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The Role of Marketing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The collective term for the buyers and sellers of a particular product

(a)  

2.

Which term describes firms with a dominant market share in an industry?

a)

Product orientated

b)

Commercial marketers

c)

Market orientated

d)

Market leaders

3.

Intangible (non-physical) products, such as taxi rides, haircuts, visits to the cinema or theatre, and restaurants

(a)  

4.

A measure of the size of a business in comparison to others in the same industry, by calculating its proportion of the total value of sales revenue in the industry.

(a)  

5.

Which of the following is not a benefit from having a market-orientated approach for a business?

a)

Leads to more technical innovation at the business

b)

Makes the business less risky and more profitable

c)

Constant feedback from customers through ongoing market research helps the firm to adjust and adapt to changing consumer needs

d)

The chances of newly developed products failing are greatly reduced

6.

Which type of marketing is often used by not-for-profit organizations and businesses with a strong emphasis on corporate social responsibility?

a)

Social marketing

b)

Commercial marketing

c)

Market orientation

d)

Market research

7.

Which of the following would not be of direct interest to marketing managers?

a)

Intensity of rivalry in the market

b)

Barriers to entry

c)

Production schedules

d)

Market size

8.

The group or groups of customers that businesses aim their products at, e.g. females, children, high-income earners or a particular ethnic group of customers

(a)  

9.

Distribution channels that enable customers to conveniently buy the product, such as wholesalers, retailers, agents or vending machines.  

(a)  

10.

Which of the following does not directly apply to the marketing mix of physical goods?

a)

Price

b)

Process

c)

Place

d)

Product

11.

Which of the following is the main objective of the marketing department?

a)

Set the correct price for the customers

b)

Ensure adequate and effective promotion

c)

Ensure that the right products are supplied to fulfil the needs and wants of customers

d)

All are correct

12.

Which of the following features are unique to marketing of services as opposed to goods?

a)

Difficult to mass produce

b)

 Intangibility

c)

Cannot separate the production and consumption

d)

All are correct

13.

A marketing approach that is inward looking and focuses a business on making products that it can make or has been making for a long time is...

a)

 Product orientation

b)

Market orientation

c)

Commercial marketing

d)

Social marketing

14.

Which of the following is not a feature of a market-orientated businesses?

a)

A focus on products they can sell rather than what they can make

b)

Outward looking

c)

Believe there will always be a market for their products

d)

Highly focused on consumer demand as established by market research

15.

The factors which may influence whether a business adopts a product orientated or a market orientated approach could be...

a)

Number of competitors

b)

An organizational culture of focusing on customer’s needs

c)

All answers are correct

d)

Nature of the product

16.

Technology intensive businesses producing expensive, high quality products adopt the following approach to marketing

a)

None of the answers

b)

Market orientation

c)

Social marketing

d)

Product orientation

17.

The use of marketing strategies to meet the needs and wants of customers in a profitable way describes

a)

Social marketing

b)

 Industrial markets

c)

Market leaders

d)

Commercial marketing

18.

Company A’s sales of $100 million in an industry with annual sales of $500 million give it a market share of...

a)

20%

b)

10%

c)

25%

d)

50%

19.

The volume of all units sold or the value of all goods sold by all firms in an industry are the two best measures of...

a)

None of the answers

b)

Market share

c)

Market size

d)

Market

20.

A marketing approach that focuses on supplying to wide-ranging groups of customers in a market, without having split them into separate market segments, such as the markets for bottled water or breakfast cereal.

a)

Market segment

b)

Target market

c)

Product

d)

Mass markets