Trivia Questions Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Fundamentals Of Marketing?

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1. Producers benefit from using intermediaries because they ________.
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2. The promotion mix is the company's primary communication activity; the marketing mix must be coordinated for the greatest communication impact. What is NOT included in the entire marketing mix?  
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3. The use of short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service is called ________.  
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4. Today's consumers do not need to rely on marketer-supplied information about products and services because they can use ________ to seek out a wealth of information.  
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5. ________ carry narrow product lines with deep assortments within those lines.  
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6. A company's total marketing communications mix consists of a special blend of advertising, sales promotion, public relations, personal selling, and direct-marketing tools that the company uses to communicate customer value and build customer relationships. This is also called ________.  
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7. ________ includes all the activities involved in selling products or services directly to final consumers for their personal, nonbusiness use.
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8. Which of the following is NOT a major category in a company's promotion mix?    
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9. Moving away from ________, marketers have been shifting toward highly focused marketing, spawning a new generation of more specialized and highly targeted communications efforts.  
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10. Which type of small store carries a limited line of high-turnover convenience goods and makes most of its revenues from cigarette, beverage, and gasoline sales?  
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11. Which of the following is NOT a typical supply chain member?
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12. Distribution channel decisions often involve ________ with other firms, particularly those that involve contracts or relationships with channel partners.
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13. Specialty stores carry ________ with ________ within them.    
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14. From the economic system's point of view, the role of marketing intermediaries is to transform the assortment of products made by producers into the assortment of products wanted by ________.
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15. Intermediaries play an important role in matching ________.
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16. Any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor is called ________.  
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17. Service retailers include all of the following EXCEPT ________.  
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18. Joe Blanco, like other producers, has discovered that his intermediaries usually offer his firm more than it can achieve on its own. Which of the following is most likely an advantage that Joe creates by working with intermediaries? 
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19. Which of the following retailers likely require the most emphasis on salespeople to assist customers?  
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20. Channel members add value by bridging the major gaps of ________ that separate goods and services from those who would use them.
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21. Most producers today sell their goods to ________.
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22. Which of the five major promotion tools includes building up a positive corporate image and handling unfavorable stories and events?  
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23. Which major promotion category makes use of displays, discounts, coupons, and demonstrations?  
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24. Which type of store carries a wide variety of product lines and differentiates itself through service, but has been squeezed in recent years between more focused and flexible specialty stores on the one hand and more efficient, lower-priced discounters on the other?    
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25.  ________ the manufacturer or service provider is the set of firms that supply the raw materials, components, parts, information, finances, and expertise needed to create a product or service.
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26. Which type of store is much larger than regular supermarkets and offers a large assortment of routinely purchased food products, nonfood items, and services?    
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27.  Mass-media advertising routinely involves a company investing millions or even billions of dollars to reach tens of ________ of customers with a single ad.  
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28. When suppliers, distributors, and customers partner with each other to improve the performance of the entire system, they are participating in a ________.
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29. Which type of store carries a deep assortment, has knowledgeable staff, and might actually be viewed as a giant specialty store?    
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30. Which of the following is NOT a factor in the changes occurring in today's marketing communications? A) B) C) D) E)
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31. In marketing terms, we say that the number of intermediary levels indicates the ________ of a channel.
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32. ________ is the basis of all discount operations and is typically used by sellers of convenience goods. Retailers offering this level of service require customers to perform their own "locate-compare-select" process in order to save money.
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33. Which type of stores usually carry more specialty goods for which customers like to be "waited on" and have much higher operating costs, which are passed along to the customer?  
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34. Companies are doing less ________ and more ________ as a result of an explosion of more focused media that better match today's targeting strategies.  
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35. In the "chaos scenario" predicted by some advertising industry experts, the old mass-media communications model will be abandoned in favor of ________.  
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36. A company's channel decisions directly affect every ________.
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37. Which type of retailer tends to be the most frequently shopped?  
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38. Which major promotion category makes use of catalogs, telephone marketing, kiosks, and the Internet?  
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39. Another term for the supply chain that suggests a sense and responds view of the market is ________.
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40. Which of the following is NOT an example of a specialized and highly-targeted media that an advertiser might use to reach smaller customer segments?  
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41. Which of the following is NOT a key function that intermediaries play in helping to fulfill a completed transaction?
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42. ________, such as Sears, provide more sales assistance because they carry more shopping goods about which customers need information. Their increased operating costs result in higher prices.
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43. Which of the following is NOT a key function that intermediaries play in completing transactions?
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44. ________ are facing slow sales growth because of slower population growth, increased competition, and the rapid growth of out-of-home eating.  
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45. In recent years, ________ has/have been growing fast. This includes selling to final consumers through direct mail, catalogs, telephone, and the Internet.
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Producers benefit from using intermediaries because they ________.
The promotion mix is the company's primary communication activity; the...
The use of short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of...
Today's consumers do not need to rely on marketer-supplied information...
________ carry narrow product lines with deep assortments within those...
A company's total marketing communications mix consists of a special...
________ includes all the activities involved in selling products or...
Which of the following is NOT a major category in a company's...
Moving away from ________, marketers have been shifting toward highly...
Which type of small store carries a limited line of high-turnover...
Which of the following is NOT a typical supply chain member?
Distribution channel decisions often involve ________ with other...
Specialty stores carry ________ with ________ within them. ...
From the economic system's point of view, the role of marketing...
Intermediaries play an important role in matching ________.
Any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas,...
Service retailers include all of the following EXCEPT ________. ...
Joe Blanco, like other producers, has discovered that his...
Which of the following retailers likely require the most emphasis on...
Channel members add value by bridging the major gaps of ________ that...
Most producers today sell their goods to ________.
Which of the five major promotion tools includes building up a...
Which major promotion category makes use of displays, discounts,...
Which type of store carries a wide variety of product lines and...
 ________ the manufacturer or service provider is the set of...
Which type of store is much larger than regular supermarkets and...
 Mass-media advertising routinely involves a company investing...
When suppliers, distributors, and customers partner with each other to...
Which type of store carries a deep assortment, has knowledgeable...
Which of the following is NOT a factor in the changes occurring in...
In marketing terms, we say that the number of intermediary levels...
________ is the basis of all discount operations and is typically used...
Which type of stores usually carry more specialty goods for which...
Companies are doing less ________ and more ________ as a result of an...
In the "chaos scenario" predicted by some advertising industry...
A company's channel decisions directly affect every ________.
Which type of retailer tends to be the most frequently shopped? ...
Which major promotion category makes use of catalogs, telephone...
Another term for the supply chain that suggests a sense and responds...
Which of the following is NOT an example of a specialized and...
Which of the following is NOT a key function that intermediaries play...
________, such as Sears, provide more sales assistance because they...
Which of the following is NOT a key function that intermediaries play...
________ are facing slow sales growth because of slower population...
In recent years, ________ has/have been growing fast. This includes...
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