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International Marketing, 3rd ed. - Chapter 7



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

 1. 

Systems that produce evaluations of decision alternatives under a range of operating environment scenarios can strongly expand the usefulness of information accessible to management are called
a.
information systems.
b.
monitoring systems.
c.
intelligence systems.
d.
survey systems.
e.
expert systems.
 

 2. 

In international marketing, research questions may relate
a.
to strategic as well as tactical marketing decisions.
b.
only to strategic marketing decisions.
c.
only to tactical marketing decisions.
d.
neither strategic nor tactical marketing decisions.
e.
to financial decisions.
 

 3. 

Tactical decisions relate to the ____ for a particular product-market or a special target segment.
a.
budget
b.
strategies
c.
recruitment
d.
marketing mix
e.
controlling
 

 4. 

The research brief does NOT state the
a.
research problem.
b.
objectives of the research (the benefits that will be realized).
c.
real costs of making a decision without the information to be obtained from the research.
d.
potential costs of making a decision without the information to be obtained from the research.
 

 5. 

The smallest source of information that will be used to answer the research questions is referred to as
a.
the segment
b.
the country market
c.
the target group
d.
the unit of analysis
e.
the product-market
 

 6. 

Research projects that use country data for purposes of comparison often fail to discover the best business opportunities. Such opportunities are more likely to be recognized if the unit of analysis is based on
a.
a country-market perspective.
b.
a market potential perspective.
c.
a product market perspective.
d.
a financial potential perspective.
e.
an accessibility perspective.
 

 7. 

Which of the following statistics is NOT an internal one?
a.
order statistics
c.
sales statistics
b.
BNI statistics
d.
profit and loss statistics
 

 8. 

The gathering and analysis of data that have already been published by or are available from existing sources is known as
a.
genuine marketing research.
b.
primary research.
c.
field research.
d.
first research.
e.
secondary or desk research.
 

 9. 

The abbreviation for European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research is
a.
EUSOMARE
b.
ESOMAR
c.
EUROMAR
d.
ESOPMAR
e.
EUSOPMAR
 

 10. 

The abbreviation for the harmonized nomenclature of international trade of EU members is
a.
HANOMIT
b.
HNITEU
c.
NIMEXE
d.
NOMIT
e.
HNITEUM
 

 11. 

The abbreviation for the UNO Standard International Trade Classification is
a.
UNSTTC
b.
UNOTC
c.
STINTC
d.
STINTRCL
e.
SITC
 

 12. 

Which of the following is NOT a data collection technique?
a.
Observation
c.
Surveillance
b.
Experiment
d.
Survey
 

 13. 

A list from which elements of the target population can be identified is called a
a.
sampling frame.
b.
frame.
c.
sampling group.
d.
frame group.
e.
target list.
 

 14. 

Which of the following sampling techniques CANNOT be applied?
a.
Probability sampling
c.
Rational sampling
b.
Judgment sampling
d.
Convenience sampling
 

 15. 

The assumption of the researcher that respondents of all countries use extreme scale values equally is called
a.
normalization.
b.
standardization.
c.
equalization.
d.
equilibration.
e.
nominalization.
 



 
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