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WorksheetsDistribution Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
The path(s) a product takes from the producer/manufacturer to the final user is:
Channels of distribution
Multiple channels
E-tailing
Selective distribution
This channel member buys large quantities of goods from manufacturers, stores them and resells them to other businesses.
Agent
Retailer
Wholesaler
Common Carrier
Any business involved in sales transactions that moves the product from manufacturer to final use.
Consumers
Stock Handlers
Buyers
Intermediaries
One disadvantage of shipping via boat is the amount of time it takes.
True
False
Distribution matches with which element of the marketing mix (4 Ps)?
Product
Price
Place
Promotion
This channel member sells goods to the final consumer.
Wholesaler
Agent
Retailer
Executive distributor
When products are sold from the producer to the consumer it is an example of
Indirect distribution
Selective distribution
Intensive distribution
Direct distribution
When a product is purchased for a business, the final user is a(n)
Consumer
Intermediary
Customer or Industrial User
Retailer
When a product is purchased for personal use, the final user is a(n)
Consumer
Intermediary
Customer or Industrial User
Wholesaler
Intermediaries who help bring buyers and sellers together are
Wholesalers
Retailers
Agents
The biggest disadvantage of using air travel for distribution is
Cost
Speed
Flexibility
Manufacturers use intermediaries to reduce the number of transactions required by manufacturers to reach the final user.
True
False
When coordinating physical distribution, it is very important to consider other business functions.
True
False
The main function of storage is to hold goods until they are sold.
True
False
Which of the following would NOT be considered an intermediary?
Retailer
Wholesaler
Agent
Manufacturer
When shipping strawberries from California to Pittsburgh, which of the following would be the BEST type of physical transportation?
Truck
Railroad
Boat
Airplane
When transporting 10,000 laptops from the factory in Thailand to a distribution center in Los Angeles, which of the following types of physical transportation would be BEST?
Truck
Railroad
Pipeline
Boat
When delivering 15 mattresses from HassLess Mattress in Germantown, WI to various locations in Southeastern Wisconsin, which of the following types of physical transportation would be BEST?
Railroad
Airplane
Truck
Boat
When transporting corn grown in Illinois to an ethanol processing plant in North Dakota which is the BEST option for physical transportation?
Pipeline
Railroad
Airplane
Boat
