Chapters 1,2,4,6,8,9 Homework Problems Flashcards
Which of the following is true of an exchange?
a. There must be more than two parties for an exchange to take place. b. Money must be traded for the product or service being sold. c. Marketing can occur even if an exchange does not take place. d. If all the conditions exist, exchange will take place.
c. Marketing can occur even if an exchange does not take place.
Which of the following is true of customer value?
a. Good value is signified by a low-quality, low-priced product. b. Good value cannot be determined by quality or price, just by the benefits the product provides to customers. c. Good value is signified by the quality a customer expects at the price they are willing to pay. d. Good value is signified by a high-quality, high-priced product.
c. Good value is signified by the quality a customer expects at the price they are willing to pay.
Which of the following is true of marketing?
a. Marketing efforts are performed by many departments in an organization. b. Fostering long-term relationships with customers is not part of marketing. c. Marketing has occurred only if a product is sold. d. The goal of marketing is to advertise products.
a. Marketing efforts are performed by many departments in an organization.
A production orientation is successful when _______.
d. consumer wants and needs match what the company can best produce
Delivering products to customers at the right time, in the right place, and at the right price is illustrated by which of the following reasons to study marketing?
Marketing plays an important role in society.
The four marketing management philosophies are _______.
production, sales, market, and societal marketing orientations
For a market-oriented firm, the advantages of considering the benefits customers seek include which of the following?
Bolsters creativity and innovation by encouraging employees to come up with new ways to satisfy customers, The company remains focused on the customer rather than the products it produces,Allows the company to create new products and to modify products due to changing customer needs
A market-oriented company _______.
sees marketing as a company-wide activity
A market-oriented company targets its products to__ while a sales-oriented company targets its products to ___
A market-oriented company targets its products to specific groups of consumers while a sales-oriented company targets its products to everyone
Which reason to study marketing supports the idea that, as a consumer, you will better understand the buying process?
Marketing impacts your everyday life.
Market-oriented companies create long-term relationships with customers by doing which of the following?
Providing value to customers
Which of the following strategies would be most appropriate for a market-oriented firm?
Understanding what products and services customers want and need and offering those in order to meet organizational objectives
A disadvantage of a sales orientation is _______.
a lack of understanding customers’ wants and needs
Broadly speaking, customer relationship management (CRM) allows marketers to _______.
collect information about customers and create marketing promotions and communications specific to groups of consumers
successful relationship marketing strategies depend on all the following EXCEPT _______.
Offering high quality products
Market-oriented companies are__ focused while sales-oriented companies are __ focused.
Market-oriented companies are externally focused while sales-oriented companies are internally focused.
A _______ strategy increases sales by introducing new products into new markets, while a _______ strategy entails creating a new product targeted to its current customers.
diversification; product development
In a SWOT analysis, the prospect of entering new markets and launching new products would be listed under
Opportunities
Which of the following is NOT a requirement of effective strategic planning?
Resource allocation
Elements of product strategy can include all of the following EXCEPT _______.
where the product is sold
Harvesting is an appropriate strategy for all the following products or SBUs EXCEPT
Stars
Strategic planning is usually conducted by _______.
top managers
A _______ is the description and estimation of the size and sales potential of market segments that are of interest to the firm and the assessment of key competitors in these market segments.
Market opportunity analysis (MOA)
The innovation matrix identifies three levels of change and innovation. They include _______, _______, and _______.
core innovation, transformational innovation, adjacent innovation.
An organization that chooses a _______ strategy attempts to maintain the product’s market share in order to take advantage of the positive cash flow.
hold
_______ is the most flexible of the four Ps because it is the easiest and quickest component to change.
Price
Which of the following are reasons for failing to achieve a marketing objective? (Select four)
changes in the environment after the objective was specified, Inappropriate marketing strategies in the plan, Unrealistic marketing objectives
Carefully specified objectives should have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT _______.
To have unspecified end dates.
In the GE model, the appropriate action for areas of the matrix with high attractiveness is _______.
invest/grow
When conducting a SWOT analysis, managers can identify opportunities and threats by
analyzing the external marketing environment
Strategic marketing management addresses which of the following questions? (Select two)
what is the organizations main activity at a specfic time, and how it will reach its companies goals.
The three general strategies for selecting target markets include which of the following? (Select three)
appeal to multiple market segments using mutliple marketing mixes. appeal to the entire market with one marketing mix, concentrate on one segment with one marketing mix
A company that focuses on a unique aspect of its product is likely using a _______.
product/service differentiation competitive advantage
_______ provides the mechanisms for evaluating marketing results in light of the plan’s objectives and for correcting actions that do not help the organization reach those objectives within budget guidelines.
Control
A control device that marketing managers use is a _______.
Marketing Audit
Which of the following are ways that a company choosing a cost competitive advantage can reduce costs? (Select three)
reverse engineering competitors products, outsourcing low skill labor intensive tasks. utlizing technology to reduce production costs
which of the following is NOT true about strategic business units (SBUs)?
Each SBU shares its mission statement with the parent company.
A _______ is a written document that acts as a guidebook of marketing activities for the marketing manager.
Marketing plan
_______ occurs when a company defines its business in terms of goods and services rather than in terms of the benefits customers seek.
marketing myopia
A _______ is an advantage that cannot be copied by the competition in the near future.
Sustainable competitive advantage
Key performance indicators _______.
help managers compare outcomes to stated objectives
Which legislation created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to oversee checking accounts, private student loans, mortgages, and other financial products?
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
_______ are the largest U.S. minority.
Hispanics
Which American value is illustrated by ensuring that the disadvantaged and people with disabilities have what they need to become productive members of society?
Helping others
Which generational cohort has never known a world without smartphones?
Gen z
Through a process called _______, marketers collect and evaluate information about the marketing environment.
Environmental scanning
_______ aims to expand knowledge, not to develop new or improved products
Disruptive innovation
A firm that conducts research attempting to develop new or improved products is conducting _______.
Applied research