Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

Direct Energy selling utilities contracts, door to door is an example of which type of marketing channel?


A) marketing channel
B) indirect channel
C) strategic channel alliances
D) direct channel

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Distinguish between a direct and an indirect channel.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Dual distribution can violate the Competition Act if the:


A) manufacturer uses both a direct and indirect marketing channel.
B) manufacturer has a corporate marketing system with one channel and an administered system with the other.
C) manufacturer's behaviour is viewed as lessening competition by eliminating wholesalers or retailers.
D) price charged for items sold through one channel is different from the price charged for the same item in another channel.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When Hunter went to the hardware store looking for gloves to wear while refinishing a table, he bought one pair because that was all he needed, but when the hardware store purchased the gloves, it purchased a case containing 100 pairs of identical gloves. Which logistical function did the hardware store perform for Hunter?


A) buying
B) sorting
C) marketing
D) assorting

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Every Saturday morning you like driving out to the apple orchard and purchasing right from the farmer. This purchasing form is considered:


A) indirect channel
B) marketing channel
C) strategic channel alliance
D) direct channel

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Dell computer's allows its customers to customize the type of computer based on individual needs as opposed to premanufactured computers available in retail stores. An efficient supply chain may use all of the following characteristics except:


A) inexpensive mode of transportation
B) economies of scale in its production process
C) many storage facilities as possible
D) slower mode of transportation

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Breath mints, bottled water, and nail clippers would most likely use which density of distribution?


A) extensive distribution
B) selective distribution
C) exclusive distribution
D) intensive distribution

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When Best Buy purchases a new Xbox 360 game to sell, they receive them in bulk quantities of 500. The Best Buy employees then separate them to individual products that consumers will purchase. This is an example of which activity?


A) sorting products
B) risk taking
C) buying and selling
D) financing and grading

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Cross-docking is most closely related to:


A) increasing lead time.
B) reverse logistics.
C) intermodal transportation.
D) efficient supply chain activities.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Dramatic cost savings are possible when efficient transportation and information systems can reduce_________ costs.


A) publicity
B) inventory
C) personal selling
D) advertising

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

How do companies use electronic data interchange (EDI)and extranets? Which is less expensive to use? Why?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Walmart is trying to decrease its_________ for products announced at trade shows and available in-store for purchase.


A) lag time
B) order time
C) lead time
D) promised for delivery

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Coldwater Creek is a mail-order company. Because of its proficiency at filling orders, it has contracts to fill orders received by several e-commerce companies. Coldwater Creek is an example of a:


A) freight jobber.
B) rack jobber.
C) freight forwarder.
D) third-party logistics provider.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Facebook, Amazon.ca, Expedia.ca, and Dell.ca are all examples of:


A) Consumer-responsive channels
B) Internet distribution channels
C) Virtual marketing channels
D) Internet marketing channels

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The most common indirect channel moves product from producer to retailer to consumer. This type of channel is most likely to exist in all of the following scenarios, except when:


A) there are so many product variations that a wholesaler could not carry them all in sufficient quantity.
B) the cost of inventory makes it too expensive to use a wholesaler.
C) the cost of maintaining inventory is low.
D) the retailer is large and can buy in large quantities.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What is calculated by the margins earned (revenues minus cost) for each channel member and for the channel as a whole?


A) buyer satisfaction
B) target market coverage
C) profitability
D) pre- or post-sale services

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

List and briefly describe the four customer service factors that must be balanced in a logistics system.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following does Callaway Golf NOT market and sell its products through?


A) online store
B) using athletes as salespeople (i.e., like Tupperware)
C) sporting goods retailers
D) on- and off-course golf retailers

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

An intermediary that performs a variety of marketing channel functions involving selling, stocking, and delivering a full product assortment as well as providing financing for industrial goods and services is known as a(n) :


A) wholesaler
B) business distributor
C) disintermediary
D) channel captain

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which conflict occurs when a franchised Cadillac dealer complains to General Motors that another franchised Cadillac dealer has located too close to its dealership?


A) Vertical
B) Administer ed
C) Horizontal
D) Corporate

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 121 - 140 of 282

Related Exams

Show Answer