Mock Flashcards

1
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______________ is the act of designing the company’s offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market’s min

A

Positioning

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2
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Assume you are in charge of the politically-mandated process of converting the economy of a developing African nation from state-controlled to market-driven business ventures. Your ability to control–––––– will most likely determine the future success of the country and its government.

A

Marketing

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3
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The four Ps are characterized as being ______________

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Product, place, price and promotion

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4
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Newsletters, catalogues, and invitations to organization-sponsored events are most closely associated with the marketing mix activity of—

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Promotion

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5
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______________ helps to understand how consumers are influenced by their environment

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Consumer Behaviour

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6
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The flow of goods from production to consumption is known as ______________

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Outbound Logistics

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7
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there are __ elements of promotion mix

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6

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8
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Marketing decision makers in a firm must constantly monitor competitors’ activities-their products, prices, distribution, and promotional efforts-because

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New product offerings by a competitor with the resulting competitive variations may require adjustments to one or more components of the firm’s marketing mix

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9
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The marketing outcomes of a product is known as _____________

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Brand Equity

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10
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The use of price points for reference to different levels of quality for a company’s related products is typical of which product-mix pricing strategy?

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Product Line Pricing

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11
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______________ segmentation classifies consumers on the basis of age, sex, income and occupation

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Demographic

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12
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In ______________ segmentation, buyers are divided into different groups on the basis of life-systle into personality and values

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Psychographic

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13
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The emotional attachment of a customer towards a brand is known as ______________.

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Brand Loyalty

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14
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When companies make marketing decisions by considering consumers’ wants and the long-run interests of the company, consumer, and the general population, they are practicing which of the following principles?

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Social Marketing

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15
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The term “marketing mix” describes:

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A blending of four strategic elements to satisfy specific target market

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16
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Testing before launching a product is known as ______________

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Test Marketing

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17
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When looking at consumer income, marketers are most interested in

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Discretionary income

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18
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Being ______________ one cannot taste, touch, see, hear, smell or use services like physical products;

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Intangible

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19
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Marketing channel that involves no intermediaries to make their products available to final buyers is classified as

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Direct Channel

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20
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______________ is a critical success factor of products at project level which is indicated by a differentiated product with unique customer benefits.

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Product superiority

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21
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______________ is a process of identifying the areas of market that are different from one another.

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Segmentation

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22
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______________ motives are those which determine where or from whom products are purchased

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Patronage

23
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The stage is the product life cycle that focuses on expanding market and creating product awareness and trial is the:

A

Introduction

24
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______________ is a strategy designed to cultivate customer loyalty, interaction and long-term association with the company

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Relationship Marketing

25
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The ______________ holds that consumers will favour products that are available and highly affordable (therefore, work on improving production and distribution efficiency).

A

product concept

26
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The emotional attachment of a customer towards a brand is known as _____________

A

Brand Loyalty

27
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______________ is the collection and interpretation of information about forces, events, and relationships that may affect the organization

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Environmental Scanning

28
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A marketing philosophy summarized by the phrase “a good product will sell itself” is characteristic of the ______________ period.

A

Production

29
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A marketing philosophy summarized by the phrase “a good product will sell itself” is characteristic of the ______________ period.

A

Brand Expansion

30
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Under ______________ marketing strategy, market segments are identified and a different marketing mix is developed for each of the segments

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Differentiated

31
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In the ______________ stage , a product is well established in the market

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Maturity

32
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______________ environment consists of the factors like inflation rate, interest rate and unemployment.

Correct Answer:

A

Environment

33
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Typically profit is negative in which stage of the product life cycle?

A

Introduction

34
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Demographic segmentation refers to

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The description of the people and the place in society

35
Q

______________ is the marketing and financial value associated with a brand’s strength in a market.

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Brand equity

36
Q

The process of introducing higher quality products by a manufacturer is called ______________

A

Trading Up

37
Q

The process that turns marketing strategies and plans into marketing actions in order to accomplish strategic marketing objectives is called ______________

A

Marketing Implementation

38
Q

The only revenue producing element in the marketing mix is

A

Price

39
Q

An imbalance between a consumer’s actual and desired state in which recognition that a gap or problem needs resolving is called ______________

A

Motive development

40
Q

These objectives are often the most suitable when firms operate in a market dominated by a major competitor and where their financial resources are limited

A

Niche

41
Q

The process of finding and creating new uses or satisfactions for an existing product is known as ______________.

A

Re-marketing

42
Q

The strategic marketing planning process begins with ______________

A

The writing of the mission statement

43
Q

Industrial product are ______________ products

A

B2C

44
Q

Selecting the segments of a population of customers to serve is called ____________

A

Target marketing

45
Q

When producers, wholesalers, and retailers act as a unified system, they comprise a ______________

A

Vertical marketing system

46
Q

Political campaigns are generally examples of—

A

Person Marketing

47
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______________ is the marketing and financial value associated with a brand’s strength in a market

A

Brand equity

48
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Company A fixes its marketing communication budget by observing the budget set by Company B. This is an example of establishing budget by:

A

Competitive parity method

49
Q

Early adopters of which opinion leaders are largely comprised of and tend to be _____________

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More likely to buy new products before their friends do and voice their opinions about them

50
Q

The four Cs are ______________

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Customer solution, cost, convenience and communication

51
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______________ is the concept under which a company carefully integrates and coordinates its many communications channels to deliver a clear, consistent, and compelling message about the organization and its products.

A

Integrated marketing communications

52
Q

Segmentation is the process of:

A

Dividing the market into homogenous group

53
Q

Ensuring the availability of the products and services as and when required by the customers is ______________ utility

A

Time

54
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Customers are showing greater price sensitivity in their search for ______________

A

Value