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1.

The Coase theorem states that ?

A. public goods should be produced up to the point where the additional benefit received by society equals the additional cost of producing the good
B. under certain conditions, private parties can arrive at the efficient solution without government involvement
C. the private sector will fail to produce the efficient amount of a public good because of the free-rider problem.
D. if there are external costs in production the government must intervene in the market to assure that the efficient level of output is produced
Answer» C. the private sector will fail to produce the efficient amount of a public good because of the free-rider problem.
2.

When Coca-Cota and Nestle formed joint venture to market a ready to drink coffee and tea worldwide the type of marketing system that was formed would best be described as being a(n)?

A. vertical marketing system
B. parallel marketing system
C. diversified marketing system
D. horizontal marketing system
Answer» E.
3.

Today advertising captures about ________ percent of total promotion spending?

A. 15
B. 23
C. 29
D. 33
Answer» C. 29
4.

Even through buying roles in the family change constantly the _________ has traditionally been the main purchasing agent for the family?

A. wife
B. husband
C. teenage children
D. grandparent
Answer» B. husband
5.

A set of interdependent organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user is called a(n) ?

A. retailer
B. wholesaler
C. distribution channel
D. logistics
Answer» D. logistics
6.

A _______ is a promotion strategy that calls for using the sales force and trade promotion to move the produce through channels ?

A. push strategy
B. pull strategy
C. blocking strategy
D. integrated strategy
Answer» B. pull strategy
7.

According to the price/quality strategy matrix when a company overprices its product in relation to its quality it is considered to be using which type of strategy ?

A. Good-value strategy
B. Premium strategy
C. Overcharging strategy
D. Snob strategy
Answer» D. Snob strategy
8.

According to Engel’s law as income rises ?

A. The percentage spent on food rises
B. The percentage spent on housing increases
C. The percentage spent on other categories increase
D. The percentage spent on savings remains constant
Answer» D. The percentage spent on savings remains constant
9.

In evaluating messages for advertising telling how the product is better than the competing brands aims at making the ad ?

A. meaningful
B. distinctive
C. believable
D. remembered
Answer» C. believable
10.

Rolls Royce uses which of the following distribution formats ?

A. Intensive distribution
B. Exclusive distribution
C. Selective distribution
D. Open distribution
Answer» C. Selective distribution
11.

If the field salesforce has been supplied with new leads (via the telephone) that have been qualified, they have probably been assisted by ?

A. master salespersons
B. sales assistants
C. technical support persons
D. telemarketers
Answer» E.
12.

The stage is the product life cycle that focuses on expanding market and creating product awareness and trails is the ?

A. decline stage
B. introduction stage
C. growth stage
D. maturity stage
Answer» C. growth stage
13.

3M runs a Pollution a Prevention Pays program that has led to a substantial reduction in pollution and costs this would be an example of responding and costs. This would be an example of responding to which of the following ?

A. Nader’s raiders
B. The green movement
C. Governmental regulation
D. International competition
Answer» C. Governmental regulation
14.

Catalog marketing is big business in the United States. The average house hold receives __________ catalogs per year?

A. 25
B. 50
C. 75
D. 100
Answer» C. 75
15.

One common misuse of marketing research findings in contemporary business is the tendency for marketing research tp ?

A. become a vehicle for pitching the sponsor’s products
B. become a vehicle for pitching the sponsor’s products
C. become a means for raising prices
D. become a means of unfair competition
Answer» B. become a vehicle for pitching the sponsor’s products
16.

The type of trade promotion discount in which manufacturers agree to reduce the price to the retailer in exchange for the retailer’s agreement to feature the manufacturer’s products is some way is called a(n) ?

A. discount
B. allowance
C. premium
D. rebate
Answer» C. premium
17.

One of the most promising developments in multivariable segmentation is called ____ where a host of demographic and socioeconomic factors are used ?

A. terragraphic segmentation
B. fermagraphic segmentation
C. geothermy segmentation
D. geodemographic segmentation
Answer» E.
18.

__________ is a philosophy holding that a company’s marketing should support the best long-run performance of the marketing system?

A. Enlightened marketing
B. Myopic marketing
C. Fundamental marketing
D. Conceptual marketing
Answer» B. Myopic marketing
19.

The study of human population in terms of size, density, location age gender, race occupation and other statistics is called ?

A. Geothermy
B. Demography
C. Ethnography
D. Hemos-popography
Answer» C. Ethnography
20.

All of the following are criticisms leveled against marketing by critics EXCEPT ?

A. harming consumers through high prices
B. harming consumers through deceptive practices
C. harming consumers through high-pressure selling
D. harming consumers through too many product choices
Answer» E.
21.

The primary reason that many companies work to become the low cost producers in their industry is because ?

A. they can generate more advertising
B. they can please top management
C. they can gain tax advantages
D. they can set lower prices that that result in greater sales and profits
Answer» E.
22.

A company’s compensation plan should reflect its overall marketing strategy For example if the overall strategy is to grow rapidly and gain market share the compensation plan should reward ?

A. loyalty and perseverance
B. spot selling and old product rejuvenation
C. high sales performance and encourage capturing new accounts
D. high pressure situations and competitive reaction
Answer» D. high pressure situations and competitive reaction
23.

A price reduction to buyers who buy in large volumes is called a(n) ?

A. quantity discount
B. cash discount
C. seasonal discount
D. trade discount
Answer» B. cash discount
24.

In a example discussed in your text Johnson & Johnson’s recall of their Tylenol product following the discovery that several bottles of Tyloenol had been laced with cyanide is consistent with which business philosophy ?

A. The marketing concept
B. The product concept
C. The selling concept
D. The societal marketing concept
Answer» E.
25.

All of the following are ways that marketing plays a key role in the company’s strategic planning EXCETP ?

A. marketing provides a guiding philosophy
B. marketing is the only discipline that can provide a formal structure for the planning effort
C. marketing provides inputs to strategic planners by helping to identify attractive market opportunities
D. within individual business units marketing designs strategies for reaching the unit’s objectives
Answer» C. marketing provides inputs to strategic planners by helping to identify attractive market opportunities
26.

A _________ is a need that is sufficiently pressing to direct the person to seek satisfaction?

A. motive
B. want
C. demand
D. requirement
Answer» B. want
27.

According to the text the most dramatic of the environments that affect marketing and appears to be now shaping our world is the ___________ environment?

A. natural
B. demographic
C. economic
D. technological
Answer» E.
28.

Joining with foreign companies to produce or market products and services is called ?

A. direct exporting
B. indirect exporting
C. licensing
D. joint venturing
Answer» E.
29.

The purpose of strategic planning is to find ways in which the company can best ?

A. overcome losses
B. use its strengths to take advantage of attractive opportunities in the environment
C. avoid paying taxes
D. avoid the expense of costly research and development while still getting the benefits
Answer» C. avoid paying taxes
30.

________ is screening new product ideas in order to spot good ideas and drop poor ones as soon as possible?

A. Idea generation
B. Concept development and testing
C. Idea screening
D. Brainstorming
Answer» D. Brainstorming
31.

__________ has the advantage of being high in selectivity low cost; immediacy; and interactive capabilities?

A. Direct Mail
B. Outdoor
C. Online
D. Radio
Answer» D. Radio
32.

Given recent information about growth trends and growth potential of ethnic populations within the U.S market which of the following ethnic groups would be a best bet to double during the next half century and become one of the U.S market’s most viable segments ?

A. Hispanics and Asians
B. African Americans
C. Western Europeans
D. Middle Eastern
Answer» B. African Americans
33.

The place in the business buying behavior model where interpersonal and individual influences might interact is called the ?

A. environment
B. response
C. stimuli
D. buying center
Answer» E.
34.

The fact that services cannot be stored for later use or sale is evidence of their ?

A. intangibility
B. inseparability
C. variability
D. perishability
Answer» E.
35.

If your company were to make a product such as a suit of clothes and sold that product to a retailer your company would have sold to the __________ merket?

A. reseller
B. business
C. government
D. service
Answer» B. business
36.

The ______ holds that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable (therefore, work on improving production and distribution efficiency) ?

A. product concept
B. production concept
C. production cost expansion concept
D. marketing concept
Answer» C. production cost expansion concept
37.

When a company reviews sales costs and profit projections for a new product to find out whether these factors satisfy the company’s objectives they are in which of the following new process development stages ?

A. Concept development and testing
B. Commercialization
C. Business analysis
D. Marketing strategy development
Answer» D. Marketing strategy development
38.

The goal of the marketing logistics system should be to provide ?

A. A targeted level of promotional support
B. A targeted level of customer service at the least cost
C. A targeted level of transportation expense ratio
D. A targeted level of field support
Answer» C. A targeted level of transportation expense ratio
39.

The type of salesforce structure in which the sales force sells along product lines is called a ?

A. territorial salesforce
B. product salesforce
C. customer salesforce
D. retail salesforce
Answer» C. customer salesforce
40.

If Honda uses its company name to cover such different products as its automobile’s lawn mowers and motorcycles, it is practicing which of the following strategies ?

A. new brand strategy
B. line extension strategy
C. multiband strategy
D. brand extension strategy
Answer» E.
41.

The practice of going after a large share of a smaller market or subsets of a few markets is called ?

A. undifferentiated marketing
B. differentiated marketing
C. concentrated marketing
D. turbo marketing
Answer» D. turbo marketing
42.

All of the following factors can affect the attractiveness of a market segment EXCEPT ?

A. the presence of many strong and aggressive competitors
B. the likelihood of government monitoring
C. actual or potential substitute products
D. the power of buyers in the segments
Answer» C. actual or potential substitute products
43.

A company is in the ________ stage of the new product development process when the company develops the product concept into a physical product in order to assure that the product idea can be turned into a workable product ?

A. product development
B. commercialization
C. marketing strategy
D. business analysis
Answer» B. commercialization
44.

If a government uses barriers to foreign products such as biases against a foreign company’s bids or product standards that go against a foreign company’s product features the government is using ?

A. Protectionism
B. exchange controls
C. exchange facilitators
D. nontariff trade barriers
Answer» E.
45.

If Mark Mars pays Hershey Foods Corporation for the right to use their name on his line of T-shirts then Mr. Mars is using which type of branding ?

A. Licensed brands
B. Manufacturer’s brand
C. Private brand
D. Co-brand
Answer» B. Manufacturer’s brand
46.

If an advertiser wants flexibility timeliness good local market coverage broad acceptability, and high believability the advertiser will probably choose which of the following mass media types ?

A. Newspapers
B. Television
C. Direct Mail
D. Radio
Answer» B. Television
47.

If a consumer describes a car as being the most economical car on the market than this descriptor is a?

A. rule
B. attitude
C. belief
D. cute
Answer» D. cute
48.

The first modern environmental movement in the United States began in the ?

A. 1940s
B. 1950s
C. 1960s and 1970s
D. mid-1980s
Answer» D. mid-1980s
49.

Regulations that arise to ensure that firms take responsibility for the social costs of their products or production processes stem from which reason for government legislation of business ?

A. To protect companies form each other
B. To protect consumers from unfair business practices
C. To protect the interests of society
D. To protect businesses from unfair consumer demands
Answer» D. To protect businesses from unfair consumer demands
50.

In 1985, the Coca-cola Company made a classic marketing blunder with its deletion of its popular Coca-Cola product and introduction of what it called New Coke Analysts now believe that most of the company’s problems resulted from poor marketing research. As the public demanded their old Coke back the company relented and reintroduced Coca-Cola Classic (which has regained and surpassed its former position) while New Coke owns only 0.1 percent of the market Which of the following marketing research mistakes did Coca-Cola make ?

A. They did not investigate pricing correctly and priced the product too high
B. They did not investigate dealer reaction and had inadequate distribution
C. They defined their marketing research problem too narrowly
D. They failed to account for the Pepsi Challenge taste test in their marketing efforts
Answer» D. They failed to account for the Pepsi Challenge taste test in their marketing efforts