wants to obtain information to research changes in her market or determine what her customers are likely to want in the future,she relies on the articles and data available in trade journals,feedback from surveys,and personal interviews of her customers.Which of the following statements about Callie's sources of information is most accurate?


A) Callie is relying entirely on primary data for her research needs.
B) Callie is relying entirely on secondary data for her research.
C) The surveys and personal observations provide primary data,while the journals provide secondary data.
D) The surveys and personal observations provide secondary data,while the journals provide primary data.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Jason bought an expensive new sports car last week.Immediately after the purchase,he worried that he paid too much,and that a less expensive model with better gas mileage would have been a wiser choice.Marketers refer to the doubts Jason is experiencing as post-purchase stress syndrome.

A) True
B) False

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Marketers use very detailed surveys to gather secondary dat A.

A) True
B) False

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Government publications,such as the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and Survey of Current Business,are reliable sources of detailed primary dat A.

A) True
B) False

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In the evolution of marketing,the marketing concept era emphasized selling and advertising in an effort to persuade consumers to buy existing products.

A) True
B) False

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The two major types of markets are the:


A) primary market and the secondary market.
B) B2B market and the C2C market.
C) consumer market and the business-to-business market.
D) target market and the niche market.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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While most students find marketing an interesting and meaningful subject,one drawback of majoring in marketing is that it prepares students for only a narrow range of career options.

A) True
B) False

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Firms that adopt a relationship marketing strategy attempt to:


A) develop products that meet the specific requirements of individual customers.
B) maximize their market share by designing products that appeal to large numbers of customers.
C) develop their promotional efforts utilizing mass media such as television,newspapers and radio in order to relate to a large audience.
D) maximize market share by controlling production costs and maintaining low prices.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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