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WorksheetsMKT 4.05-4.08
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which is a benefit to businesses’ positive word-of-mouth communication?
A Increased product mix
B Decreased advertising costs
C Increased sales
D Decreased operating expense
Alexandria has been using Look-So-Good cosmetics for several years and would not consider changing brands. In fact, Alexandria likes the cosmetics so much that she has become an advocate for the cosmetic company. She tells everyone about the features and benefits of Look-So-Good products, and encourages them to try the cosmetics. Which type of word-of-mouth marketing is Alexandria using?
A Mobile marketing
B Organic marketing
C Shill marketing
D Virtual marketing
Which communication channels is a corporation's public-relations departmentmost likely to use to maintain positive relationships with shareholders?
A Press releases, online social networks, and print advertisements
B Newsletters, annual reports, and the company's web site
C News conferences, consumer blogs, and employee manuals.
D Policy manuals, commercials, and sponsorships
The use of communications channels in public-relations activities is an important part of which action?
A Targeting customers
B Marketing products
C Advertising an image
D Providing information
Ben recently purchased a cellular telephone. The manufacturer provided a form and a special code with the telephone's packaging. Ben completed the form, copied his sales receipt, and mailed these items back to the manufacturer along with the part of the packaging that contained the special code. Within six weeks, Ben received a $50 check from the telephone manufacturer. Which type of sales-promotion technique was used?
A Warranty
B Coupon
C Sweepstakes
D Rebate
Which is a common communications channel used in public relations?
A Billboards
B Trade shows
C Product displays
D Press releases
The reason for using certain communications channels, such as coupons, in sales promotion is to accomplish which goal?
A Create long-term demand
B Generate an immediate response
C Persuade customers to remain loyal
D Advertise a new product
During one scene of a popular television show, an actor pours a box of brand-name cereal into a bowl and begins to eat it. What does this exemplify?
A Brand awareness
B Product placement
C Brand identification
D Product programming
Which characteristic of useful marketing information is represented by the statement, 'The benefits of using the information should be greater than the expense of gathering the data used to generate this information'?
A Timeliness
B Accessibility
C Relevancy
D Cost-effectiveness
In planning marketing activities and in making marketing decisions, marketers use a variety of data gathered by which component?
A Inventory control system
B Double-entry bookkeeping system
C File of employee records
D Marketing-information management system
Which is an internal source of marketing information for a business?
A Government planning agencies
B Inventory records
C Public libraries
D Trade journals
John’s company asked him to make recommendations for new hardware and software to replace the existing marketing-information system. What should he recommend?
A The largest system available for future expansion.
B Software that is secure and accessible only to him.
C Software that decision makers can use with minimum training.
D Software that everyone in the company can use to collect and process data.
Which is an example of marketing information that a business could gather by surveying its customers?
A Planned product improvements
B The company's current market share
C Location of the company's market
D Financial status of competitors
How can businesses use computerized databases to sort and organize information about customers' purchases, brand preferences, and dollar amounts spent?
A To maintain sales strategies
B To prepare financial reports
C To develop inventory control plans
D To customize its marketing efforts
When a marketing-information management system compares financial information from one time period with the financial data from another time period, it provides a picture of which feature of businesses?
A Competition
B Situation analysis
C Sales forecasts
D Profitability
How can using a database to track its customers' preferences and buying habits help a business?
A Decreases the need to analyze marketing activities
B Obtains additional deductions for its semi-annual tax return
C Reduces unnecessary operational expenses
D Builds strong, loyal customer relationships
Which is a technology tool that allows a business to observe a customer's Internet activities?
A Spam
B Hyperlink
C Cookie
D Host
Why do many businesses place a cookie on a user's hard drive when the user visits the business's website?
A To regulate the user's access to information
B To make it easy for the user to find the web site
C To track the number of times the user buys a product
D To guarantee that the web site is secure
For marketing information managers, which is one advantage of using the Internet to do research and gather data?
A It is inexpensive.
B It is restrictive.
C It is regulated.
D It is protected.
So a business can retrieve customer and internal marketing information from a central location, it may use which technological tools?
A Presentation software
B A database
C Opt-in e-mail
D A CAD program
