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After watching the 30-minute infomercial on OxiClean, Mariah was certain that the cleaning product would remove the grape juice stain from her white carpet. In terms of the communication process, Mariah has engaged in:


A) decoding.
B) lead generation.
C) receiving.
D) messaging.

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At which stage of the product life cycle is the least amount of money spent on the promotional mix?


A) maturity
B) harvesting
C) decline
D) divestment

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Which of the following statements describes a key difference between advertising and publicity?


A) Publicity is more expensive on a cost-per-contact basis than advertising.
B) Advertising provides an immediate feedback loop, and publicity does not.
C) Advertising is usually directly paid, and publicity is usually indirectly paid.
D) Publicity is usually directly paid, and advertising is usually indirectly paid.

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Reference: 16-03 Figure 16-4 Reference: 16-03 Figure 16-4    -In Figure 16-4, the element of the promotion mix that is highest in importance in the purchase stage of the buying decision, is labelled 'B.' This refers to: A) advertising B) sales promotion C) communication D) public relations -In Figure 16-4, the element of the promotion mix that is highest in importance in the purchase stage of the buying decision, is labelled 'B.' This refers to:


A) advertising
B) sales promotion
C) communication
D) public relations

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A food warehouse gets a very good buy on a brand of frozen orange juice and, rather than maintain it as extra inventory, would like to sell it quickly to retailers. Which promotional element should be used?


A) advertising
B) publicity
C) sales promotion
D) personal selling

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When Mike Clark and Jack Curry rate current movies for USA Today newspaper using a possible one to four star rating, it is an example of:


A) direct marketing.
B) publicity.
C) advertising.
D) direct selling.

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When a manufacturer directs its promotional mix at ultimate consumers to encourage them to ask retailers for the product, the strategy is called a:


A) push strategy.
B) finance allowance.
C) pull strategy.
D) demand strategy.

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Which form of promotion budgeting most closely relates to the marketing concept?


A) percentage of sales budgeting
B) objective and task budgeting
C) competitive parity budgeting
D) all-you-can-afford

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Another name for competitive parity budgeting is__________ budgeting.


A) share of market
B) comparative
C) all-you-can-afford
D) relative scale

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When Procter & Gamble introduced Swiffer, a new product to make it easier to clean increasingly popular hardwood floors, it knew it had to achieve high brand awareness among its potential consumers because the product was low-tech and fairly easily imitated. Which promotional element did P&G emphasize?


A) sales promotion
B) public relations
C) personal selling
D) advertising

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Publicity is:


A) a method used to get a non-personal, directly paid presentation of a company or its products.
B) a paid form of non-personal communication about an organization, good, service, or idea by an identified sponsor.
C) a non-personal, indirectly paid presentation of an organization, good, or service.
D) a short-term inducement of value offered to arouse interest in buying a good or service.

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Personal selling is:


A) the two-way flow of communication between a buyer and a seller, designed to influence a person's or group's purchase decision.
B) a short-term inducement of value offered to arouse interest in buying a good or service.
C) a paid form of non-personal communication about an organization, good, service, or idea by an identified sponsor.
D) a non-personal, indirectly paid presentation of an organization, service, or product.

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When Nestlé Canada launched Aero and Kit Kat Singles-a smaller serving of its chocolate bars that are 100 calories or less-to the Canadian market, they used traditional print media, a partnered contest, and an online promotion of "hero" characters of the chocolate bar brands, Kit and Bubbles. What marketing concept is Nestlé Canada practicing here?


A) Sales Promotion
B) Advertising
C) Personal Selling
D) Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)

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During the post-purchase stage of the consumer's purchase decision, marketers want to reduce post-purchase anxiety for their customers. Which of the following would be most useful for accomplishing this objective?


A) Advertising and personal selling
B) Advertising
C) Sales promotion and advertising
D) Publicity and advertising

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Imagine a small retailer saying, "Well, after budgeting for all of our expenses for next year, we still have about $7500 remaining for emergencies. How about if we budget 20 percent of that amount for advertising?" What budgeting technique is the small retailer using?


A) objective and task budgeting
B) competitive parity budgeting
C) all-you-can-afford budgeting
D) percentage of sales budgeting

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The best and most methodical approach to promotion budgeting is


A) all-you-can-afford
B) percentage of sales
C) objective and task
D) competitive parity

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New Balance recently spent $13 million for time on television and space in selected magazines to promote its athletic shoes. What form of marketing communication did it use?


A) sales promotion
B) advertising
C) personal selling
D) public relations

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Compare push and pull strategies as alternative promotional methods of moving a product through a channel of distribution.

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After watching the 30-minute infomercial on OxiClean, Mariah was certain that the cleaning product would remove the grape juice stain from her white carpet. In terms of the communication process, Mariah is a:


A) channel of communication.
B) lead generator.
C) source.
D) receiver.

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Companies vary as to the amount of security they require or can afford for their computer files. Firewalls are a type of software that protects computer files from unauthorized entry. A company that had developed a complete line of firewalls from a no-frills version to a version that uses retinal scans for admittance would most likely need to employ which promotional element?


A) sales promotion
B) advertising
C) public relations
D) personal selling

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