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This section includes 628 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Company QA knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
451. |
Ensuring the availability of the products and services as and when required by the customers is ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ utility. |
A. | Time |
B. | Place |
C. | Form |
D. | Profession. |
Answer» B. Place | |
452. |
Ending prices with 99p is called. |
A. | Price lining |
B. | Prestige pricing |
C. | Odd‐even pricing |
D. | Skimming. |
Answer» D. Skimming. | |
453. |
In decling stage of PLC,which tool would be more preffered |
A. | sales promotion, |
B. | personal selling |
C. | advertising |
D. | publicity |
Answer» B. personal selling | |
454. |
The four elements; channels of distribution ,transportation, warehousing and inventory constitute‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐. |
A. | Promotion mix |
B. | Marketing mix |
C. | Distribution mix |
D. | Product mix. |
Answer» D. Product mix. | |
455. |
Which of the following is central to any definition of marketing. |
A. | Making a project |
B. | Making a sale |
C. | Customer relationship |
D. | Transactions. |
Answer» D. Transactions. | |
456. |
The flow of goods from production to consumption is known as ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐. |
A. | Inbound logistic |
B. | Outbound logistics |
C. | Process logistics |
D. | Reverse logistics |
Answer» C. Process logistics | |
457. |
A‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ operates multiple retail outlets under common ownership in different cities andtowns. |
A. | Retail chains |
B. | Destination store |
C. | Shopping malls |
D. | Retail chain. |
Answer» E. | |
458. |
The word positioning was coined by. |
A. | All Ryes and Jack Trout |
B. | Philip otter |
C. | Petra Ducker |
D. | None of them. |
Answer» B. Philip otter | |
459. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of service marketing: |
A. | Intangibility |
B. | Reparability |
C. | Heterogeneity |
D. | Perish ability. |
Answer» C. Heterogeneity | |
460. |
The work of setting up objectives for selling activities, determining and scheduling the steps necessary to achieve these objectives is known as…………. |
A. | Selling |
B. | Sales policy |
C. | Sales programme |
D. | Sales planning |
Answer» E. | |
461. |
The term ‘marketing mix’ describes: |
A. | a composite analysis of all environmental factors inside and outside the firm |
B. | a series of business decisions that aid in selling a product |
C. | the relationship between a firm’s marketing strengths and its business weaknesses |
D. | a blending of strategic elements to satisfy specific target markets |
Answer» E. | |
462. |
A ______________ is a set of interdependent organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use of consumption by the consumer or business user. |
A. | retailer |
B. | wholesaler |
C. | distribution channel |
D. | middleman |
Answer» D. middleman | |
463. |
The process that turns marketing strategies and plans into marketing actions in order to accomplish strategic marketing objectives is called ______________ |
A. | Marketing strategy. |
B. | Marketing control. |
C. | Marketing analysis. |
D. | Marketing implementation |
Answer» E. | |
464. |
When there is a large potential market for a product, the firm will adopt. |
A. | Skimming price policy |
B. | Penetration price policy. |
C. | Premium price policy. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» D. None of these. | |
465. |
The process of getting goods from manufacturers to customers has traditionally been known as …………. |
A. | Physical Distribution |
B. | Promotion |
C. | Advertising |
D. | Branding |
Answer» B. Promotion | |
466. |
A marketing information system (MIS) caters to the needs of ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐. |
A. | Marketing decision |
B. | Databases |
C. | Safeguard |
D. | Customized. |
Answer» B. Databases | |
467. |
______________ is the collection and interpretation of information about forces, events, and relationships that may affect the organization. |
A. | Environmental scanning |
B. | Stakeholder analysis |
C. | Market sampling |
D. | Opportunity analysis |
Answer» B. Stakeholder analysis | |
468. |
When a firm practices ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ concept , all its activities are directed to satisfy the consumer. |
A. | selling |
B. | Production |
C. | Marketing |
D. | Societal. |
Answer» D. Societal. | |
469. |
When companies make marketing decisions by considering consumers' wants and the longrun interests of the company, consumer, and the general population, they are practicing which of the following principles? |
A. | Innovative marketing |
B. | Consumer-oriented marketing |
C. | Value marketing |
D. | Societal marketing |
Answer» E. | |
470. |
Behaviour exhibited while purchasing a car is an example of……………. |
A. | Dissonance Reduction Buying Behaviour |
B. | Variety Seeking Buying Behaviour |
C. | Complex Buying Behaviour |
D. | Habitual Buying Behaviour |
Answer» D. Habitual Buying Behaviour | |
471. |
Selecting the segments of a population of customers to serve is called ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐. |
A. | Market segmentation |
B. | Positioning |
C. | Target marketing |
D. | Customization. |
Answer» D. Customization. | |
472. |
Two major factors are changing the face of today’s communications. One of these factors is the fact that: |
A. | Costs of promotion are rising. |
B. | Mass markets are fragmented and marketers are shifting away from mass marketing. |
C. | Global communications are not growing rapidly enough. |
D. | Marcom managers have achieved more power and control. |
Answer» B. Mass markets are fragmented and marketers are shifting away from mass marketing. | |
473. |
pricing is the approach of setting a low initial price in order to attract a largenumber of buyers quickly and win a large market share. |
A. | Market-skimming |
B. | Value-based |
C. | Market-penetration |
D. | Leader |
Answer» D. Leader | |
474. |
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ is a strategy designed to cultivate customer loyalty, interaction and long‐term associationwith the company. |
A. | Viral marketing |
B. | Relationship marketing. |
C. | Social marketing |
D. | De‐marketing. |
Answer» C. Social marketing | |
475. |
The term "marketing mix" describes: |
A. | A composite analysis of all environmental factors inside and outside the firm |
B. | A series of business decisions that aid in selling a product |
C. | The relationship between a firm's marketing strengths and its business weaknesses |
D. | A blending of four strategic elements to satisfy specific target markets |
Answer» E. | |
476. |
________ guides the development of advertisements and personal sales presentations. |
A. | AIEA |
B. | AIBA |
C. | AICA |
D. | AIDA |
Answer» E. | |
477. |
The benefits of marketing channels are………. |
A. | Cost saving |
B. | Time saving |
C. | Financial support given |
D. | All of above |
Answer» E. | |
478. |
-------is a system of selling goods directly to customers through a network of selfemployed people |
A. | Multilevel marketing |
B. | Whole sale marketing |
C. | Vertical marketing |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Whole sale marketing | |
479. |
Groups that have a direct or indirect influence on a persons attitudes or behavior is known as ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ |
A. | Reference groups |
B. | Family |
C. | Roles |
D. | Status. |
Answer» B. Family | |
480. |
John, the sales manager for a building materials company, knows the customers in one profitable sales territory, are particularly hostile to women sales reps. John faces an ethical dilemma primarily in the area of: |
A. | Determining compensation and incentives |
B. | Equal treatment in hiring and promotion |
C. | Respect for individuals in supervisory and training programs |
D. | Fairness in the assignment of sales territories |
Answer» E. | |
481. |
Marketing channel that involves no intermediaries to make their products available to final buyers is classified as |
A. | direct channel |
B. | indirect channel |
C. | flexible channel |
D. | static channel |
Answer» B. indirect channel | |
482. |
Under ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ marketing strategy, market segments are identified and a different marketing mixis developed for each of the segments. |
A. | Differentiated |
B. | Focus |
C. | Customized |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Focus | |
483. |
Marketing channel that involves no intermediaries to made their products available to finalbuyers is classified as |
A. | Direct channel |
B. | Indirect channel |
C. | Static channel |
D. | Flexible channel |
Answer» B. Indirect channel | |
484. |
Systematic blend of personal selling, sales promotion, advertising and public relations to communicate customer value is called |
A. | promotion mix |
B. | marketing communication mix |
C. | strategic buyer behavior mix |
D. | both a and b |
Answer» E. | |
485. |
The promotion tools such as sweepstakes, event sponsorship, samples and coupons are classified in category of: |
A. | Organizational Promotion |
B. | Consumer Promotions |
C. | Inbound Promotion |
D. | Outbound Promotion |
Answer» C. Inbound Promotion | |
486. |
The five product levels constitute a ________. At each level more, customer value is added. |
A. | Customer-augmented product |
B. | Customer consumption system |
C. | Customer value-hierarchy |
D. | Customer-perceived value |
Answer» D. Customer-perceived value | |
487. |
Promotional mix strategy in which advertisement and promotions are made to final customers to induce them to buy products is classified as |
A. | pull strategy |
B. | moral selling strategy |
C. | rational selling strategy |
D. | push strategy |
Answer» B. moral selling strategy | |
488. |
Which company is the pioneer in direct marketing? |
A. | Johnson &Johnson. |
B. | Eureka Forbes. |
C. | Avon cosmetics. |
D. | Cipla. |
Answer» C. Avon cosmetics. | |
489. |
The most formal definition of marketing is ________. |
A. | Meeting needs profitably |
B. | Identifying and meeting human and social needs |
C. | The four Ps (product, price, place, promotion) |
D. | An organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders |
Answer» E. | |
490. |
In _______________________ all the augmentations and transformations of a product might undergo in the failure. |
A. | Generic Product |
B. | Expected Product |
C. | Augmented Product |
D. | Potential Product |
Answer» E. | |
491. |
The concept of marketing mix was developed by ________. |
A. | N. H Borden |
B. | Philip Kotler |
C. | Stanton |
D. | W. Anderson |
Answer» D. W. Anderson | |
492. |
---------- refers to duplicating the brand image of one product of promote anotherproduct of the same brand. |
A. | Surrogate advertising |
B. | Shortage advertising |
C. | Advocacy advertising |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Shortage advertising | |
493. |
Intercept interviews involves |
A. | Asking questions and recording observations |
B. | Seeking an appointment from respondents and paying some incentive for being interviewed. |
C. | Stopping people at a shopping mall and requesting an interview. |
D. | Calling up people and requesting an interview |
Answer» D. Calling up people and requesting an interview | |
494. |
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ can be produced and marketed as a product. |
A. | Information |
B. | Celebrities |
C. | Properties |
D. | Organizations. |
Answer» B. Celebrities | |
495. |
The ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ function of marketing makes the products available in different geographic regions. |
A. | Production |
B. | Selling |
C. | Distribution |
D. | Promotion. |
Answer» D. Promotion. | |
496. |
Promotion strategy in which producers promotes goods to final customers by using sales force is classified as |
A. | rational selling strategy |
B. | push strategy |
C. | pull strategy |
D. | moral selling strategy |
Answer» C. pull strategy | |
497. |
In ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ segmentation, buyers are divided into different groups on the basis of life‐systleinto personality and values. |
A. | Demographic |
B. | Economic |
C. | Psychographic |
D. | Geographic. |
Answer» D. Geographic. | |
498. |
Which type of promotional tool is nonpublic, immediate, interactive and customized? |
A. | Indirect marketing |
B. | Direct marketing |
C. | Viral marketing |
D. | E-commerce |
Answer» C. Viral marketing | |
499. |
_____________ is the sum of the values that consumers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service. |
A. | Price |
B. | Elasticity |
C. | Demand |
D. | Value estimate |
Answer» B. Elasticity | |
500. |
Method of managing promotion budget by defining objectives, determining tasks to achieve objectives and estimating costs for activities is called |
A. | percentage of sales method |
B. | affordable method |
C. | competitive parity method |
D. | objective and task method |
Answer» E. | |