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1. Incentives offered to the consumer to buy the product is known as
Publicity
Advertisement
Media
sales promotion
2. Another name for a company's marketing communications mix is:
the advertising program.
the sales force.
the image mix.
The promotion mix.
3. The personal presentation by the firm's sales force for the purpose of making sales and building customer relationships is called:
personal selling.
public relations.
direct marketing
Sales promotion.
4. Integrated marketing communications involves identifying the target audience and shaping a well-coordinated promotional program to elicit the desired audience response. Too often, however: (Select the MOST CORRECT statement.)
costs are too high and profits are too low.
personnel cannot cope with these responsibilities.
marketing communications focus on overcoming immediate awareness, image, or preference problems.
Integrated communications do not work in the global environment because of regulations.
5. Which of the following promotional tools is thought to be the most expensive to use?
advertising
personal selling
public relations
sales promotion
6. No matter which form of direct marketing might be used by a promotional manager, all of the forms have several characteristics in common. Which of the following WOULD NOT be among those characteristics?
nonpublic
immediate
producer controlled
Interactive
7. Some of the earliest traces of what could be called advertising were found in:
Colonial new york.
16th century england.
2nd century china.
Ancient Rome.
8. Keeping consumers thinking about the product is the objective for which type of advertising?
Informative advertising.
Psychological advertising.
Reminder advertising.
Persuasive advertising.
9. The first step in using the objective-and-task promotional budgeting method is to:
Define specific advertising tools that can be afforded.
Analyze competitive budgets for perceived weaknesses.
Calculate last year's sales percentages.
Define specific objectives.
10. In terms of execution styles, a family seated at the dinner table enjoying the advertised product would be an example of which of the following types of advertising?
Slice of life
Lifestyle
Mood or imagery
Personality symbol
11. The measure of how many times the average person in the target market is exposed to the message is called:
Reach.
Frequency.
Impact.
Performance.
12. To be effective, ads should have some form of pattern (given that more than one ad is going to be used). If an advertiser were to schedule ads evenly over a given period of time, this pattern would be called:
Pulsing.
Flow.
Rollout.
Continuity.
13. Which type of sales promotion uses free samples, coupons, and rebates?
Consumer promotion
Trade promotion
Sales force promotion
place promotion
14. Manufacturers direct most of their sales promotional dollars toward which of the following groups?
consumers
retailers and wholesalers
lobbyists
publics such as shareholders
15. All of the following would be considered to be functions performed in public relations EXCEPT:
Press relations.
Public affairs.
Bribery (when necessary).
Lobbying.
16. _________ is direct communications with carefully targeted individual consumers to obtain an immediate response.
Personal selling
Public relations
Direct marketing
sales promotion
17. The shift from ______________ has had a dramatic impact on marketing communications.
Brand management to value management
Media manipulation to media control
Mass marketing to segmented marketing
Mass marketing to global marketing
18. If a company's objective were to reach masses of buyers that were geographically dispersed at a low cost per exposure, the company would likely choose which of the following promotion forms?
Advertising
Personal selling
Public relations
sales promotion
19. A ______________ is a promotion strategy that calls for spending a lot on advertising and consumer promotion to build up consumer demand. If the strategy is Successful, consumer demand will move the product through the channel.
Push strategy
Pull strategy
Blocking strategy
Integrated strategy
20. All of the following are commonly recognized promotion budget formats EXCEPT:
The affordable method.
The LIFO method.
The percentage-of-sales method.
The objective-and-task method.
21. A specialized institution which offers professionaisled advertising services to company is known as
Advertising
Message
Media
Ad agency
22. The central theme of media planning is _____
Message dissemination
Appeal
Media scheduling
Media scheduling
23. The large volume of advertising in a society is known as ______
Advertising clutter
Advertising revolution
Mass advertising
Large scale advertising
24. The strategy that encourages dealers and distributors to sell a product is known as
Push
Pull
Combination
Marketing
25. Publicity s simply defined as a ______________ advertisement
Free
Paid
Local
None of these
26. Consumer survey conducted throughout ad campaign is known as
Consumer jury method
Tracking study
One to one interview
None of these
27. There is an increasing amount of commerce being done via the Internet. With respect to the promotional mix, which of the following categories would be most directly concerned with Internet commerce?
advertising
public relations
direct marketing
sales promotion
28. The shift from ______________ has had a dramatic impact on marketing communications.
brand management to value management
media manipulation to media control
mass marketing to segmented marketing
Mass marketing to global marketing
29. Which of the following promotional tools is often the most effective tool at certain stages in the buying process, particularly in building up buyers' preferences, convictions, and actions?
advertising
personal selling
public relations
sales promotion
30. Which of the following strategies is usually followed by B2C companies with respect to promotion strategy?
Push strategy
Pull strategy
Blocking strategy
Integrated strategy
31. _______ is used heavily when introducing a new product category.
Persuasive advertising
Inferential advertising
Reminder advertising
Informative advertising
32. Setting the promotion budget so as to match the budgets of the competition is characteristic of which of the following budget methods?
Affordable method
Percentage-of-sales method
Competitive-parity method
Objective-and-task method
33. In terms of execution styles, which type of advertising makes no claim about the product except to suggest that the product is part of such feelings as love or beauty?
Slice of life
Lifestyle
Mood or imagery
Personality symbol
34. If an advertiser wants flexibility, timeliness, good local market coverage, broad acceptability, and high believability, the advertiser will probably choose which of the following mass media types?
Newspapers
Television
Direct mail
Radio
35. A marketing services firm that assists companies in planning, preparing, implementing, and evaluating all or portions of their advertising programs is called a(n):
Marketing control group.
Product services unit.
Advertising agency.
Situation consultant.
36. __________ are certificates that give buyers a saving when they purchase specified products.
Samples
Premiums
Coupons
Patronage rewards
37. The type of trade-promotion tool in which the manufacturer takes a fixed amount off the list price on each case purchased during a stated period of time is called as:
discount.
allowance.
premium.
rebate.
38. Which of the following major promotional tools use press relations, product Publicity, corporate communications, lobbying, and public service to communicate Information?
Advertising
Public relations
Direct marketing
sales promotion
39. The message delivery system in advertising is known as
Media
Advertisement
Television
News paper
40. Evaluation conducted after the transmission of an ad is known as
Post testing
Pre testing
Concurrent testing
Copy testing
41. The basic persuasive technique in an ad is known as
Buying motive
Appeal
Purchase
Motivation
42. A specific communication task to be accomplished with a specific target audience during a specific period of time is called an:
Advertising campaign.
Advertising objective.
Advertising criterion
Advertising evaluation
43. Developing an effective message strategy begins with identifying customer ______________ that can be used as advertising appeals.
Demographics
Lifestyles
Psychographics
Benefits
44. Which of the following is not an example of persuasive advertising:
Persuading customers to receive a sales call
Encouraging the customer to purchase now
Building brand preference
Explaining how the product works
45. Sales tools used to support a company's advertising and personal selling directed to wholesalers, retailers, or distributors are called
Trade-oriented sales promotions
Consumer promotions
Manufacturers promotions
Sales promotions
46. Which of the following is the definition for purchase frequency?
The amount of time between trial and first repeat purchase of a given product
The amount of time it takes each generation to enter the product life cycle
How often a consumer will try a competitive brand before returning to the original choice
The more frequently the product is purchased, the less repetition is required
47. Which of the following statements about the Internet as an advertising medium is true?
The Internet provides audio and video capabilities
Ads are black and white.
Internet ads are similar to print ads in that they offer only a visual message.
Internet advertising is the most effective form of advertising
48. One reason for using radio as an advertising medium is
Its high cost
Its long lead time required for the placement of an ad
Its inability to use humour
It is segmented
49. Objective of all advertisements is,
Objectivity
Timeliness
Persuasion
Infotainment
50. `Art´ in advertisement implies,
The whole visual presentation
The traditional or modern art forms used in an advertisement
Graphics and animations used in an advertisement
The ambience created to present an idea through an advertisement
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