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Dove wanted to do more than just sell its beauty care products. The company was on a
quest to discover "real beauty" and help women be happy just the way they are. As a
result, the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty was successfully launched in 2004. Which
of the following types of marketing was used by Dove?
A) sense-of-mission marketing
B) consumer-oriented marketing
C) customer-value marketing
D) innovative marketing
E) social marketing
________ occurs when a seller states price savings that are not actually available to
consumers.
A) Comparative pricing
B) Scanner fraud
C) Deceptive pricing
D) Market skimming
E) Price collusion
Why does direct-mail marketing most likely remain a popular promotional tool for
marketers?
A) It does not disturb consumers enrolled in the Do Not Call Registry.
B) It provides something tangible for people to keep.
C) It builds long-term customer relationships.
D) It involves very low marketing costs.
E) It reaches the consumer very quickly.
Plasticine Palace supplies its products exclusively to Arts & Crafts, a chain of stationery
stores across the country. The chain then makes the plasticine available to
end-consumers. This is an example of ________.
A) a direct marketing channel
B) intensive distribution
C) an indirect marketing channel
D) disintermediation
E) extensive distribution
A person's buying choices are influenced by four major psychological factors. Which of
the following is NOT one of these factors?
A) motivation
B) perception
C) association
D) learning
E) beliefs
Among the buyer-readiness stages, the first stage is ________.
A) preference
B) knowledge
C) liking
D) awareness
E) insistence
________ are agents who take physical possession of products and negotiate sales.
They deal mostly with agricultural marketing.
A) Industrial distributors
B) Cash-and-carry wholesalers
C) Purchasing officers
D) Rack jobbers
E) Commission merchants
Apart from retaining good customers, most marketers want to constantly increase their
'share of customer." What does this mean in marketing terms?
A) Marketers want to increase their market share.
B) Marketers want to increase the share they get of the customer's purchasing in their
product categories.
C) Marketers want to diversify their operations and customize their products to cater to
the entire market.
D) Marketers want to continuously increase their customers' levels of satisfaction.
E) Marketers want to turn satisfied customers into delighted customers.
Lubricants, coal, paper, and pencils are examples of ________.
A) operating supplies
B) capital items
C) raw materials
D) specialty products
E) installations
Which stage of new-product development requires management to estimate minimum
and maximum sales to assess the range of risk in launching a new product?
A) concept testing
B) marketing strategy development
C) business analysis
D) product development
E) test marketing
________ are a type of SBU that often require heavy investments to finance their rapid
growth.
A) Cash cows
B) Question marks
C) Stars
D) Dogs
E) Bears
________ refers to freedom from defects and consistency in delivering a targeted level
of performance.
A) Performance quality
B) Product style
C) Branding
D) Conformance quality
E) Product design
P&G introduced its Duncan Hines ready-to-spread frosting in a small geographic area.
When General Mills became aware of the product, it rushed to market its own Betty
Crocker ready-to-spread frosting, which eclipsed the Duncan Hines product
introduction. General Foods was able to enter the ________ stage of the new-product
development process before P&G could.
A) commercialization
B) co-marketing
C) idea generation
D) idea screening
E) simulation
The strongest brands are positioned on ________.
A) desirable benefit
B) good packaging
C) service inseparability
D) strong beliefs and values
E) product attributes
As production moves up, the average cost per unit decreases because ________.
A) variable costs decrease
B) of increasing diseconomies of scale
C) fixed costs are spread over more units
D) overhead costs decrease
E) revenue increases
GamaPix makes point-and-shoot cameras and handycams for amateur photographers
and hobbyists. It also has a separate line of cameras dedicated to professional
photographers. Additionally, it designs separate offers for each segment. Which of the
following marketing strategies does GamaPix most likely use in this instance?
A) mass marketing
B) differentiated marketing
C) individual marketing
D) local marketing
E) direct marketing
Consumer products refer to ________.
A) products purchased by consumers for further processing or for use in conducting a
business
B) products and services bought by final consumers for personal consumption
C) primarily intangible offerings from marketers
D) raw materials as well as manufactured materials and parts
E) products that aid in the consumer's production or operations, including installations
and accessory equipment
