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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. user status
- B. usage rate
- C. loyalty status
- D. benefits sought
Explanation: Usage rate classifies customers by how frequently or heavily they use a product, and visiting a Burger King store about 13 times a month…
Correct answer: usage rate- A. outdoorsy and tough
- B. cheerful and wholesomeness
- C. daring and imaginative
- D. charming and upper class
Explanation: In brand personality, ruggedness suggests an outdoorsy, strong, durable, and tough character.
Correct answer: outdoorsy and tough- A. mass marketing
- B. segmented marketing
- C. niche marketing
- D. micromarketing
Explanation: Micromarketing tailors marketing to local areas or individual customers, making it more specific than ordinary segmentation or niche…
Correct answer: micromarketing- A. points of differences
- B. price
- C. place
- D. distribution channel
Explanation: A positioning statement identifies the target category or frame of reference and explains how the brand is different through its points of…
Correct answer: points of differences- A. geographic segmentation
- B. demographic segmentation
- C. psychographic segmentation
- D. behavioral segmentation
Explanation: Compulsive, ambitious, and outgoing describe psychological and lifestyle characteristics rather than location, age, or purchasing…
Correct answer: psychographic segmentation- A. complex buying behavior
- B. variety seeking buying behavior
- C. dissonance reducing buying behavior
- D. habitual buying behavior
Explanation: Low involvement combined with significant perceived differences among brands produces variety-seeking buying behavior, where consumers…
Correct answer: variety seeking buying behavior- A. consumerism
- B. seller's extremism
- C. environmentalism
- D. both a and c
Explanation: Sustainable marketing is associated with both consumerism, which protects buyers' interests, and environmentalism, which protects…
Correct answer: both a and c- A. deliberate
- B. guided by respect
- C. skeptical
- D. tradition bound
Explanation: The late majority adopts innovations cautiously and usually waits until social pressure or wider acceptance reduces uncertainty, so it is…
Correct answer: skeptical- A. selective attention
- B. selective distortion
- C. selective retention
- D. both a and b
Explanation: Selective retention means remembering information that supports a preferred brand while forgetting much of the competing information.
Correct answer: selective retention- A. associating with strong motives
- B. using motivating cues
- C. positive reinforcement
- D. all of above
Explanation: Demand can be strengthened by connecting a product with strong motives, presenting cues that trigger those motives, and rewarding purchase…
Correct answer: all of above- A. geographic segmentation
- B. income segmentation
- C. psychographic segmentation
- D. behavioral segmentation
Explanation: Seeking an elegant holiday ambiance reflects lifestyle, values, and preferences rather than location, income, or usage frequency.
Correct answer: psychographic segmentation- A. selective attention
- B. selective distortion
- C. selective retention
- D. all of above
Explanation: Selective attention is the process of screening out most stimuli and noticing only a small portion of advertising messages.
Correct answer: selective attention- A. double pricing
- B. optional part pricing
- C. two-part pricing
- D. combine pricing
Explanation: Two-part pricing combines a fixed charge with a variable fee based on usage, such as an entry fee plus a per-use charge.
Correct answer: two-part pricing- A. relative advantage
- B. divisibility
- C. communicability
- D. compatibility
Explanation: Relative advantage is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as better than existing products.
Correct answer: relative advantage- A. customer sales force structure
- B. product sales force structure
- C. indirect sales force structure
- D. territorial sales force structure
Explanation: A customer sales force structure assigns salespeople to particular industries, customer groups, or major accounts.
Correct answer: customer sales force structure- A. Brand awareness
- B. brand personality
- C. self-concept
- D. self-image
Explanation: Brand personality is the set of human characteristics associated with a brand, such as sincerity, excitement, competence, sophistication…
Correct answer: brand personality- A. adoption
- B. cognitive dissonance
- C. pre purchase behavior
- D. post-purchase behavior
Explanation: Adoption occurs when a potential customer accepts an innovation or product and becomes a regular user.
Correct answer: adoption- A. idea screening
- B. product screening
- C. customer screening
- D. raw material screening
Explanation: Idea screening follows idea generation because proposed ideas must first be evaluated and unsuitable ones eliminated before further…
Correct answer: idea screening- A. experiential sources
- B. commercial sources
- C. public sources
- D. all of above
Explanation: Experiential sources provide information gained by trying, using, or examining a product directly.
Correct answer: experiential sources- A. sales promotion
- B. personal selling
- C. public relations
- D. advertising
Explanation: Personal selling uses direct, personal presentation by a salesperson to explain the offering, respond to customer needs, build…
Correct answer: personal selling