WorksheetsFMK Consumers test 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
A need is something a person must have to live
True
False
A consumer is a person who identifies a need or desire, makes a purchase, and the disposes of the product.
True
False
A digital native is someone who ____
Grew up in a “wired” and highly networked area
Uses alternate reality games frequently
Participates in database marketing
Belongs to a consumption community
Which term refers to the collection and analysis of extremely large data sets?
Big data
Mainframe marketing data
Internet information data
Online media data
The explosion of social media takes "word of mouth" to a whole new level because it has created a horizontal revolution where communications no longer just flow top-down from companies and established media to passive recipients (consumers).
True
False
Clothing company Patagonia urged its customers to buy used clothing in order to conserve the planet's resources. What is Patagonia practicing?
Responsible marketing
Consumer centricity
Need satisfaction
Social shopping
Marielle finished coding a program that pulls data from the internet on how long visitors peruse a website and what time segment is more likely to trigger a sale. She learned on one website that customers who spend over three minutes looking at a specific product have a 55% probability of buying the product. However, once they left the website many did not return. Given this information, which of these strategies should Marielle use that is most likely to increase sales?
Marielle could design a program that sends a 5% off coupon to internet users after they looked at the website for more than three minutes.
Marielle could add those consumers to a database that would send daily advertisements to their email addresses.
Marielle could not think of a useful way to capitalize on this information
Marielle could create a program to send a reminder prompt to the individual after one week.
Many critics argue that consumption is the source of many of the world's problems.
True
False
The “T” in the PESTLE frameworks stands for _____.
Technological
Trust
Transitional
Transformation
The shoe company TOMS gives a pair of shoes to a needy child for every pair that it sells. This is an example of a company which has integrated ________ into its business model.
Corporate social responsibility
Correction marketing
Environmental marketing
Ethical marketing requirments
Cash losses due to shoplifting and employee theft are called ________.
Shrinkage
Account receivables
Fraud
Unrecoverables
When companies make false claims about how environmentally friendly their products are, ________ has occurred.
Greenwashing
Phishing
Eco-lying
Deceptive advertising
Consumer research shows that all things being equal, people are likely to choose a brand that gives back to the community over one that does not.
True
False
The process by which people select, organize, and interpret sensations is called ________.
Perception
Consumption
Adaption
Applicaiton
people assign meaning to symbols based on their prior knowledge and experiences
True
False
Consumers have a passive role in shaping brand meanings
True
False
Which of these is NOT one of the five sensory stimuli that impact our perception?
Empathy
Sights
Smells
Tastes
The minimum difference that can be detected between two stimuli is known as the ________.
Just noticeable difference
Graded difference
Absolute threshold
Gradual differential
Jada works at a regional amusement park where she is creating a haunted house for Halloween. She wants the event to evoke fear in everyone who walks through the venue so she is working on creating visuals, sound effects, and even smells that will bring fear to the attendees. What is Jada doing?
Engaging in sensory marketing
Illuminating the event
Using fear to establish meaning
Highlighting endowment effect
Pantone Inc. identified Ultra Violet as a Color of the Year for 2018. In their preparation, they stocked up materials to produce a hue they thought would be popular. This an example of ________.
Color forecasts
Color projections
Color speculation
Color conjecture
As a general rule, a marketer's message becomes more effective when it ________.
Appeals to several senses
Challenges commonly held perception's
Ignores the perception of the audience
Focuses on one sense
Family branding, licensing, and look-alike packaging are all marketing strategies based on ______
Stimulus generalization
The spacing effect
Stimulus discrimination
Extinction
Which of the following was the first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov
Classical Conditioning
instrumental conditioning
Behavioral conditioning
Psychological conditioning
Herbal companies traditionally sold their products in cylinder-shaped plastic containers that were very characteristic of the herbal supplement market. One company broke with tradition and began to sell its herbal products in bottles that appeared to be straight from the pharmacy's shelf. They were rectangular with white labels that looked very professional. Sales went through the roof. What form of stimulus generalization most likely worked for the herbal company?
Halo Effect
Masked branding
Continual reinforcement
Shaping
Classical conditioning occurs when a stimulus that elicits a response is paired with another stimulus that initially does not elicit a response on its own.
True
False
According to the behavioral learning perspective, the feedback we receive as we go through life shapes our experiences.
True
False
________ refer(s) to the processes that lead people to behave as they do.
Motivation
Goals
Cues
Directing
What theory of motivation is related to the idea that customers desire a state of balance called homeostasis?
Drive theory
Instinct theory
Expectancy theory
Need theory
Motivation that is driven by the need for pleasure is called ______.
Hedonic
Affect
Utility
Effect
Avril likes to shop for new clothes when she gets stressed out. Finding something nice to wear gives her a sense of control over her surroundings when everything seems chaotic. What is her behavior called?
Retail therapy
Nonconscious goal
Placebo effect
Homeostasis
DJ is dehydrated after a workout, so he purchases a smoothie to replenish his nutrients. He feels refreshed after he finishes the drink. Satisfying his need and returning to a balanced state is referred to as ________.
Homeostasis
Retail therapy
Delayed gratification
Drive
According to Maslow hierarchy of needs, the lowest order of needs is ______
physiological
Esteem
Safety
Belongingness
Marty is torn between going home for the holidays to visit her parents in Chile or going on a skiing trip with friends from college. Marty would love to be able to do both. Which of the following motivational conflicts will Marty most likely experience as she makes her decision?
an approach-approach conflict
an approach-avoidance conflict
an avoidance-avoidance conflict
an orientation conflict
The highest level of Maslow's hierarchy is self-transcendence, where an individual seeks to further a cause beyond the self and to experience a communion beyond the boundaries of the self through peak experiences.
True
False
Research indicates that consumers are willing to pay more for a brand when ________.
they feel a personal connection to the company
There is a holiday sale
The product can be easily replaced
The brand is fairly new to the market
Which of these products is likely to experience the highest degree of purchase involvement from consumers
Video games
Fast food
Hand soap
House
When M&M's put consumers' names and faces on their candy, this is an example of ________.
Mass customization
Mass marketing
Mass distribution
Mass consumer needs
____ is a lasting, general evaluation of people, objects, advertisements, or issues.
An attitude
A power
An object
An image
It is possible for a person to hold two contradictory attitudes toward the same object.
True
False
The primary job of many marketing communicators is to create or change consumer attitudes.
True
False
TV, radio, magazines, billboards, personal contact, or even a matchbook cover are all examples of media that can be used to convey a message.
True
False
Consumers may buy ________ chiefly because the marketer designs a eye-catching package, chooses a popular spokesperson, or creates a stimulating shopping environment.
Low-involvement products
High-involvement products
Persuasive arguments
Peripheral products
A brand's meaning is what consumers believe and not what the firm intends.
True
False
A strategy that aligns a company brand with a cause to generate business and societal benefits is called ________.
Cause marketing
Response marketing
Social marketing
Ethics marketing
One important consumer trend that will likely impact marketing is the blurring of gender identity and gender roles.
True
False
