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Chapter Eleven - Building Customer Relationships



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The process of moving raw materials from extraction to final consumptions is called:
a.
The consumption chain.
c.
The value chain.
b.
The materials chain.
 

 2. 

Activities concerned with receiving, storing and distributing raw materials and components are called:
a.
Operations.
c.
Inbound logistics.
b.
Outbound logistics.
 

 3. 

Which of the following is NOT a core activity of the value chain?
a.
Procurement.
c.
Product development.
b.
Infrastructure.
 

 4. 

What proportion of the cost of selling to a new customer is the cost of selling to an existing consumer?
a.
One-tenth.
c.
One-third.
b.
One-sixth.
 

 5. 

What does KAM stand for?
a.
Key Area Maintenance.
c.
Keen Action Matching.
b.
Key Account Management.
 

 6. 

If Government monopoly regulators ruled that an alliance between two companies had to be dissolved, this would be an example of:
a.
Sudden ending of the relationship.
c.
Involuntary ending of the relationship.
b.
Forced ending of the relationship.
 

 7. 

Quality is:
a.
The relationship between what people expect and what they get.
c.
The relationship between value gained and cost paid.
b.
The relationship between price paid and product received.
 

 8. 

Comparing each element of the value chain with the most successful equivalent element in an equivalent value chain is called:
a.
Quality control.
c.
Zero defects.
b.
Benchmarking.
 

 9. 

Which of the following is NOT a basic type of loyalty?
a.
Price loyalty.
c.
Product loyalty.
b.
Monopoly loyalty.
 

 10. 

If a service promise fails to materialise, this is called:
a.
Value breakdown.
c.
Termination.
b.
Service breakdown.
 

 11. 

What does SLTV stand for?
a.
Standard Loyalty Test Vehicle.
c.
Second Lifetime Value.
b.
Single Loyalty Television.
 

 12. 

Losing customers who are really more trouble than they are worth would categorise as:
a.
Intentionally pushed away.
c.
Bought away.
b.
Unintentionally pushed away.
 

 13. 

How much will a 1% improvement in customer retention add to a firm’s value?
a.
1%
c.
10%
b.
5%
 

 14. 

A system in which firms contribute at different stages in the process is called:
a.
A value chain.
c.
A value system.
b.
A value network.
 

 15. 

A key-account relationship which is characterised by continuous improvement, shared rewards and quasi-integration would be called:
a.
Partnership KAM.
c.
Synergystic KAM.
b.
Mid-KAM.
 



 
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