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

Dimensions of Marketing Strategy

True or False Quiz

Please answer all questions.



1

Industrial products are used directly or indirectly in the operation or manufacturing processes of a business.
A)True
B)False
2

Convenience products, such as candy, are typically sold through marketing Channel D, which goes from the producer through a wholesaler and a retailer before it gets to the consumer.
A)True
B)False
3

Products may be goods, services, or ideas.
A)True
B)False
4

Middlemen create time, place, possession, and form utility.
A)True
B)False
5

Pricing objectives specify the role of price in an organization's marketing mix and strategy.
A)True
B)False
6

Most new product ideas are rejected during test marketing.
A)True
B)False
7

Warehousing is important because it makes products available for shipment to match demand at different geographic locations.
A)True
B)False
8

Specialty products are purchased after the consumer has compared competitive products and "shopped around".
A)True
B)False
9

Reinforcement promotion is used to remind consumers that an established organization is still around and sells certain products that have uses and benefits.
A)True
B)False
10

Typical promotion objectives are to stimulate demand, stabilize sales, and inform, remind, and reinforce customers.
A)True
B)False
11

Price skimming and penetration pricing are common pricing strategies.
A)True
B)False
12

Railroads offer the least expensive transportation for many products.
A)True
B)False
13

Sales promotions are often used to stabilize sales.
A)True
B)False
14

Sales promotions offer added value or some other incentive for buyers to enter into an exchange.
A)True
B)False
15

Distribution is facilitated by intermediaries.
A)True
B)False
16

A product line is all the products offered by an organization.
A)True
B)False
17

Pricing objectives are influenced by financial, accounting, and production factors as well as marketing mix decisions.
A)True
B)False
18

Price is the least flexible variable in the marketing mix.
A)True
B)False
19

Penetration pricing is charging a low price to help a product enter the market and gain market share rapidly.
A)True
B)False
20

A company does not pay the media for publicity.
A)True
B)False




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