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Which of the following marketing eras refers to the time period from our country's first settlers through the early 1900s?


A) production era
B) selling era
C) marketing era
D) customer relationship era

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Marketing focuses on the pricing and distribution of want-satisfying products, as well as determining the best way to promote the products to consumers.

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During the era, the prevalent business philosophy turned from an emphasis on production to an emphasis on advertising and selling.


A) prefabrication
B) selling
C) mass communication
D) customer relationship

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Placing a product in a location where people will buy it is part of the marketing mix.

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Firms adopting a relationship marketing strategy often establish a database of information about each customer.

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As a marketing manager for a retailer of lighting products, Lucinda will likely be involved in which of the following?


A) setting a price for the light fixtures her firm produces
B) deciding the best way to hire new employees to produce the lights
C) developing ideas for new ways to produce the lights
D) determining the best way to finance the purchase of new production equipment

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Firms that adopt a relationship marketing strategy attempt to:


A) develop products that meet the specific requirements of individual customers.
B) maximize their market share by designing products that appeal to large numbers of customers.
C) develop their promotional efforts utilizing mass media such as television, newspapers and radio in order to relate to a large audience.
D) maximize market share by controlling production costs and maintaining low prices.

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As part of her responsibilities as a marketing manager, Jan has completed a review of data her department has gathered through telephone interviews, mail surveys and focus groups. Jan is disappointed because the research results strongly suggest that a product idea she helped develop is unlikely to be popular with potential customers. Jan should:


A) proceed with product development because the opinions of experienced marketing managers often turn out to be more accurate than marketing research.
B) accept the research results and reevaluate the proposed product.
C) continue developing the product, but try to find ways to reduce production costs.
D) put the product on temporary hold, throw out the results of the research, and design and conduct a new study.

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Customer relationship management (CRM) is the process of learning as much as possible about customers and doing everything you can to satisfy them.

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Contacting customers after a sale to reassure them that they made the right decision is intended to offset:


A) reverse satisfaction.
B) cognitive dissonance.
C) doubt resolution.
D) relationship conflict.

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The first step in the marketing research process is to:


A) define the problem and determine the present situation.
B) collect relevant data from primary and secondary sources.
C) analyze the research data.
D) decide upon the best ethical solution.

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The marketing efforts at Rotary Enterprises place a great deal of emphasis on marketing goods that will earn the firm a profit. This focus on profit orientation shows that Rotary's has not yet adopted the marketing concept that emphasizes a customer orientation rather than a profit orientation.

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A group consists of a small group of people who meet under the direction of a discussion leader to discuss opinions about an organization, its products, or other issues.


A) concept
B) focus
C) peer
D) consumer interest

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A firm that uses segmentation divides a market into groups based on age, income, or level of education.


A) demographic
B) psychographic
C) perceived value
D) econometric

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The focus of the production era was on distribution and advertising.

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One-to-one marketing is seldom used in B2B markets.

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Which of the following describes a process in which marketers present an accurate description of a new product to potential customers and ask if they find the idea appealing?


A) prototype testing
B) concept testing
C) test marketing
D) competitive benchmarking

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Marketing strategies used effectively in the business-to-business markets are exactly the same as strategies used by marketers in consumer markets.

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Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have a value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.

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The purpose of market segmentation is to identify the features of a product that will appeal to as many customers as possible.

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