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Business: A Changing World, 4/e
O.C. Ferrell, Colorado State University
Geoffrey Hirt, DePaul University

Dimensions of Marketing Strategy

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions.



1

An expensive Cartier watch is an example of a
A)convenience product.
B)shopping product.
C)specialty product.
D)generic product.
E)difficult-to-obtain product.
2

Products that are bought frequently, without a lengthy search are generally classified as
A)convenience products.
B)specialty goods.
C)shopping goods.
D)luxury goods.
E)capital goods.
3

When companies use advertising and other tools to tell consumers about the benefits of their products, their promotional objective is to
A)stimulate demand.
B)stabilize sales.
C)reinforce customers.
D)inform customers.
E)all of the above
4

A light bulb used in your living room would be classified as what type of product?
A)mechanical
B)technical
C)industrial
D)commercial
E)consumer
5

When a company sets a low price for a new product in order to gain market share rapidly, it is using
A)odd pricing policy.
B)price skimming policy.
C)psychological pricing policy.
D)penetration pricing policy.
E)symbolic pricing.
6

Which of the following does not influence a firm's pricing objectives?
A)marketing mix decisions
B)finance factors
C)accounting factors
D)production factors
E)All of the above influence pricing objectives.
7

The pricing policy that allows a company to cover the product's development cost most quickly is
A)penetration pricing.
B)price skimming.
C)psychological pricing.
D)intensive pricing.
E)emotional pricing.
8

_____ exists when a manufacturer gives an intermediary the sole right to sell a product in a defined geographic territory.
A)Selective distribution
B)Intensive distribution
C)Physical distribution
D)Exclusive distribution
E)Geographic distribution
9

The part of the brand that is a distinctive design, like McDonald's arches, is called the
A)private-label brand.
B)brand name.
C)brand mark.
D)s brand.
E)brand sign.
10

The type of marketing channel used when a farmer sells fruit to a consumer at a roadside stand would be best called
A)highway.
B)indirect.
C)direct.
D)regulated.
E)irregular.
11

Which of the following are considered part of the promotional mix?
A)sales promotion
B)advertising
C)personal selling
D)publicity
E)all of the above
12

Distribution is one of the four marketing mix variables because
A)products must be available when and where consumers want to purchase them.
B)it provides form utility.
C)it increases the cost of goods.
D)it keeps wholesalers busy.
E)all of the above.
13

Retailers
A)buy products from manufacturers and sell them to consumers.
B)provide time, place, and ownership utility.
C)are intermediaries.
D)develop assortments of products.
E)all of the above.
14

Nonpersonal communication transmitted through mass media but not paid for directly by the firm is
A)publicity.
B)promotion.
C)advertising.
D)distribution.
E)price.
15

When a local Honda dealer sends price-reduction coupons to use in its service department, its promotion objective is probably to
A)inform customers.
B)remind customers.
C)stabilize sales.
D)introduce a new product.
E)reinforce customers.
16

If one of the Big 3 automakers introduces a new concept car in the Southeast to try out its marketing strategy before offering the product across the country, it is using
A)concept testing.
B)geographic segmentation.
C)menu experimentation.
D)test marketing.
E)commercialization.
17

When a consumer company initially charged a fairly low price for a new computer model and then raised the price after gaining a large market share, we could say that it was using which pricing policy?
A)low-ball
B)subterranean
C)psychological
D)skimming
E)penetration
18

When GM sends sales representatives to encourage dealers to stock more minivans, it is using
A)publicity.
B)advertising.
C)personal selling.
D)sales promotion.
E)packaging.
19

If a cosmetics company is selling eye shadow for $11.99, it is using
A)price skimming.
B)penetration pricing.
C)psychological pricing.
D)rational pricing.
E)low-ball pricing.
20

The physical handling and movement of products in warehousing and transportation is called
A)materials handling.
B)physical distribution.
C)materials distribution.
D)physical materials handling.
E)materials transportation.




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