Exam #2 (Chapter 8,9,10,11,12) Flashcards
Question 1
“Discrepancies of quantity” means:
A. some consumers buy more products than others.
B. there are more consumers than producers.
C. some manufacturers can produce more products than others.
D. the difference between the quantity of products it is economical for an individual producer to make and the quantity normally wanted by individual consumers or users.
E. that demand is greater than what a company can supply.
D. the difference between the quantity of products it is economical for an individual producer to make and the quantity normally wanted by individual consumers or users.
Question 2 A grocery store or mass-merchandiser might rely on a \_\_\_\_\_ to decide which paperback books or magazines it sells. A. catalog wholesaler B. rack jobber C. truck wholesaler D. drop-shipper E. specialty wholesaler
B. rack jobber
Question 3 A jewelry maker's suppliers of gold, platinum and silver, the warehouses that store its finished goods, and the trucks that deliver the product to retailers are all part of a: A. private warehouse system. B. supply chain. C. modal transportation hub. D. distribution point. E. public warehouse network.
B. supply chain.
The supply chain includes the complete set of firms and facilities and logistics activities that are involved in procuring materials, transforming them into intermediate or finished products, and distributing them to customers.
Question 4
A trademark or brand name can become public property if:
A. counterfeiters violate the trademark.
B. it becomes a common descriptive word for the product.
C. the owner doesn’t register it under the Lanham Act.
D. it is sold in international markets.
E. All of these alternatives are correct.
B. it becomes a common descriptive word for the product.
Each firm should try to see that its brand doesn’t become a common descriptive term for its kind of product. When this happens, the brand name or trademark becomes public property and the owner loses all rights to it.
Question 5 A wholesaler-sponsored retail chain is called a: A. consumer cooperative. B. corporate chain. C. franchise chain. D. voluntary chain. E. cooperative chain.
D. voluntary chain.
Response Feedback:
Voluntary chains are wholesaler-sponsored groups that work with independent retailers.
Question 6
According to the FTC, for a producer to call a product “new,” the product:
A. must be no more than two months old.
B. must have achieved brand insistence.
C. must be entirely new or changed in a functionally significant or substantial respect.
D. must have been changed in some way during the last year.
E. None of these alternatives is correct.
C. must be entirely new or changed in a functionally significant or substantial respect.
Response Feedback:
To be called new, says the FTC, a product must be entirely new or changed in a “functionally significant or substantial respect.
Question 7
Branding is good for some CONSUMERS because it:
A. makes shopping easier.
B. provides dependable guides to product quality.
C. helps them identify their favorite products quickly.
D. gives assurance that the product will consistently deliver on a promise.
E. All of these alternatives are correct.
E. All of these alternatives are correct.
Response Feedback:
Branding means the use of a name, term, symbol, or design or a combination of these to identify a product. Well-recognized brands make shopping easier and connect a product with the benefits a customer can expect.
Question 8 Cargill, Inc. is finally earning a profit on the unique product it introduced six months ago. Cargill's advertising is both informative and persuasive. Much money is being spent on Place development. There is little price competition, although several competitors have come out with reasonable imitations. Total industry sales are rising and profits are at their highest point. In which stage of the product life cycle is Cargill operating? A. Market growth B. Market introduction C. Sales decline D. Market maturity E. Market development
A. Market growth
Response Feedback:
Rising industry sales and profits show that Cargill is operating in the market growth stage of the product life cycle
Question 9
Channels of distribution:
A. that include intermediaries always result in higher distribution costs than channels without intermediaries.
B. should be designed to increase discrepancies of quantity between producers and consumers.
C. usually do not involve conflicts as long as each channel member has profit as a goal.
D. usually require longer-term planning than other market mix elements because channel decisions are more difficult to change quickly.
E. are always characterized by conflict among channel members.
D. usually require longer-term planning than other market mix elements because channel decisions are more difficult to change quickly.
Response Feedback:
Channel decisions are Place decisions and they often have long-run effects. They’re usually harder to change than Product, Promotion, or Price decisions.
Question 10
Compared to a warehouse, a DISTRIBUTION CENTER is:
A. designed to provide more efficient use of storage space.
B. concerned with eliminating the need for bulk-breaking.
C. designed to slow the pace of inventory turnover.
D. designed to speed the flow of products toward the consumer and eliminate storing costs.
E. a storage facility used by several intermediaries-to share costs.
D. designed to speed the flow of products toward the consumer and eliminate storing costs.
Response Feedback:
A distribution center is a special kind of warehouse designed to speed the flow of goods.
Question 11 Computer systems often use a standardized format for their information to simplify sharing of information among different computer systems. This would allow a supplier's system to automatically process an online order from a customer, schedule production activities for the order, and then set up delivery of the finished product. This approach or system is called: A. Piggyback B. EDI C. Containerization D. JIT E. Contractual
B. EDI
Response Feedback:
With EDI, a customer transmits its order information directly to the supplier’s computer and the supplier’s computer immediately processes the order and schedules production, order assembly, and transportation.
Question 12
Concept testing:
A. takes place during the screening step of the new-product development process.
B. involves usage tests by a significant sample of potential customers.
C. seeks potential customers’ reactions and attitudes toward new product ideas-before actual models are developed.
D. is the last step before commercialization of a new product idea.
E. None of these alternatives is correct.
C. Correct seeks potential customers’ reactions and attitudes toward new product ideas-before actual models are developed.
Response Feedback:
Concept testing seeks potential customers’ reactions and attitudes toward new product ideas before actual models are developed.
Question 13
Convenience (food) stores offer:
A. wide assortments.
B. low prices.
C. more customer service than supermarkets.
D. a limited assortment of “fill-in” items.
E. None of these are offered by convenience (food) stores.
D. a limited assortment of “fill-in” items.
Response Feedback:
Convenience stores limit their stock to pickup or fill-in items like bread, milk, beer, gas, etc.
Question 14
Emergency products:
A. need adequate representation in major shopping areas.
B. need widespread distribution but with assurance of preferred display.
C. can have limited availability as long as display is good.
D. need widespread distribution near probable points of use.
E. need widespread distribution at low cost.
D. need widespread distribution near probable points of use.
Response Feedback:
While purchasing emergency products, a customer does not have the time to shop and is not very sensitive to price. A marketing manager should identify these factors and ensure that the product has widespread distribution near the probable point of need.
Question 15
Franchisors:
A. account for about a third of all retail sales.
B. often provide franchise holders with training.
C. usually receive fees and commissions from the franchise holder.
D. are especially popular with services retailers.
E. all of these alternatives are correct for franchisors.
E. all of these alternatives are correct for franchisors.
Response Feedback:
Franchise holders’ sales account for about a third of all retail sales. Franchising is especially popular with service retailers. The franchise holder pays fees and commissions and the franchisor develops a good marketing strategy and provides training.
Question 16 Gradual "rollouts" are characteristic of which step of the new-product development process? A. Idea generation B. Development C. Idea screening D. Idea evaluation E. Commercialization
E. Commercialization
Response Feedback:
Gradual “rollouts” are characteristic of the commercialization step of the new-product development process.
Question 17
If Penn Mfg. Corp. gives the Johnstown Distributing Co. the exclusive right to distribute Penn Hills’ products in Ohio, this arrangement:
A. WOULD DEFINITELY BE ILLEGAL because the courts have ruled that all vertical arrangements between producers and intermediaries are illegal.
B. MAY OR MAY NOT BE LEGAL-the courts would weigh the possible good effects of this vertical arrangement against possible restrictions on competition.
C. WOULD DEFINITELY BE LEGAL because the courts have ruled that all vertical arrangements between producers and intermediaries are legal.
D. WOULD DEFINITELY BE ILLEGAL because the courts have ruled that all horizontal arrangements between competitors are illegal.
WOULD DEFINITELY BE LEGAL because the courts have ruled that all horizontal arrangements between competitors are legal.
B. MAY OR MAY NOT BE LEGAL-the courts would weigh the possible good effects of this vertical arrangement against possible restrictions on competition.
Response Feedback:
The legality of vertical arrangements between producers and intermediaries is not clear-cut. Courts can weigh the possible good effects against the possible restrictions on competition.
Question 18 In the market introduction stage of the product life cycle A. sales are the highest. B. most companies experience losses. C. industry profits rise. D. industry sales level off. E. total industry profit is highest.
B. most companies experience losses.
Response Feedback:
Most companies experience losses during the introduction stage because they spend so much money for product, place, and promotion development.
Question 19
Just-in-time (JIT) delivery
A. is always the best approach.
B. reduces customers’ physical distribution costs.
C. increases storing and handling costs.
D. shifts responsibility for physical distribution activities forward in the channel.
E. requires customers to have high quality standards in physical distribution activity.
B. reduces customers’ physical distribution costs.
Response Feedback:
A key advantage of JIT for business customers is that it reduces their PD costs.
Question 20
Marketing managers should recognize that:
A. product life cycles appear to be getting longer.
B. every segment within a market has the same product life cycle.
C. the product life cycle describes the sales and profits of individual products, not industry sales and profits.
D. firms that enter mature markets have to compete with established firms for declining industry profits.
E. None of these alternatives is correct.
D. firms that enter mature markets have to compete with established firms for declining industry profits.
Response Feedback:
New firms may still enter the market at the market maturity stage—increasing competition even more. The market leaders have a lot at stake, so they fight hard to defend their share.