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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. factor of durability
- B. factor of performance
- C. product type
- D. item
Explanation: A product type is a group of items within a product line that share one of several forms of the product.
Correct answer: product type- A. emergency shopping goods
- B. homogeneous shopping goods
- C. heterogeneous shopping goods
- D. impulse shopping goods
Explanation: Heterogeneous shopping goods differ in features, services, quality, or appearance, so buyers compare these attributes rather than price…
Correct answer: heterogeneous shopping goods- A. average width of product mix
- B. average length of product mix
- C. average depth of product mix
- D. consistency of product mix
Explanation: Average product-mix length is found by dividing the total number of items across all product lines by the number of product lines.
Correct answer: average length of product mix- A. heterogeneous goods
- B. legal advisors
- C. shampoos and soaps
- D. machine tools and refrigerators
Explanation: Machine tools and refrigerators are durable goods because they are used over a long period and are not quickly consumed.
Correct answer: machine tools and refrigerators- A. durable goods
- B. no durable goods
- C. core benefit
- D. basic product
Explanation: The core benefit is the fundamental value the customer is buying, such as cleanliness from toothpaste or transportation from a car.
Correct answer: core benefit- A. product line
- B. product class
- C. need family
- D. product family
Explanation: A product family contains product classes that can satisfy a core need with reasonable effectiveness.
Correct answer: product family- A. guarantees
- B. warranties
- C. labeling
- D. packaging
Explanation: Packaging covers designing and producing the product’s container or wrapper, including its protective and promotional functions.
Correct answer: packaging- A. ordering ease
- B. delivery
- C. customer training
- D. customer consulting
Explanation: Ordering ease measures how simple it is for a customer to place an order, whether through a shop, website, or sales representative.
Correct answer: ordering ease- A. width of product mix
- B. length of product mix
- C. depth of product mix
- D. consistency of product mix
Explanation: Product-mix width is the number of different product lines carried by a company.
Correct answer: width of product mix- A. reliability
- B. durability
- C. performance quality
- D. conformance quality
Explanation: Conformance quality measures how consistently a product matches the stated design or customer specifications.
Correct answer: conformance quality- A. product mix pricing
- B. line stretching pricing
- C. line filling pricing
- D. line deepening pricing
Explanation: These are product mix pricing methods because they set prices for related products and the overall product offering, including options…
Correct answer: product mix pricing- A. depth of product mix
- B. consistency of product mix
- C. width of product mix
- D. length of product mix
Explanation: Product mix length is the total number of individual product items across all product lines.
Correct answer: length of product mix- A. expected products
- B. basic product
- C. augmented products
- D. potential product
Explanation: The third level of the customer-value hierarchy is the expected product, created by adding the features and conditions customers normally…
Correct answer: expected products- A. capital items
- B. natural items
- C. farm items
- D. heterogeneous items
Explanation: Capital items are long-lasting business goods, such as machinery and major equipment, that support the production of finished products.
Correct answer: capital items155. The goods that enter completely into manufacturing of the product are classified as ____________?
- A. supplies services
- B. materials and parts
- C. capital items
- D. business services
Explanation: Materials and parts are goods that enter completely into the manufacturer’s finished product, either as raw materials or as manufactured…
Correct answer: materials and parts156. The goods that are frequently and immediately bought by consumer's are classified as ___________?
- A. unsought goods
- B. specialty goods
- C. convenience goods
- D. shopping goods
Explanation: Convenience goods are bought frequently, quickly, and with minimal comparison or effort, such as routine grocery items.
Correct answer: convenience goods- A. retail co-branding
- B. wholesale co-branding
- C. joint-venture co-branding
- D. multiple-sponsor co-branding
Explanation: Recognised co-branding forms include retail, joint-venture, and multiple-sponsor co-branding; wholesale co-branding is not a standard…
Correct answer: wholesale co-branding- A. delivery and installation
- B. customer training and consultation
- C. ordering ease
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Service differentiation can be achieved through easier ordering, better delivery and installation, and customer training or consultation.
Correct answer: all of the above- A. left-market stretch
- B. down-market stretch
- C. up-market stretch
- D. Two-way stretch
Explanation: A two-way stretch occurs when a company serving the middle market expands both downward into lower-priced products and upward into…
Correct answer: Two-way stretch- A. optional-feature pricing
- B. pure bundling pricing
- C. mixed bundling pricing
- D. pure bundling pricing
Explanation: Mixed bundling lets customers buy products either separately or together as a package, often at a different combined price.
Correct answer: mixed bundling pricing