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Practice Questions
1. The transaction in which goods are exchanged with goods is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Bartering
Portering
Galvanizing
Trickling
increasing sales
customer care
customer and supplier satisfaction
creating brand
personality of consumer
personality of product
personality of people
both A & B
4. A company which makes what it thinks will be bought by customers is said to have
A)
B)
C)
D)
Sales orientation
Production orientation
Purpose orientation
Consumerism
It is cheap
Rational consumer behaviour
Visionary focus
Caters to need of customer
USP
PUS
UPS
PPS
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Economic influence
Social influence
Technological influence
Public influence
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
push
dynamics
offer
cloud
Actual product
Core product
Augmented product
Luxury product
Company
Customer
Condition
Competition
Deliberate strategies
Emergent strategies
Both A & B
None of the above
12. Which of the following factors played the most important role in changing the
traditional distinguishing patterns of marketers?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Technological advancement
Political crises
Globalization
Social stratification
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13. ____________ is a statement that tells what a company is trying to achieve through its
conduct.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Vision statement
Mission statement
Status Quo
Statement of entry
Organizational objectives
Commercial objectives
Operating objectives
Corporate objectives
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
evaluation
appraisal
audit
feedback
Environmental scanning
Political scanning
Market scanning
Industry scanning
Strength
Weakness
Opportunities
Turnover
Nicheing
Differentiation
Cost leadership
Pricing strategy
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19. Which of the following forecasts is not valid one in the stages of sales forecast?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Environmental forecast
Market forecast
Industry forecast
Company forecast
historical
numerical
financial
social
21. When quality works as a philosophy supervises every organizational activity, it is a case
of
A)
B)
C)
D)
Customer approach
Customer motive
Customer care
Customer preference
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
hazard
comma
myopia
strangulation
Customer preference
Customer satisfaction
Customer loyalty
Customer kudos
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26. The process of building long term relationship with customers is known as
A)
B)
C)
D)
Relationship strategy
Relationship approach
Relationship loyalty
Relationship marketing
lifetime
lifetime
lifetime
lifetime
profit system
customer value
customer gain
profit margin
Basic
Accountable
Reactive
Partnership
30. Which of the following approaches is NOT an actual approach of quality control?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Cost minimization
Price segmentation
Zero reject
100% quality
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31. Patterns in society that affects all the industries, not only individual firms or
households is known as
A)
B)
C)
D)
Micro environment
Macro environment
Pseudo environment
Trapezoid environment
32. All aspects of a market affecting relationship with customers and the pattern of
competition is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Market
Market
Market
Market
strata
dominion
environment
ambience
33. The three broad based stakeholder categories include each of the following categories
EXCEPT
A)
B)
C)
D)
Executive stakeholders
Internal stakeholders
External stakeholders
Connected stakeholders
Executive stakeholder
Internal stakeholder
External stakeholder
Connected stakeholder
35. The response risks likely to arise from an interest group includes all of the following
elements EXCEPT
A)
B)
C)
D)
Direct action
Publicity
Resignation
Sabotage
36. The ___________ environment is where the firm can exercise greatest control and
should possess the greatest knowledge.
A) internal
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B) marketing
C) industrial
D) operational
37. The ___________ comprises those firms which use a particular competence,
technology, product or service.
A)
B)
C)
D)
industry
company
economy
state
38. Porters five competitive forces include which of the following forces
A) Threat of new entrants.
B) Threat of substitute product
C) Bargaining power of customers
D) All of the above
39. Which of the followings is NOT a barrier to entry for prospective new entrants?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Economies of Scale
Switching costs
Industry turnover
Product differentiation
Ethnography
Demography
Lexicography
Geography
Need
Want
Desire
Expectation
43. __________ can be defined as the decision processes and acts of individuals involved in
buying and using products or services.
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A)
B)
C)
D)
44. The group of brands that consumer will recognize and consider buying among the
awareness set is termed as
A)
B)
C)
D)
Unawareness set
Awareness set
Evoke set
Void set
Learned
Cumulative
Creative
Shared
46. The characteristic of culture that points out the fact that culture is handed down to
each new generation is
A)
B)
C)
D)
Adaptive
Cumulative
Learned
Social
47. A distinct and identifiable cultural group within the society as a whole is called
A) micro-culture
B) macro-culture
C) tertiary culture
D) ethno-culture
48. The process by which the individual internalizaes social expectation is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Socialization
Stratification
Acculturation
Familiarity
who
who
who
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actual
perceived
artificial
individual
Marketing mix
Market segmentation
Market division
Market economy
52. The consideration for segmentation that refers to the extent of a sub-markets size in
order to be accepted as a different segment can be termed as
A)
B)
C)
D)
Measurability
Sustainability
Accessibility
Constructability
53. Some of the non-profit benefits of market segmentation include each of the following
benefits EXCEPT
A) Specialization
B) Competitive advantage
C) Larger turnover
D) Product assortment
54. A total market of a particular product is
A)
B)
C)
D)
likely to homogeneous
likely to heterogeneous
both A & B
none of the above
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Marketing mix
Homogeneous market
Selective market
Target market
57. Picking a particular market and creating a single product suitable for this segment is
known as
A)
B)
C)
D)
Target marketing
Concentrated marketing
Differentiated marketing
Unitary marketing
58. A company attempting to create varied products each for a particular segment is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Target marketing
Concentrated marketing
Differentiated marketing
Unitary marketing
59. Which of the following types of segmentation distinguish market as - heavy user,
medium user, light user?
A) Segmentation by location
B) Segmentation by demography
C) Segmentation by benefits
D) Segmentation by product usage
60. The sum of expectations which other people have on an individual in a relationship is
termed as this individuals
A)
B)
C)
D)
Role
Class
Status
Value
61. A ___________ is something that satisfies a set of wants that customers have.
A) product
B) price
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C) commodity
D) goods
62. ____________ is done mainly to increase the satisfaction of customers by bulding the
benefits the core product has.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Fermentation
Cataclysm
Augmentation
Benefit plotting
Shopping goods
Accessories
Speciality goods
Unsought goods
Protection
Distribution
User convenience
Segmentation
67. Which of the following orders is the correct order of a PLC or Product Life Cycle?
A) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline, Senility
B) Introduction, Maturity, Growth, Senility, Decline
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C) Introduction, Senility, Maturity, Growth, Decline
D) Introduction, Maturity, Senility, Growth, Decline
Introductory stage
Senile stage
Maturity stage
Growth stage
Generalization
Rationalization
Augmentation
Cauterization
71. All the entities influencing the activities of an organization are regarded as its
A)
B)
C)
D)
Shareholder
Creditholder
Stakeholder
Positionholder
72. The use of existing scientific and technological knowledge to create something new is
known to be
A)
B)
C)
D)
Creation
Development
Augmentation
Application
73. The approach to ask for premium prices on the launch of new product to profit from
the lead time over competition is known as
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A)
B)
C)
D)
Concept Definition
Product Championship
Skimming Strategy
Lead Time Approach
birth
mortality
selling
demand
Dissemination
Dispersion
Diffusion
Elucidation
Product identification
Concept definition
Concept build-up
Product construction
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D) segmentation leaders
80. New products should only be considered worth going for if there is evidence of
A) Adequate demand
B) Compatibility with existing marketing ability
C) Compatibility with existing production ability
D) All of the above
81. In marketing the process of getting products to customers is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Segmentation
Distribution
Diffusion
Channeling
82. The five rights of distribution do not include which of the following rights?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Right
Right
Right
Right
people
place
price
quantity
83. _________ earn a commission on whatever sales they make on behalf of producer.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Distributors
Agents
Brokers
Franchises
84. The intermediaries who stock a range of products from competing manufacturers to sell
on to other organizations are called
A)
B)
C)
D)
retailers
agents
wholesalers
dealers
85. When a product goes straight from producers to consumers, the distribution is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Direct distribution
Field distribution
Primary distribution
Force distribution
86. Which of the following product characteristics has an effect on design of the channel of
distribution?
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A)
B)
C)
D)
Durability
Quality
Cheap price
Demand
87. Which of the following factors is not favouring the intermediaries in distribution?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Trust
Friendship
Commitment
Faith
Distributor
Intermediary
Amazon
Producer
91. ________ is the measure of the value transacted by the buyer for the value he receives
from the seller.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Fringe benefit
Value added service
Price
Index
92. The study that involves the calculation of costs of products (or services) is known as
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A)
B)
C)
D)
Actuaries
Cost Accounting
Manegerial Accounting
Actual accounting
finished product
work-in-progress
JIT
Supply chain
cost of materials
wages
insurance
cost of cleaning materials
Impressionable costs
Marketable costs
Reasonable costs
Controllable costs
97. Which of the following key constructs is NOT considered while setting price?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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A)
B)
C)
D)
Policy
Decorum
Methodology
Procedure
99. __________ is the way by which organizations meet their objectives by using resources
in particular ways.
A)
B)
C)
D)
100.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Marketing
Strategy
Procedure
Policy
101.
is
The technique to scrutinize the inter-relationship between costs, volume and profit
A)
B)
C)
D)
102.
Jarque-Berra analysis
Break-even analysis
Box-cox analysis
Akaike analysis
Which of the followings is correct formula of Break-even point?
103.
A)
B)
C)
D)
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105.
A)
B)
C)
D)
106.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Economies of
Economies of
Economies of
Economies of
Scope
Scale
Output
Sales
108.
A)
B)
C)
D)
109.
A)
B)
C)
D)
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110. When a company wants to earn high profits at the expense of its customers, the
pricing is called
A)
B)
C)
D)
111.
A)
B)
C)
D)
112.
A)
B)
C)
D)
predatory pricing
aggressive pricing
feline pricing
unethical pricing
When a customer ask for the brand by name the resultant effect is said to be
pull effect
push effect
side effect
dope effect
113. SOST, a technique of integrated marketing planning, includes all of the following
factors EXCEPT
A)
B)
C)
D)
114.
A)
B)
C)
D)
115.
Situation
Objectives
Strategy
Technicality
The effective promotion tool to cover the stage desire in the AIDA model will be
A) Advertising
B) Public Relations
C) Sales promotion
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D) Personal selling
116.
A)
B)
C)
D)
117.
A)
B)
C)
D)
118.
A)
B)
C)
D)
119. Conferring with another with the view to compromising or agreeing on some issue is
called
A)
B)
C)
D)
Conference
Consultation
Discussion
Negotiation
121.
Personal Selling
Practical Demonstration
Aggressive Marketing
Window Marketing
A) Deliverer
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B) Technician
C) Missionary
D) Producer
122. Which of the following activities of a sales representative is regarded the art of
selling?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Communicating
Prospecting
Selling
Servicing
123. Which of the following is a category of benefits derived by a customer from a given
product?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Standard benefits
Company benefits
Differential benefits
All of the above
124. Which of the following benefits relate to the offer of a supplier compared to what
his competitors are offering?
A)
B)
C)
D)
125.
A)
B)
C)
D)
126.
A)
B)
C)
D)
127.
Standard benefits
Company benefits
Differential benefits
All of the above
response marketing
channeling
output base
contribution method
____________ are goods which are bought relatively frequently at a low cost.
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B) Fast Moving Consumer Goods
C) Fast Distributing Consumer Goods
D) Fast Consumer Goods
128.
A)
B)
C)
D)
129.
A)
B)
C)
D)
130.
A)
B)
C)
D)
131.
A)
B)
C)
D)
132. A _____________ organisation is one whose attainment of its primary goal is not
assessed by economic measures.
A)
B)
C)
D)
133.
Which of the following factors does a reseller need to consider beside costs?
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B) Appeal of the product
C) Reputation of the selling company
D) All of the above
134.
A)
B)
C)
D)
135.
A)
B)
C)
D)
136.
A)
B)
C)
D)
137. ___________ is the totality of features and characteristics of that service which
bears on its ability to meet customer needs.
A)
B)
C)
D)
138.
A)
B)
C)
D)
139.
Service
Service
Service
Service
Quality
Features
Appraisal
Accounting
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A)
B)
C)
D)
140.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Suppliers
Customers
Market
Producers
141. _______________ refers to the marketing occurring between two or more countries
pertaining to both goods and services.
A)
B)
C)
D)
142.
A)
B)
C)
D)
143. The three major criteria determining entrance in international market includes
each of the following EXCEPT
A)
B)
C)
D)
Market attractiveness
Technical know-how
Competitive advantage
Risk
Ethnic Conflict
Patriotism
Ethnocentrism
Myopic concentration
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