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chapter 2



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

 1. 

Which term is preferred by most marketing practitioners to refer to the collection of advertising, sales promotions, public relations, event marketing, and other communication devices?
a.
marketing promotion
b.
promotion
c.
sales promotion
d.
marketing communications
e.
integrated marketing communications
 

 2. 

Which of the following terms serves as a summary means for describing all forms of marketing focus?
a.
product
b.
brand
c.
communication
d.
promotion
e.
integration
 

 3. 

Current marketing philosophy holds that ____ is absolutely imperative for success.
a.
direct marketing
b.
e-mail
c.
coupons
d.
integration
e.
assessment
 

 4. 

Frequency, loyalty, or ambassador programs and creating brand experiences that make positive and lasting impressions are ways to ____.
a.
speak with one voice
b.
create synergy
c.
build customer/brand relationships
d.
start with the customer/prospect
e.
reach consumers who cannot be reached through traditional mass media
 

 5. 

The likelihood that people will remain customers is known as the ____ rate.
a.
discount
b.
retention
c.
acquisition
d.
attrition
e.
lifetime
 

 6. 

Which of the below is NOT one of the ways to augment lifetime value?
a.
increase the retention rate
b.
increase the discount rate
c.
increase the referral rate
d.
cut direct costs
e.
enhance the average purchase volume per customer
 

 7. 

Repeat purchasing is a function of ____.
a.
advertising
b.
price
c.
distribution
d.
product satisfaction
e.
all of these
 

 8. 

Marketers can enhance the consumers' opportunity to encode information by ____.
a.
using loud music
b.
using colourful ads
c.
repeating brand information
d.
employing verbal framing
e.
increasing curiosity about the brand
 

 9. 

A critic of advertising tells you that the costs of advertising are built into the costs for products, which are then passed on to the consumer. You have decided to argue the point with him. Which argument should you not present?
a.
This must be balanced against the time it would take a person if he or she had to search for information about products without advertising.
b.
Economies of scale spread fixed costs over a large number of production units.
c.
The increased demand for products that results from advertising can lower the cost of the production of the products.
d.
As companies search for competitive advantages to advertise, they often try to differentiate themselves through lower prices.
e.
This is a misconception. Often, the costs of advertising are not built into the costs for products.
 

 10. 

‘Wearout’ causes:
a.
Selective attention
b.
Lack of attention
c.
Limited reaction
d.
Negative reaction
e.
Disinterest
 



 
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