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  • A. product class
  • B. product line
  • C. need family
  • D. product family

Explanation: A product class is a group of products within a product family that share functional coherence or serve a similar purpose.

Correct answer: product class
  • A. reliability
  • B. durability
  • C. performance quality
  • D. conformance qualityAdvertising & Marketing

Explanation: Performance quality refers to the level at which a product performs its primary characteristics or basic functions.

Correct answer: performance quality
  • A. capital returns
  • B. controllable returns
  • C. uncontrollable returns
  • D. differential returns

Explanation: Uncontrollable returns arise from causes that better packaging, storage or transportation cannot remove in the short run.

Correct answer: uncontrollable returns
  • A. product line
  • B. product class
  • C. product familyManufacturing
  • D. need family

Explanation: A need family is the basic need that leads consumers to seek a particular product family, such as transportation leading to automobiles.

Correct answer: need family
  • A. product
  • B. service
  • C. core benefit
  • D. potential product

Explanation: A product is anything offered in a market to satisfy a customer need or want, including physical goods, services, experiences, and ideas.

Correct answer: product
  • A. heterogeneous goods
  • B. legal advisors
  • C. shampoos and soaps
  • D. machine tools and refrigerators

Explanation: Legal advisers provide an intangible activity or benefit rather than a physical object, making them an example of services.

Correct answer: legal advisors
  • A. services
  • B. non-durable goods
  • C. durable goods
  • D. augmented goods

Explanation: Durable goods are tangible products that normally last for a long period and are used repeatedly, such as appliances or furniture.

Correct answer: durable goods
  • A. product assortment
  • B. product mix
  • C. product system
  • D. both A and B

Explanation: A product mix, also called a product assortment, is the complete set of products and services offered by a seller.

Correct answer: both A and B
  • A. capital items
  • B. supplies and business services
  • C. materials and parts
  • D. None of aboveIndustrial & Product Design

Explanation: Maintenance and repair items, along with operating supplies, are classified as supplies and business services in industrial-product…

Correct answer: supplies and business services
  • A. experiences and events
  • B. information and ideas
  • C. all of the above
  • D. properties and organizations

Explanation: In modern marketing, products include more than physical goods: experiences, events, information, ideas, properties, and organizations can…

Correct answer: all of the above
  • A. homogeneous goods
  • B. emergency goods
  • C. impulse goods
  • D. staples

Explanation: Staples are convenience goods purchased routinely and regularly, such as bread, milk, or toothpaste.

Correct answer: staples
  • A. repair-ability
  • B. differentiability
  • C. conformability
  • D. perform-ability

Explanation: Repairability, or ease of repair, measures how easily a product can be fixed after a defect or malfunction.

Correct answer: repair-ability
  • A. shopping goods
  • B. convenience goods
  • C. unsought goods
  • D. specialty goodsEconomics

Explanation: Staples, impulse goods, and emergency goods are subcategories of convenience goods because consumers purchase them frequently, quickly, or…

Correct answer: convenience goods
  • A. component parts
  • B. component materials
  • C. farm and natural products
  • D. installations and equipment

Explanation: Farm products and natural products are the two main categories of raw materials used as industrial inputs.

Correct answer: farm and natural products
  • A. designBusiness Services
  • B. uncontrollable returns
  • C. controllable returns
  • D. differential returns

Explanation: Design refers to the totality of a product’s features, appearance, and functional characteristics.

Correct answer: designBusiness Services
  • A. homogeneous goods
  • B. emergency goods
  • C. impulse goods
  • D. staples

Explanation: Emergency goods are convenience products bought when an urgent and immediate need arises, such as an umbrella during sudden rain.

Correct answer: emergency goods
  • A. expected products
  • B. basic product
  • C. potential product
  • D. augmented products

Explanation: The fifth level of the customer value hierarchy is the potential product, which includes all possible future improvements and…

Correct answer: potential product
  • A. uncontrollable returns
  • B. differential returns
  • C. capital returns
  • D. controllable returns

Explanation: Controllable returns arise from factors the seller can improve, such as packaging, storage, and transportation.

Correct answer: controllable returns
  • A. class and line type
  • B. need family type
  • C. stock type
  • D. stock keeping unitEconomics

Explanation: A stock-keeping unit, or SKU, identifies a specific product item or variant held in inventory.

Correct answer: stock keeping unitEconomics
  • A. non-durable goods
  • B. durable goods
  • C. services
  • D. augmented goods

Explanation: Non-durable goods are tangible products consumed after a few uses or within a short period, such as soap or food.

Correct answer: non-durable goods