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Chapter 1 - Introduction to Business-to-Business Marketing



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

 1. 

Which of the following statements is not true?
a.
Business buyers look for products that will increase sales.
c.
Business buyers look for products that will translate to foreign markets
b.
Business buyers look for products that will reduce costs
 

 2. 

Which of the following is NOT one of the trappings of marketing?
a.
Customer centrality
c.
Complete marketing information systems
b.
Declarations of support from top management
 

 3. 

Which of the following is a major difference between consumer marketing and business-to-business marketing?
a.
More rational decision-making.
c.
External environment.
b.
The customer is at the centre of the firm’s thinking
 

 4. 

What is meant by, entering goods and services?
a.
Goods and services that are new to the market.
c.
Goods and services that become part of other products.
b.
Goods and services that are new to the customer
 

 5. 

What is meant by, foundation goods and services?
a.
Goods and services that are basic to the industry.
c.
Goods and services that are basic to the selling firm.
b.
Goods and services that do not become part of the finished product, but are used in making it.
 

 6. 

What is meant by, facilitating goods and services?
a.
Products and services that help an organisation fulfil its objectives.
c.
Products and services that facilitate growth of the company.
b.
Products and services that help a company sell more.
 

 7. 

Why is relationship building more common in business markets than in consumer markets?
a.
Because buyers get to like the sales representatives they see every day.
c.
Because consumers don’t like to have relationships with companies.
b.
Because businesses often buy from each other over a long period.
 

 8. 

What is derived demand?
a.
The type of demand that derives from business growth.
c.
The type of demand that derives from consumer need.
b.
The type of demand that derives form effective marketing.
 

 9. 

Why are salespeople more important in business markets than in consumer markets?
a.
Because business firms can afford to pay them better.
b.
Because business markets require more negotiation.
 

 10. 

Consumer markets and business markets differ because:
a.
Consumers buy for themselves, businesses buy for others.
c.
Consumers buy on a rational basis.
b.
Consumers (collectively) buy more than business buyers do.
 



 
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