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Chapter 2: Identifying Competitive Advantages

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A leadership plan that achieves a specific set of goals or objectives is called _____________ _____________.

a)

Business plan

b)

Business challenge

c)

Business strategy

d)

Business goals

2.

Which of the following is NOT a business strategy?

a)

Developing new product or services

b)

Entering new markets

c)

Increasing customer loyalty

d)

Decreasing sales

3.

Coca-cola decided to sell their brand of mineral water called Dasani in the Malaysian market. This is an example of what type of business strategy?

a)

Developing new product or services

b)

Entering new markets

c)

Increasing customer loyalty

d)

Attracting new customers

e)

Increasing sales

4.

A product or service that an organisation's customers place a greater value on than similar offering from a competitor is the definition of:

a)

Competitive disadvantage

b)

First mover advantage

c)

Second mover advantage

d)

Competitive strategy

e)

Competitive advantage

5.

When Apple introduces the new iPhone in 2007, they enjoyed this advantage:

a)

competitive advantage

b)

first-mover advantage

c)

customer relationship advantage

d)

business process advantage

6.

Below is a list of competitive intelligence tools EXCEPT:

a)

Porter's Five Forces Model

b)

Porter's Three Generic Strategies

c)

Porter's Value Chain Analysis

d)

Porter's Market Analysis

7.

List all 5 Porter's Five Forces Model

4 lines
8.

Buyer power means the ability of sellers to affect the buyer's behavior.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

___________ costs means manipulating costs to make customers reluctant to switch to another product

a)

Loyalty

b)

Buyer

c)

Seller

d)

Switching

10.

Rewards customers based on the amount of business they do with a particular organization is called (a)   program.

11.

Fill in the blanks from left to right

a)

Company - Customers - Suppliers

b)

Customers - Company - Suppliers

c)

Suppliers - Customers - Company

d)

Suppliers - Company - Customers

12.

Threat of substitute products or services is low when there are many alternatives to a product or service and high when there are a few alternatives.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

________ barrier is a feature of a product or a service that customers have come to expect and entering competitors must offer the same for survival.

a)

Entrance

b)

Exit

c)

Entry

d)

Physical

14.

When competition is fierce in a market, rivalry among existing competitors is high.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

When a company develops unique differences in its products or services with the intent to influence demand it is called ________________ ___________

a)

service upgrading

b)

product enhancement

c)

service alternatives

d)

product differentiation

16.

Michael Porter's three generic strategies are: [Choose all that apply]

a)

Cost leadership

b)

Differentiation

c)

Focused strategy

d)

Standardization

17.

A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific task, such as preparing customer's order is called ______ _____.

(a)  

18.

_______ _______ analysis views a firm as a series of business processes that each add value to the product or service.

(a)  

19.

List 5 primary value activities in a typical company.

4 lines
20.

What are the four support value activities?

4 lines