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Chapter 13 - Customer Relationships and Key-Account Management



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

 1. 

A relationship which is established between firms in litigious countries such as the USA or UK are likely to be:
a.
Established on trust.
c.
Established through third parties.
b.
Established on contract.
 

 2. 

A company contacts a building firm for the purpose of negotiating the construction of a new factory. The builders have carried out maintenance work and minor building works for the firm in the past. This is an example of:
a.
A simple episode in a well-developed relationship.
c.
A simple episode with no previous relationship.
b.
A complex episode in a well-developed relationship.
 

 3. 

Which of the following is NOT a function of selling?
a.
Identify suitable possible customers.
c.
Overcome buyers’ resistance to purchase.
b.
Identify solutions which are within the supplying firm’s capabilities.
 

 4. 

What is meant by prospecting?
a.
Establishing that a lead has a need for the product and the means to pay for it.
c.
Finding the names and addresses of potential buyers.
b.
Calculating potential sales from a given group of customers.
 

 5. 

What is a missionary salesperson?
a.
A salesperson with a strong belief in the product.
c.
A salesperson who liaises with recommenders.
b.
A salesperson with a charismatic personality.
 

 6. 

A structure whereby a team of salespeople, each with different expertise, work on the sale is called:
a.
Solutions selling.
c.
Franchise selling.
b.
System selling.
 

 7. 

What is an icebreaker?
a.
A special discount aimed at overcoming final sales resistance.
c.
A refusal on the part of the buyer to go ahead with the purchase.
b.
An opening statement to put the customer at ease.
 

 8. 

In sales parlance, what is a condition?
a.
A part of the agreement which the company must honour.
c.
A recommendation by the salesperson.
b.
A state of affairs which means that the sale cannot continue.
 

 9. 

What does SPIN stand for?
a.
Situation, problem, implication, need-payoff.
c.
Seeing Problems In Needs.
b.
Sales, profit, initiative, norms.
 

 10. 

What does KAM stand for?
a.
Key Agency Man.
c.
Keep All Movement.
b.
Key-Account Management.
 



 
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