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Using an existing brand name to introduce a product that is new to the company into a totally new,unfamiliar market seems like a good idea.A few years ago,Frito-Lay thought this was a great new-product concept: Why not develop Frito-Lay Lemonade as a thirst-quencher for those consumers who also like Frito-Lay's salty snacks such as Fritos corn chips? But when people think of the brand name "Frito-Lay," thirst-quenching is not a benefit that comes to mind.So the "logic" lost out and Frito-Lay Lemonade failed.This innovation strategy is known as a


A) brand extension.
B) radical invention.
C) product line extension.
D) disruptive innovation.
E) product deletion.

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In which stage in the new-product process would a firm use both a SWOT analysis and environmental scanning to assess its strengths and weaknesses relative to the trends it identifies as opportunities or threats?


A) idea generation
B) screening and evaluation
C) new-product strategy development
D) business analysis
E) development

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In the UMD10: Marketing Dashboard Map above,the annual growth rate in each state is shown,with green (which looks gray on printed paper) meaning good and red (which looks black on printed paper) meaning very bad.If an organization's 2013 sales for the entire U.S.were $50 million and its 2012 U.S.sales were $30 million,what is the annual % sales change?


A) 33%
B) 67%
C) 100%
D) 125%
E) 133%

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Business products are also referred to as __________.


A) B2B products
B) B2C products
C) B4B products
D) BOB products
E) B4C products

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A __________ is the marketing term for a good,service,or idea consisting of a bundle of tangible and intangible attributes that satisfy consumers' needs and is received in exchange for money or something else of value.


A) idea
B) service
C) widget
D) utility bundle
E) product

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A product line is a group of product or service items that are closely related because they satisfy a class of needs,are used together,are sold to the same customer group,and are distributed through the same type of outlets,or __________.


A) are made of similar components
B) fall within a given price range
C) made from the same formulations
D) are identical except for price
E) require high levels of R&D

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One of the eight primary MARKETING-RELATED reasons for new-product failure is __________.


A) not listening to the voice of the consumer
B) incomplete market and product protocol
C) pushing a product too early into the market
D) the "NIH" problem
E) encountering groupthink in meetings

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The Vermont Teddy Bear Company sells handmade Teddy bears designed to be given as gifts for almost every occasion imaginable.For the Vermont Teddy Bear Company,Teddy bears are an example of a


A) product class.
B) product mix.
C) SKU.
D) marketing category.
E) product line.

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The proliferation of extra characteristics in a product that overwhelms many consumers with mind-boggling complexity is referred to as


A) feature overkill.
B) product line extension.
C) feature bloat.
D) sensory overload.
E) product differentiation.

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The first stage of the new-product process is


A) idea generation.
B) screening and evaluation.
C) business analysis.
D) new-product strategy development.
E) concept testing.

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Industrial products are also referred to as __________ products.


A) consumer
B) merchandise
C) organizational
D) resale
E) business

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The emphasis of a marketing strategy for a discontinuous innovation would most likely be to


A) generate awareness among consumers.
B) advertise benefits to consumers that stress points of differentiation.
C) educate consumers about new consumption patterns through personal selling.
D) obtain widespread distribution in multiple channels.
E) stress price differentials from competitors' products.

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The new-product process an organization goes through to identify business opportunities and convert them into salable products or services contains


A) three main steps: research,production,and distribution.
B) four distinct steps: research,evaluation,production,and distribution.
C) five key phases ranging from idea generation to creating the first prototype.
D) seven stages from new product strategy development to commercialization.
E) three phases: planning,implementation,and evaluation.

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Thirsty Dog! is a zesty beef-flavored,vitamin-enriched,mineral-loaded,lightly carbonated bottled water for your dog.It might have been a great product,but competition over shelf space was fierce and the product could not generate enough sales per square foot for retailers.The makers of this product had


A) poor product quality.
B) no economical access to buyers.
C) an insignificant point of difference.
D) incomplete market and product protocol.
E) poor execution of the marketing mix.

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A company's product mix is equal to the sum of its


A) marketing mix.
B) product class.
C) product items.
D) product lines.
E) SKUs.

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Products organizations buy that assist in providing other products for resale are referred to as __________.


A) reseller goods
B) wholesale goods
C) business products
D) ancillary products
E) retail products

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After the new owner purchased a fully equipped yogurt factory,it took a yogurt master a year and a half to come up with the perfect formulation for Chobani Greek Yogurt.The most likely stage of the new-product process during which this time was spent is __________.


A) development
B) market testing
C) idea generation
D) screening and evaluation
E) business analysis

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One of the eight primary MARKETING-RELATED reasons for new-product failure is __________.


A) skipping steps in the new-product process
B) pushing a poorly conceived product too early into the market
C) no economical access to buyers
D) not learning from past new-product failures
E) not understanding the legal definition of newness.

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In terms of brand loyalty,consumers are aware of a brand but will readily accept substitutes for which type of product?


A) convenience products
B) specialty products
C) unsought products
D) shopping products
E) supplies

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In terms of promotion,which of the following type of consumer product stresses product differentiation from competitors?


A) shopping product
B) convenience product
C) specialty product
D) unsought product
E) discretionary product

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