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Marketing covers how organisations identify customer needs, create value and exchange products or services through suitable markets. Key concepts include market segmentation, targeting, positioning, consumer behaviour, the marketing mix of product, price, place and promotion, branding, product life cycle and differences between marketing and selling.

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  • A. legitimate mantra
  • B. straddle mantra
  • C. visual mantra
  • D. branding mantra

Explanation: Communication, inspiration and simplification are the three main criteria used when designing a brand mantra.

Correct answer: branding mantra
  • A. leverage differentiation
  • B. comparative differentiation
  • C. services differentiation
  • D. faster differentiation

Explanation: Reliability, innovativeness and resilience are associated with service differentiation, reflecting dependable service, the ability to…

Correct answer: services differentiation
  • A. points of association
  • B. points of differences
  • C. points of references
  • D. points of positioning

Explanation: Points of difference are benefits or attributes that customers strongly associate with a brand and believe it performs better than…

Correct answer: points of differences
  • A. competitive membership
  • B. category membership
  • C. position membership
  • D. target membership

Explanation: Category membership groups products that serve the same need and function as close substitutes, such as different brands of smartphones.

Correct answer: category membership
  • A. desirability
  • B. deliverability
  • C. differentiability
  • D. feasibility

Explanation: Differentiability means an association can be made superior, distinctive, and relevant in comparison with competitors.

Correct answer: differentiability
  • A. desirability
  • B. deliverability
  • C. differentiability
  • D. feasibility

Explanation: Deliverability refers to whether the firm has the internal resources and feasible commitment to create and support a brand association.

Correct answer: deliverability
  • A. desirable points of parity
  • B. comparative points of difference
  • C. competitive points of parity
  • D. category points of parity

Explanation: Competitive points of parity are associations designed to neutralize or overcome a competitor's perceived advantage or the customer's…

Correct answer: competitive points of parity
  • A. legitimate player
  • B. not legitimate player
  • C. straddle player
  • D. category point of difference

Explanation: A brand that cannot establish credible points of parity and points of difference in either relevant category is not accepted as a…

Correct answer: not legitimate player
  • A. announcing category benefits
  • B. comparing to examples
  • C. relying product description
  • D. all of the above

Explanation: Category membership may be communicated by announcing category benefits, comparing the brand with recognised examples, or relying on a…

Correct answer: all of the above
  • A. services differentiation
  • B. faster differentiation
  • C. leverage differentiation
  • D. comparative differentiation

Explanation: Services differentiation is created through superior service performance, such as faster delivery, innovative service processes, or a…

Correct answer: services differentiation
  • A. category points of parity
  • B. desirable points of parity
  • C. feasible points of parity
  • D. deliverable points of parity

Explanation: Category points of parity are the associations a brand must share with other members of its category to be seen as a legitimate option.

Correct answer: category points of parity
  • A. segmenting
  • B. targeting
  • C. positioning
  • D. extract target

Explanation: Positioning is the act of designing a firm's offering and image so it occupies a distinctive place in the customer's mind.

Correct answer: positioning
  • A. narrative branding
  • B. explained branding
  • C. potential branding
  • D. weak branding

Explanation: Narrative branding uses stories and deep metaphors linked to customers' memories, associations, and experiences.

Correct answer: narrative branding
  • A. competitive points of parity
  • B. category points of parity
  • C. desirable points of parity
  • D. comparative points of difference

Explanation: Category points of parity are the basic benefits or features customers expect from any credible offering in a product category.

Correct answer: category points of parity
  • A. competitive frame of reference
  • B. visual frame of reference
  • C. positioned frame of reference
  • D. extended frame of reference

Explanation: A competitive frame of reference identifies the brands or products against which a brand competes and guides competitive analysis.

Correct answer: competitive frame of reference
  • A. customer leverage advantage
  • B. customer advantage
  • C. competitor inspired advantage
  • D. relied advantage

Explanation: Customer advantage refers to attributes that customers value and perceive as beneficial in an offering.

Correct answer: customer advantage
  • A. employee differentiation
  • B. process differentiation
  • C. image differentiation
  • D. working differentiation

Explanation: Image differentiation uses compelling brand images, symbols, or associations to appeal to customers' psychological and emotional needs.

Correct answer: image differentiation
  • A. targeting
  • B. positioning
  • C. extract target
  • D. segmenting

Explanation: Positioning produces a customer-focused value proposition by defining how the offering should be perceived relative to alternatives.

Correct answer: positioning
  • A. industry
  • B. Corporation
  • C. organization
  • D. subsidiary

Explanation: An industry consists of firms offering products that satisfy similar needs and may substitute for one another.

Correct answer: industry
  • A. image differentiation
  • B. working differentiation
  • C. employee differentiation
  • D. process differentiation

Explanation: Employee differentiation is achieved through better-trained, more competent, and more customer-oriented employees.

Correct answer: employee differentiation