WorksheetsFoundations in Personal Finance-Module 6
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Refers to the financial opportunity that is given up because you choose to do something else with your money.
Trade-off
Opportunity Purchase
Opportunity Cost
Consumerism
Which of the following is not a form of product positioning?
Shelf positioning
Packaging and color
Financing
Brand recognition
The purpose of advertising is to:
Tease the consumer
Inform the consumer
Persuade the consumer
All of these
The process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers.
Product positioning
Marketing
Financing
Opportunity Cost
Which of the following is not a need?
Housing
Eating Out
Utilities
Food
The promotion of a product or service by identifying it with distinct characteristics; usually associated with public perception, quality or effectiveness.
Product positioning
Branding
Marketing
Consumerism
When a company places an ad and offers no interest on your purchase for three years:
They are not interested in making a profit
They are showing their appreciation to you by giving you free money
The cost of the financing is built into the price of the item
All of these
Zero percent financing is nothing more than a really good marketing tool.
True
False
Repetition has proven to be an ineffective marketing technique.
True
False
Feeling regret or concern after making a large purchase.
Buyer's Remorse
Consumerism
Opportunity Cost
Marketing
What is a safe assumption to make regarding companies and their marketing practices?
Companies know that competition is fierce for consumer dollars.
Companies spend millions of dollars and do extensive research on advertising.
Companies use all angles to aggressively compete for your money.
All of these
What concept is best explained by the statement, "Money spent here cannot be spent there"?
Law of diminishing return
Opportunity cost
Significant purchases
Delayed gratification
Identify which method companies are using to compete for your money: TV commercials
Personal selling
Financing
Media
Product positioning
Identify which method companies are using to compete for your money: Reputation for holding its value
Personal selling
Financing
Media
Product positioning
Dave tells the story of a man who bought his dream car, drove it home, but then returned it the next day after some money calculations. This story is an example of:
Brand recognition
"Be backs" in the car business
Buyer's remorse
Opportunity Cost
Identify which method companies are using to compete for your money: "90-days-same-as-cash"
Personal selling
Financing
Media
Product positioning
The amount of stuff a person has is directly related to contentment and happiness.
True
False
Which is not a "power over purchase" tactic?
Compare your purchase with a friend's
Consider the opportunity cost
Wait overnight
Seek counsel
Which of the following is not a common marketing strategy?
Providing financing options
Repetition
Making the customer do product research
Personal selling
A budget has little effect on a person's financial success unless he or she also develops power over purchase.
True
False
A spur-of-the-moment, unplanned decision to buy a product or service.
Impulse buy
Buyer's remorse
Opportunity cost
Consumerism
Which of the following should you consider when making a significant purchase?
Your buying motives
If you can't pay with cash, don't buy it
The opportunity cost
All of these
Young single adults should find an accountability partner with whom to discuss big purchases.
True
False
An economic system based on a free market, profit motive, open competition and private ownership of the means of production.
Communism
Capitalism
Traditional
Mixed
To buy an item with credit; paying over time.
Financing
Marketing plan
Consumerism
Opportunity Cost
A good salesperson will answer a question with a question.
True
False
Inflation has no effect on your buying power.
True
False
The persistent increase in the cost of goods and services or the persistent decline in the buying power of money.
Deflation
Inflation
Marketing
Financing
Never buy something you do not fully understand.
True
False
Refers to the public's ability to recall and recognize a brand by its logo, jingles, packaging, etc.
Brand recognition
Market exposure
Product positioning
Competition
An amount of money you spend, usually $300, that causes some pain to part with:
Impulse buy
Financing
Opportunity cost
Significant purchase
Four common marketing tactics are:
Repetition, buyer's remorse, product positioning, significant purchase
Competition, financing, opportunity cost, personal selling
Branding, personal selling, opportunity cost, financing
Personal selling, financing, repetition, product positioning
Teens have cited "friends" as the strongest influence over their purchase decisions.
True
False
Identify which method companies are using to compete for your money: Car salesman
Personal selling
Financing
Media
Product positioning
You should never wait overnight before making a big purchase if there is only one item left.
True
False
We live in the most marketed to culture in the history of the world.
True
False
"Caveat emptor" means:
Buy what you want, pay for it later
Buyer beware
Buy here, pay here
Buyer, have fun
Sales 101 teaches you to:
Always just answer the question the customer has
Never try to get more information about what the customer needs
Always answer a question with another question
Never lok the customer in the eye
__________ of the time, a "be back" won't return.
88%
10%
38%
98%
A child born today will see more than ________ advertisements in their life.
50,000
3 billion
1 million
200,000
Repetition is a ______ that works on ________.
Marketing ploy; the weak
Powerful thing; everyone
Way to get your attention; children
Scam; the poor
Apple has associated their entire brand with
Outdated
Coolness
Geekiness
Tiredness
The average household has more televisions than people.
True
False
When you're doing product positioning, ________ matters.
Color
Smell
Touch
Size
If you're setting out an ice box with drinks in it, the best location is where the customer literally runs into it.
True
False
When you're using shelf positioning, the best locations for an adult are:
The bottom two shelves
The top shelf
Right in the middle at eye level
Right below eye level
It's called buyer's remorse when you wake up the next morning and regret a purchase you made.
True
False
If you make a purchase over _______, your body goes through physiological changes.
$1500
$500
$50
$300
The kid who lives inside all of us that throws a temper tantrum when he sees something he wants is called:
Greed
Selfishness
Childishness
Immaturity
________ do what feels good, ________ devise a plan and follow it.
Children; adults
Teenagers; adults
Adults; children
Children; teenagers
We get emotions confused. You can buy ________ but you can't buy ________.
Happiness; fun
Joy; peace
Fun; happiness
Wealth; joy
When you develop a power over purchase, it doesn't matter how much you make, you can win with money.
True
False
Don't buy things you don't
Have
Want
Understand
Define
Opportunity cost is the understanding that when you put money in one place, you can't use it somewhere else.
True
False
When seeking developing power over purchase, the last step is to:
Seek the counsel of your spouse (or accountability partner)
Ask your baby sister what she thinks
Base your decision on what the salesperson is telling you
Listen to your gut
