All Free Management Sciences MCQs with Answers

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  • A. buying of anything
  • B. ownership of anything
  • C. selling of anything
  • D. marketing of anything

Explanation: Services are intangible activities or benefits and do not transfer ownership of a physical item.

Correct answer: ownership of anything
  • A. sought products
  • B. unsought products
  • C. specialty products
  • D. shopping products

Explanation: The standard consumer-product classes are convenience, shopping, specialty, and unsought products.

Correct answer: sought products
  • A. barter system
  • B. products
  • C. services
  • D. distribution channels

Explanation: Airline transportation and home repair provide activities or benefits rather than physical goods, so both are services.

Correct answer: services
  • A. consumer products
  • B. industrial products
  • C. augmented products
  • D. specialty products

Explanation: A lawn mower bought for a landscaping business is used to support business operations and generate revenue, making it an industrial…

Correct answer: industrial products
  • A. augmented product or services
  • B. convenience products and services
  • C. shopping goods or services
  • D. sought products or services

Explanation: Convenience products and services are purchased quickly and with little comparison when the need is noticed, such as routine groceries or…

Correct answer: convenience products and services
  • A. Coca-Cola of different flavors
  • B. P&G detergents brands as 'Tide, Ivory, Dreft'
  • C. Toyota new brand 'Scion'
  • D. Kellogg's Special K' snacks and protein waters

Explanation: Multibranding means one company markets several separate brands within the same product category.

Correct answer: P&G detergents brands as 'Tide, Ivory, Dreft'
  • A. sought specialty products
  • B. augmented industrial product
  • C. unsought shopping products
  • D. unsought consumer products

Explanation: Life insurance is commonly classified as an unsought consumer product because people generally do not seek it actively and often need…

Correct answer: unsought consumer products
  • A. specialty products
  • B. subspecialty products
  • C. convenience products
  • D. unsought products

Explanation: Low-priced, frequently purchased items placed in convenient retail locations are convenience products.

Correct answer: convenience products
  • A. specialty products
  • B. unsought products
  • C. convenient products
  • D. unsought specialty products

Explanation: Specialty products have distinctive characteristics or strong brand identification, leading buyers to make a special effort to obtain…

Correct answer: specialty products
  • A. convenience products
  • B. unsought products
  • C. shopping products
  • D. augmented products

Explanation: Toffees and candies are bought frequently, with little comparison and minimal effort, so they are convenience products.

Correct answer: convenience products
  • A. design a product
  • B. determine cost of product
  • C. set price based on cost
  • D. convince buyer about products value

Explanation: Cost-based pricing proceeds from product design to cost determination and then to setting the price by adding an appropriate margin to…

Correct answer: set price based on cost
  • A. unsought services
  • B. augmented services
  • C. industrial services
  • D. specialty products

Explanation: Preplanned funeral services are unsought services because consumers do not normally consider or seek them during routine purchasing.

Correct answer: unsought services
  • A. non-shopping products
  • B. shopping products
  • C. specialty products
  • D. unsought products

Explanation: Shopping products are selected after consumers compare alternatives on factors such as quality, price, style, and suitability.

Correct answer: shopping products
  • A. sought industrial products
  • B. specialty industrial products
  • C. shopping consumer products
  • D. augmented products

Explanation: Shopping consumer products usually require explanation and comparison before purchase, making personal selling useful alongside…

Correct answer: shopping consumer products
  • A. unsought products
  • B. shopping products
  • C. specialty products
  • D. industrial convenient products

Explanation: Medical and legal services depend on the recognised expertise and reputation of particular professionals, so customers make a special…

Correct answer: specialty products
  • A. consumer products
  • B. augmented product
  • C. industrial products
  • D. de-augmented product

Explanation: Luxury cars purchased as particular brands are consumer products because they are bought for personal or household use.

Correct answer: consumer products
  • A. Three groups
  • B. Two groups
  • C. Four groups
  • D. Five groups

Explanation: Industrial products are commonly grouped into materials and parts, capital items, and supplies and business services.

Correct answer: Three groups
  • A. unsought product
  • B. specialty shopping products
  • C. industrial products
  • D. specialty products

Explanation: Designer clothing is usually a specialty product because buyers seek particular designers or labels and are willing to make extra effort…

Correct answer: specialty products
  • A. product experience
  • B. intangible products
  • C. tangible product
  • D. services

Explanation: A QWERTY keyboard is a physical feature of the BlackBerry, so it belongs to the product's tangible or actual characteristics.

Correct answer: tangible product
  • A. consumer products
  • B. industrial products
  • C. augmented products
  • D. core customer value

Explanation: Industrial products are purchased for use in business operations, production, or resale rather than for personal consumption.

Correct answer: industrial products