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Chapter 14 - Sales Promotion, Exhibitions and Trade Fairs



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

 1. 

Which of the following is a key reason for the failure of an exhibition?
a.
Visitors are of the wrong type.
c.
Visitors’ and exhibitors’ aims are incompatible.
b.
Exhibitors fail to set out the stand properly.
 

 2. 

Approximately what percentage of visitors to most exhibitions are buyers?
a.
70%
c.
10%
b.
40%
 

 3. 

What type of problem would you expect exhibitions to help with at the early-KAM stage?
a.
Building a social network between the partner companies.
c.
Finding new partners.
b.
Selling more goods.
 

 4. 

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the planning of exhibitions?
a.
Decide on the objectives.
c.
Organize the selling of the product on the stand.
b.
Plan support promotions.
 

 5. 

Which of the following is NOT an alternative to exhibitions?
a.
Road shows.
c.
Private exhibitions.
b.
Personal selling.
 

 6. 

What is a push strategy?
a.
One in which goods are heavily promoted to end users.
c.
One in which goods are heavily promoted to both end users and distributors.
b.
One in which goods are heavily promoted to the distributors.
 

 7. 

Which of the following is not true?
a.
Sales promotions are less widely used in B2B markets than they are in B2C markets.
c.
Sales promotions can be used to motivate the salesforce.
b.
Sales promotions are less effective in B2B markets than in B2C markets.
 

 8. 

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for selecting which exhibition to attend?
a.
Visitor profiles.
c.
Proportion of advertising spend available.
b.
Timing of the exhibition relevant to the firm’s business cycle.
 

 9. 

What is the approximate cost of a trade-show lead?
a.
$132 in the US, £30 in the UK.
c.
$25 in the US, £12 in the UK.
b.
$354 in the US, £85 in the UK.
 

 10. 

Which of the following is the least likely outcome of an exhibition?
a.
Sales from the stand.
c.
Improve relationships with existing customers.
b.
Create new contacts.
 



 
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