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Promotion Unit Multiple Choice Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any form of paid, non-personal mass communication that reaches an audience.

a)

Directing

b)

Advertising

c)

Broadcasting

d)

Targeting

2.

Promotion of a product includes all of the following except:

a)

Advertising a new product

b)

Personal selling by using sales representatives

c)

Offering coupons to encourage increased sales

d)

Redesigning a product to give it more features and make it look more modern

3.

Any activity that helps in the exposure or sale of the product is considered to be

a)

Product Service Management

b)

Promotion

c)

Distribution

d)

Pricing

4.

Before deciding on the most appropriate advertising media, it is important to

a)

Change the price of the product

b)

Update the product

c)

Establish the target audience for the product

d)

Introduce an exclusive distribution strategy for the product

5.

The “Got Milk” ad campaign would be an example of

a)

Industrial Advertising

b)

Communication Advertising

c)

Institutional Advertising

d)

Promotional Advertising

6.

Advertising designed to increase sales. It introduces new products and businesses.

a)

Institutional Advertising

b)

Promotional Advertising

c)

Mass Advertising

d)

Communication Advertising

7.

The means to convey advertising messages, such as broadcast, print, internet, outdoor, or specialty

a)

Communications

b)

Retailing

c)

Industry

d)

Media

8.

Fastest growing type of advertising. It allows for targeting of customers and instant feedback.

a)

Print Advertising

b)

Outdoor Advertising

c)

Internet/Digital Media Advertising

d)

Broadcast Advertising

9.

This form of media has a targeted audience, long life span, and a high pass along rate

a)

Radio

b)

Outdoor

c)

Magazine

d)

Direct mail

10.

This media includes television and radio, meaning that signal is transmitted

a)

Print

b)

Broadcast

c)

Outdoor

d)

Direct mail

11.

This media includes magazines and newspapers; one of the oldest forms of advertising

a)

Print

b)

Broadcast

c)

Outdoor

d)

Direct mail

12.

This media includes billboards, messages on buildings or transportation, benches, etc

a)

Print

b)

Broadcast

c)

Direct mail

d)

Outdoor

13.

Has a short lead time for advertising, large circulation in a geographic area, but poor print quality

a)

Transit advertising

b)

Newspapers

c)

Magazines

d)

Outdoor advertising

14.

Useful and inexpensive items given away with the business’ name printed on them.

a)

Product sample

b)

Guerilla marketing

c)

Specialty media

d)

Sales promotion

15.

The amount of time an audience sees or hears an advertisement

a)

Frequency

b)

Lead time

c)

Reach

d)

Pulse rate time

16.

The AIDA model is based around the philosophy that to create a successful promotional method you must have the audience’s

a)

Attitude, Interest, Desire, and Action

b)

Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action

c)

Attention, Ideas, Desire, and Action

d)

Attention, Ideas, Desire, and Attitude

17.

When a sender converts a message into an idea that a receiver can understand

a)

Encoding

b)

Transcribing

c)

Decoding

d)

Transferring

18.

Any distracting information in a message transmission

a)

Clutter

b)

Gutters

c)

Noise

d)

Distracters

19.

A receiver’s response to a message

a)

Verbal cues

b)

Feedback

c)

Non verbal cues

d)

Encoding

20.

Businesses receive positive feedback about their promotional efforts when

a)

Consumers take action and buy products

b)

Consumers ask a lot of questions

c)

Consumers ignore advertisements

d)

Consumers visit the businesses competitors

21.

Any non-paid communication about a product, service, company, or cause.

a)

Specialty advertising

b)

Viral marketing

c)

Personal selling

d)

Publicity

22.

The effort to influence the target market by generating positive publicity.

a)

Specialty advertising

b)

Personal selling

c)

Public relations

d)

Viral marketing

23.

Any short term incentive, activity, or material that gives consumers a direct incentive to buy

a)

Viral marketing

b)

Guerilla marketing

c)

Personal selling

d)

Sales promotion

24.

Email marketing would be considered an example of

a)

Direct Marketing

b)

Sales Promotion

c)

Personal Selling

d)

Public Relations

25.

A carefully planned and well thought out promotional mix ensures that a business has multiple strategies in place for

a)

Reaching customers

b)

Making sales

c)

Achieving both short and long term goals

d)

All of the Above

26.

A promotional strategy where businesses attempt to take their products to customers through means using common sales tactics such as setting up points of sale displays, negotiations to take products directly to showroom floors, and other visible means

a)

Relational Marketing

b)

Guerilla Marketing

c)

Push Marketing

d)

Pull Marketing

27.

____________________attempts to get customers to seek out the product and can include methods like mass media promotions, word of mouth referrals, and advertised sales promotions.

a)

Relational Marketing

b)

Guerilla Marketing

c)

Push Marketing

d)

Pull Marketing

28.

Effective promotion should

a)

Inform

b)

Persuade

c)

Remind

d)

All of the above

29.

_____________ is the ultimate advertising medium for many businesses because it can communicate a message with sound, action, and color.

a)

Radio

b)

Magazines

c)

Television

d)

Direct mail

30.

Which of the following does not make up part of the promotional mix

a)

Advertising

b)

Public relations

c)

Distribution

d)

Sales promotion

31.

The _____________________ is the vehicle by which a communication message travels. Could be television, radio, billboards, magazine, newspaper, outdoor media, etc

a)

Feedback

b)

Message channel

c)

Communication process

d)

Encoding

32.

To establish a solid media plan and select the correct advertising mediums, advertisers should ask themselves which question?

a)

Can the chosen medium present the product and the appropriate business image?

b)

Can the desired customers be targeted with the medium?

c)

Will the chosen medium get the desired response rate?

d)

Advertisers should ask all of the above questions to establish a solid media plan.

33.

A single exposure to an advertising message is called a/an

a)

Reach

b)

Impression

c)

Audience

d)

Frequency

34.

Which of the following situations is an example of a public relations activity?

a)

Evan coordinates an upcoming sales promotion with a company’s purchasing manager

b)

Jana prepares a press release about her firm’s new licensing agreement with a large company

c)

Colleen telephones a prospective customer to try to schedule a product demonstration

d)

Eli reviews a report to determine which clients have overdue payments due on their accounts

35.

Promotion is ultimately a

a)

Communication Process

b)

Sales Process

c)

Revenue generating process

d)

Research Process

36.

What is the key to a great promotional campaign that utilizes the promotional mix effectively?

a)

Providing changing promotional messages depending on consumer views

b)

Creating advertisements that are fun and cool

c)

Making sure that all elements of the promotional mix focus on a similar message

d)

Making sure that personal selling and sales promotion don’t overpower advertising and public relations

37.

Which of these best describes the objective of sales promotion?

a)

To generate a short term sales increase

b)

To build long term brand loyalty

c)

To reduce the amount of inventory on hand

d)

To encourage customers to choose one retailer over another

38.

The number of homes or people exposed to an advertisement

a)

Reach

b)

Impression

c)

Audience

d)

Frequency

39.

The ultimate goal of promotion is for

a)

A consumer to see an advertisement

b)

A consumer to purchase a company’s product or service

c)

A consumer to tell others about a company’s product or service

d)

To be cost effective for the company

40.

One of the aims of promotion is to

a)

Lower the price of the product

b)

Update the product

c)

Inform consumers about the product

d)

Lower the costs of producing the product

41.

Two advantages that magazine advertising have over newspaper advertising are longer life spans and higher print quality.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

The main goal of promotion is to generate high quality research that can be used towards marketing efforts.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

The main difference between advertising and publicity is that advertising is communication a business pays for and public relations is a non-paid form of communication.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Public relations is generally considered more objective and more believable than advertising.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Publicity is easy to control, and it is always positive.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Sales promotion activities focus on generating long-term sales.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Sales promotion results are measurable, particularly with contests, coupons, and sweepstakes.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Social media is a great form of media to use when launching promotion campaigns. You just want to mindful of your image, content, and frequency when posting.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Promotion is a marketing mix element.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

The four elements that make up the promotional mix are advertising, public relations, sales promotion, and personal selling

a)

True

b)

False